Tana's Hair

For a year now, Tana has been waiting patiently to get her hair cut and donate it to Locks of Love. Well, that day finally came. We got there and in a matter of seconds, over twelve inches were cut off!! It was really nice to be able to just focus on Tana and I can not wait for our next date together!


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She loves it!!

Mother's Day Celebration

So it was Saturday morning and Paul was sleeping in and I was up with all the kids, keeping quiet downstairs. The kids were playing nicely so I decided to get a jump on the book keeping for the business. As I was gathering all of the receipts, I saw one on the counter top and proceeded to pick it up. At just a glance, I ruined my own surprise! Yes, Paul and the kids got me a card and a gift! So I got it all early!! I can not wait to plant it!And here is what Kailey made for me in school! It was great! She has been growing this in her class for a few month now. Then one day the class went to Chameleons for the day and she got to paint a coffee mug (a hot coco mug for me! LOL!).
This year we celebrated Mother's Day at one of my favorite places to go, "The Reef". It was a blast. Surprisingly, not a lot of people were there. It took Chase a little while to enjoy himself in the water, but when he did, he did not want to leave.

Just got my ears pierced

For years now the girls have talked to me about earrings. Recently they have really shown a lot of interest for their own earrings. After discussing it with daddy and then witnessing someone else getting their ear's pierced, Kailey decided to follow through with getting them. She picked out the earrings she wanted. Who would have guessed, they were blue (if you didn't know, that is her FAVORITE color!). Daddy sat her in the stool and she said, "I'm so excited, I'm about to cry!" With mommy in one hand and daddy in the other, as well as a bear in her lap, she was set and ready to go. There were two people piercing at the same time (wish they did that for me when I was a kid!). Three, two, one and in they went. Kailey did not even flinch! She really impressed us.

Tana was not yet ready and says, "Maybe when I'm as big as Kailey, maybe I'll get earring like her."

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!)