The Frye Family

Trying to catch up....

2011-11-08T04:53:00.000-08:00

Matthew after receiving his medal for a successful soccer season.

Jonathan scoring a goal in his most recent game, his team is in their first tournament this weekend.

Matthew playing in his last soccer game.

Jonathan as "Scooby Doo" for Halloween.

Matthew as "Wolverine" for Halloween. He had to have the extra long claws....he didn't realize that would make it very hard to eat candy.

Jonathan and Matthew during a hike to Amicalola Falls .

Jonathan celebrating his 7th birthday at Sparkles roller rink.

Jonathan and Matthew at an Atlanta Falcons game.

Jonathan showing off his team spirit.

Meghan and Matthew at his 5th birthday party at the bowling alley.

Jonathan with his work displayed in the hallway at school.

Happy Birthday, Matthew

2011-09-26T09:26:00.001-07:00

Little Goom

2011-07-20T06:50:00.001-07:00

Matthew was outside this morning looking for birds, I thought that he looked like Goom.

Fun with Friends

2011-07-20T06:36:00.000-07:00

Matthew coming down the inflatable slip-n-slide at a friend's birthday party this past weekend.

Both boys testing out their skills on the slip-n-slide, needless to say they both slept well that night.

Jonathan only took a break from sliding down this thing, when there was cake.

Jonathan with his friend William.

Matthew trying out his skateboarding abilities.

Figuring out which is the best way to come down. Bellies...

Knees.....

8 Seconds

2011-06-18T06:09:00.000-07:00

We decided to go see a Rodeo last night, here are a few pictures of the boys trying out their rodeo skills.

Okay, this doesn't seem so tough....

This could be pretty fun....

Uh oh, it is getting harder....

Big guy goes down first....

Here goes Matthew......

Summertime

2011-06-18T05:49:00.001-07:00

The boys playing in the sprinkler last weekend, I was trying to water the lawn since we had not had any rain but the boys decided it was for them.

Jonathan practicing some of his skills from swimming lessons.

Jonathan working on his diving skills.

Matthew during his VBS presentation.

The boys at a friend's birthday party last weekend, where they bowled and played video games.

Happy Birthday Dad!

2011-06-06T07:13:00.000-07:00

A Day at the Beach

2011-06-06T07:09:00.000-07:00

We spent Memorial Day weekend at Mimi's house and here are a few pictures of our trip to Atlantic Beach.

Spring Update

2011-05-08T07:58:00.000-07:00

Matthew at bat.

Matthew's Mother's Day Luncheon at his preschool.

Jonathan and Matthew waiting to run the bases at Turner Field.

The Frye Family at Turner Field.

Phil and Matthew watching the Braves Game.

The boys practicing casting with their new rods.

Jonathan with his friend, Madelynn after their Kindergarten performance. He is a chicken and she is a turtle.

The boys running the "old bases" of Fulton County Stadium.

Matthew dyeing Easter eggs.

Jonathan and Matthew at the zoo feeding the parakeets.

Jonathan during our backyard easter egg hunt.

Boys at the zoo.

Matthew Learning to Ride a Bike

2011-03-23T09:58:00.001-07:00

Jonathan keeping busy while Matthew was learning how to ride a bike without training wheels.

Taking a few spins around the parking lot.

Phil pretty much just took off the training wheels and let Matthew go...he took it from there. There are not many pictures because he learned so fast.

This Year's Touch-A-Truck

2011-03-23T09:51:00.001-07:00

The boys in the firetruck...of course the one with the longest line.

The dragster, the overall favorite.

Jonathan in the back of the "paddy" wagon.

In the giant Roller Skate.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

2011-03-17T12:05:00.001-07:00

Jonathan found out today that he placed 3rd in the Science Fair for the Kindergarten level.

Happy St. Patrick's Day. We only look Irish.

Science Fair & Opening Day

2011-03-09T11:10:00.000-08:00

The boys on the opening day of baseball, we have yet to play a game though because of all the rain, at least they are ready.

Jonathan with his science fair project "what burns the fastest?".

The Tooth Fairy is running out of money!

2011-02-13T06:27:00.000-08:00

Jonathan has lost 2 teeth in two days....lucky for him it is not corn on the cob season.

