Beat the Heat!

It is HOT in Texas!!! Jackson has been playing on a baseball team that has been playing tournaments every weekend and so on our weekend off, we had to beat the heat! So, we went ice skating........

 At the beginning of the summer, I asked the boys for a couple of things that they wanted to do this summer and one of Jacksons was to go ice skating. His buddies, Will and Tate, were up for the adventure as well!

When we got out of the car, they were bundled up in their sweatshirts and jeans....I'm sure people thought they were crazy walking around like that.
As far as their skating skills go, I have to say that they should stick with baseball and basketball :) There was a layer of water on the ice and let's just say that all of their sweatshirts were soaking wet!

Chillin' in the massage chairs with milkshakes after their ice capade! I'm glad they let me tag along....it was fun! Now, back to the heat this weekend.........

End of the Year Festivities!

We now have a 2nd and a 4th grader....I cannot believe it! I'm so proud of the boys and the wonderful years that they've had. They were both looking forward to their end of the year parties and so Brooke and I checked things out.........

 Drew's party was a Hawaiin theme....look at this sweet soon to be second grader!

 Drew was so blessed to have Ms.Giebel this year. She was a first year teacher and she was amazing. She was up for teacher of the year...her first year! Drew enjoyed his first grade year and Ms. Giebel made learning so fun! She will be teaching 4th grade next year, so we're keeping our fingers crossed for Jackson.....

 On to Jacksons class.....he had Mrs. Glass this year and this is the first year he has really had to "try." I know that sounds terrible, but it's true! In the end, I'm thankful because it was a great learning lesson for him and it was time for him to really apply his natural giftedness.

 This party was a "Survivor" theme. The class was divided into two tribes and they played Minute to Win It games against each other...their tribe was MogoMogoMagi......who knows??

 Here is Jackson carefully balancing 3 dice on a popsicle stick in his mouth before he can pass the dice on to his team member.....

 Was Brooke enjoying the parties? Well, she would run from the computer where she was doing her "work" to her brothers desk for food.......back and forth, back and forth.......

Jackson's tribe won the competition and they got cups that said "I survived 3rd grade!" I think the parents should get something because they survived as well :)

Mothers Day

We ventured to the Ft. Worth Japanese Gardens for Mother's Day.
It was super hot, but we had a great time.
Brooke and Drew took off running along the outside of the Zen Garden!
They were making so much noise, I don't think it was very Zen....

 Time for a breather.....



This pond with stepping stones was a big hit...we stayed here for about 20 minutes and the kids walked it over and over again. I kept waiting for someone to fall in, but they didn't!



Jackson giving it a try....

Drew looking confident!

 You can see that Brooke did NOT want Jason to carry her across the rocks....she wanted to do it "all by myself" She is practically wriggling out of his arms at this point...........

 So.....he let her go on the last rock and she did it "all by herself!" Then, she got back in line and wanted to do it again.......

 On one of the many bridges over the water......

Afterwards, we went to Smash Burger and had burgers and shakes.
We were so hot and sweaty! Brooke and I shared a root beer float...yum!

It was a great mothers day! Just being with my family is when I am the happiest!