Congratulations Hailey!

Hailey got in the car today and handed me a letter. She was so excited. She got picked for Enrichment which is part of GT (gifted and talented). They pick about 4 (I think) out of the whole grade for the state funded GT program (which she didn't end up getting picked for). But she did get picked for the Enrichment program which is another part of GT where she will get pulled once a week for an hour to go do. She will have to do a power point presentation on a topic of her choice. She was very excited! Congratulations, Hailey!

Virginia's Retirement Party

On Friday night, we headed down to LR to Graffitti's for Virginia's retirement party. She finally retired-Woohoo Virginia! It was nice because we had a small party room where the kids could get up and roam around. We visited with everyone and had dinner. It was really nice. Congratulations Virginia/Mom/Nana!

Brian and his mom.
Aunt Sally and the kids.
Blowing out Nana's Retirement Cake.
Me & Miranda
Nana opening her gifts. This one is from Miranda and is sooo funny. It is a t-shirt that says, "I'm retired but I work part time as a pain in the butt!" Haha too funny!

Scavenger Hunt at Mimi's

On Sunday, we all headed to Mimi & PopPop's for turkey dinner and a scavenger hunt. The dinner was great! The kids were so excited and couldn't hardly wait for the scavenger hunt. My mom made them each a list of items they had to go find and bring back to turn in for their prize. It was too cool. They loved it and their prizes. Thanks Mimi & PopPop!

Mimi giving instructions.
One of the lists
Hailey found something on her list!
Hayden is hunting for something on his list.
They all finished and are waiting on their prizes!

Saturday at Scott's

Cousins in the Dune Buggy

On Saturday, we headed to my brothers house to cook out and watch the Razorback game. We tease them because they never invite anyone to their house. We really had a good time and hopefully we will get another invite before another 5 years has passed! :) haha! Anyway, the kids had a great time. They went off in the dune buggy (leaving Kristin and I behind but that's OK). Then we just visited and watched the game. The kids had a sleepover so that was kind of nice to have a quiet house at home! Thanks Scott and Kristen. Here are some pictures, too, that Kristen took that evening of them hay bale jumpin'.

Kristen said Hayden wasn't too keen on jumping. He was a little scared.
Best Buds

Thanks Kristen for taking all of these pictures!

Friday Night

On Friday night, we headed to (McDonald's first)the Wampus Cat game. Conway played Cabot and we lost but we had a good time. We met the Solberg's there and the kids had fun together. We saw lots of people from church and just had a really nice time. It will be fun when our kids are that age and (hopefully) we will be cheering them on at their games/activities still. But, I don't want them to grow up that quick either!!!

Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall...

Here is my little Humpty Dumpty. He had to pick a character from a Nursery Rhyme and dress up like it and then recite the rhyme. He picked Humpty Dumpty. I made his costume the night before out of a foam poster board for the egg, hat, and wall. And two colored poster boards for the clothes. The band on the hat and the necktie are from felt scraps and the buttons are those little craft puffs. The whole thing cost me $3.00!!!! I was pretty pumped and thought he looked pretty darned cute!

Jump Rope Tryouts

Hailey and Megan waiting to try out.
Hailey and Natalie after tryouts...Whew!
Hayden and the new love of his life, Emily (on right), Natalie's older sister.

Hailey did very good at jump rope tryouts. Here is a short clip of some tricks she put together for her routine. She did well considering she was still pretty weak from being sick. And, GUESS WHAT???? SHE MADE IT!!!! Congratulations, Hailey!! Can't wait to go see you perform!

Good Job Hailey!

We are so proud of Hailey for her Interim Report. She got really good grades far. She got a 94 A in Math; 95 A in Addition Speed Tests; 94 A in Spelling; and an 88 B in D.L.R. She got 3+ Above Grade Level for Reading. In writing, she got a 3 Proficient. She didn't get any behavior marks and her teacher said she is a "Great student, Always gives 100%". Great job Hailey!!!!



Hailey wanted to type something, too......

