Here are the kids at the river Saturday afternoon.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Summer!!!!
The kids finished school last Friday and we had a nice relaxing Memorial Day weekend. We went to the Llano River 3 times, ate crawfish (and bought some live ones to put in the tanks), cooked fajitas, and each of the kids had a friend spend a night so they were very happy. Can't believe it's summer time already, but since it's here time to enjoy!
Here are the kids at the river Saturday afternoon.
Here are the kids at the river Saturday afternoon.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Academic Excellence Banquet
Ashlyn had such good grades this year that she got invited to the Academic Excellence Award Banquet for Mason high which was last night. Those invite all had 3.95 GPA's for the first 5 6-week periods of the year and they all got a plaque. I was so proud of her! If she gets this all 4 years of high school, she'll be in a drawing for a computer her senior year.
Here she is with her award:
And not to be outdone, here is Colten, with a fish he caught while we were visiting Omie & Opie A while they were camping at South Llano River State Park.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Rain!
We were very blessed this week and got 3.5 inches of rain over two days, it was wonderful! I wish everyone around here had gotten that much, but we'll take it. Everything is much greener now and I got to see the dry creek below the house with some water in it for the first time ever!
One exciting bit of news is that I'm writing this blog from home on our new high speed internet connection!!! :) Granted, I can't use it for work, but they were offering HughesNet satellite service with no installation or equipment fees (usually about $500) and with a reduced monthly rate, so we jumped on that offer. It's great to kind of be in the 21st century out here finally!
Since it's been awhile, here are some photos from the last few weeks:
Colten's field trip to the alamo:
RAIN!
Water in the creek:
Ashlyn driving! (scary!) She finished the online driver's ed class and will start the (parent, aka John, taught) driving part when she gets her permit after she turns 15, yikes!
One exciting bit of news is that I'm writing this blog from home on our new high speed internet connection!!! :) Granted, I can't use it for work, but they were offering HughesNet satellite service with no installation or equipment fees (usually about $500) and with a reduced monthly rate, so we jumped on that offer. It's great to kind of be in the 21st century out here finally!
Since it's been awhile, here are some photos from the last few weeks:
Colten's field trip to the alamo:
RAIN!
Water in the creek:
Ashlyn driving! (scary!) She finished the online driver's ed class and will start the (parent, aka John, taught) driving part when she gets her permit after she turns 15, yikes!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Easter
Hope everyone had a nice Easter! Ours was good, we had our usual BBQ (that was actually a fish fry this year due to the burn ban) and sunrise service. Here are some pics from the weekend:
Tomorrow, John & I are going with Colten on his school field trip to the Alamo, should be fun :)
The kids finished up taking taks tests this week, I think they did alright, Colten said his were easy but long!
John was supposed to go to Junction today to help with the 6000+ acre wildfire going on there, but fortunately, it was under control enough that he got to turn around in Harper. I hope they get it out soon, all these fires are nerve wrecking!
My weeks have been messed up lately and my usual Monday Austin trip has been on Tuesdays or Wednesdays lately. And next week it looks like I'll have to be there 4 days for training, yay. Please continue to pray for my manager, he's taking leave starting May 1 to focus on his health. He is fighting pancreatic cancer and has been losing a lot of weight and is sick from the chemo treatments. I really hope he is able to be cured. In the meantime, I have a different manager which is taking some getting used to since I've had the same one for the last 9 years or so.
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Tomorrow, John & I are going with Colten on his school field trip to the Alamo, should be fun :)
The kids finished up taking taks tests this week, I think they did alright, Colten said his were easy but long!
John was supposed to go to Junction today to help with the 6000+ acre wildfire going on there, but fortunately, it was under control enough that he got to turn around in Harper. I hope they get it out soon, all these fires are nerve wrecking!
My weeks have been messed up lately and my usual Monday Austin trip has been on Tuesdays or Wednesdays lately. And next week it looks like I'll have to be there 4 days for training, yay. Please continue to pray for my manager, he's taking leave starting May 1 to focus on his health. He is fighting pancreatic cancer and has been losing a lot of weight and is sick from the chemo treatments. I really hope he is able to be cured. In the meantime, I have a different manager which is taking some getting used to since I've had the same one for the last 9 years or so.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Bluebonnets
Here is this year's bluebonnet pic of the kids, with the one bluebonnet in Omie B's yard. That's about as many as we've seen :(
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Enchanted Rock
We had a great day at Enchanted Rock Friday - the weather was beautiful and there was hardly anyone there. We met the Harwell's there and the kids had a blast. John, Ashlyn, and Colten went through a cave where flashlights were necessary, but the rest of us were chicken :)
Here are the kids on our way up:
We were going to go up one of the other rocks, but John got a fire page so the rest of us went for pizza. John didn't get home until 12:30 that night all because of a guy camping and trying to cook lunch :(
Saturday Ashlyn and I had a great day shopping with my mom, Oma, Rena and aunts. It was a great girls day and we found some summer clothes for Ashlyn. She's not fond of shopping for long periods though and was ready to go after we found stuff for her. I'm going to have to get her over that!
Sunday we went to church and came home with an orphan calf to bottle feed! My parents found it (long story) and decided to give it to the kids to take care of. We named her Bluebell or Bell for short and the kids are having fun with her so far.
Here are the kids on our way up:
We were going to go up one of the other rocks, but John got a fire page so the rest of us went for pizza. John didn't get home until 12:30 that night all because of a guy camping and trying to cook lunch :(
Saturday Ashlyn and I had a great day shopping with my mom, Oma, Rena and aunts. It was a great girls day and we found some summer clothes for Ashlyn. She's not fond of shopping for long periods though and was ready to go after we found stuff for her. I'm going to have to get her over that!
Sunday we went to church and came home with an orphan calf to bottle feed! My parents found it (long story) and decided to give it to the kids to take care of. We named her Bluebell or Bell for short and the kids are having fun with her so far.
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