Monday, April 18, 2011

It's Super To Be 6 !!!!!

Sunday Snapshot



I almost felt guilty sending the kids off to school early this AM, after the exhausting, birthday celebrating weekend we had. I bet the kids could have slept until 10.....EASY........

It started with a cupcake party at school. After months of ohhing & ahhing over the various offerings from the local grocery store bakeries & ice cream stores, when it came down to decide, Jami decided she would most like to help me make chocolate / chocolate chip cupcakes with cherries on top. So that's what we did....


On Saturday (her actual birthday), Lindsi had a school event & we had a lot running around to do. Jami picked a local Mexican restaurant for her birthday dinner (Mom, shesays, they make the best chicken fingers & french fries!!). Then it was back to home, where she opened her gifts from Lindsi & I....



On Sunday, it was off to church & then over to the bowling alley for a very fun birthday party. Between cousins, classmates, & friends, we had 14 bowlers. The kids had a great time. Jami was over the moon excited & could not help smiling all afternoon.



Even Ian (my nearly 11 yr old nephew) couldn't resist the bowling. Despite the fact that he BROKE his arm in 2 places at school on FRIDAY. They will see if the swelling is down enough to cast it today. It's a wonder what drugs can do!!!!


Then, it was over to my parent's house for some swimming & a cookout with family & out of town friends. We left about 9:30. Even though we live only a few miles away, Jami was sound asleep by the time we got home.

What a wonderful weekend we had celebrating our very special girl!!

Photo by Kris, but I couldn't help borrowing it....=)




Thursday, April 14, 2011

A Spring Weekend

Every spring, I take pictures of the girls in one of our area fields of wild flowers. Only this year, the flowers are just not FANTASTIC.... The fields are dull & not very plentiful. I'll keep my eyes out for some new, better spots...but my old faithful fields, are just disappointing this year.

My parents have some in one of their fields, so I thought I'd start there. However, Lindsi wasn't too much in the mood.....




If I'm being honest....before she walked off....she wanted to show me she was taking off her cochlear.......so there would be no chance of her hearing me calling her back...


Oh well, I still had a willing poser........=)




When I came back up to the house, I found HER, in a better mood.......


The barn cat had 5 kittens on Sunday....hoping to get some good pictures soon. She had them way under a group of bushes, so kind of hard to get back there. Here she is....


So far, my only shot of the kittens....2 grey, 2 black, 1 tiger.....



We have a birthday in our house on Saturday...so stay tuned for some fun weekend pictures!!