If you watched the video of the boys playing baseball in our backyard you may have seen a toilet in the background.
The booster club here in Whiteface thought it would be a good idea to "flush out the spirit" in town in order to get people to sign up to be on the booster club. The toilet travelled from people's front yard to front yard with a sign and flags that said, "Hey I'm not a booster club member!" In order to get the toilet out of your yard you had to pay to have it removed or join booster club.
Well, time came for us to have it in our yard. Why coaches aren't automatically included in booster club is beyond me. Anyway, we offered to pay to have it removed. The head of the booster club said not to worry about it and he would pick it up. He never did. We told him it was cracking and breaking all over our front yard. He finally said to throw it away because it wasn't really working like they had hoped. Well, I moved it to the backyard and there it has been since about October.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Joel's Video
You have to watch Joel's Video all the way to the end. He makes sure that he is doing what he is supposed to do in baseball.
It's Baseball Time!
The weather is getting warmer so the boys and I spent some time throwing around the ol horsehide! Jeffrey gets to play machine pitch this year and Joel gets to play T-ball! Look out world!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
UIL Awards Day
Jeffrey receiving his 3rd place award for his Oral Reading Competition. Pictured with him is his Oral Reading Coach, Ms. Rose. She was also his Kindergarten teacher.
UIL Oral Reading Competition
DISCLAIMER: Before watching the video make sure you have already used the restroom, because if you haven't you may need to after viewing! His two poems this year are: "Nancy Christman Kissed Me" and "I Gotta Go"
In the above video, Jeffrey is competing in the UIL (University Interscholastic League) Oral Reading Competition for 1st Graders. For those who don't know what UIL is, it is this: It is basically like a track meet for academics. Kids compete in different events such as Oral Reading, Mathematics, Art Appreciation, Music Appreciation, Storytelling, Spelling, Listening Skills, Dictionary Skills, etc. etc. And it lasts ALL DAY!
Anyway, a child can start competing when they are in Kindergarten by reading poems. In First Grade they get to read poems as well, but when they get older they can do all that other stuff.
Each school in the district (about 6 area schools) select the top 4 kids from their school to compete in the event. Last year, Whiteface had 4 kids make it to the final round of competition and all four kids placed meaning they were in First, Second, Third, and Fourth. Last year Jeffrey took home the second place medal for his poems that he read.
This year he competed in Levelland (the video above) and took second place in that meet. He also competed in our district meet and was the only Whiteface kid to advance to finals. He took third in that meet.
We are pretty proud of him and we know his little bro will be a competitor when he is in school because every time Jeffrey practiced, Joel was repeating the poems word for word. (Pete and Repeat)
In the above video, Jeffrey is competing in the UIL (University Interscholastic League) Oral Reading Competition for 1st Graders. For those who don't know what UIL is, it is this: It is basically like a track meet for academics. Kids compete in different events such as Oral Reading, Mathematics, Art Appreciation, Music Appreciation, Storytelling, Spelling, Listening Skills, Dictionary Skills, etc. etc. And it lasts ALL DAY!
Anyway, a child can start competing when they are in Kindergarten by reading poems. In First Grade they get to read poems as well, but when they get older they can do all that other stuff.
Each school in the district (about 6 area schools) select the top 4 kids from their school to compete in the event. Last year, Whiteface had 4 kids make it to the final round of competition and all four kids placed meaning they were in First, Second, Third, and Fourth. Last year Jeffrey took home the second place medal for his poems that he read.
This year he competed in Levelland (the video above) and took second place in that meet. He also competed in our district meet and was the only Whiteface kid to advance to finals. He took third in that meet.
We are pretty proud of him and we know his little bro will be a competitor when he is in school because every time Jeffrey practiced, Joel was repeating the poems word for word. (Pete and Repeat)
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Boy's Got Skills!
The 1st grade got to show off their ball handling skills during halftime of the Varsity Girls game on Tuesday. I tried getting a little video and hopefully it will upload to the web. He is definitely a better player than his dad ever thought about being!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Uncle Nate's Birthday
The Fortner Four travelled to Amarillo this past Sunday to celebrate Uncle Nate's Birthday. Fun was had by all as you can tell from these pictures. The boys are ready to turn pro in bowling. Hopefully they can use the ramp and bumpers when they hit the bigs.
Joel eyeing a mountain of onion rings. 
Bowling BuddiesToo much icing turns you into a smurf. Also turns your poop green too! (ask Joel)
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