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Weekend Activites

We played a game of Pictionary and this was Max's drawing of New York...no clue why we couldn't figure it out?!





Emily had her friend Kiehanna spend the night while Morgan and Max were at the Raleighs.




We are pretending that the weather here is nice and sunny so we did a little summer clothes shopping.






The only thing keeping me sane during these gloomy days are my flowers in the front yard. The peonies just started to bloom and they are spectacular.





We all participated in a sword/noodle fight...great way for everyone to get out their aggressions!

T-ball Comes To A Close

Max had a great season of T-ball. It was fun to see the boys go from complete cluelessness to being able to throw the ball, catch a grounder and hit from the coaches pitching.

--Max on first base


--with Coach Jay and his cool new trophy



--the Athletics

Mr. Fix It

Our dryer was not drying......so thanks to a couple trips to the "part store", Wayne fixed it with a $30 part. Now I have no excuse not to tackle the piles starring at me>

My lastest crafting

I haven't had much inspiration lately in the crafting area but this is what I have been up to. I have been making these flowers out of ribbons...some of them I make into magnets and most of them are used in place of a bow when I wrap presents.

Morgan's First Piano Recital

Morgan had her first piano recital on Sunday. She played a solo and 3 duets. She did amazing and her teacher was very impressed since she has only been playing for a couple months. Video to come soon

Happy 42nd Wayne

His number one birthday request was for a dolly...he is so excited to haul things around. First on the list was all 3 kids.




As always we had coconut cream pie instead of birthday cake-Acoba tradition.



Due to school activities tonight, he chose 5 Guys Burgers and Fries for dinner. The steak dinner on the grill will be tomorrow.

Big Thursday

Yesterday Max had his first ALL day field trip to Camp Tilikum. They had an exciting day of fishing, hiking, canoeing, tug-of-war, ropes bridge and a craft. It was a crazy weather day but they actually had some sunshine and didn't get too wet.



His whole class



Braving the rope bridge high off the ground






Fishing off the dock






The girls had their final elementary music program. It was an Ellis Island theme about the hardships that different immigrants from different countries endured to come to America. The 5th graders did an amazing job memorizing all their lines and singing some great songs.





Here is Emily singing her Spanish solo. We were amazed how well she sang and how she wasn't nervous at all!








Here is Morgan with her speaking part. She has come a long way from not wanting to stand up at the preschool program to getting up and speaking and dancing in front of the whole gymnasium.

It's Hip to Have a MiniVan

My Baby Sister is 40!

Jill's birthday was yesterday and we had a great time celebrating. Check out her blog for all the details.

Our turn for Treats

Today we were in charge of treats for after Max's game. Since it was the first beautiful sunny day in a long time I thought it would be fun to bring Popsicles. We ran by Albertson's on the way to the game. Wayne said he would run in and get them...I said make sure you get enough for 12 kids. He comes back, we put them in the cooler and head to the game. After the game we open up the cooler, hand out the Popsicles.....I help Max open his and I am HORRIFIED .... Wayne bought mini pops that you would give a toddler in a high chair. I think the kids felt like they got jipped.....we did get a few laughs out of it.
Below is a picture of the treat BEFORE any licks :-)

The Morgans

Morgan had her friend Morgan spend the night last night. The girls have been friends since 1st grade and have played on lots of teams together. Since 1st grade they have been known as Morgan A. & Morgan B.( and actually Morgan B's last name starts with a "B"). Max kept saying, " I am going to go see what the Morgans are doing, Are the Morgans awake yet, I am going to have breakfast with the Morgans :-)

Kindergarten Mother's Day Tea

Imigration Day

The girls have been learning about Ellis Island and immigrating to the United States. Yesterday Emily had to dress up like a woman immigrating from Germany and Morgan was a male medical inspector.

Softball Sunday

Emily's softball team had a tournament this weekend. For the full EXCITING details check out Emily's Blog.....she describes it best!




I love this picture of Pey that Max took today.