Joel's Birthday!

Today Joel turns 4! Amazing! We asked him where he wanted to go for his birthday, and like a good 4 yr old he said: McDonald's. Be checking back for pictures from Chuck E. Cheese later in the week.

FIELD TRIP DAY!

This past Friday was the First Grade Field Trip! YES! The First Grade was going on a tour of Krispy Kreme Donuts in Lubbock! Also they were going to Newschannell 11 to watch how the news was made! They needed a bus driver! I am a bus driver! I was then faced with a difficult decision. Should I stay at school and deal with teenagers or go on a field trip with 17 rowdy first graders going to tour the best donut place in the world AND getting to see the Newschannell 11 studio? Well it was an easy decision and thankfully they let me drive the bus. I guess more importantly, we made it back alive! Whew!


Jeffrey at the park following a sugar rush of free donuts!


The entire First Grade class and the awesome teacher that works with them!


Office of Karin McCay and Abner Euresti! Media Giants of Lubbock and the South Plains!


A real life celebrity! Steve Divine in the First Alert Forecast Center! (I was excited even if the kids didn't know who he was!)

Green Screen Action. Jeffrey gets a chance to "do" the weather! I was jealous.


One more time at another park!

Steve Divine, in the First Alert Forecast Center forecasted the high to be in the low 90s. Can you tell by looking at Jeffrey's facial expressions? It was hot. The kids were worn out and coming off of their sugar high. All-in-all it was a great day for a field trip!

Fishing with Bill Dance and Roland Martin

While in Frankston, the boys wanted to fish. So we fished. Apparently, East TX fish is good eatin' but we will never know. Fish apparently are camera shy.

Music Break

Click video to see Joel play a little "music"

Visiting Aunt Ireta

On the way to and from Pittsburgh we made a stop over in Frankston, TX to see Leanna's great-aunt Ireta. Again in East TX. I'm posting pictures of the boys in bluebonnets. For those who live in West Texas and never see bluebonnets they are the state flower of Texas. They are blue, and bonnet shaped. In East TX they are EVERYWHERE! Also, if you are a Texan you have to take your picture in them. It's like a law. It is also a law NOT to pick them! Don't do it! I didn't try, and I didn't want to. Bluebonnets are mainly along the highway...ya know...a real safe spot to stop and take pictures. I took these at Ireta's house which is well off the highway. Jeffrey didn't want to get in the mix of the flowers and Joel was airlifted to the middle of the flowers.


Here is Aunt Ireta, the boys, and their Nana.

Nate's Wedding

Nathan got married to a really cool girl on the weekend after Easter in a little town called Pittsburg. It's in Texas! It may be on the other side of Texas, but it's still there! Anyway, after traveling almost 12 hours (we took the scenic route) we arrived to witness the event. I have never been to East Texas, but I'm glad we went. We got to see the World's Biggest Pilgrim! When I see this picture, I think of the movie, "So I Married an Axe Murderer!" Where the Irish man says: "HEED! PANTS NOW!" That will be funny to those who have seen the movie, those who haven't, well you are missing out! It was one of Mike Myers earlier films and possibly his funniest, but I digress!
East Texas has hills, trees, lakes, trees, rivers, trees, and when it rains, it rains! Well, it was raining when we went. It stopped raining in time for the wedding and was clear the rest of the weekend. I had said that I was worried that the World's Largest Pilgrim needed the World's Largest Umbrella to keep from getting wet. Jeffrey then piped up and said: "It's ok, Dad, he has a big hat on, he will be ok!"

Pittsburg, TX is hometown of Bo Pilgrim the founder of Pilgrim's Pride Chicken. Also Pittsburg has the World's Best Hotlinks. Just ask the locals! (Don't ask me) They also claim to be the first in flight. That's right, FIRST in flight, before them there Wright Brothers took it from 'em. There is a museum and everything that has a replica of "Ezequiel" (that's the name of their airship). Sorry no pictures of that thing.

Here you see Bo's mansion! Chicken does well! (Or did, apparently he is having some financial issues and had to let some of his help go...poor guy) Also here are some of them trees I was telling ya about!

Also in Pittsburg is this really cool Prayer Tower. Nathan and Susan were married in the Tower. I wish I had some cool pics from the inside of it, but I don't.

MAN I'M BEHIND!

No excuses for no posts in a while. Gonna try to put some updates on here. We have had a lot of things going on. My Bro getting married, Field Trips, and Birthdays. So hold on.....here we go!

Coloring Eggs

It's a tradtion coloring eggs at Grandma's house! The boys love it! Joel is still dropping eggs into the coloring and sometimes it splashes on him as the pictures show.


Here Grandma is helping the boys. I think we only managed to stain the table once. That is a new record!


Here is Jeffrey being super careful not to get any on his Batman PJs.



Now, sometimes when you miss your nap, you become cranky. Joel was warned and warned about his behavior and ended up having to spend a little quality time thinking about his actions.


Some photos of the Easter action! Gramps helping out!

Easter in Midland

After surviving golfball size hail on Saturday. Easter Sunday was Awesome! It was a beautiful day to hunt eggs outside! Check out the video! Pics to follow.

WOW!!!! When will things slow down?

It has been a while since we posted last so this one will be "a few of the things we have been up to." T-Ball and baseball are in full swing. We have a minimum of 2 games a week and last week between both boys we had 5 games. As a substitute teacher, this time of the year is also very busy for me as well. I have been working almost everyday. Jason is busy trying to finish the year with JH/HS track, TAKS testing and coaching BOTH of the boys teams. Thank goodness for great assistant coaches. The first picture is of Jeffrey and one of his first games. He had a dry spell of not hitting but maybe we have come thru that. He got 2great hits last night. His team still hasn't won a game, but we are really young compaired to some of the other teams in our league.

This next picture is of Joel. Being a sub, my plans can and usually do change at the drop of a hat. Joel isn't always a fan of this. One minute, I am telling him that we are going to stay home today and the next minute, the phone rings and we are out the door to school and Miss Debbie's house. He loves his babysitter and she is AMAZING, but sometimes, he just wants to stay home. This was one of those days. I had been making beds and stuff and he came to me with his underwear and these boots on. He asked if he could wear them and I told him they were too big but I didn't care. Well, cue phone call. I was off to get ready for work. I had already told him that he could wear them so I did manage to get him in clothes but the boots went on immediately after pulling his pants up. This was how he went to Miss Debbie's house that day.

This last picture is of my 2 sweet boys. Joel has gotten where he will just climb into bed with Jeffrey. I went to check on them before I went to bed Sunday night and found Joel's bed empty. I looked on the floor and then looked in Jeffrey's bed. Guess what I found? I would have just left him, but I have slept with him on a Queen bed and he isn't the easiest person to sleep with.