Spring 2017

SPRING 2017

Photos from March, April, and May

We played a lot of baseball starting in March and continuing on until May.

Ben was number 17, and Will was number 8.  

Ben played coach pitch and Will was on the 10U team with kid pitch. 

Over spring break we went to 3 different nurseries looking for flowers and plants for our yard. 

I started a new flowerbed and naively thought I could finish it in a week or two.  

Two months later, and it's not finished yet.   

At Open House this year, Will did a living history museum presentation.  He chose Moses Austin.  At first I thought it would be a challenge because he's an obscure figure in Texas History.  Will made the comment, "Mom, you're the only one who knows who he is." I told Will that's because I am a Texas History teacher and that no one else would.  At first I panicked about the costume, but then we decided the costume would be easy since no one knows much about him.  Will was able to dress like he wanted to.

Ben's class had a fun space theme for Open House.  This is an alien he created. 

We planted bluebonnet seeds in the fall, and we had some small bluebonnets come up! 

April 8th the boys went to the coolest Nerf gun party for their cousin Sam.

April 9th the ladies from my church and I hosted a vintage cowboy themed baby shower for a sweet couple that attends our church.  I enjoyed having it at our home and decorating for the shower with the ladies from our church.

Spring Decor on the mantel 

Easter 

April 16, 2017

Our first Easter in the new house.  

Holidays have been extra special this year.

We hosted Easter Sunday lunch for Mark's side of the family,

Easter egg hunt for the kids

We watched our niece Maggie compete at the Regional and State Tennis Tournament

Regional Tournament in Tyler, Texas

State Tennis Tournament in College Station, Texas

We walked around the campus of Texas A&M.

I've already tried my best to persuade the boys to choose this as their future university.

For now, this is where they both want to attend college.  Whoop!

Mark got a new mower.

We've been grilling out and eating meals on the back porch.  

Or if we say it as the Europeans do, we've been dining al fresco. ;)

May 1st 

Ben performed in the 2nd and 3rd Spring Musical and the theme was school spirit and Tiger pride. 

May 6th 

Will and the Intermediate Honor Choir participated in the Sandy Lake Fun Fest Singing Competition.

They performed songs from The Sound of Music.

SLIME!!!

The boys and I made slime.  We followed a video I saw on Facebook.

There were terrible storms that afternoon and evening and it was a good distraction.

That's all for now.  There are several things I've left out.  I still need to share photos from our end of year awards assembly, the last day of school, our niece's graduation, and Mother's Day.  

I'll get around to it.  Thanks for catching up with us this spring.

Catching Up: January 2016 - May 2016

We moved into our new house recently, and I couldn't be more excited to finally be home.

It seems like so much of the last year, from May 2015 to now May 2016, has been focused on building our new home.

Despite that being a major event in our lives, we still continued to have our everyday, life is still normal, happenings. 

I looked back through photos to remind me what we've been up to (other than building a house) since the start of the new year.

January

2016

We met friends at Babe's chicken, which is a pretty good start to the new year if you ask me.

I like everyday moments like this one.  The boys reading a book together. 

February 2016

Kayreen and Jen were in Texas for a visit.

We think Kayreen is awesome, and it's only natural that we would think her friends are awesome, too.  It makes sense that we would become friends with her friends because she's our mutual friend.  You guys followed that, right?  We all had a good time hanging out together in downtown Denton.

Our fam and in the background Kayreen, Jen, Johanna, Joel and Tim. 

Great night with fun, sweet, and interesting people.

Valentine's Day photos at the farm where our rent house was located.

Checking on construction at the new house.  This photo is a good example of all the random things the boys would find at the construction site. Clearly they are of great value to them because they had to be in the photo!

 March 2016

Open house at Will and Ben's school

Family photos courtesy of Ben's teacher.

We were able to get away for one night in Dallas, and it was a much needed break from this stressful year.  Patty Griffin was in town, and we love her.  We had dinner at Sundown at Granada and then attended the concert.  We were with Craig and Andrea so that's how we got the photos.  We didn't have to ask a random stranger to take them (don't think we're not above doing that though!).  

April 2016

Angela was in Texas for a quick visit and she made her way north to see us.  She got to see the new house, we had Tex Mex, and then we headed to Canton.  It was late in the day so we decided not to go to trade days and instead we hung out at Paul Michael.  (I always want to call the store Paul Mitchell because of the hair care products, lol!)  I wish Indiana and Texas were closer.  She's the type of friend that I can pick right up with where we left off.  

Also in April we celebrated our cousin's 7th birthday.  My boys thought the laser tag in the park was pretty cool!

Playing hard in your baseball games = postgame snacks at DQ

May 2016

Our nephew, Jacob, graduated from high school and we celebrated his accomplishment.  He made a slideshow for his graduation party and there was an adorable photo of him in a Spiderman costume.  That's exactly how I remember him as a little boy and I can't believe he is out of high school now.  Wow!  If our boys grow up as fast as Jacob did, then Will and Ben will be graduating before I know it.  Yikes!

Will and Ben worked hard and earned a spot in the top 10 for A.R. points for their classes, and they were rewarded with a field trip to Cowboys Stadium/AT&T Stadium.  Mark was able to take off and go with them on the trip.  I'm usually the one taking photos (or in their opinion over-taking photos) but he did a good job and took some of the boys.

It's the final Friday of the school year. So that means it's the last Friday that I have to pack school lunches. I love my family, and I love taking care of them.  With that said, I don't love packing school lunches every morning.  I've packed over 150 this school year, and this mama is done.  I get anxious this time of year for summer which brings a break from our busy routine.  Knowing that we are nearing the end is exciting!

I'll be back with more blog posts to catch up with some things I've missed blogging about this year--Will and Ben's school musicals and Easter.