Ode to Mom

Aaron wrote me a mother's day card. He did it at school and you fill in the blanks. I will share it with all of you. The things that are in red are his answers. In parenthesis are my insights.

My Mom is nice.
Her name is Mary, but I call her Mom. She loves me very much.
Three ways she takes good care of me are byes food, makes lunch, and makes dinner. (You notice how my most important qualities have to do with food)
The hardest job my Mom has is taking out the trash.
The funniest thing about my Mom is her jokes. (He has a good sense of humor)
My favorite food that Mom fixes is chicken. (this is news to me since he hasn't been eating chicken for the past few months)
My favorite game to play with Mom is Bocce. (We learned this game in North Carolina)
My favorite place to go with mom is restaurants.
The coolest thing about my Mom is her skills on video games. (yeah, I rock on level 1 of spider man, but I can't go any higher!)
My favorite thing about my mom is her Jokes. (Apparently, I am hilarious since it is mentioned twice!)
If I could give my Mom any present in the world, I would give her a game. (I guess I am easy to shop for)
If I could take my Mom anywhere in the world, we would go to Hawaii because it is an island. (I think he thinks that I like islands because I went to Haiti, but still, Hawaii would be nice)
Once my Mom and I went to North Carolina and we had so much fun.
If my Mom were an animal she would probably be a Hyena because she laughs a lot. (enough said I think)

Hope you all had a great Mother's day!

Weekend Fun

Hello everyone! As you can see, this weekend was drill weekend for Richard. This was his first drill here in Kansas. He really likes this unit. He will be going to his annual training at the end of this month, so I will be here with only my children. Doesn't he look so handsome?

I cut both of the boys hair this weekend. There was minimal crying on the boys part which is a HUGE improvement. They just hate to get their haircut. Jasmine is with Jacob in this picture, she just has to be out with the family. She is such a good dog.

Leann and I took the kids to this little carnival this weekend. It was at Maude Carpenter (where Leann and Ryan work). The kids got lots of little prizes there. As you can see, the bubble thing was one of them. They had a great time outside today.

I hadn't got a picture of Rebekah's new rat, Squirt. Her rats get along great. Squirt is in her hand. Rebekah is really good with animals. Also, you can tell that Rebekah got her hair cut. Leann did it yesterday. It looks cute on her. She hasn't had bangs since she was 3 or so.

We got this bike today at church. It is Jacob's. The Duhlohery's gave it to us since their daughter has outgrown it. Now we only need 5 more and we will be all set! Alyssa was helping Jacob balance in this picture. None of the kids know how to ride a bike, but they all want to learn. Jacob's bike was very popular today.

For Alyssa's birthday we got her another hamster. Her name is Cream. So now she has one named Peaches and the other Cream. Clever huh? She is the cutest little thing. Already she is an escape artist like her big sister.

More pictures of Rebekah and her hair. Also, her doing some bubbles. It is 75 degrees over here or so. So beautiful!

This picture of me is at a weird angle. Alyssa was taking the picture while she was falling over. Very common in our house! Anyway, I did dye my hair yesterday. I was at Leann and Ryan's house. It literally took all day! I wish that I would have had a picture of it after we bleached it. It was scary bright! Now it looks very nice. Good job Leann! We had to take a break from it just to go to the carnival with the kids. Never dye your hair black, it does not come out. You have all been properly warned. My last day at work is going to be May 12th so I am getting pretty excited about it.

Jacob and I were posing for this picture, and then you can see that Jasmine had to get her rear in there! =) Have a great day everyone!