A Sleepover with Aunt Ju Ju and Uncle Jonny! (April 18-19)

Finally! We took the opportunity of Keri's birthday to let her sweet girls come over and spend the night with us!! Mommy and Daddy went out of town for the weekend....and this meant super-fun times for the rest of us! Ha! We made pizza---everyone pushed on the dough, spread the sauce, placed the pepperoni, and sprinkled the cheese! We made two beautiful pizzas, and they were quite delicious!!

Later that evening Aunt Ju Ju got talked into making chocolate chip cookies. I took this picture after we had finished....but it just made my heart leap with joy to see those 3 chairs all lined up to help--and the mixer on the counter---It told the whole story! (And that sweet sippy cup!) Can you tell I am getting excited about this mommy thing?????

Mmm! Almost ready!!

We stayed up pretty late watching Little House on the Prairie and part of Cinderella II. I woke up in the middle of the night and saw the girls asleep like this....and of course I had to take a picture!!
The next morning mean old Aunt Ju Ju did not let them have cookies for breakfast.....We had to have something more healthy! So we ate bowls of Lucky Charms!! I did get talked into giving them all extra marshmallows in their bowls!! (Oh, dear!!) We played Chutes and Ladders and dollies....and then they got to go to MiMi's house for the next overnight adventure!
I'm glad they finally got to sleep over.......now I'm looking for a date for the next time!!! :)

It's A Boy!! (April 2008)

We are very excited to formally announce on our blog that we have been matched with a birthmom!! She is wonderful.....We have loved talking with her so much!! She chose us to be the parents of her baby a few weeks ago...and we just found out last week that it is a BOY!

We are so excited....but we have to wait until the middle of August before we meet him face to face! We hope to meet our birthmom very soon. Hopefully we can travel to Texas to give her a big hug in May!

Please pray for us as we prepare to be parents. We are praying too that we will be a blessing to our birthmom....because heaven knows she has been a blessing to us!

Thanks for being excited with us!! It is such a wonderful thing!!!!

We LOVE Science!! (April 17, 2008)

We performed the COOLEST science experiment! (All science experiments that require goggles are cool!!) Since we are studying the solar system, we decided to figure out how moon craters are created. So, taking some sand, marbles, and a meter stick, we dropped our marbles from different heights and measured the created craters' diameters. Then we used BIGGER marbles...and to our supreme happiness....they made even bigger holes!! So, we found out the higher and bigger the marble, the deeper and wider the crater!!


Measuring their crater.....

Getting ready to drop the marble from the specified height.

Do you see his marble in mid-air? He made me retake this picture until I finally got it right!! :)

Mrs. Lamb is reviewing the day's lesson.

Happy Birthday, Jonathan!! (April 11, 2008)

We celebrated Jonny's birthday with his favorite little girls! Keri made a fabulous cake...one she had never made before! (It was fabulous!) The kids had a ball blowing out Jonathan's candles for him...!


MMMMMMMMMMMMM! That was one yummy cake!! It was chocolate, pralines, and whipped cream!!!

Just a Touch of Spring! (April 2008)

We may not have a full-blown yard....but we have daffodils and tulips!! They have been such a blessing to me these past few weeks...I'm sorry to see them go! But Jonny says we'll plant more grass soon!

CrossRoads of America! (April 6-8) 2008

This past week has seemed like Grand Central Station at our house!! We were so blessed to have Joann, Austin, and Ariana stop and spend the night on their way back to Texas after a two-week stay in Kentucky! Above you can see our sweet new neice, Lucy Grace Chandler, who came to visit us when she was only 2 weeks old!! Jennifer and Al came down with the boys and Lucy to visit poor Aunt Ju Ju who didn't get to be there for the birth!! Keri and I fought over who would get to hold her! I can't believe I don't have any pictures of Keri and the girls hogging her!! :) You can see a picture of it on Jen's website--The CHOG!
Here is proud Uncle Jonny holding sweet Lucy....he and Al had just returned from a Grizzlies Game (the realy reason they drove down!!!). Below are some pics from the game. There's Shaq--he didn't play, and they were disappointed.

I had to include this picture.....This is Austin's first time to eat salad!! He loved Aunt Ju Ju's favorite Ranch Dressing.....LiteHouse!! He kept asking for "More, Please!!" He probably ate over 35 spinach leaves dipped in that yummy dressing!!How fun it is to live in a place where everyone just drops by for quick visits!! This was surely not the case in Chicago! I missed it....and am so thankful to have these sweet opportunities back!

More Third Grade Fun (April 7-8, 2008)

Just a few snapshots from last week....Lots of science fun (observing mosquito larva, building Roman Arches, Discovering geometric patterns), and getting to read our novels outside in the sunshine!! Just another day at Westminster!!

We Are Proud of Our Team!! (April 5, 2008)

We had a blast watching all the Memphis games with our community group! I took this picture because I didn't have a Memphis shirt....I was wearing red!! Ha! This was taken after we won the game that sent us to the Championship! (We didn't take one after Kansas won the championship!) We had a blast cheering them on. They had a great season!

Hanging out with my Boys!! (March 28-29, 2008)

My 6th grade boys from last year (who are now 7th graders) came over to spend the night with their former favorite teacher....(me!).....and one of their new favorite teachers....(Jonny!). I had a ball with these boys last year....and Jonny enjoys them so much this year! We were missing one.....Andrew has moved to California and couldn't be with us! :( But we texted him....just to make him feel bad! :) We did lots of "manly" things while they were here....we grilled big 'ole steaks and I didn't make any of them eat salad. (So none of them did!!) (As you can see, just Jonny and I have salads!!)

They loved playing outside on our big lot.....they built forts down by the pond and did all kinds of "boy things" down there. They wanted me to come see...but I declined. Here they are laying on all our bags of leaves waiting for the compost pile!!

We watched the Memphis game....They won!! We played on Brennan's Wii and we watched Gladiator...but not nearly all of it! We laughed our heads off, and they ate TONS!! It went too fast!!

Here we are about to go home......It was a good thing we dropped Will off last....John didn't know how to get to his house!! Ha!!
We'll have to do it again, guys!!!