Red River 2009

Abby and Audrey at the top after riding the ski lift.

Alan and Ava Grace riding "Brutus"

Luke and Cal on the go-kart

The Finley grandkids at the top of the ski lift

Cal with his first of 30 fish.

Market Day

Every year at Hewitt Elementary the 3rd grade classes have Market Day. Bailey and Audrey have both done it and this year it was Cal's turn. He and his friend Jackson started several weeks ahead of time making "6 strings." They took 6 strands of string and wove them together to make bracelets, necklaces, etc. Each of the third graders have a good or service to sell. The rest of the school and parents come to "shop." Each good or service can cost up to a quarter. All of the students "shopping" can only bring a dollar.

The third graders have to keep up with how much they spend to get their product ready and then figure out at the end of the day if they made a profit.

Jackson and Cal decided to sell blow pops along with their "6 strings" (some were 7 up to 12 strings.) They made a ten dollar profit and had a lot of fun in the process.

End of school activities

Cal had his birthday party at a Baylor baseball game. We ate pizza and a cookie cake at our house and then went to the game. Beau, Marsha, and Mimi got to come. Beau and Ava Grace were in on all of the activities, such as rolling down the hill.

Beau, Jackson, Trent, Cody, Callan, and Cal

Bailey was in 6th grade choir this year and had several concerts. The last one was very special because Emily played the flute to accompany one of the songs that they sang. It was beautiful! If only my flip video or my camera video had captured the song. :(

Here is Bailey before her concert with songs from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Can you tell what decade Bailey's songs were from?

Busy weekend

Thank you to Grandma and Granddad who came to help Alan so that I could go to my Girls' weekend trip.

Cal had a game on Saturday and a lot of fans to watch him play. His team won 5-1!

Harris Creek had 14 Bible Drillers who made it to the state competition. Bailey and Audrey both made it and did a great job! They both got 22 out of 24 correct. It wasn't what they wanted to do but we were very proud of them for all of the hard work!

I had a great time at our Girls' Weekend in Houston! We went to the scrapbook convention in Houston and even though I don't scrapbook, I had fun. I learned how to make cards and got some great ideas for things I can make. The best part was being with my mom, sisters, aunt and cousin.

Easter 2009

After going to Dallas for the girls' soccer tournament on Friday and Saturday, we came back to Waco and were here on Sunday. The kids had fun dying Easter eggs while it was raining outside.

Ava Grace doesn't remember doing this in previous years, so it was all exciting and new for her.

Bailey was very good at decorating her eggs.

Here are pictures taken after church. We almost got Alan and Cal to smile.

Everyone wore blue except for me. The kids' blue was planned. I didn't tell them that. Happy Easter everyone! He is Risen indeed!!

Midway Pantherettes Win State!

We drove down to Austin for the semifinals of the state tournament. Midway won and then went on to win the state game! We all wore our red and blue to cheer on the Pantherettes!

Midway has some very good players! Cokie Reed will be playing for Texas next year. DeLisa Gross will be playing for TCU next year and Mackenzie Robertson (Kim Mulkey's daughter) will be playing for Baylor the year after next. They are a fun team to watch.

Mackenzie is the one on the left under the basket. Cokie Reed is the tallest one on the left with her back to the camera. It was fun to see them play where UT plays. The arena has changed a lot since I was there when Graford was in the playoffs back in the 80s.

Audrey's Guitar Presentation

In fifth grade, Audrey has learned how to play the guitar in music class. Ava Grace, Mimi, and I went to her guitar presentation. Audrey played for us and also had a singing part. It was amazing how much they were able to learn in just 5 weeks!