Sharing our Life

it's been a whirlwind! The kids had a musical at church, Eric's had baseball games, Jaelyn had her last soccer game, had a soccer party, Kindergarten 'graduation' from Wednesday night stuff at church, went to National Train Day, visited a nursing home, went to the park, played with 'Gaga', and sadly said goodbye to Gaga! Here are a few pictures. Church musical - Esther Ordinary Faith The kids performing one of their songs: Jaelyn doing one of her songs: Mom treated us to lunch at the park: Team Kid 'graduation' - our church's Wednesday night activities: Her pal Christa Her teacher, Miss Jessica: Her favorite person to read her verses to - Mrs. B. Play with Gaga time: Jaelyn's last soccer game and party: National Train Day - we went mostly because David was speaking, but it was fun! Our homeschool group visited a nursing home. The kiddos played with the residents by kicking/passing a beach ball and then a banana split was enjoyed by all. Eri...

We were due for a much needed family vacation. David has been working a lot of hours and has had some tough stuff going on at work. So, a few months ago, we decided South Padre was the destination. We went last week and were very blessed that my mom came with us. It was a great vacation and it's been great to spend time with my mom. I think the coolest thing we saw was a sea turtle coming up on shore to lay her eggs. According to the sea turtle rescue folks, this was the first one of the season. Eric and I saw her crawl up on the beach and dig her hole. Then we decided to run back (probably close to a mile) and get the camera and the girls. By the time we got back, the sea turtle rescue volunteers were there measuring and tagging her. We also went on a dolphin watch and eco tour (all of these were perfect things considering Jessica just studied swimming creatures for science). The beach was great, the view was great, the sunrises and sunsets were beautiful. Here are a few pictures ...

for a blog update! This first update will be short and sweet. Our good friends, the Taylors moved near Houston in December and we were blessed to see them for a short visit a couple of weeks ago. The kiddos loved playing and I had a great time visiting with my good friend!