Garden Party

On Saturday the girls and I went to a Garden Party. Leann and her girls went too. Gideon got to stay here with Uncle Richard and the boys. So these are just a couple pictures of the girls and me before we partied down!! Okay, really we went, ate, and made stepping stones. It was a super great time. Many women from the church were there. It is great to be able to get together with everyone and just talk. This first picture is one that Aaron took of us. I think that he did pretty well, I mean our heads aren't cut off or anything!I would like to point out that I am wearing a hat. One of the ladies at church told us that we were required to wear a hat. However, after her little laughing fit, I realized that she was lying to me! She is so funny! You will notice that I have not named her, for the sake of keeping her identity safe! =) But Leann and I wore one any way. I mean, hats are just so much fun to wear. I think we were the only ones who wore one. We are trend setters!!
Hope that you all have been having a wonderful week. I have my interview at the school district on Tuesday so please keep that in your prayers. I love you all!

Crazy Tounge

I promised Leann that I would take a picture of my kids after church last night. We are having all summer bible camp on Wednesdays. So in the true fashion of VBS there must be snacks. As you can see last night was popcicles!! Yummy! Also, these are Rebekah and Aaron's glasses. They love them. Alyssa hasn't got hers in yet. Enjoy your day everyone!!

Visitors

Last night Ryan and Leann came over to the house. We had a great time. Richard has just got me a PS2 game in which you sing into microphones. So of course that was hours of entertainment for the adults. Leann graciously went downstairs and took some pics of some of the kids. Thank you Leann!!
Gideon loved Aaron's spiderman bike helmet. Sydney also liked it, it was very slobbery by the time she was done with it!! =)

Rebekah and Isabelle are always playing together. Rebekah takes very good care of the younger kids.

Ok, this is funny. As you can see Alyssa is jumping rope with her helmet on. I asked her why she was jumping rope with her helmet. She said to me "because it makes a clanging sound when it hits my head!" That is my daughter folks!!

Here of course is precious Sydney. We now have to block her in with chairs and line the rail with pillows. She is pulling up and crawling all over the place. She is a sweetie. Have a great week everyone! Rebekah, Alyssa, and Aaron are all getting glasses so I will put pictures of them and our new bikes on here next.

Mas y Mas

I know that you all wanted more pictures from my lovely trip to Dad and Mom's house so here ya go. Maybe Richard will be able to make it into some pictures someday! =) Have a fabulous week everyone!

9 days on the farm

Hello everyone! Here are a bunch of new pictures that I took while I was at Mom and Dad's house. Richard is gone for his National Guard training until Friday. We were at Mom and Dad's for 9 days and it was a lot of fun. Two of the pictures downloaded sideways. I don't know why so hopefully you can see them. One is Jacob on a "hill" at the house and the other is of Aaron holding a catfish. We went camping for one night and we were fishing almost the whole time. The fish were biting like crazy and the kids (and us) were loving it. We were going to stay all weekend, but there was tornado stuff coming in. For those of you who have never been through a tornado warning when camping, let me just say, it is not a fun experience. Aaron loved to follow Dad around and help him clean up the farm. They just had so much fun. Jacob is starting to get to that stage, but not quite. Rebekah loved to hold the baby guineas in the barn. She was down there a lot. We did have a tragedy while we were there. Alyssa's hamster, peaches died. Alyssa found it dead in the cage. It was heartbreaking for her. So mom, the kids, and I all traipsed outside to bury the hamster. It has a little marker and everything. Later the same day, Alyssa came running in to tell me that the boys were digging up the grave. So there was even more trauma. I have got to say that I was very thankful when that day was over. The rest of the time was much more fun. We decided to come home today (Sunday) instead of tomorrow since the weather has been really unsteady. I do not want to drive 3 1/2 hours in a thunderstorm. God provided us with gorgeous weather. I do have some news on the job front. I have an interview with Maude Carpenter (yes, the same place that Leann and Ryan work) for a para position. I also have an interview with the school district as a para on July 1st. So please pray that I can be guided the way that I need to go. Hope you all enjoy the pictures and have a good week!

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!