Snow Days

2011-01-14T07:41:00.000-08:00

We have spent the entire week at home due to the snow and extreme cold weather, here are few pictures of the boys getting out and playing. We did not have a sled nor did any store in the Atlanta area so we made do with a couple of leftover swim rings from last summer. Other than one minor "ice-ball" injury everyone had a good time.

December Update

2011-01-09T07:14:00.000-08:00

Jonathan had his cast removed and his arm is as good as new. He is ready for more jumping on the trampoline, roller blading and scootering, you would of thought that would be how he broke his arm in the first place.

Jonathan with his new guitar.

Matthew practicing his hockey skills.

Matthew with Santa at our playgroup Christmas party.

Jonathan with Santa at our playgroup Christmas party.

Matthew at the Mississippi Children's Museum.

Jomathan at the Mississippi Children's Museum.

At the Mississippi Children's Museum, this playground was based on the digestive system, so you started out as food and came out as ....., Jonathan is coming out into the toilet.

Again at the Children's Museum, Jonathan sticking to the velcro wall.

Matthew pumping gas into a fake car at the Children's Museum.

Jonathan cleaning the car.

Jonathan, Matthew and their cousin Aiden at the Christmas festival in Canton, MS.

Celebrating Christmas at Grandma's house.

The boys posing with their "guys".

Matthew with some presents.

Getting ready for Christmas.

Waiting for their turn to see Santa.

Making a gingerbread house.

Jonathan's new accessory

2010-12-03T12:24:00.001-08:00

Jonathan and Matthew were playing on the bottom stairs on Monday and decided to see who could jump farther off of the stairs...needless to say, Jonathan "won". We did not know that he had broken his elbow until yesterday afternoon but after a visit to the Immediate Care Center and the Ortho Dr., it is comfirmed that he has a broken elbow and will be in a cast for at least the next 3 weeks.

Matthew's Last Day of Soccer

2010-11-17T10:39:00.000-08:00

Halloween Pictures

2010-11-01T05:01:00.001-07:00

Matthew waiting for more trick or treaters after his long night.

Checking out all of the loot, Phil is making sure it is all "safe".

How many pieces can I have?

Matthew as Iron Man

Yes, we have seen this one before, now it is just a larger size, can't have too many Falcons uniforms.

Getting ready to carve the pumpkins.

Picking out the design of our pumpkin.

Some pictures from the past week

2010-10-25T08:22:00.000-07:00

Matthew practicing his soccer skills in his "Little Stars" program.

Jonathan playing goaling with his friends.

Learning how to play one of Jonathan's new birthday presents.

Jonathan and his new Phineas and Ferb shirt.

Jonathan with one of his birthday gifts.

Jonathan celebrating his birthday at school.

Mom with the birthday boy in his classroom.

Jonathan's soccer league was invited to play during half-time of the Kennesaw State Women's Soccer game, here he is on the big field with some of his teammates.

We went to the top of Kennesaw Mountain to watch the airshow but the boys had more fun climbing on the trees and rocks.

Birthday Celebrations this past weekend

2010-10-07T11:20:00.001-07:00

Jonathan and Matthew with their new straw glasses.

Jonathan in his new Buzz Lightyear towel, practicing flying off of the stairs.

Mimi & Boppy with the boys at the pumpkin patch.

Matthew's Birthday Party

2010-09-27T14:16:00.001-07:00

Jonathan and Matthew in the ticket blaster at Chuck E. Cheese's yesterday. This ticket blaster was the whole reason we had his party there, but he did like it.

Matthew putting the 4 candles on his cake.

Matthew and Chuck

Jonathan Soccer Pictures

2010-09-21T05:29:00.000-07:00

Mohawk Brothers

2010-08-26T17:03:00.000-07:00

Matthew's First Day of Preschool

2010-08-17T10:52:00.000-07:00

Matthew's first day of school went very well, here are a few pictures of him getting ready to leave this morning. He did have to be pulled from the car during morning drop-off, but when I picked him up, he said he would go back on Thursday.

The boys thought that since we had been taking so many first day of school pictures, that I needed to take one with them last night when I started my first class of this semester.

Jonathan's First Day of Kindergarten

2010-08-05T04:52:00.001-07:00

Jonathan at his new desk.

Jonathan ready for his first day of Kindergarten.

