Sunday Afternoon

Today was a beautiful day in Texas. Caleb & Richard went home with Blake, and Baylor came home with us. The girls played outside most of the afternoon. They did have a little problem with wind!

Typical Saturday

What does the typical weekend look like? It looks like a mad dash from one place to another. We started off with a baseball practice for brother. Then Abs had a double-header, unfortunately, they lost both games. And we finished off with a Teacher's Recognition Dinner for all who have taught in the past year. Somewhere in there, I drug my laptop and Bible along and wrote my lesson for Ladies Bible Class on Friday. Crazy!

Homeschool Co-op

Today was our 2nd co-op meeting for our group of homeschoolers at church. We have 8 families that homeschool and it is such a blessing to have all our families together! Today, I got to teach the kids about insects. We covered bug basics and the kids did age appropriate projects, played games, ate lunch and enjoyed some time on the play ground!

Baseball

Tonight Abigail had a 6:00 softball practice and Caleb had a 7:20 game. When we left at 5:30 it was still warm and muggy, but by the time the sun went down it was sixty-three degrees! The girls were freezing! Caleb played left field, third base and pitched. He had a really good game. It was not a pretty game, but the boys won! It was a blessing for Caleb to do so well tonight, because after missing the opening game last week, he was at the bottom of the line-up. But God blessed him with a good game!

Nationals

ACU's Bible Bowl is designed for Jr. High & Sr. High students. Younger students are permitted to participated but, and I'm quoting their web site, 'because of the difficulty of the tests, students must be encouraged to do their best and not get discouraged.' Our team of four, consisted of three fifth graders, Blake, Caleb & Richard and one sixth grader, Sam. Let's just say none of them walked away discouraged!!!! I'm pretty sure they will be back next year with friends!!!!

In the Elementary Individual Division the boys scored 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th place!!!!! In the Team Division, they played up to the Junior Inexperienced Division and scored 1st place!!!!

Padme'

The kids didn't want Padme' left out, so they took pictures of her too, making sure I knew to upload them to share with everyone. While we are at ACU, Padme' will be visiting the puppy hotel. They know she prefers Fox News or QVC Shopping Channel. Both have friendly voice and upclose face shots talking to you. She went with her blankie and her chew toy. She will staying the atrium suite!! Funny, in Oklahoma it was called a 'run.'

Ladies Bible Class

Before taking off to ACU, we stopped off at Ladies Bible Class. Frankie, Caleb, Blake & Abigail helped with the little kids class while the Mom's had our Bible study. The kids helped teach the lesson, lead songs and do crafts. Usually Frankie moves out of the picture, but this time I told the kids they had to get her in some photos!!

Friday Morning

Last night Blake spent the night with Caleb. The boys are so excited about leaving for Nationals today. I'd love to report that they diligently studied I Samuel, but the truth is they spent most of the time playing on their Nintendo DS's. They can link their games and both play the same game together. Notice the headphones, it makes playing more fun for Mom too!

Thursday

Tonight was Abigail's first game of the season. Her teams name is the Pink Crush, tonight they played against the Blue Crush. They only got in one inning before the game was called due to rain. Abigail batted in the top of the inning, see the little pink speck running to first base. In the bottom of the inning she played catcher. Sissy took the pictures!

April Fools

Last year for April Fool's we had Ostrich Eggs for breakfast (cool whip with 1/2 of a canned peach on top). So this year, I needed something not so obvious. I took the water bottle apart in the school room and put a rubber ducky in it. When the kids noticed the duck, I questioned who had put the duck in the water bottle. We spent time off and on through the day, trying to figure out who did it. Caleb and Abigail even took the water jug off and used salad tongs to remove the duck, and looked for finger prints. At one point they called Roy's house to see if he was the culprit when he came over Sunday. At dinner, I confessed to the hoax!!