Saturday, March 30, 2013

reagan

My sister made a beautiful outfit for Reagan for her birthday.  I have been wanting to take pictures of her in the snow to show off the details of the dress.   When it snowed on Sunday I figured it was the perfect opportunity.  Reagan was totally willing to go out in the snow without a coat on!




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Friday, March 29, 2013

carsyn

Carsyn had her 11th birthday earlier this month.  We had to wait until after spring break to have her birthday party.  So this past Monday we picked up 3 of her friends and started the celebration.  We took them to lunch at Carsyn's favorite place...  5 Guys.  Then we headed to the gun range.  We gave the girls a safety lesson and then taught them how to shoot a .22.  Everyone did remarkably well and they had such a great time!  It was the best party ever! 


we made safety books and gave them "eyes" and "ears"


 carsyn showed them how it's done


a lesson






 carsyn's end result- she is a great shot!




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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

donuts

It was fun to drive through Texas.  There were so many interesting things to see.  After awhile we began to notice that every tiny town we passed through there was a mom and pop donut shop.  Not even kidding.  We were in such a hurry to get to the grandparents that we didn't stop.   So we decided to stop at one on our way home....

Dale, Carsyn and Luke got a big donut.  Reagan and I each had a bag of donut holes.  All for $3.00!  Then as we were walking out the lady gave us a box of a dozen for free.  We ate on them all day- they were delicious!  We have not had that many donuts in the last 5 years put together!

Can anyone explain the Texas/donut connection?!





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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

more of spring break

our cabin


practicing with STEM class materials


 basketball


swimming and getting scorched





we had such a fun time with grandpa and grandma


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Monday, March 25, 2013

extended spring break

We interrupt our stream of Texas posts with a snow day post.

Sunday it snowed and snowed and snowed.   So much so that school was cancelled!  After 9" had fallen we spent an extra day of spring break playing in the powdery wet, sloppy stuff in our back yard.....












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Sunday, March 24, 2013

texas

We were in Texas this last week visiting grandma and grandpa.  We enjoyed playing outside in the sunshine for a few days (pictures to come in a later post).  The day before we left we visited the George Bush Library at the campus of Texas A&M.  They had a kids program that kept them engaged throughout the library.  We learned a few things.  It was a fun morning!










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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

ga-ga ball

We were introduced to a new game the other day...  ga-ga ball (or octagon ball or octo-ball).  Basically it's dodgeball in a pen.  The kids LOVE it.  They cannot stop playing it.  I'm pretty sure they dream about it at night.  We will be making a pen soon.  You can stop by our house and play with us (yes, Dale and I play too).  The kids are looking for worthy opponents....












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