the Bear went over the Mountain

The first grade class did a cute play called "The Bear Went over the Mountain" There were lots of woodland animals involved in the play. Mia was assigned the role of fox. So we crafted a cute fox costume out of orange clothes and fake fur. She even had a cute furry tail.

She was so excited to be in the play and couldn't wait to be on "stage"

Art Show

Zane's artwork was chosen for display at the local Art festival. The middle school teacher was only able to choose 12 pieces from all of her art classes. Zane's was chosen to be entered in the Pop Art category. (Think Andy Warhol) We are very proud of him and are still wondering where he got his artistic skills?

Fishing at Grandma's House

While we were in Westlake for Easter the kids had a great time fishing in the pond behind Grandma's house.

David's been telling the kids about how he fished in this same pond many years while growing up. It's been a fun thing to do with the kids.

Obviously by the size of the catch you can see that it was a catch and release kind of day. But we still had a lot of fun!

Zane

1st place

Mia came in first out of 12 girls in her age group. The water was freezing so that might have sped her up.

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Ty the snake charmer

Ty's friend Tate had a Snake birthday party. Complete with live snakes to hold and wrap around you. Everytime someone held this snake it would trry to climb up the curtains behind. I think the look on his face is priceless!

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from the garden

In our own backyard

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Bringing home two!!!?????

OK, So we're not bringing home two new babies from China, (Well not that you know of anyway.)
BUT my friend Stefanie is!!! She is such an inspiration and a joy to know and work with. Yes, along with parenting her own 10 kids she has time to be the US Director for An Orphan's Wish. Don't know how she does it. I actually met her in China when we were there for Ty.

So in order to get these two new little lovies into her nest she's doing a giveaway and T-shirt fundraiser. So go on over to www.solovedinchina.com or just click on the black box on the right.
Once you see those precious baby faces you'll want to help too!

dying eggs with Nana

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Sam Houston

Kaylee had to do research on a famous Texas figure. She chose Sam Houston. I think she did a great job on her model.

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14 already

My big guy is 14 and I'm somewhat paniced that he will be going to high school on 4 months. (Paperbag please)
Seriously he's a lot of to hang around with and we are excited to see what God has in his future.

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What a week! Sometimes on Friday I look back on my week and think I've accomplished nothing andother times im so whipped I can't see straight. This is a whipped kind of week. Last night I started thinking of all that has gone on this week and here is my list:
Took 3 kids to the dentist
Had a parent teacher conference
Chaperoned the 1st grade field trip
Attended a band competition
Helped Ty with his animal project
Went to 3 different stores before finding sugarcubes for Trent's Egypt project.
Attended Ty's rodeo day performance
Rushed out to buy new underwear for unnamed child because in a 12 hr period all the old ones don't fit anymore and we are now having daily wedgies.
Went to the zoo a 2nd time, when most of the kids got out for 1/2 day.
Nursed zane back to health after a stomach virus.
Did 7 loads of laundry
Finished all girl scout cookie work...Hallelujah!
Plus fed all these mouths all week.....

Don't get me wrong I love my job....and this is why I stay home...but im hoping for a slow week next week.

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Santa Fe Fun

For spring break this year we took a trip to Santa Fe. We had a lot of fun skiing. The kids did a great job and most were skiing blues by day two. The highlight was riding the ski lifts. Zane took a snowboarding class and did really well. However, oon day two he opted to ski instead. He says snowboarding is very complicated. I'll trust him on that.

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Welcome Spring

And hello spring break

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Happy Fat Tuesday

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rock wall climbing

Saturday night we went to a rock wall gym. The event was a girl scout thing for Mia's troop. We had a great time learning how to hold the ropes for each other and climbing the walls. The kids had a great time scaling to the top.

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Oh What fun!

All of the kids have had such a fun time with the baby bunnies. It's a constant source of amusement. They have had so much fun letting all of their friends hold the babies. We've had races with the babies. We've named the babies many different things. We've taken them to school to show their classmates.....But it's almost time for the babies to find new homes.
I hope Kaylee can handle it.....But she's not the only one who's going to miss the little creatures. They are pretty adorable

The effects of having an older brother

You never know what you might find on or IN your bed when it's time to go to sleep......

Ty's self portriat

I just love all the art the kids do at school. I don't ever remember having any art classes other than the occasional Easter or Christmas craft project. It wasn't until I was in college that I took my first art class. In that class our first assignment was to draw our own thumb. (I wonder where those papers are?) Long gone I'm sure.... anyhow
I love this self portrait Ty did of himself in his Pre-K class...by the way this was a 1/2 sheet of poster paper.( Look at the scale of his facial features.....scale that's an art term...right?)

valentine central

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