Vacation at Mimi & Boppy's House

2010-07-11T05:15:00.001-07:00

Look out here, I come....the boys having fun at Mimi & Boppy's pool.

Let's drive together.

Helping Boppy clean off the boat.

I want to help too.

Pictures from Goom & Beth's Wedding

2010-07-11T04:58:00.000-07:00

The boys favorite part of the day, getting to ride on the Gator.

"I only look sweet and innocent"

Picture of the Wedding Party

Frye Family

Baseball Days

2010-06-20T12:50:00.001-07:00

Matthew playing shortstop.

Jonathan swinging for the fences.

Matthew getting ready to steal second.

Matthew coming in as the clean up hitter.

Last Day of VBS

2010-06-18T14:05:00.000-07:00

Jonathan's last day of Vacation Bible School was today, here are a couple of pictures of him with his friends.

Jonathan with his crew leader, Billy Mack.

Jonathan and Madelynn

Jonathan's Preschool Graduation

2010-05-15T08:22:00.001-07:00

Jonathan with his friend Carter at their preschool field day.

Jonathan with his teachers, Ms. Patti & Ms. Connie.

Jonathan with his "diploma".

Jonathan performing in his last day of school program.

Big Shanty Festival

2010-04-19T07:11:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of pictures of Jonathan enjoying the rides at the Big Shanty Festival this weekend.

New Soccer Pictures

2010-04-19T07:04:00.000-07:00

Jonathan has taken to playing goalie, here are a couple of pictures of this week's performance.

Spring Break Pictures

2010-04-16T06:18:00.000-07:00

Playing on the rocks with Mimi at the sunset.

Our trip to Busch Gardens

Mandy and Jonathan on the roller coaster at Busch Gardens.

Mimi and Matthew on his new favorite ride- the Grover roller coaster.

Jonathan kayaking at the beach.

Jonathan with his new Easter sunglasses and one less tooth.

Boppy reading stories.

What a weekend

2010-03-22T12:46:00.001-07:00

Jonathan with the Gwinnett Gladiators' Mascot "Maximus".

Meghan & Jonathan at the hockey game.

Jonathan at the Gladiators Game

Sponge Bob made a special appearance at the hockey game.

Matthew- the Garbage Man.

Jonathan driving the bobcat.

Matthew and Jonathan at the Kennesaw Touch-a-Truck Event.

Matthew driving the paver.

Just blowing the horns on all of the trucks.

Matthew driving a recycling truck.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

2010-03-16T17:09:00.000-07:00

We may not be Irish, but we sure look like it....

Home Depot- Rain Gauge

2010-03-07T14:26:00.000-08:00

We tried out the Home Depot's Kids Workshop yesterday. The boys made a rain gauge, here is a picture of the completed project.

Playing the snow.....a little more this time.

2010-02-21T07:09:00.001-08:00

Jonathan's 100 Day Party- Celebrating 100 days of school.

2010-02-21T07:05:00.000-08:00

Chattanooga Childrens Museum & IMAX Movie

2010-02-07T06:16:00.001-08:00

During our day in Chattanooga we also visited their Childrens Museum and saw our first IMAX movie.

Chattanooga Aquarium

2010-02-07T06:04:00.000-08:00

Phil had MLK day off this year, so we decided to go to Chattanooga for a day of family fun. Here are some pictures from the Aquarium.

Playing in the "snow"

2010-02-07T05:59:00.000-08:00

We never really know when we are going to get snow, so we have to take every opportunity to play in it. This snow storm did not really materialize but the boys had fun anyway.

Christmas Pictures

2009-12-31T12:26:00.001-08:00

The boys helping to make Christmas cookies, their job was to unwrap the candy...I think some was eaten along the way.

Off to Jonathan's Christmas program at school.

Watching the Kennesaw Christmas Parade with Madelynn, it was a pretty cold day.

The boys with Santa.

Mandy in her new Snuggie, who would of thought the Snuggies would be the "hit" of Christmas this year.

Jonathan with his new Man U uniform.

Opening Christmas gifts.

Jonathan and Matthew at the Lights of Life show.

