Lego Camp

Last week Christopher went to Lego Camp at Amarillo College. He went everyday from 8-12 and did what Christopher lives for...building Legos! He had a blast! Here are some pictures I took on show and tell day...

Last Day of Lego Camp 2012

May wrap-up

Wow! Is it really the 2nd day of June? This year is flying by. I am hoping June is slower for us than May but its not looking to be any better.
We finished out May with Paige's visit, our Memorial Day weekend trip and the following....
AWANAS awards

Makayla finished AWANAS completely and will move up our pre-teen ministry this fall. Christopher received his award for finishing another book and our James Henry completed his final year of Cubbies, on to pre-school AWANAS next year.

Christopher had his reading contest party. He read 1288 out of the required 400 pages.

Makayla had her end of the year party. It was a rainy fun mess.

Since James Henry is not in school yet, he is always crashing a party.

Christopher had his end of the year field trip at the Discovery Center.

San Jacinto Christian Academy First Grade 2011-2012

Of course there is always Field Day in May!!

 Makayla doesn't have awards so I'm not leaving her out but I need to brag a little,these are Christopher's awards one for the reading contest, one for A honor roll all year and one for a grade of E all 2nd semester.

 

Memorial Day Weekend

For Memorial Day Weekend we headed out of town!
The first thing I saw as we left Amarillo and headed to Dallas was this beautiful sunrise, it was just a reminder to me of God's beauty.

Our first stop in Dallas was Medieval Times. It was a blast! Our knight was the yellow night and we had front row seats.

Our knight threw Makayla a flower...let's just say she was very happy.

Next stop..The SeaLife Aquarium

On Sunday we headed to our favorite spot, Rangers Ballpark. First, we stopped for our first In-N-Out Burger experience. James is the only one of us that has been and it was yummy!

Then we enjoyed our afternoon at the Ballpark!

We took the kids through the Rangers Hall of Fame Museum

We had a fun weekend. There is just nothing better than family time.

Kids Summer Pics 2012

 I had the kids pictures made last week, I normally have Easter pictures made but since Makayla was in a cast I waited. A photographer here in town took the pictures, she is the same one who took them last fall and they are the ones here on the blog. They were all so so good but I picked a few of my favorites to share with you....

Paige comes to Visit

Whew! A marathon month is coming to an end.
    Our favorite highlight of the month was that my beautiful Sis-in-law came to visit. We are so proud of her! She just finished her first year of college, where she is a film student. We played tourist with her while she was here. First Stop... The Big Texan

We also took her to Wonderland Amusement Park, before we went to the park we stopped to feed the ducks. It was a beautiful day.

Then we hit the rides...

A visit to Amarillo is not complete without going to Cadillac Ranch

We took her to Palo Duro Canyon, the second largest canyon behind the  Grand Canyon.

Of course when we were not dragging her around there was some family Rock Band played

Before she left we even got her to eat Sushi for the first time!

We had a wonderful time with Paige. We made new memories, and she got us hooked on our new favorite show Supernatural.

Makayla.. the writer

Makayla's class recently published a school newspaper. Makayla wrote an article for it and since I was able to get an electronic copy I wanted to share with you!




https://sjca-tx.client.renweb.com/ftp/SJCA-TX/Email/8934/NEWSPAPER%204th%20Grade%20-%20May%202012.pdf

Mother's Day 2012

I had a wonderful Mother's day! Friday I went to muffins and mom with Christopher and had a wonderful time! Saturday we stayed home all day and did some things around the house and enjoyed some family time.
Sunday was great. We went to church and came home and James grilled for us (it's my Mother's day tradition). I'd much rather grill and enjoy my family than wait at a restaurant forever to get a table and eat. James managed to completely surprise me which is hard to do. I had told him not to get me anything because we are going on a mini-vacation next weekend, but he didn't listen and I don't mind. I have been asking for a radio for my kitchen pretty much since we moved in 3 years ago and yesterday morning James and the kids totally surprised me with it. I wanted something to listen to while I'm cooking and cleaning and because we have such an open floor plan, you can hear it anywhere! Saturday concluded with a family movie and cuddling on the couch.

The kids gave me lots of homemade goodies (which I love the best).

We were able to talk to all our moms and grandparents yesterday and they all received coffee mugs with a collage of our pictures on them. They were a hit! James' grandmother took hers to church to show all her friends (too cute).

I had a great day, I am so blessed! God gave me a wonderful husband and three precious children.