KC D's » Family http://the-ds.com/kc Just another The D's weblog Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:19:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Taylor’s presents http://the-ds.com/kc/2011/10/18/taylors-presents/ http://the-ds.com/kc/2011/10/18/taylors-presents/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:05:04 +0000 mike http://the-ds.com/kc/2011/10/18/taylors-presents/ On the way to see Taylor Swift at Arrowhead
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the view
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and Taylor today getting pampered by Mom.

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Taylor will actually be writing a post of her own very soon. Thanks to everyone for her wonderful gifts, I think she had a pretty awesome day!

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As for the sports update...Austin is currently playing flag football and competitive soccer while Taylor is just playing park district volleyball. Austin has been a mad man on the football field, I think he has scored at least 3 TDs in each game. It's been fun to see him really start to figure it out and trust his speed. As for soccer, he is getting better with each practice and each game. He kind of freaks out in traffic and neglects working on his moves but he scored the only goal for his team against the first place opponent. They are U8s playing in the U9 division. Hopefully that means good things for next year when these kids are actually U9s. Taylor's is playing Park District but she is a 4th grader playing up with the 5th and 6th graders. She is doing awesome, one of our few consistent servers/passers/setters (more like our only). She has had a few nice little serving runs for us...If she could only find a way to run off 25 in a row, we'd be set! She starts club ball later this fall on a U11 team. The level with the girls we had at open gym is so much higher than park district. Most of the teams are just teaching their kids to pass the ball right back over then net instead of working on their fundamentals and getting them to pass/set/hit. It's disappointing to see those coaches encouraging those bad habits but oh well, better for our kids in the long run I guess.

]]> http://the-ds.com/kc/2011/10/18/kid-update/feed/ 0 The little man hits the books before his big game. http://the-ds.com/kc/2011/09/22/the-little-man-hits-the-books-before-his-big-game/ http://the-ds.com/kc/2011/09/22/the-little-man-hits-the-books-before-his-big-game/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:19:13 +0000 mike http://the-ds.com/kc/2011/09/22/the-little-man-hits-the-books-before-his-big-game/ image

He is really digging school this year and he's been doing awesome.

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]]> http://the-ds.com/kc/2009/11/19/debut/feed/ 0 A busy Saturday http://the-ds.com/kc/2009/05/11/a-busy-saturday/ http://the-ds.com/kc/2009/05/11/a-busy-saturday/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 00:29:06 +0000 mike http://the-ds.com/kc/?p=461 The first stop was to get Taylor's ears pierced. She was pretty nervous at first but she had her friend Jamie hold her hand through it. She hasn't stopped playing with her ears since.

Scoping out the location

Scoping out the location

She was a little nervous but her friend Jamie was there to hold her hand.

She was a little nervous but her friend Jamie was there to hold her hand.

The final result

The final result

Next stop was Austin's first ever t-ball game. He absolutely loves t-ball and was talking about his 'big game' for DAYS. Austin did great and had so much fun...even though they don't keep score, he insists they won 11-8. I will say that Austin made some good plays in the field when he was in the pitcher spot. It was just fun to see how much he really enjoyed it.

Waiting his turn...anxiously

Waiting his turn...anxiously

Pitcher, ready to go

Pitcher, ready to go

Ready position

Ready position

Austin charging the ball

Austin charging the ball

Posing

Posing

Austin scores!!

Austin scores!!

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The lion sings

The lion sings

Taylor on drums

Taylor on drums

Our cute Kids

Our cute Kids

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Austin

Merry Christmas Austin

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Austin Christmas 2008
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Taylor Christmas 2008
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We went to the circus

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It was pretty cool...I couldn't remember the last time I went to a circus so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. The kids really enjoyed it so that always helps.

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