Breakfast with Santa

2009-12-05T09:02:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving Feast at Jonathan's School

2009-11-29T14:08:00.000-08:00

Happy Fall

2009-11-29T14:02:00.001-08:00

Happy Halloween

2009-11-05T11:52:00.001-08:00

Jonathan's Birthday Party

2009-11-05T11:38:00.001-08:00

We had a nice celebration for Jonathan's 5th birthday. We celebrated at the City of Kennesaw's gymnastics facility with all of our friends. Mimi, Boppy, Goom & Beth were also able to come and celebrate with us.

Underoos

2009-10-09T14:06:00.000-07:00

Matthew's 3rd Birthday

2009-09-27T16:46:00.001-07:00

Matthew opening his new scooter.

Opening presents at his birthday party.

His favorite part- the cake.

Matthew and his 3rd birthday cake.

Celebrating his birthday with his friends.

Playing at Bounce U.

Jonathan playing at Matthew's birthday party.

Annual Trip to Sesame Street Live

2009-09-27T16:42:00.000-07:00

More Pictures from Nic and Drew's Wedding

2009-09-27T16:16:00.001-07:00

Jonathan and as he says "the white girl" because of her dress, all he wanted to do was dance with the bride, my cousin, Nicole.

Phil and Meghan at Nicole and Drew's wedding.

Tough Night

Tough Night #2

Jonathan and my cousin, Tom or as the boys call him "Thomas" like the train. It is amazing what they think is a nickname.

Mimi dancing with the boys.

Matthew and Phil at dinner.

The boys favorite party was getting to "clink" the glasses. They did not care about the couple kissing, they just liked being able to hit the glasses without getting into trouble.

Labor Day Weekend

2009-09-15T13:31:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of pictures from my cousin's wedding over Labor Day Weekend.

Visit to the Fire Station

2009-08-15T10:08:00.001-07:00

Jonathan and Matthew with the "fire dog".

Matthew driving the fire truck.

Jonathan showing off his new fire helmet and badge.

Jonathan in front of the fire engine.

Jonathan getting his fire helmet from the firefighter.

Visit to the Tellus Museum

2009-08-15T10:03:00.001-07:00

Jonathan and Matthew panning for gemstones.

Jonathan and Matthew standing by a really big shark.

Jonathan and Matthew with the dinosaur skeleton.

Jonathan and Matthew with the big dump truck.

Swimming with Mandy

2009-08-15T09:59:00.001-07:00

Jonathan floating on his butt (I asked Jonathan what he was doing in this picture and that was his exact quote).

Matthew just floating in the pool.

Matthew and Mandy playing in the pool.

Mimi & Boppy's House

2009-08-08T19:11:00.001-07:00

We spent last week at Mimi & Boppy's house in NC. Jonathan learned how to dive and to hold his own fish while we were there. Matthew stuck to the shallow end of the pool but enjoyed shooting everyone with his new water gun (Thanks Mimi!). We took a ferry boat to a Fossil Museum, which really impressed the boys.

Jonathan learning how to dive.

Boppy & Matthew catching a fish.

Jonathan with his fish.

Riding down to the neighborhood pond to fish.

Aurora Fossil Museum

Looking for shark's teeth at the museum.

Frye Family on the Ferry boat to Aurora.

Jonathan jumping in the pool.

Mimi reading to Jonathan & Matthew.

Jonathan driving the boat.

Jonathan learning how to dive.

Braves Fans

2009-08-08T19:08:00.001-07:00

Jonathan and Matthew showing off their Braves clothes.

Hanging in there....

2009-07-06T19:10:00.000-07:00

Climbing the Rock Wall

2009-07-06T19:05:00.000-07:00

Jonathan loves to climb the rock wall at the Y. Here are a couple of pictures of him, the goal is to touch the turtle at the top of the wall.

It's in the hole....

2009-06-25T19:03:00.001-07:00

Jonathan and Matthew tried playing golf at the driving range tonight. They seemed to have a good time and played pretty well. We have one club for the "long" grass and one club for the "short" grass and they were supposed to aim for the hole. The rules come gradually. Oh yeah, and make sure no one is around you when you swing.

Preschool Rickshaw

2009-06-25T18:35:00.001-07:00

Boys will be boys....

2009-06-17T18:05:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Dad

2009-06-05T06:17:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Phil's 39th Birthday yesterday. Jonathan made the sign in the background for Dad and both boys enjoyed eating his cake.

