Saturday, March 15, 2008

Easter Angel Breakfast

This morning we had the Angel Easter Breakfast at church. We have a pancake breakfast and Easter egg hunt as well as a bunch of crafts for the kids to do. We ask the families to bring in Easter baskets that we can give to the less fortunate in return. This year Alyssa and Avery also helped out and led a craft. They were making cross book marks. It's good to see Alyssa get involved...makes me so proud!

This is the group of 1-5 year olds getting ready for the egg hunt

Just some of the baskets that were donated!

Ethan & Brandon coloring eggs!

Sheila helping the kids...

Alyssa helping a little girl make her book mark.

Holyland Adventure

Holyland Adventure started Thursday night. We had a good start with about 100 kids who signed up. I had intended to take a bunch of pictures...however my battery on the camera went dead, so this is all I could do. I'll take more this evening and tomorrow as well.
Just in case you missed my earlier explanation, Holyland Adventure is a program designed to take kids back in the times of Jesus. We all dress up in robes and head pieces to look the part. The kids get to go to different "market places" and make things such as leather pouches, wooden toys, weave baskets, make reed flutes and crush spices. They also have a chance to play games and bake fresh bread. It really is a great time and such a good opportunity for the kids as we all know kids learn so much better when it's a hands on experience.
Here are a few pictures...I'll take more tonight and post a few more when I have a chance.




Friday, March 14, 2008

Finally

Gabriella rolled over yesterday for the first time. I was beginning to think it was never going to happen! Of course it is hard to roll when you are always being held :)
I missed it cause the kids and I were at church...don't worry though...daddy called to rub it in!

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Random

Let's see...what's new...

I finally broke down and took Gabriella to the doctors today...my gut feeling was right, she had an ear infection. The good thing is we got her some antibiotics so hopefully she will be feeling better and back to her normal smiley self soon.

Brandon has decided (already) that he would like to be a soldier...no wait...a Teenage Mutant Turtle...no wait....a dead zombie for Halloween.
I decided I wanted him to quit stalling and go to bed...in the end I won!

Thanks to Sheila (love you by the way, She) I will be making my acting debut at church on Sunday ...Good Golly...you owe me one!

That's about all for now...

More Pictures...

I love this picture of Kendal...he's gonna get that boy!

Not a great picture but Brandon is going for the pin...no such luck!

Ya can't take me down!

Pictures as promised...





Monday, March 10, 2008

Back to normal...

Jeff and Brandon got back home late last night...it feels nice to have them both home. Brandon did very well in both tournaments too. He wrestled Freestyle on Saturday and came in 3rd place out of 7. He has not wrestled this before (besides a few practices) so obviously Jeff was excited. Yesterday was the Folk style tournament, he came in 4th out of 10 boys in that tournament! Not bad for the little turkey considering he just started at the end of October. Jeff took lots of pictures so when I am home and have access to them I will download a few to share.
Two of the high school boys who went along also made Team Nevada. That is a big honor, it will allow them to wrestle and train in the off season and I believe also allows them to travel the country to other large tournaments. So...yeah to Kyle and Nolan!

While they were gone Alyssa, Gabriella and I enjoyed some down time. It's clear that Brandon is my hand full...he makes sure we never have a dull moment (we do love him for that) Alyssa was busy with the cheer clinic and two birthday parties. We also enjoyed lunch out together, a little bit of shopping, we had slumber parties in my room and even watched Hannah Montana together.
Gabriella did not enjoy her time so much. She has a little bit of a cold and that darn tooth of hers is making her miserable! My poor happy, easy going baby was not herself the last few days.

Better wrap this up and get back to work...Like I said earlier...I'll post pictures later when I'm back home.