Sydney's Basketball 2012

This year, Sydney went ahead and played basketball for North Perry again. The difference between this year and last, is that now she's in Junior High, so she tried out for that team as well. Great thing was, she made the team! Not so great thing was, she had a game EVERY day of the week and a few tournaments on weekends. Ugh, talk about driving your parents crazy.... We drove all over the place to get her to her games. But... it was all worth it to see my baby play. She's phenominally talented. I love watching her play. She is super athletic and very outgoing, so it's incredibly fun to watch her. Although, her North Perry team didn't win every game like they did last year, it was a great season for those girls. Also, her first experience at Ridgetop playing Junior High ball was fantastic. She loved and every minute of it, and we were right there watching her shine. Here's this year's photos for both teams.

North Perry Team

Ridegtop Junior High Team

 

And to top it all off, she won an award at Ridgetop for her skills!

My Sydney rocks!

Cowgirl Madeline

Madeline decided to play dress up as a cowgirl and use Sydney as her horse. Sad thing was, Sydney actually let her do it!

Just proves the fact more and more that I have goofball children...

Sydney's 6th Grade Graduation

Time flies....

I am so super proud of you Sydney. You are growing up to be an incredible person. Don't ever let anyone stand in the way of your dreams. The future is bright, and ready for you!

Love,

Mom

Happy 12th Birthday, Sydney

Hard to believe. Another year has passed and sure enough, my oldest daughter is now 12. My, oh my. Lord, have mercy on my soul for the years to come. I've been told it's all downhill from here. :o)

Here are a few pics of the birthday girl opening her presents.

New shoes from Grandma and Grandpa

A new outdoor basketball.

A shirt she was "dying" for.

Cash... Look at her expression.

It's almost like she doesn't know what to do with it.

And lastly, the other Nike outfit we got her.

Happy Birthday, Sydney. Please quit growing up.

.....

She makes me feel old.

Congratulations Sydney

Congratulations Sydney, and the rest of the Lady Gators,

On your 2011 Undefeated Regular Season!!!!

Nice having a bye all the way to the Championship!

Sydney's Basketball

So after a lot of begging and pleading and promising she wouldn't give it up, we let Sydney join basketball this year. (We had a long talk with her about dedication to something you want to do after the whole violin debacle.) She plays for North Perry, and has been having practices since November, but they just recently started playing games against the other teams. She loves it, and is really good at it, so it is a lot of fun to watch her. Tonight she had a game in Port Orchard at Sedgwick Junior High against the South Kitsap team. Above is a picture of her getting ready for her game. Below is pictures of her in action. She's #20.
They won, yay! It is so super exciting to see my big baby girl doing something she loves. She's growing into such a wonderful young lady.

Elks HoopShoot

*WARNING - PROUD MOM MOMENT*

If you don't know what the HoopShoot is here is the link to the website for it. Basically, it's been going on since 1972 and it's just a friendly nationwide competition that the Elks host to see who can shoot the most free throws in the appropriate age division. Yes, you get awards and such, and it can be a pretty big thing if you make it to Nationals, but it all starts at the childs school. That's where my oldest daughter comes in. This year, Sydney who is in 6th grade, beat all the other girls in her age group at her school in the Elks HoopShoot. So, that meant she got to go to Ridgetop to compete against all the other local schools. She did great. She shot 10 out of 25. She placed third. The two other girls ahead of her shot 11 out of 25 and 12 out of 25, so she was right there with them. Unfortunately, she doesn't get to move on (they only take the top 2) but she thought the experience was awesome. It was so fun to watch. I don't remember ever doing this when I was in school, nor have I heard anything about it from my kids in the previous years. Anyways, here are some of her shots I took pictures of.

She did so good. I'm so proud of her!

Sydney's 11th birthday

We had Sydney's 11th birthday dinner for her early, since she will be gone on her birthday. I made her exactly what she wanted, barbecued teriyaki chicken and corn. Yum! I also made her birthday cake. She's so lucky!