I am so proud of myself. I'm sick and trying out for jump rope on Wensday.

The Fair

The Parade

On Tuesday, we went to the parade. It is always something we enjoy doing together and the weather couldn't have been better! Hailey decided that she wanted to ride on her the float for her gymnastics place. She LOVED it!!! She told me all the people she saw along the route. Hayden waved, I swear, almost the entire parade. My niece, Hannah, was on the same float so that was fun for the girls. We sat with Scott, Kristen, Jeremy, Madison, Cheryl (Kristen's mom) and my mom. We all had a good time. Afterwards, Mimi had a sleepover because Brian has been out of town, and we went to Taco Bueno (Hailey's favorite) for dinner. We had a good time together. Here are a few pictures from the parade. Oh, by the way, Hailey's school won 1st place for their float!!! Way to go ES!

The Newest Member of the Family

Proud Grandpa

Welcome Baby Samantha!!! Sunday my cousin, Sophie's, water broke (about 2 weeks early). She delivered a healthy 6lb 3 ounce baby girl. She is just beautiful and has a head full of dark brown hair! We are so happy for you guys! Congratulations, she is precious!

Sunday

Sunday, we went to sunday school and then came back home because Brian was headed out to the woods to put his stand, camera, etc. up. I started cleaning house and my parents called to say their power was out. They came to put some meat in our freezer and Momma had a sleepover. Of course, daddy wouldn't stay ...too hard headed. Their power ended up coming back on later in the evening. Luckily, they only lost a few limbs and their power. It was fun though.

My Latest Art Project

My friend, Traci, just had a new baby boy and needed some artwork for the nursery. She and I picked out a couple of pictures from the internet for me to try to duplicate and here they are. I changed the colors to match her nursery which is a blue, goldish yellow, cream, and chocolate brown. She has a giraffe print fabric in the blue and cream. A friend of Traci's made all her bedding and the pictures of it look super cute! Anyway, thought I would post my latest project. I have another canvas I am wanting to do that I saw in a specialty shop. It is super cute (hopefully I can copy it), but my kids have too much on their walls already so I guess I'll just have to wait for another baby to be born....to someone else of course!!!!!

The Monkey

The Giraffe

Our Lazy Weekend

Last night we cooked out steaks and rented movies. The kids and I all piled up in our bed to watch Nim's Island. The kids really liked it...I wouldn't know because I fell asleep about halfway through it (around 9:00)! I was soooo sleepy! Now, I usually don't go to bed until around 11:30 or later, especially on the weekends. I was miserable and could not stay awake! This morning, Hailey and I laid in bed watching TV and playing on the laptops. Then, I went shopping with my mom. I wanted to get out for a little while before it started storming. We had lunch and did some shopping then I headed for home. We all played games at the house while watching the weather. We even got to see a funnel cloud pass by from the back yard. It was several miles away and was way up in the sky (never touched down) and shortly after, the sirens went off! They were a little late on that one! Then we all headed down to Hailey's favorite, Taco Bueno, to eat dinner. Now we are waiting for more rain to come tonight from Ike. Luckily, Poppy and Grandma made it through Ike down in TX with 50+ mph winds! WOW!!! Glad you guys are OK! Hope everyone is having a good weekend! Stay safe! Oh, yeah, I thought I would get a little festive (early) with a new blog template...what do you think?

Go Hogs Go!

We had a nice weekend! On Saturday, we went to the Razorback game. Oh my goodness! What a game! We pulled it out! I can't believe it! We took the kids and went with my parents. Hailey was great, Hayden got a bit tired. It was very crowded and didn't clear out much because of how close it kept getting. We ended up staying for the whole game and didn't get home until close to 11:00. We missed Sunday School the next morning but made it to big church. After lunch at Mazzio's with Mimi and PopPop, we had a lazy Sunday afternoon at home. It was nice. Oh, and Hailey had some exciting news....she FINALLY learned how to blow a bubble! I had to take some pics of her to put on here. She is super excited!