I Enjoy Being A Girl

Here is HBugs performance for the talent show on Saturday. She was HATING all of the pink but was a good sport about the whole thing! She placed second. Yay for her.

It's a Bird, it's a Plane..

Here is just a little video of Nathan doing a "Hollywood jump" out of a Casa. Thought you might enjoy seeing it! This was back in January...imagine that...I'm behind! It is a little hard to hear because of the plane in the background and it was an incredibly cold and windy day. In fact, the jumps that were scheduled after his were all cancelled due to high winds! Hooah!

Myrtle Beach, Baby!

This past weekend we had a chance to go to Myrtle Beach and stay at the Kingston Plantation, Embassy Suites. It was a Strong Bonds retreat for families...and can I just say.."When can we go back!?" It was wonderful. They (Nathan's Battalion) put us up (as well as other families in his Battalion) in a beautiful Villa and all the meals were taken care of for us and it was just wonderful. We got to attend some classes on Strengthening Families and Marriages and it was a wonderful refresher and just a beautiful weekend all around. I feel very blessed for the relationships that were built and the family time that we were able to share without anything to worry about...except each other. Here are some pics that I thought you all might enjoy of our family!

How to Make a Mummy

Just in case you were wondering how to make a mummy....here you go! This is a Science Fair Project on the "Exploration of Mummification". Do you think it is too graphic for elementary school?...it's a bit of a dilemma!

Happy Birthday, Hailey Bug!!

Each of my children are such a blessing to me, and Hailey is no exception! She just celebrated her 11th birthday on November 27, and I cannot believe how the time has flown! I think that our oldest children are the ones that bring us, most often, to the stark reality that they are growing up...and fast! She is such a go getter and is not afraid of wanting first place in everything...she loves a good challenge and has become a fearless leader! She is an amazing girl and so full of talent and love. I have loved being her Mom! Happy Birthday, Hailey!!

Nothing's fair in FIRST grade.

We all know how fun it is to have a first grader, as they are in an age of discovery. As they are continuing to learn to read and to write I love to sit back and watch their progression and how their learning evolves and blossoms. Yet I find that having two first graders is even more fun than one...especially today!
Our sweet little twins were engaged in quite a heated discussion on the proper way to spell the word "okay"...Alyssa came to me and asked me the right way and so I told her "O-K-A-Y". She said, "I just knew it, Aubrey thinks...blah blah blah (Lyssa explaining to me why it was silly the way that her sister was spelling the word 'okay'!"

So now to the funny part....I went downstairs and found this note written to Aubrey!

Literally:

"Aubrey this is haw okay you sled it rog."

Translation:

"Aubrey this is how 'okay'. You spelled it wrong." :):):):):):):) hee hee I just love my cute girls!

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

We thought we'd share a little bit of our Tom Sawyer production with all of you! It was seriously one of the funnest things that I have ever been a part of! I couldn't have painted a more ideal picture. Here we sat at the amphitheatre on the banks of the Cape Fear River watching The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It was picturesque...the sound of the water rushing by, the sound of the cicadas (they aren't much to look at but they sound pretty cool) and during the production we had little lizards crawling across the wooden seating in front of our picnic blanket and large frogs jumped around in the grass and below the stage (I'm ignoring the fact that there were probably plenty of snakes too). Once the sun went down and the gnats stopped sticking to our faces and the sweat dwindled from the 100+ degree weather and High humidity the nights were flawless and the skies were speckled with fireflies. The production was put on by Snyder Memorial Baptist church and the 3 lead rolls (Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn) were all members of the LDS church as well as the composer, Charis Duke. Hailey was Becky Thatcher and Hannah was a Robber. They performed August 7-9, 2009 at the Sol Rose amphitheatre in Fayetteville NC.

I wish I could put up more but oh well! I am pleased to announce that I was able to finish editing the complete show and that was quite an undertaking...but it's done and in the memory books!! Hope you all like it!