1st Day of 3rd Grade

It's hard to believe, but Briana started 3rd grade today. Here is a little video showing her the 1st day of school from Kindergarten to today.

Reds Game

While we weren't able to take a big family vacation this year, we did do a weekend trip down to Cincinatti (I love you, IKEA!). We took the kids to the Cincinatti Reds baseball game. It was a blast! Check out our pics below!

Summer 2010

The Turners had a lot of fun this summer. It started with Brian's Sport Management Club doing their annual fund raiser at the Clippers Stadium. Briana got to meet a famous Buckeye, Marcus Freeman. She was more excited that Marcus was one of Daddy's students. The famous Buckeye part was just a bonus. Right after this picture was taken, Alex had a bad spill off a picnic table bench and let everyone in the stadium know it through his wails. Marcus won't forget the Turner family anytime soon!

Alex and Brian went to touch a truck at the Hilliard Park. As you know, Alex LOVES trucks! He was excited to see the real, life size versions. Briana and Alex got their first baseball gloves and for a while, catch was a regular activity in the evening. Once our evenings regular hit 95 degrees, catch kind of slowed down. I am sure this fall it will resume. We took Briana and Alex to the fountains at Easton to play. Alex enjoyed it very much until he saw the minature train display. He quickly lost interest in the water and watched the trains for some time. Briana got to attend three different camps this summer-Hilliard rec camps where she swam and played games, Apple camp where she made a movie, and Ohio State Soccer Camp where she honed her soccer skills.

Early in the summer, Briana and I got to travel to Wisconsin for my cousin Elly's wedding. Brian and Alex stayed home in Ohio. We didn't quite think Alex was ready to sit through a wedding ceremony. Briana and I had a lot of fun reconnecting with family. We also got to go tubing on the lake with my brother Scott and his wife Deanna. It was a blast! Deanna's daughter Jamie and her friend were also tubing with us so we had a lot of fun on the boat. It was a fun afternoon. Dinner on the restaurant patio with grandma and grandpa after was another highlight of the day. The wedding was beautiful and the trip was a blast.

Cheerleading

Our precious little girl has decided once again to cheer for Upward. Upward is a great Christian based athletic organization. Briana cheered for two years along with Alyssa, a friend from school and the cheer coach's daughter. She loves it, although next year she has said she may play basketball instead of cheering for it.

Christmas 2009

I think the pictures say alot about how great our Christmas was this year. We felt very lucky to be able to spend part of Christmas with our new nephew, Mase and Ricky, Cari, and David. We had a snow and everyone got to go sledding! It was wonderful.