Happy Mother's Day!

Yesterday we celebrated Mother's Day by cooking a Lasagna lunch for Mommy. We made her Lasagna, green bean casserole, salad and Texas toast. Then we all gave her handmade cards.
We have such a wonderful mother! She is always so loving and patient with us. We are very thankful for her.

Day at the Park

Today most of the family went to the park for a couple of hours. It was a beautiful, sunny day with a nice breeze. We met four other families from our homeschool group there. After eating lunch the kids played baseball, frisbee, soccer, some went roller blading and some drew with sidewalk chalk. It was a fun time. Amber went rollerblading with her friends Sammie and Maddy. She borrowed some rollerblades, knee, elbow, and wrist pads and a helmet. She had to put her rollerblades on 3 times before actually skating! First Amber put the skates on with out putting on the knee pads....which you had to have the skates off to fit your foot through the hole, she had to remove them a second time when she realized she put the elbow pads on her knees rather than the knee pads, and finally got everything on where it belonged, got the skates back on and went skating. She had 3 people helping her into her get-up. In the long run she had fun, and didn't hurt herself :-). There were not enough skates for Trey so he "walked" along with the skaters and helped pull them back up the hill.

The Assisted Living Home

This afternoon our family went to an assisted living home, to play and sing for the people there. It went very well! When we started playing the people's eyes lit up. We had a few people clapping their hands and singing-a-long. I think they really enjoyed the music. Before we left someone called over to us "come again!" I am so glad we were able to brighten the day for a few people.

Sydney's Hair Cut

This week has been crazy for all of us but we can finally see an end in sight. Thank you to those of you who have been praying for us as we take the Iowa tests. Tyler and I have finished our tests up today and most of the others only have a few sections left.
Recently our dog Sydney got her spring hair cut. My mom decided that she was so tangled that she needed ALL her fur to be taken off. We didn't want to spend the money on a trip to the groomers, when we can shave it all off for our selves. Right?... maybe we should have gone to the groomers. Sydney didn't exactly hold still for us so that made it very challenging. We could only do a little at a time so for a few days she walked around with three shaved legs and half of her skirt. Pretty funny! :-D Finally we got all of her cut and surprisingly she looks kind of cute! She doesn't look very much like a Schnauzer any more though!

Is that a smile?

"I hate pictures!"

Busy Week

This week is going to be very busy for our family. We are all taking Iowa tests, which are very time consuming. Not to mention not very much fun :-D! If you think about it pray that no one will be nervous or get distracted.
We are also singing and playing at a local nursing home this week. We have never done that before and are hoping that it will be a blessing to the ones we are playing for.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is Mommy's birthday! Yesterday we celebrated it with Babum and Nanny. We had a great meal from a Chinese restaurant. Then we eat cake and ice cream and opened presents.
I can honesty say that I have a great relationship with my mom and that she is my very best friend. She is always such an encouragement to to all of us and we love her very much!

"The Sound of Music"

Last night I was able to spend a nice time with my grandparents. Our church's Christian school was putting the musical "The Sound of Music", and they took me to go see it. "The sound of music" is one of my favorite musicals so I really enjoyed it. The cast did a great job and it was fun to see people you know doing all the parts. I also enjoyed spending time with my grandparents we always have a good time when we are together!