Mini - Vacation

Oh my I am so the bad momma!!!! It was July since my last post!!! Well here is our vacation and I'll tell you about school a little later when I'm not so mad!!!
We decided go to Branson for a mini-Vacation before school started. The kids had so much fun!!! They went up early Friday morning with my parents. Poor Taylor kept asking, "Are my parents coming?", "I want to wait on my parents." "Are they any closer?" Bless his heart he was so scared that we wouldn't show up. But they stooped at the Buffalo River on the way up which the kids loved!!! Then they checked in the hotel! They were so excited that the hotel had a water park in it. But Blake and I met them that night at Silver Dollar City. They were so excited about all the rides and attraction. The next day we went back to Silver Dollar City and spent the whole day. Taylor was scared of every ride. We would get him on the ride and he would say..."I don't think I want to ride this, can I get off?" I would say "No, trust me!" So he would ride it and then tell me "I want to do it again!!!" The whole day went like that.
Tyler on the other hand wasn't scared of anything!! He was enjoying getting to call the shots!! (So he thought).
After the fun day at SDC we went back to the hotel and played at the water park. Taylor did the same thing at the water park that he did at SDC. I'm scared....I want to do it again!! Need less to say they both slept so good that night!!!
Then on Sunday we went to the Titanic. That was so very cool! Tyler just loved it! He said it was the best part of the weekend. But the best part of the weekend was seeing my kids having fun and getting to share that with my parents.

Quick Catch up!!!

Where have we been? Well we have been so busy with end of the school year stuff and then on to baseball and church camp and now things are starting to slow down... I am so glad, I am starting to tired!!! But the end of the school year was great! Tyler and Taylor both got a lot of adwards.. Tyler got Straight A's and then he got a thropy for having straight A's since 1st grade. Taylor got A - B Honor Roll and I was so proud of both of them!!!

Then we had end of the year parties and for Tyler's class we got all of the 4th grade classes together and did our version of "Are you smarter than a 4th grader" then they went out side for a tail gate party... We got the radio station to come by and the Cheerleaders to come. The kids had so much fun.

For Taylor's party we did a game show style party too. We would ask questions and do fun, messy stunts.... They were too young for it, because they didn't like getting dirty!!!

(I can't find my pic's of this)

Then Tyler went to Church Camp! And Blake went as a sponsor! They had so much fun and next year mom is going too!!!!

The day they got back from camp we headed to Fayetteville to have a 4th of July get together with my family and to see Blake's family!!! I really enjoyed seeing everyone and getting to see my girls!!!

Maybe it won't be so long between posts next time!!!!

Flooded

We've had so much rain lately that we are so water logged!! My parents had water coming into their house so my dad dug a trench out to the street. He also dug a hole in the back yard and put a sunk pump in it to pump out the water. The kids love turning the pump on and running out to the street to see the water come down the trench. They really enjoyed playing in the water at me-me's. But at our house we are flooded. The pictures below are of the Bayou, and my street. The house is one of my neighbor's. They are about a mile up the road from us... We can get through it in Blake's truck but as not in my car.  Hopefully it will run off quickly but with all the rain we have had, there is really no where for it to run. 

GT Field Trip

This Tuesday the 3rd & 4th Grade GT kids took their last field trip of the year to the Discovery Museum in Little Rock. We left Texarkana at 7 am, and let me say that's too early for me!! But it was all worth while. The Museum was wonderful. The kids really had a great time. I have to say this was the best field trip I have ever went on. Maybe it was the Museum, or maybe it was the outstanding group of kids that we have. Regardless it was great. Here are a few pictures of our day. Enjoy..

This is one of the classes that we were able to take. It was about how math can be fun! The instructor showed the kids a number trick and then gave them a little info and some bones. They had to become forensic scientist and find out who their victim was and who their killer was. It was a lot of fun. Tyler's group finished first.. I guess that watching CSI paid off!! HA HA!

Then the class got robots that they had to program and I think they all enjoyed that part.

Tyler got to play with the Green Screen. They had a weather background that he pretend to be a meteorologist. A man showed them how Harry Potter he disappeared when under the cloak. It was really cool.

Old desks and class room set up.

And No we aren't having a séance we are learning how electricity can flow through us. Let me tell you that it was SHOCKING!!


And Hair Raising...

We ate lunch out side under the pavilion at the River walk. The kids loved running around and playing on the art.

Tyler's got the whole world in his hands....

This was outside the museum and around the corner, but the kids thought it was neat to see an old phone booth.. They said it was like the one in Harry Potter!!

We even had time to stop by a Target and this is what the boys did while some moms ran in the store...

Kids Choir

Tyler and Taylor have joined the kids choir at church and we love it.. Tyler is going to be going to church camp for the first time this year and he is so excited. But what he doesn't know is that his dad is going with him to camp!!! Good for mom's piece of mind... Bad for Tyler's Independence.... Anyway this Sunday the kids preformed for us to try and raise money for camp. Here are some clips from last night... ENJOY!

Easter

Every Easter Blake and I usually spend time with my best friend Amy and her family. We usually go to church and then to Amy's mom's for lunch and an Easter Egg Hunt, since there are more kids there. But this year we did something new. They were calling for rain so Blake and I took the boys to the park Saturday with our church and did their egg hunt. They had tons of fun!!
At the last minute we got a call from my grandmother that she was coming down for Easter. I was so excited! All my family in church with me! YEA! But it turned out that only Blake, the boys, my aunt, Amber and I were the only ones to make it to church. But afterwards we all came back to my house for a Big Lunch... I really enjoyed having my family down for Easter...I hope we can make this our new tradition!!

Tyler's Lawn Service?? Or Swinging with Taylor??

After a busy week we had one day to get the yard in order before the rain came and ball games. So Blake weedeed and mowed the big part of the yard. Taylor and I planted some roses and picked up sticks. Tyler learned how to push mow. He really liked it. He mowed all the back yard from the house to the back of the pool and then each side of the back yard until he ran out of gas. I videoed a little bit when he first started. He did such a good job. So if you need a lawn boy, Tyler is your man!!!

Then Sunday afternoon it was very windy but Taylor and paw-paw took advantage of the sun...Taylor talked paw-paw into pushing him in the tire swing... They had a great time!

After a busy week we had one day to get the yard in order before the rain came and ball games. So Blake weedeed and mowed the big part of the yard. Taylor and I planted some roses and picked up sticks. Tyler learned how to push mow. He really liked it. He mowed all the back yard from the house to the back of the pool and then each side of the back yard until he ran out of gas. I videoed a little bit when he first started. He did such a good job. So if you need a lawn boy, Tyler is your man!!!