Friday, June 18, 2010

Frogs

I have to start this post by letting you all know that I am officially the nicest, most best mom ever!!!! I let Tyson bring home frogs, to my house!!! I am even letting them here!!!....on the counter!!! Anyone that knows me knows this is a leap of giant proportions!!! His teacher called at the end of the year and said he had done such a great job taking care of the these things in class that she wanted him to be able to have them! I completely caved at the sweet little smile of his and said ok!
catching Vince & Raxtis so he can clean out the tankit was stinky...he did a good job! I can see why Ms. Abousteit trusted him with these little guysAll done...wiping down the outside
After I was done taking pictures I did a little cleaning of my own! I bleached and scrubbed the sink, counters and any area in between!!

Saturday, June 12, 2010

End of another school year

oh my heavens! That face...I could just eat it up!!!
Tyson with Robert the Lion
Tyson was soooo funny! He got quite a few awards this year! He was a great third grader!! He went up the stage a handful of times...the first time up he was getting an award for music. If you look at the picture you can see the look of "yeah, ok, give me my award I gotta keep goin" on his face. He seemed in such a hurry to get that handshake over with. It was pretty funny...it got a reaction out of most of the crowd, including Mr. Nash!
Here is Mr. Nash chuckling at Ty in his hurry to get on with it!
Tyson also got the Achievement award for all A's and B's for the whole year, he was one of the top ten readers in 3rd grade, he was chosen to go to the KISD Tech Fair {he did a power point presentation}, a certificate for learning all his fast facts and he got a science award too.Tyson and Ms. Abousteit
Kyler with Robert the Lion
getting his first grade completion certificate from Principal Nash (that is Mrs. Wagner in the background) she was Tyson's 2nd grade teacher last year...we miss her!
Kyler was an exceptional first grader...he got a knightly citizenship award, and the Academic Excellence Award {all A's all year!}
the First Graders singing at the awards ceremony...She'll Be Comin' Around the Mountain {see that cute blond in the orange dress?...that was the little girl Kyler had a crush on, Reese!}
look at that sweet face!!!Kyler and his teacher Mrs. Treybig
Austin and his best friend Tyler...we miss you Tyler {and the rest of the Welker clan} they moved to Arizona {without even asking if it was ok with us!!} but we were lucky to get to have Tyler stay with us an extra 2 weeks till school was out!
Austin at his final Band Concert of the year!
getting ready to play
what a stinker...he would not smile, he just kept being silly!! Austin completed 7th grade on the Honor Roll and had one of the top 10 reading points in the 7th grade!! Way to go Austie!!!
Before the awards ceremony
For some reason I have no pics of Kailee from end of the year stuff!...she was just as awesome! She was on the honor roll and got a mess of choir awards!! Can you believe in September she will be in high school and 15!!!!????

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Happy Birthday Kyler {2 1/2 months ago}

So I am a little behind but what else is new? Better late than never right!!! RIGHT!!!??
Happy Birthday to our favorite 7 year old!!
This is what he wanted more than anything!!!
He got to open this one right when he got home from school!
Reading it so intently...this is serious stuff!
hmmm...ya think he likes this one?
We love Skippyjon Jones!! He is hilarious!
Trick Candles....I know we are pretty tricky...he thought it was super funny though. It gave him the giggles and I love to hear him giggle.
Birthday Spankings! It's Kyler's favorite part!

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Kailee

Kailee went to her 8th grade dance last night. She looked stunning!!! She is such a ham for the camera...we rarely get a serious picture from her...but it's ok, cuz that's our Kailee!!! She went with her friend Emma to a "Night in Paris". She had a great time!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Kailee's Canvas

For Family Night a few weeks ago (actually it's more like a few months ago, who am I kidding?!)...anyway we all sat down a made a list for each one of the kids and came up with words that described that person. I took the lists and made my own version of "Subway Art" for the kids to hang in their rooms. I thought it would be a fun way for me to be creative and play with my vinyl and also a great keepsake for the kids. They will have a fun reminder of all the great things we thought of them in 2010!
I love how Kailee's turned out. I bought 16x20 canvas and painted it black. I used teal and white vinyl. I am a little bit picky so I spent a ton of time ( I won't even admit to how many hours) getting the image just right. I wanted the fonts to also express Kailee...which I think it does! She loves it and I love it! I have started on Austin's...we'll see how long it takes me to get it done....1 down, 3 to go!
**I also learned that vinyl doesn't stick so well to canvas. So after I got it all on there I painted a layer of modge podge over the whole thing!! {{Also I am pretty impressed with myself...I made the books on there all by myself from scratch!!!}}