Summer '12

So it's been a couple of months, and needless to say we had a busy summer. One of the highlights of our summer was the incredible success of Olivia's softball team, the Honey Badgers. What started out as a normal rec season, later became an unbelievable success story through tournament play. We had several girls who had never played, and just seeing their progression throughout the year was amazing. They were TN ASA State Champs and their record ended up being- 34-3.

A summer in the Rector house would not be complete without a couple of weeks of Camp All Star. Here is Anna with her friend Paige and favorite counselor, Lauren.  

Zachary had a great time attending one of the most sought out basketball camps in the US, the Duke Basketball Camp with Coach K. His friends Colin & Zach went with him, and Colin's dad Hal drove them up. They also got to go to several colleges along the way- UNC Ashville & Wake Forest. They had an awesome experience and Coach K was awesome. Here is Z playing a shirts vs skins game inside Cameron Indoor Stadium.

 

And so proud of Jared in graduating 5th grade at his school and getting the Sam P. McConnell award for leadership/academic achievement. Very proud!!!

 

A busy 7 months...

It has been 7 months since my last post... I guess that is what happens when you go on Vacation, Thanksgiving & Christmas holidays pass by, and several sports later x3 kids. Whewww! Time flies when you are having fun!!!
We took our annual trip to the beach in October on the kids fall break. We had an amazing time as always with friends and family. Here are a few pics...

 The kids....














The Girls....

The Whole Crew

 

Our fall went something like this... 

Zachary football, then to basketball. Olivia basketball & softball. Jared football & basketball. Anna started piano lessons. 

The holidays were busy as usual, and no White Christmas this year :(

The kids with Santa..

Evidence Santa came...

Ringing in 2012 with friends!!!