Super(men)

2009-05-27T17:25:00.000-07:00

I finally found a replacement set of Superman pjs for Jonathan, so that his old pair could finally be passed on to Matthew. Needless to say, they were getting pretty short on Jonathan.

Memorial Day Weekend

2009-05-27T17:18:00.001-07:00

Mimi helped Jonathan "read" while she was here. He liked making Elmo the noun in his sentences.

Matthew, Jonathan and Mimi playing "Chutes and Ladders", of course Matthew won! He wouldn't let you forget it either.

Beth, Jonathan and Matthew playing Badminton, just when we think we have every sport.....

Celebrating Goom and Beth's engagement.

Happy 10th Anniversary

2009-05-27T17:15:00.000-07:00

Phil and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary on May 15th, it is hard to believe that 10 years have gone by so fast.

Jonathan's Mother's Day Lunch

2009-05-10T10:35:00.001-07:00

I was invited to have lunch with Jonathan on Thursday to celebrate Mother's Day. Here is a clip of the song his class performed for the Moms.

No Training Wheels

2009-05-01T16:39:00.000-07:00

Jonathan rode his bike today for the first time without training wheels. There were no major injuries involved and it was much easier than I expected.

Fun with Friends

2009-04-30T14:03:00.000-07:00

Jonathan playing in the creek along the Cheatham Hill hike.

Matthew on the Cheatham Hill hike.

Matthew having fun at Ethan's Birthday party.

Jonathan playing basketball at Ethan's birthday party.

Jonathan playing at Ethan's birthday party.

Fun with Grandma

2009-04-30T13:50:00.001-07:00

Grandma, Phil, Matthew and Jonathan watching the Shriners' Circus.

Jonathan in his race car.

Matthew in his race car at the Shriners' circus.

Jonathan and Matthew riding rides.

Of course, they had to try the motorcycles.

Jonathan flying the helicopter.

Grandma with Jonathan and Matthew, at Matthew's soccer game.

Spring Break in Florida

2009-04-30T13:39:00.000-07:00

Mimi, Dad, Jonathan and Matthew playing "Sorry".

Matthew and Dad building sandcastles.

Jonathan filling up the moat around his sandcastle.

Jonathan

Matthew and Phil playing paddleball on the beach.

Matthew with his Easter eggs.

Jonathan with his Easter eggs.

Our Hiking Trip

2009-03-29T09:27:00.000-07:00

Jonathan and Matthew, just being weird.

Jonathan and Matthew at our hike to Cooper's Furnace.

Top of the hike, overlooking the Dam.

This Weekend

2009-03-22T16:15:00.000-07:00

Jonathan practicing his golfing skills, Tiger Woods started with putt-putt, right?

Of course, the kids wanted to ride the motorcycles or maybe that was Phil.

Phil took Matthew for his first go-kart ride, he liked going "super fast".

Matthew arriving at his first soccer game, per tradition,

he wore the "I didn't come here to lose" t-shirt

Matthew showing off his new soccer uniform.

Playing Outside

2009-03-19T16:53:00.001-07:00

Whoa, slow down....Yeah right, he really wanted to go faster.

I am not so sure about this tree climbing thing.

How high can I go?

Jonathan and Matthew practicing their roller skating skills.

Matthew trying his "ice" skates out.

Random Life

2009-03-08T07:17:00.001-07:00

Matthew helping out with the cleaning.

Phil, Jonathan and Matthew making funny faces.

Jonathan and Matthew with "Deepo", the fish mascot for the GA Aquarium.

Jonathan and Matthew watching TV.

Family Time

2009-02-18T16:24:00.000-08:00

We were fortunate to have some family visit us this past weekend, here are couple of pictures of the visit.

A display of everyone's Obama finest.

Jonathan with cousin, Julie.

Matthew with Aunt Mandy.

Mandy, Meghan, Nonnie Millie, Bobbie/ Mimi, Goom and Beth.

Jonathan practicing his Yoga.

Mandy, Nonnie Millie and Julie at The Cheesecake Factory.

Matthew, Julie and Jonathan....Yeah, I know they never wear pants.

