A little baking

Alex and I were baking some bite size brownies for a dinner we were preparing for our pastor as well as for dad to take on his hiking trip to Big Bend. Those pictures are coming soon as soon as he tells me what I'm looking at ;-)

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Being Faithful

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Picnic time again

We took the kids to a park to have dinner and then play over the past weekend.
The weather was fabulous.

Someone got ahold of the camera

Can you guess who it was? 

I didn't know that he had the camera until I downloaded the pictures and found these....cute. 

Aliana posing for him.

 

This one's good.

 

Karate-Week 5

Tony got to participate at the end. 

 

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Butterflies & Tadpoles!!

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Wanting to pose

She's been into posing for the camera lately and after each picture needing to see what she looks like.

Valentine Park Playdate

Joined come friends at the park for a Valentine exchange, picnic and of course play time. They all had so much fun running around together. I don't think anyone came close to finishing their lunch. Once we got in the car to pick up Tony from school, Alex and Aliana devoured their lunches.

Aliana~David~Alex~Marlie~Josiah
Not in the picture: Noah, Caleb, Carter & Ella
Wish you could have made it Stephanie. Hope you and your children feel better.

 

Valentine's Celebration

We celebrated our Valentine's Day on Sunday so that it could be extended through the whole day and not just when daddy gets home on Monday.

Aliana got her first bouquet of flowers and chocolates from a boy and that's the way it should be...always from daddy first.

Camping over the weekend

It is starting to get warm (like up in the 70's during the day) so Mark wanted to get the boys out sleeping in the tent before it does start to get to hot. Funny, I know we're only in February and almost everyone is still experiencing snow, but we already had our 1 day and we are moving right along into Spring now. It's gorgeous down here.

Aliana~Aliana~Aliana! Ok, she wanted so bad to go with the boys that when daddy told them to get their stuff so did she, right behind them. Mark thought that she could come out and stay there until they were ready to go to bed (next year Aliana & I are going to try to camp with the boys). So this is where we are right now; Aliana was so afraid that she didn't want to be in the tent or outside in the dark, as well as dada. After I got my 3 pictures I took her inside where the girls were going to sleep together, but every time that I talked about laying down on momma's bed or walked past my room she would begin crying with alligator tears for dada. She absolutely didn't want him out there. Well we didn't get to camp together inside and she ended up in her bed where everyone sleep peacefully.

Getting set!

Night boys, I hope you do sleep because we are going to church no matter what.

February Field Trip- Police Dept.

Waiting patiently for everyone to arrive to begin the tour.
 

I know Aliana's friend, Ella, has her eyes closed but I had to get them in the same shot with their outfits (they weren't feeling the camera at this moment).  It was by accident and this wasn't the 1st time either.  Stephanie and I dont' plan it.

A large badge on the wall.

Walking through the aquarium minus the water and fish....interesting.  We did find a toy fish though laying on the rocks and thought it was funny and ironic. 
Notice Aliana hugging the little girl in the pink dress. Normally she does this to the boys and then pushes them.  She is such a flirt; it's ridiculous.

Mark bringing the two runaways back to the group.

The tour guide is explaining how the calls come in, what the codes mean on the big screen in front of us and how the respondents have to always have a calm tone no matter what (they are trained to do this).

 

 

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Who is the Real Jesus?

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Our caterpillars have changed & someone is doing research!



Bible Art in Dallas

This was sent to me via email and just had to share it with anyone that visits our blog.  It's totally worth visiting if you are ever traveling through Dallas.  I am going to make this a field trip some how to get the kids seeing the awesome art that is displayed about the stories in the bible.  Take a look at the link below.

Biblical Art

WE HAVE A SNOW DAY!

It has been an interesting week with all the incremental weather everyone in the nation has been having.  We had state-wide mandatory rolling blackouts on Wednesday & Thursday because of the need of extra energy that the state had to provide for everyone.  We experienced it in a store.  Luckily we were able to still purchase our stuff and head home praying that our house still had the heat on, which it did.  But later, we got firewood just in case. So now on Friday we received snow throughout the night.  I think I was more excited than they were.  I was up and ready by 6 am to feed and dress everyone early to get outside and play.  I really miss the snow.  We played and lasted 1 hour before 2 of them were crying and the other one needing to potty.  So inside we went running, trying to boost their body heat and get their blood flowing.

Not so sure of this.  Last year she wasn't either. 
Maybe next year she'll have more fun.

Improving with storage lids for sleds.  It worked!
It just needed to be a little bit more icing for them to actually move without momma pulling them.

 

Yay, a smile!

Hmmm, placing their faces in the snow. 
Not sure that's such a good idea boys!

 

Running around so excited.

Well I hope nothing bursts.

Ok, she's getting really cold and just wants to be held.

This is great!

Meeting up with our friends.

1st time in a sled.
Their dad took the boys in their sled.
  We need to purchase some just in case we get a day like this again or even for next year.

 

After running inside, quickly taking all the snow clothes off and throwing them in the dryer, bundling them in the blankets with a movie and then hot cocoa.  They are now happy and warm. 
I really love this!!

HAPPY SNOW DAY TEXAS!
We need more of these.

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