Punishment

I would love for all of my friends and family to ask Jayce what precipitated him being required to wash the floor on his hands and knees...I'll give you a hint...it involved catapulting food.

The Lion King

It was the thrill of a lifetime. I literally had tears in my eyes and goosebumps on top of goosebumps. The cause of all this? The Lion King at the Civic Center. I took my kids and joined Mundy and Jaxon to see this incredible production. The costumes were mind-boggling, the singing and dancing were awe-inspiring, and the overall production was a real memory for me to share with my children. It was sometimes hard to watch the play for watching the kids' faces. Jayce sat on the aisle seat and could reach out and touch the animals that paraded by him. At one point in time, Maggie told me to quit poking her shoulder telling her to look at this and look at that. I was probably more excited than they were!

Memorial Marathon

If you happen to catch any of the coverage of the marathon early Sunday morning, keep an eye out for walkers in "safety green" (think ridiculous neon yellow) t-shirts. The company I work for, Advanced Academics, has a number of people participating in the relay marathon. I'll be walking a 3.2 mile leg for one of those teams. I walk the second leg of the race and expect to start walking between 8 and 8:30 a.m. "We Run To Remember"

Baby Shower

We had a baby shower for Kim today. Sarah made some incredible decorations for the shower and, as usual, Mom made an incredible cake! We had a great turnout and Kim received some wonderful gifts for the new baby. We can't wait for Baby Klaire to make her appearance.

Easter Fun

I'm only a week late, but I wanted to share some of the adorable Easter photos of my family. The Greens came to our house on Saturday evening for Mexican food and an Easter Egg hunt. Sunday morning we worked in All-Stars for the early service and then went to the late service at Trinity. After that we headed to C-town for a fantastic Easter dinner that my mom and Gary put together. The kids were able to hunt Easter Eggs outside! And we celebrated Uncle Stephen's birthday. It was a busy weekend but tons of fun!

Bad Blogger

So, blogging is not my strength. I have pictures to upload, news to share, and things to say, but I just don't seem to get it all on here. So, the latest....

My sweet baby turned five. 5 years old! Bobby and I cannot believe that Lakin is already 5. Where has the time gone? She loves to remind us that she is five and that soon she'll be 6, then 7, then 8, then 9. LOL. She thinks the reaction that she gets from us is hilarious. She has so much personality, too. She bobs her head and bats her eyes and we are thinking we are in big trouble when she's a teenager.

Miss Maggie is on a quest to read as many Nate the Great books as possible before the end of the school year. Her teacher tells me that she'll be recommending her for testing for the gifted program at school which she finds terribly thrilling. She also expects to be super-busy at gymnastics this summer preparing for competition. Her coaches believe she'll be ready to compete in August.

Jayce attended a Young Writer's Conference on Saturday and enjoyed learning more about creative writing and illustrating. Later Saturday he tried out for a play at Poteet Theater. We found out today that he was chosen for the part of David in the 7 Brides for 7 Brothers part of the musical review that will be produced in August.

Life is busy, but we know that we are richly blessed.

Oz

"Oz" was a great success this weekend. All of the children that came to see the play were enthralled, and all of the adults were amazed at the talent of these young people. Jayce made a wonderful, animated munchkin, dancing and singing his heart out. The leads were remarkably funny, terrific performers. The songs were so catchy. Lakin can't stop singing them! Thanks to all of you that came to see Jayce's performance.