Memorial Memories

We just completed our first of four road trips planned for this summer. Memorial weekend was spent out at the farm with another party of 5 (actually 5 1/2). Fishing was a success and ended with a 5 lb bass! The triple slip-n-slide racer was a blast. We even were able to enjoy a few thunderstorms. Nature walks, trips to the corn fields, and a good old bonfire with s'mores kept the kids happy!

Graduation Day

This kid could not stop smiling even if he tried! Preschool graduation was today leaving us 3 months to prepare for the real world of public school. The past 2 years Big has been enriched with religion, education, and friendships. These are they days...

Boats and Bungees

We enjoyed the day at Grapevine Main Street Days. The boys kayaked for the first time (twice), bungee jumped on a trampoline, rode some midway rides and we all filled our bellies with nothing but junk food (hot dogs, corn dogs, sausage on a stick, funnel cakes, snow cones, etc)...my favorite kind on day...not to mention we all came home and took a 3 hour nap!

Photoshop Star

I have been trying to master the "color on black and white" effect for 3 years now! I finally decided to take the time to figure it out. Here is my creation, just in time for each grandma on Mother's Day...Happy Mother's Day to all!

My Children's Words...

Our preschool has the best ideas for Mother's Day gifts. The theme this year was 'in the kitchen.' Each student wrote something about their mom's cooking. It is nice to see what they really think I am doing :)

"Mommy makes the best pancakes. First my mommy mixes stuff together like pumpkin and sugar. Then she puts them on the pancake maker. The pancake maker gets very hot; its 40 degrees. Mommy has to be careful so she doesn't get burned. They cook for a long time and then she flips them over. When the pancake maker is done she puts them in the oven to bake them. I am really glad that my mommy knows how to make pancakes because they are very yummy."
- Little for Mother's Day 2009 (made a recipe card holder)

"My mommy makes famous sugar cookies. She mixes flour, eggs, and sugar in a mixer for probably 1 hour. Then she rolls it and makes it flat. She chooses a cookie cutter for something we are learning at school. The cookies are in the oven for 2 minutes. Any temperature is ok for baking these cookies. Mom frosts the cookies with stuffy stuff and pours colors from a can. My brother and I get to put on the sprinkles."
- Big for Mother's Day 2009 (made an oven mitt with his hand print)

And just for grins this was a sentence from Big's story about Me: "She spends most of her time separating clothes." I need to get a life!

OLE!

The rain stopped just in time for us to have a wonderful 10th Annual Cinco de Mayo Fiesta! With a home full of friends and family the kids ran around with maracas, a few were brave enough to jump in the pool, a great spread of Mexican food adorn the kitchen, and if I was not near the margarita machine you could find me in the garage playing the life-size maraca Wii challenge!

The finale of the party was the breaking of the pinata inside...it was too muddy out. Until next year amigos, adios!

After The Rain

Who says that rain can slow you down? As soon as the thunder and lightening were passed, the kids were back outside again! A little dirty but hey, its bath night any way. We are just hoping this wet weather is gone by tomorrow so our Fiesta is not forced inside :(