8th Grade Girl Sleepover---April 24, 3009

Can you believe these beautiful young ladies were my little 6th grade girls two years ago?? It was time for our second annual sleepover with Mrs. Davis. We were sad to not have Caroline and Becky, but they had other obligations...a soccer tournament and a horse show!

This year the girls convinced Jonathan to go and buy them cheap toilet paper so we could go have a little fun. We visited four lucky homes....and got caught at two of them!! :)

Yes...it is a pink hairband.....and no, don't tell Jack! He didn't know! :)

After watching, "To Catch A Thief" we all konked out...actually, Jonathan and I were the only ones that made it through the entire movie!! :) Katherine came very close, though!!
Jack was giving a lecture on being cute early Saturday morning...and all the girls gathered to listen!
The girls had worked hard on their fort the night before, but they had Jonathan come down to get a picture of it before we left!
What a fun time!! It will surely have to keep being an annual event!!

Big Jack!----April 19, 2009

Jack is all smiles lately!! He LOVES LOVES LOVES to stand up and gets very excited when we let him stand between our legs while we sit on the couch!
Sweet, fun times!!

Girls' Night Out!---April 17, 2009

We used Keri's birthday as a great excuse to go out on the town!! It was a very last minute plan, but Brandy, Elizabeth, Amy, Anne, Keri and I had a great time eating out and getting our nails done!

We decided we should do this on everyone's birthday! :) So much fun!!

Field Day at Westminster---April 18, 2009

Westminster's Field Days are always so much fun to attend...and this spring's was no exception!! Here is sweet Sydney holding Will's dog, Millie! Millie is fun to hold...but not as fun as Jack! :)

Jack was not at a loss for people that wanted to hold him!! He got quite a lot of attention from everyone! Here he is with Paula Williams, one of my sweet student's mom!


Here is my sweet man!


All of the students in the Upper School are divided into four "houses," Athanasius, Becket, Boniface, and Columba. All the houses are named for martyrs of the faith who have really incredible stories!

The four houses compete against each other in lots of different field day activities!

Lots of rivalries between the houses...but this picture was posed! :)

House Becket!
House Columba!
House Boniface!
Pretty cool teachers!!
Tug of war....It is a four-way rope!! Pretty cool!
House Athanasius!
The fearless Becket leaders!!
The Dog-Loving Athanasius leaders!
The real winner of the day....! Jocelyn got to hold Jack! Tee Hee!!
Sweet Sally and Millie!
Finally! Air conditioning!! How nice!
Three sweet friends......I think they were trying to catch another glimpse of Jack! :)

Happy Birthday, Keri!---April 16, 2009

We celebrated Keri's birthday at her home with her family...and Lizzie and Anna declared that we were having a hula-hoop contest in the front yard after dinner!! Jonny and Andrew (and Jack were only spectators of our little competition!!)
I decided to hula-hoop on my arms...it seemed much easier! I never knew all of those little exercises in elementary gym class with Ms. Hawkins would pay off!! I made those big circles, and I made little circles! (And I paid for them dearly for the next three days!! I could hardly move my arms!!!!)
Needless to say, I did not win!! Anna and Lizzie certainly outlived all of us! I guess that is why they wanted to have a competition!!

Here is Sam (Keri's brother) with Sara Kate!

Keri and Andrew's beautiful home!
Here is Sara Kate with Charlie (another of Keri's brothers!). We sure did miss her other brother, Kevin and his family who couldn't make it way out to Slayden on this night.
I hate to say it, but Sam was a sore loser! TeeHee!
Mmmmmmm! Finally!! Cake!
There is always plenty of help to blow out the candles whenever the girls are around!!
Just for Keri---Homemade chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream frosting...with sugar crystals on top!! Right out of the Southern Living Cookbook!! Delicious!

Sitting up in the Bathtub!!---April 14, 3009

No more baby bathtub!! Jack is now sitting up like a big boy in the bathtub!
He had a big time playing with all of his toys from the Easter Bunny!! (I wouldn't let him take his Easter grass in the bathtub, though!!)


He loves it when I let the water run! He tries to figure it all out!!
Ooooh! He looks so little in such a big old tub!!!
Our baby is growing up!! :) It is going very fast!!.....