Dance of the Cosmos!

Part of the Montessori curriculum at Sara's school includes a birthday celebration ceremony all about the Celebration of Life! It helps kids to grasp how a time line works by illustrating specific milestones from each year of their life. I am sure I will be videotaping the ceremony and posting it next week but I thought it would be a great way to kick of Sara's birthday weekend!

On the day that Sara was born we loved her very much and were so grateful for the wonderful doctors who made her better!


When Sara was one year old she watched her dad walk across the stage for his college diploma from Texas A&M!

When Sara was 2 years old she learned how to be a wonderful big Sister!

When Sara was 3 years old she began her first ballet class and loved every minute of it!






When Sara was 4 years old she welcomed her first cousin into the world and saw real mountains for the first time in Colorado.

Astroid Cake

 

A friend of mine wanted to make an astroid cake for a school project so I offered the little expertise I have. We had sooo much fun and I think it turned out pretty cool looking. Inside is yummy red velvet and the frosting is cream cheese with coconut and pecans!

Girls Night Out

The Biker Chicks- Ruth, Val, and Kristen!

Amber, Kelly, Val, and ME!!!

Toni, Val, Nikole (AKA awesome at jewelry making), and Amber!

Val, Katherin (Awesome at Photography), and Amanda!







Hot Mammas!!!



How you doin'?

There are very few things that will convince me to get out of the house these days, especially without my kiddos whom I feel like I hardly see. But when a great friend has a girls night out for her birthday, and offers to watch Clayton from 7am until 3pm so I can switch shifts and become available I just can't say no! And I am so glad I didn't. We went to a super yummy restaurant called Johny Tangos and had the yummiest food I have had in a long time. As you can tell it was a super fun group and sexy girls!

WESTERN WEEK

 

 

 

Clayton's school had western week last week! On Monday they had a super cool singing cowboy. On Wednessday they were supposed to dress up as cowboys and cowgirls to ride horses who came to the school. I was so excited because Clayton has some super cute western wear. He obviously was not so excited. I lost this battle and he went to school dressed as a redneck in his cars tshirt and wrangler jeans.

A Day At The Zoo

 

 

 

 

Since I have started working and Sara started school we haven't had as much time to hang out for the day. So yesterday we decided to skip school and go enjoy the animals!

Preschool Preformance

 

 

 

Last night Sara's Preschool/Kindergarden class preformed their yearly show featuring songs from Sesame Street.

Happy Easter

Here we are at the crack of dawn getting dressed to go see if the Easter Bunny came! You see I am not one of those mean moms that takes pictures of their kids before the get a chance to comb their hair in the morning. I don't make them comb it I just give them the opportunity before I go camera crazy. Sara decided all on her own that she needed an up-do to go with the dress she picked out to wear! Clayton and James could really care less!





Wow! I must have some great kids in this house for the Easter Bunny to love them this much!!!



That Easter Bunny was super smart! He knew just where each kids' eye level would be.

And EVERYONE was happy!!! I got the best Easter basket ever! My adorable nephew to play with! I sure do LOVE babies!









And for tradition sake the infamous Easter Egg Hunt.






To help with Easter dinner the kids decided to make dessert. Sara helped me make a multi-layer rice krispie treat, and then her and Clayton sacrificed peeps from their Easter basket to decorate it.





Here are my homemade dinner rolls we had for Easter Dinner. Jason thought they were gigantic, but I didn't want to have to make a million so I just made them big.


We had a fantastic Easter! The food was no feast but it was good and easy which I found to be best on holidays. I wish I would have taken more pictures after out family arrived. The kids had lots of fun getting to show Grandma and Grandpa all the cool things they could do like riding bikes. I thing James enjoyed having my grandparents around to coo and idle him. Jonathan and Telma were of course a huge hit! Not only do the kids love how Telma is one of the few adults who can totally get all of their imaginative make believe games, but she also brought them yummy baskets full of toys and chocolates which they were super happy about especially since they thought they had gotten everything they could get in one day. Happy Easter everyone! And to those we missed we hope to see you on Easter next year!