Mothers Day

Lucky Momma

The JCrew

My mom (mELLANie) and my brother Rob

Rob, Me and our MOM

Rob Me Mom & Dad

My Great Aunt (literally) Bonnie

My Grandma Mona

Me and my Mom

Jia played hopscotch on Grandma and Grandpa's patio

I love her ponytail in the shadow!

Shew!  Hop Scotch wears a girl out!

Posin' with some of Grandma's flowers

Swinging with Daddy

Jory at the party....

Jory had so much fun and Jia's Spring Fling I thought I'd give him his very own post.

Especially since I got so many cute pictures of him, which is pretty hard to do!

He had a lot of fun at limbo and made it to the last 3 or 4

A couple of his friends from church were there...

You can tell the dentist is our friend!  :-)

Jory and his friends!

It's not a party without a little bit of air guitar!

He loved the fishtank.

Even had time to pose with mom for a picture!

More limbo.

Jia's Spring Fling

Jia's preschool/daycare had a Spring Fling a few weeks ago! 

Jia and Jory had so much fun, I can't wait for you to see photo's of the night!

I was able to get them to be still barely long enough to snap a photo on our way in.

There was dancing.... (Jia with the Daycare Owner)

And food!

(Just one of the many tables of wonderful food!)

Of course, there was dancing!

And Jory was a wonderful big brother and danced with Jia!

Break time....

Game time... there was limbo.

(Jia could just walk under without bending)

Prizes for games....

And a screaming match!

More twirling and dancing!!!

Here's where I begin to get concerned....

First it's just the sweater coming off.

Then it's the shoes...

(isn't there a country song about this??)

Now she's rolling on the floor....

And having a ball!

Then more dancing...

Be Boppin' Dave DJ'd.  He did an awesome job!

He played the Hokey Pokey, the Chicken Dance, Old Time RockNRoll...

You get the picture!  A variety of 'get out there and dance' tunes!

Mrs. Bopper even let Jia talk into the mike.

A little more dancing with friends....

Little more punch...

And we're calling it a night!

Thanks Dianna for a FANTASTIC evening!

We had a ton of fun!

Preschool Graduation

The children in the 4/5 year old class at Jia's preschool recently graduated.

The also honored those moving up to the 4/5 class.

Jia come in looking terrified...

As you can see, her little friend was crying,

so Jia did what any good friend would do, and helped!

The each got a book and Jia wasn't about to move from her spot to accept it!

My beautful little girl!  She has been through so much in the last year and has demonstrated such courage!  She has learned more in this last year than some people do in a lifetime.

We are sooooo proud of her!

Pictures coming soon of the Kids Campus Spring Fling and Graduation Celebration.

You don't want to miss them!

Some Enjoyment!

She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Proverbs 31:27

No idleness here! 

Jory and Jacen both have had games this week.

I had to work today.

Jack started racing tonight.

I'm filling in for Sunday School in the morning.

Jory has a soccer game at 3:45 tomorrow afternoon.

After that, Renea, Melinda and I are headed to the Soles4Souls warehouse in Northern Iowa to deliver our shoes.  It's a 6 hour drive and we're leaving after Jory's game to drive up.  We'll spend the night and drop off our shoes Monday morning, getting back before 6 for Jacen's ballgame.

Then the week starts all over again!

So in the meantime.... Here's a couple of cute pics to tide you over!

Jia with Grandma's columbine plant.

These are the gorgeous flowers I got for our 17th Anniversary!

Raising Homemakers

I discovered this new website through another blogger friend and can't wait for it to get up and going fully!

I would love to be susie homemaker, but sadly I'm not! 

I do hope my children leave home with the desire to establish Godly homes.

Be sure to check out this website.  It's just taking off and there are a lot of give aways now!

RaisingHomemakers.com is dedicated to inspiring, teaching and blessing mothers who have an interest in raising their daughter in godliness and preparing them in the arts of homemaking to the glory of God.