Awanas

2008-2009 Awana's has ended. We had an awards night where the girls got their year end awards for all of their hard work through out the year. They really loved every night of it and are looking forward to going again next year.

Kailey's First T-Ball Game

Kailey had her first T-Ball Game April 21st. She had a blast and did a great job.

Strike one! She hit the ball on her next swing and hit it pretty far!Running to her base.
She got to be the catcher, it's just so cute seeing her with all of that gear on.Chase spotted daddy taking pictures and kept following him around saying "Cheese", and who could walk away without taking a picture of him?!
Now that we have been to a few T-Ball games, Tana has now asked when she can play. Well, she makes the cut off and could possibly play next year. She was really excited.

Campfire with the Fulton's

We have a campfire pit in our backyard and have been anticipating nicer weather to have a fire. Well, it finally happened a few weeks ago with our friends, the Fulton family. We had pizza and then headed out to the fire pit to cook some smores! Yum!

However, I think some of the little kids enjoyed just eating the separate parts of the smores, like just the chocolate, or even just the marshmallows! They were happy, that's all that matters!

Tana and Jim posing for a picture.
Here is Jim & Jasa, what a cute couple!
Here is Jim, Braxton, Brayden, Jasa, and Paul, surrounding the fire, keeping warm.
Jim and Braxton, I think Braxton was trying to stay busy to stay awake.
A phrase comes to mind as I look at this picture: "Men are just little boys in big pants!" It was a great time!

Easter Fun

We love celebrating our good Lord taking away our sins and rising from the dead. The Saturday before Easter Sunday we went to our church's Easter Egg hunt. The weather was beautiful! Can you see all of the little plastic Easter eggs, filled with candy?There were lots of people and all of our kids were eagerly anticipating the countdown to the hunt! When it did happen the girls did a great job all by themselves. Chase and Mommy went to the toddler section where the parents could assist. However, in Chase's case, he did not need any help and did a great job! Then the hunt was over and he discovered candy in the eggs, wow, was he thrilled!


Here you can see the anticipation Chase had with going on the jumping ride. This is probably what he was saying in his mind: "I'm a big boy now!"
Kailey really wanted to go up the rock climbing wall, but she had on a dress, so maybe next year! (plus the line was extremely long!)

Tree Climbers

The girls were outside playing and I saw them climbing in the trees, so off I went to snap some pictures! I love how they posed for the pictures.

First T-Ball Practice

Kailey just had her first T-Ball practice on Tuesday. She has been anticipating this for a long time and now the time was here! We arrived right on time and with much excitement she ran right out onto the field. With not knowing what to expect, she found out that she knew most of her teammates. Which by the way all of her teammates are girls!! Yeah, an all girl team of nine (so far). Kailey is so excited and can not wait till her next practice!

Yes, while Kailey plays, Tana and Chase cheer her on. Tana has actually made a friend, whose big sister is also on the same team! Fun!

A day at the park

Kailey's school went on a trip to the park and our family joined them. It turned out to be one of the warmest days in a long time.

And what better way to end a school day!!! A frosty from Wendy's!!!

Rockets

What rockets? Okay, we were flying a kite the other weekend and Paul remembered how fun it was as a kid setting off rockets. So after mommy and daddy spent some time putting them all together; then came the time everyone was waiting for!

We went down to the bottom of our property and had the count down. The girls were so excited and had lots of fun tracking them down after their descend. We did have to go knock on the farmer behind us cause one of the rockets landed right in the middle of his cow field. It was a lot of fun to be out doors and enjoy these moments with the kids!

Hot Wheels & Pine Derby Race

Tana was entered into a Hot Wheels race with her Cubbies class. Tana was very excited to go and race her little Lightning McQueen race car. Okay, it was really Chase's car! Her car was not the fastest, but she still got a ribbon for participating. She was so excited!Kailey entered into a pine derby race with her Sparks class. With daddy's assistance, they came up with a design. Daddy cut it out and Kailey helped sand it, paint it (blue her favorite color) and put glitter on it. After it all dried, she put flower stickers all over it!

Then it was off to the races. She was so excited to race. There were 26 heats with 4 cars racing in each heat. Kailey's car raced in approximately 5 heats. The top three fastest cars got trophies and then there were judges that placed the top three best designs. She did very well for her first pine derby; however she did not place in any of the top three. Plus, she was a great sport about it. Mommy & Daddy now know what to expect at these races.

Overall, it was a lot of fun! Chase had fun watching the cars race and cheered on everyone! Can't wait till next year!

Chasing after God

Here at the Ferguson house, we like to pray at all times of the day. Well, Chase has caught on! When Pastor Vern (at Harvest Church), dedicated Chase, I loved his comment of his name and it has stuck in my own prayers for him. His comment was Chase is a symbolism for Chasing after God and God's heart.

Chase has also learned to put his right hand on his heart as we say our Pledge of Allegiance at Kailey's school. I have failed to take a picture of this, but it is very cute!

We went for his 18 month check up last month. He weighs 25 pounds and 13 ounces (in the 50% for his age), his length is 33 1/8 inches long (in the 75% for his age), and his head is at 18 3/4 inches round (in the 50% for his age). He is doing very well all around. The doctor also suggested that he no longer have a pacifier, as his two front teeth were not coming down to their full capacity. It was just the excuse I needed to hear, as I have been wanting to break him of it anyways. Well, the first few days were a little troubling, but all is well now, and he is doing great without it! Yeah! Wow, he growing up so fast!