Spring Happenings 2011

I did this last year and it was so much easier than writing individual posts for everything that happens in the Spring. Enjoy! We did!

Trey had his first Pack meeting and he got some badges.

Chase got to dress up as a cowboy for school, so cute!

Flowers are starting to bloomLeah continues to lose teeth and is starting to look like a jack-o-lantern

Easter Clothes

Leah had her art displayed at the art show at the mall!

She also performed in her end of year Kindergarten program

The girls had their dance recital

It's been really hot, like record breaking, so the kids took advantage of the sprinkler

Trey had his Spring Band Concert and did so good. He is the only trumpet player. This is his first year and he didn't miss a note!

Emma turned 8!! I will save a special post for her baptism.
How did you spend your Spring??

Visit from the Morans

Waayy back in March, we got a surprise visit from the Moran family!! Even though it was a visit under not so good circumstances, we were happy to see them. My kids really love their cousins who live in Germany and love to tell people that their cousins live in Germany!! Here are some pictures from their visit.

Madison

Emily

Natalie

AbigailLeah and Samantha

We celebrated Sarah's 29th Birthday too!

Valentines Day!!

I just had to sent a shout out to my wonderful husband and the sweetest card ever that he made me for Valentines Day!!

This is us on our wedding day, January 31, 1998.


And this is the card he made me, 13 years later and I would say our love is even stronger than our wedding day!

Guess who is a double-digit midget??

Trey turned 10 and is officially a 'double-digit-midget' This is starting to make me feel old having a child who is 10!! It's crazy. Trey really didn't want a birthday party this year, but he did invite some of his closest friends over for a sleepover. He has had 2 great buddies since pre-k. They are Eli and Ralphie. The 3 of them get along so well and there is no jealously or drama like my girls have with their friends (what is up with that anyway?? They are in kindergarten and 2nd grade, I didn't think this started so early??)

Trey has been obsessed with Nerf guns this year. All he wanted for his birthday was Nerf guns, and alot of them, so when his friends come over, they can have gun battles. Don headed to Toys r Us and they were having a sale on the Nerf products of buy one get one half off. So he loaded up the cart. I don't know who was more excited, Trey or Don, haha.

Okay, maybe Trey was more excited than Don!!

Happy 10th Birthday Trey!

Leah Beah turns 6!

Wow, how the time has flown. Leah's birthday always reminds me about the time we have been in our home. We moved to Cumberland 6 weeks before Leah was born and it was a whirlwind 6 weeks of unpacking, doctor appts., painting, doctor appts., taking down wallpaper, doctor appts., hanging pictures and then our sweet Leah was born.

Leah had her first friends birthday party this year. She invited some friends from school and some from her dance class. They played dress-up, had makeovers done and ate pizza and cupcakes. I think she really enjoyed having friends over to her house.

I almost forgot, Leah really wanted to get her ears pierced and I told her when she turned 6, we would do it. She was very brave(but she has already let them close up!)

Leah and her friends all dressed up

We love you sweet Leah!

Katch-up!!

So I got an email from my Dad wondering if Treys band concert was the latest thing to happen in our family?? HaHa, very funny, Dad! So I got the hint, but this year has been very busy with sickness on my part. I got strep throat in January, which resulted in me going to the dermatologist in March to figure out the scaly spots all over my body, then a really crampy woman thing(*wink *wink) in April, so I went to the doctors about that, which resulted in a cyst on my ovary and a 1cm nodule on my Thyroid that I now have to have biopsied(is that a word??) Anyway, all is well, this year has just really flown by.

So I will try to Ket-chup, or katch-up or catch-up! Whatever it will be, stay tuned!!

Christmas Concert

Trey had his first band concert this year. He is playing the Trumpet and surprisingly, picked it up rather quickly.

Funny story...Trey told me the concert started at 10 a.m. So I dropped the kids off at school and headed home to do a couple of things before I went back to the school. I planned to leave at 9:30 so I would get there in good time to get a good seat. Well my phone rang at 9:20 and it was the school secretary asking if i was coming to the concert. I told her "yes" and she told me that they were just waiting for me to come!! I was mortified! I jumped in the car and raced to the school feeling like the worst mother ev-er! I guess they had announced that they were going to start as soon as the last 'mom' arrived. So of course, when I come running in, all the parents know that it is ME who is the 'last one' to arrive. Oh well, Trey was getting a little worried that I wasn't coming, but in my defense, I was told the wrong time!

Look at his concentration!

Great job Trey, keep up the good work!