Jonathan looking at his own blog

2009-01-19T17:16:00.000-08:00

Playing at the INK museum

2009-01-19T17:08:00.000-08:00

Jonathan and Matthew had a nice MLK holiday by going to the Interactive Neighborhood for Kids Museum. The place had all sorts of activities but the boys seemed to be most interested in the real firetruck.

Christmas at Grandma's House

2009-01-12T05:56:00.000-08:00

Matthew with Uncle Gray opening gifts.

Matthew with his new police helmet.

Jonathan with his new racecar helmet.

Jonathan and Matthew opening gifts with Grandma.

Jonathan opening gifts.

Christmas Morning 2008

2009-01-12T05:49:00.001-08:00

Jonathan & Matthew with their new dinosaur "Kota".

Mandy and Matthew opening gifts.

Jonathan with his new 100 lb firetruck.

Matthew opening gifts.

Jonathan opening gifts.

Christmas 2008

2009-01-12T05:42:00.000-08:00

Phil and Jonathan reading "The Night Before Christmas".

Jonathan looking for Santa.

Jonathan with his Santa cookie plate.

Mimi and Jonathan listening to the bear who reads "The Night Before Christmas".

Mandy and Jonathan

Making Christmas Cookies with Mandy

2009-01-12T05:36:00.000-08:00

How to spell Mississippi

2008-12-17T14:08:00.000-08:00

Visit with Santa

2008-12-10T16:38:00.000-08:00

The boys had a nice visit with Santa today, Jonathan asked for a "100 lb firetruck" and Matthew wanted a candy cane.

Playing in the Rain

2008-12-10T16:31:00.000-08:00

We had a reasonably warm but rainy day today, so I thought I would let the boys test out their rain gear. They had a good time jumping in the puddles and letting the rain wash the mud off of their faces.

Riding the Pink Pig

2008-12-03T13:17:00.000-08:00

Today we rode the Macy's "Pink Pig" an Atlanta tradition for over 50 years.

Happy Thanksgiving

2008-12-03T13:09:00.000-08:00

We had a nice visit with Mimi, Boppy, Nonnie, Goom, Beth and Mandy over Thanksgiving, here are some of the pictures from our trip to NC.

Sunday Uniforms- Go Falcons!

2008-11-23T10:13:00.000-08:00

Jonathan and Matthew enjoy watching the Atlanta Falcons on Sundays but they can not support the team without their jerseys. Jonathan wears #2 (Matt Ryan) the quarterback and Matthew wears #33 (Michael Turner) a running back.

Go take a hike....

2008-11-09T15:29:00.000-08:00

Leo enjoyed his day out as well.

Matthew's reaction after trying to eat a leaf.

Happy Halloween

2008-11-02T06:13:00.000-08:00

Our Last Soccer Game

2008-10-29T14:00:00.000-07:00

Coach Dad and Jonathan had their last soccer game for this season this past Saturday. Phil says that the team went undefeated even though they didn't keep score. We are looking forward to starting Basketball soon.

My New Scooter...Just like Tim's

2008-10-23T14:07:00.000-07:00

Jonathan received a new 2 wheel scooter for his 4th birthday. His first words after opening the gift were, "It's just like Tim's". Tim being his cousin Tim Hudson, whose scooter he played with this past summer.

Cagle's Dairy Farm

2008-10-23T14:03:00.001-07:00

Celebrating Jonathan's 4th Birthday

2008-10-23T13:33:00.000-07:00

We had a nice time celebrating Jonathan's 4th birthday at the "gymnastics place", as he calls it with his friends.

David Beckham ain't got nothin' on me.....

2008-10-14T19:03:00.001-07:00

Jonathan is playing on the 3 and 4 year old soccer team this fall...he has come along way since "Sporties for Shorties". Last week he played goalie for the first time and really liked being the only player who could use his hands.

Birthday Toys

2008-10-14T18:54:00.000-07:00

Four Generations

2008-10-14T17:26:00.001-07:00

Seen here, Meghan Frye, Nonnie Lucy Spilker, Frank Spilker, Jonathan Frye and Matthew Frye. We were fortunate to have all 4 generations of "Spilkers" to celebrate Jonathan and Matthew's birthdays.

Celebrating Matthew's 2nd Birthday

2008-09-28T10:38:00.000-07:00

Guess Where Matthew wanted to go for his Birthday?

2008-09-27T07:48:00.001-07:00