Driveway Art!!

We had a lazy Saturday a few weekends ago.

The kids spent the day decorating our driveway.

Who knew that driveway chalk would still entertain them for 3 hours or so.

Here is Abigail with her name art.

Here is Hannah with her name art.

Jonathan working hard on his car and the finished product.

Sarah with her name art.
Sweet sunshine!

The toes have it!

Some more artwork.... Hannah's I think

Sarah's artwork.

And then the rain came and washed it all away!

All in all it was a good day,

Till next time,

Barb

A new haircut....

This is for my family and friends who don't live in South Carolina.

In a very rash decision I decided while waiting to color my hair at the stylist that I would like to try a new "Short" hair do... so here you go.

I had about 8 inches cut off.

I donated it to locks of love, I hope they will use it since it was a little shorter than they like to get, but the woman at Gibbs seemed to think it would be okay.

Please excuse the mess in my bathroom,

but it was a good shot of the haircut.
All in all it is a good haircut!
Till next time,
Barbara

Jungle Party and Reading Celebration

The first grade did their end of the year program on May 27th.

It was a great program, the kids did a great job,

Sarah was a zebra.
Here is a shot of her on stage.

After the program they had a reading celebration in their room.

All of the kids got a chance to read their work in the "Author's Chair".

They all did a great job!

Here is Sarah reading her work.

Sarah and her BEST friend Julia Kate

They have been in class together for 2 years now...

we are crossing our fingers for next year also!

Sarah and some of her classmates being silly.

Sarah and her good friend Victoria.

Another good picture of Sarah and Julia Kate!

All in all it was a great year of 1st grade for Sarah!

Till next time,

Barbara

Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day Weekend

2009

Oak Island, NC

This year for Memorial Day we headed to the beach.

My Aunt owns a beach house on Oak Island in North Carolina that is wonderful.

If anyone reading this wants a great place to rent at the beach,

leave me a comment and I will send you information about it.

Well every trip to the beach has at least one fun project for us to do.

This year was not exception, our project this year was to make scrapbook pages for a book that my Aunt is working on. Each person had there own page to do with photos of them that my Aunt had.

It was a lot of fun... I am still putting the finishing touches on our pages... I had to do some things to my page that I didn't have access to at her house, so I brought them home to finish and I will send them to her.

Here are me, Abigail and Hannah working on our pages.

We found a new game that we are hooked on, it is called ladder ball. It was so much fun, the kids loved it and are hoping that we can get it for our house... Paul made their set so we will see...

We found one at Target that is not too much, so we may just buy it!

Here is Tyler, Jonathan and Sarah playing.

Jonathan waiting for his turn....

Pictures of the kids at the beach

Sarah

Jonathan

Hannah

Abigail

Till next time,

Barb

Backing up a bit...

Easter

2009

This year we did the usual Easter picture in front of the house and by the Maple tree.

I am amazed when I look back at all the pictures how much the kids have grown.

We did add a few more this year.

The kids wanted to have one of them jumping on the trampoline, so we added that this year along with a few others.

On the bench by the River Birch tree.

Jumping for Joy!

By the Maple tree.

Toby enjoying Easter fun.


After taking our pictures we decided to go to the new park in downtown Duncan.

The kids loved it!

It was a great end to a great day!


Till next time,

Barb

Brian and Marybeth's wedding

A wonderful evening!

May 16, 2009

We were invited to Brian and Marybeth's wedding at AMRBC and their reception at Summit Pointe.

It was a wonderful wedding. So sweet and special. They had a great reception at Summit Pointe next to Chandi's.

The food was great and it was a lot of fun for the kids.

This is the first wedding that the kids have been invited to that they actually were friends with the people getting married.

I think we have moved into a new era of our lives....

we are no longer going to our friends weddings, but to the weddings of our children's friends...

Wow we are old! :-(

Here is a shot of Sarah posing pretty for us... she was so excited to wear this dress... the last time it was worn was at my Aunt's wedding by Hannah when she was 6.

Sarah and Jonathan looking adorable.

I am not sure what Jonathan was doing here.... I think he was just sitting on the floor next to Sarah's chair.

Sarah caught the bouquet.

She was so excited to get to pose with Marybeth for a "real" picture.

Sarah just loves Marybeth.

It was very magical for Sarah to see the wedding.

She said Marybeth looked like a princess!


Sarah with the bouquet.

Abigail looking very pretty!

Hannah looking very pretty!

Jonathan and Sarah dancing at the reception

All in all a wonderful night of fun and fellowship.

Till next time,

Barb

Keep going....

Please be sure to follow the post all the way till you see Disney... I have updated and added several posts this morning.

Till next time,

Barb

End of April Begining of May

Terrific Kid

April 23, 2009

On April 23rd we went to Westview to see Jonathan being honored as Terrific Kid. He was chosen by his classmates and his Teacher.

When we walked out of the ceremony we noticed Sarah's writing had won the Principal's pick for her work. It was displayed on the bulletin board outside of the cafeteria.

Here is a picture of it with a picture of her reading it for the school.

End of year Chorus Concert

April 30, 2009

Every year Hannah is in an end of year chorus concert to show off all they have learned in Chorus class for the year. This year since she is in the 7th grade she got to wear the black formal dress.

Last year she had to wear a blue chorus shirt and black pants.

She looked beautiful in her dress!

They did a wonderful job singing.

Children's Choir Concert

May 3, 2009

Jonathan is in the children's choir at church. Every year they put on a musical for the church at Christmas and in the spring.

This year they decided to teach the children about true praise and worship. It was a wonderful show. Jonathan did a great job. He had a speaking part and did a wonderful job.

Jonathan during his speaking part.

They honored the kids that will no longer be in the children's choir next year. Jonathan will be moving up to the Shift preteen next year. They gave a little gift to all the kids.

Here is Jonathan getting his gift.