The girls waiting for dinner to be ready......

I ♥ them!!!

Sydney is sooooo happy!

♫♫Happy Birthday to You....♫♫

Oops, she didn't get them all!

And then of course, comes the silliness I know and love.

Those are my girls!!!!

Happy 11th Birthday Syd!

Sydney's Orchestra Concert

Sydney is so awesome, she has mad skills on the violin. This is her at her Orchestra Concert tonight. She played so well! My little musician.

Living Vicariously Through Your Children

Look what Sydney gets to play.

Nothing but the VIOLIN!!! The *only* musical instrument I always wanted to play, but never did. I told Syd she has to teach me how to play, since I bought it for her. (Maybe I bought it for me too....... :)

Lucky Duck

As part of her birthday present, Sydney got to go to the Mariners game tonight with my parents. These are the pics she just sent me from her cell phone (another birthday present).

Lucky Duck!

Happy 10th Birthday Sydney!

A Mom's reflection, in pictures, of her baby girl on her 10th birthday. Enjoy.

Sydney Alexis Bennett

Born: June 11th 1999 @ 11:55 pm

(after 18 hrs of labor)

Weighing: 7 lbs 11oz

The crawling lasted maybe 3 days. She hated moving slow.

The first pic below is her 1st Thanksgiving. It's a faded picture, but it was with her Aunt Renee, may she RIP. The second pic is her 1st Christmas.

Her 1st haircut in the bath.

We had to do it that way, because she wouldn't stop moving!

Ahh, the Basketball pic. Probably my fav pic of her when she was that young. She still doesn't put the B-ball down.

Below is her 1st birthday and her 2nd Christmas.

Spoiled little girl got all the toys! Wait, she still does.....

Oh yes, the Scooby-doo obsession. That went on for 3 years. I still own all the movies...

Aunt Wyndee visiting, and becoming a big sister. She was so proud of her baby!

Being goofy, as usual, and her 1st best friend, Michael.

Aquatic fun, and her 1st dog, Pongo.

Silliness ensues again, and our second home, All Star Lanes.

Growing up.........

and up.......

and up.....

into the wonderful young lady she is today.

Doesn't that last pic prove it?!?

Happy 10th birthday, my little angel!

So Proud

Sydney and her Science Fair Project. Look how proud of it she looks!
Not to mention, her mom is pretty proud of her too!

Winters' Goodness

I love when it snows, how peaceful it is outside. I also love how beautiful it looks. Unfortunately, the gorgeous snow we got the other day has melted away, and now it is raining and the wind is blowing, hard. :( But before it did, I took some pretty pictures of it. I also got a special request from Sydney, to put the picture of her snowman on the blog. So here they are!

Kassie and Sydney with the snowman.
The tree next door, covered with the pretty white stuff.
Down one side of our deserted street. It was so quiet outside!
Down the road the other way. The specs of light in the middle of the pic are from the flash bouncing off snowflakes.

Sydney's 2008 School Picture

This is Sydney's 2008 4th Grade Picture. I think her face is maturing so much, which got me thinking about her school pics from years past. I looked at them and I was astonished when I saw the age progression of her face. Its so cool to look at. So I will share that with you. Really it's neat! Enjoy!
Sydney Kindergarten 2004
Sydney 1st Grade 2005
Sydney 2nd Grade 2006
Sydney 3rd Grade 2007
And just a FYI, Sydney didn't go to the same Preschool as Kassie and Madeline, so she didn't get Pony Pictures, so unfortunately I don't have a Preschool pic for her.

Baby day

Today we had our friend Lori, and her baby Matthew over for some play time. The girls just loved playing with the baby. Madeline was a bit jealous, though. She's not used to anyone younger than her, or getting more attention than her. (Hee hee....) All in all it was a good day, and lots of fun! Here are some pics.

Madeline is saying, "See I am much bigger!"

This is a good one of Matthew! He is sooo cute! He makes me want another baby just so I can get the boy I have always wanted. But since we aren't having anymore, I can always borrow him! :)