Happy Birthday Kylie!

I cannot believe that my baby girl is eight years old today! You pointed out to me yesterday that in eight more years you would be driving a car...yikes! Daddy and I are so proud of you! You have so many accomplishments! Our hope for you is that you continue to love yourself, love your family, love God, and have fun in life!

You are a daughter

You are a sister

You are a grand-daughter

You are a niece

You are a friend

You are a dancer

You are a cheerleader

You love horses

You love summertime!

We all love you so much!

Easter 2008

What a day Easter was this year! We got up early and started in on 5 people getting baths/showers (well, actually 4...the boys take a bath together). We thought we were good on time...then all of a sudden it was 10:00 and I had a towel wrapped around wet hair, Kylie's hair was 1/2 straight (this is a long process) and JD hadn't had a shower at all. We normally leave for church around 10:30 or so...we knew we needed to get in high gear!

We made it on time to church and then headed to North Little Rock. We spent the afternoon eating, playing, and having a great time with family! Gavin and Landon were not in the mood for taking pictures so I do not have a good one of them in their Easter outfits...

The boys discovered stairs and how much fun it is to slide down them!

We are working on dribbling and kicking!

They all discovered the trampoline!

Kylie was working on her back-handspring...she is doing great!

Of course, Daddy had to join the fun. The boys had so much fun bouncing around the trampoline!

Flooding

This week has brought several inches of rain to our area. The rivers across Arkansas have been flooding. It is always nervewracking when flooding is in the forcast. We have a creek in our back yard and our yard usually ends up with leaves, branches and trash in it when the creek overflows. Most of the rain we got this week came either at night or while we were at work so I didn't get a picture of our "flood". Here is a picture from this past summer when the creek overflowed.

All of the brown is water...it almost made it to our back deck. The creek is below the little bridge and is about 3 feet wide. It is scary how fast the water rises.

Easter Egg Hunting

Today we had an Easter Egg Hunt. It was at a local park. The weather was beautiful...not too hot and not too cold...we all had a great time! The kids played on the playground and we had a picnic. It was a great day!

Spring weather...finally!

We went out to my in-laws for JD's grandpa's birthday dinner. It was a nice afternoon and the kids wanted to go for a ride on the bad boy. There were baby sheep down the road so we took off. It was great to spend time with family!

The boys did not want to take a nap...Gavin was throwing a fit and fell asleep in daddy's lap!

Friday's Feast

I am borrowing this from a friend of mine's blog...It's called Friday's Feast. Every Friday, new questions are posted...I can't gurantee that I'll do it every week, but here is a start~


Appetizer
On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 as highest), how much do you like your own handwriting?

An 8. Especially if I am taking my time. If I am writing in a hurry it is a mixture of print and cursive and not very neat.

Soup
Do you prefer baths or showers?

Showers. I am not a bath person. I can't remember the last time I took a bath. They are too time consuming, the water gets cold too fast, and it is icky to me to sit where people's feet have been. Now I might be more open to baths if I had a seperate shower.

Salad
What was the last bad movie you watched?

Hmmm...what is considered a bad movie?? The last two I fell asleep within the first 30 mintues. Does that mean they were bad? Oh wait...I fall asleep during almost every movie I try and watch after 7:00. I have a hard time saying that a movie was bad. I say the ending was bad or the music didn't go well or different actors would have been better.

Main Course
Name something you are addicted to and describe how it affects your life.

Addicted is a strong word. I do not think that I am addicted to anything. I am "strongly attached" to reality television...American Idol, Big Brother, The Hills, etc. I don't have time to watch it often but I always read up on what happened. I don't think it affects my life much at all.

Dessert
Which instrument is your favorite to listen to?

Hmmm...I think the harp is relaxing. And I like the piano.

A day on the golf course...

Kylie, JD and Jared spent the afternoon playing golf. I thought about sending my camera with them but one of two things would have happened...1. no pictures would have been taken or 2. my camera would have went flying out of the cart. They all had a lot of fun! It was a good day to be on the course...lots of sun and not much wind. We are thinking of getting Kylie some golf clubs for her birthday. She loves using her daddy's (and she is quite good with them) but we think she would do better with some her own size. And, she could have some bonding time with her dad going to the driving range.

We are in for a busy week...I have a workshop Monday night, a test on Tuesday night, class on Wednesday night...my own class has a field trip to Little Rock to the Children's Theatre on Tuesday during the day...Kylie has tumbling and cheer on Monday, dance on Tuesday, cheer and a private tumbling lesson on Thursday. And we are traveling to Jonesboro (about 3 hours) on Saturday for her last competition. Whew...I am tired just thinking about it.

Here is a funny picture from a few years ago of Kylie and Jared playing miniature golf...the best I could do for a picture! I hope this isn't any indication of her golfing ability :)

SNOW in March?!?!

Kylie has been complaining all winter that we haven't had any snow. She mentioned it again while we were at Petit Jean Mountain on Saturday (I had the camera, just not the battery). I was laughing because it was like 75 degrees...a beautiful day. Why was she thinking about snow? Even when I heard the weather forcast that called for drastically dropping temperatures Monday afternoon and a chance for winter weather I thought "whatever". Well, much to my surprise...and Kylie's...we did get some snow overnight...and more this morning. Here are some pictures of the kids playing out in the snow.



The front yard


The back yard

Kylie and Landon were ready to go even before breakfast!

They had the best time and cried when it was time to go back inside (of course)

Baby footprints...

Landon throwing a snowball at himself!



Gavin

Kylie in her camo





Kylie and Landon throwing snowballs at the tree


Just playing...



They thought is was so funny knocking down daddy in the snow!

The three amigos...