Week at the Grandparents

As you can see from these pictures. The kids are having a wonderful time at my parents house. They left Wednesday and will be back this Wednesday. I am sure that there will be lots of interesting stories. Thank you Mom and Dad for having the kids up!!!

Soccer Camp

Imagine for a moment if you could really zoom in on these pictures. What you would see is Jacob at soccer camp. Really it is only for an hour a day for three days. So I use the term "camp" loosely. He LOVES going. Tomorrow is our last day. The kids do different drills at 6 different stations. Tomorrow they are just doing water activites. So much fun.

Talent Show

Aaron had a talent show today. He sang "I Stand in Awe of You" in front of his school. I was so very proud. He was the only one that actually sang a Christian song. He was so scared and kept telling me that he was too nervous, but he didn't even mess up!

Field Day

Today was field day for Alyssa. I decided to help out since this is the last time she will have field day. However, when I got there they did not need me at any of the stations so I just hung out with her the whole time. It was fun. Alyssa and her friend Tabitha were sack racing. There was lots of falling involved. Alyssa ended up just having one foot out and walking/crawling the rest of the way back.

This was hillarious! This was called gladiator. I am proud to say that Alyssa did win.

Croquet golf was another game Alyssa cheated at. =) She decided to just scoot the ball along and not hit it at all. If you play that way it really doesn't take that long.

It was very fun to watch my daughter, though it was rediculously cold. They cancelled all the water games (thank goodness). Alyssa's teeth were chattering before I could go home and get her jacket. We did survive and now have lived to tell the tale, on the blog.

Lionmania

Last night was Lionmania at the High School. It is a talent show. Rebekah did a great job. Alyssa and I went, it was great fun. I downloaded a little slice of video on Facebook to those who want look. This is Persis standing next to Rebekah. Rebekah has known Persis for a while now. Very sweet girl.

Here is one of Rebekah's costume changes. She is a princess and Missy (her friend) is a prince.

Rebekah was a little embarrassed that I wanted to get a picture of her, but I know that secretly she really loved it.

Alyssa's 12th Birthday

Alyssa is now 12. We had three of her friends over for a birthday party on Saturday. Here is Alyssa and the girls making smores. It was Alyssa's idea to do this and it turned out totally great. It was like camping, but without all the camping. =-) We also had the girls demolish a Pinata. We are all about multiculturalism in this family. =) Of course the best part was when it was fully in tact and had fallen to the ground so the girls pounced on the pinata tearing it apart with their hands.

Alyssa got roller skates for her birthday. She adores them and has been trying to master the art of stopping. It has been a difficult path. =)

She had a birthday cookie this year. We couldn't pass this up. It was just so perfect for her. She took the green butterfly off and put it on a chain today and wore it to school. She makes the most of every aspect of the birthday.

Easter

This year for Easter we decided to just get the kids one special thing. We just wrapped the chocolate like a present and then hid it. It was so funny watching them try to find it. Hope you all had a wonderful Easter. Jesus rose!!!