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.