Saturday, February 19, 2011

Valentine's Day Class Parties...

Cole's class went from classroom to classroom to play various games.  Above he is trying to place candy hearts from one cup to another with chop sticks.
Kennedy in her classroom during her class party.

Since Chandler is in middle school...they didn't have a class party.  :(

Thursday, February 10, 2011

The NFL Experience -- Dallas, TX Feb 2011

After 4 days of snow, ice, no school and freezing temperatures that we just aren't used to in Texas, Bill and I took the kids to the NFL Experience.  We had to wait in line in the cold for an hour to get into the Convention Center, but it was worth it.  The kids had a great time, and we did too!



The girls...Kennedy, Casey, Taylor & Chandler pretending to be fans at the Superbowl!




The boys.....Cole & Cooper pretending to be at the game.


 Cowboy's locker room exhibit....

Cole participated in Play60 at the NFL Experience.  Two NFL players and several Play60 volunteers held a 60 minute flag football clinic.  We saw several players....Superbowl MVP Kurt Warner, former Dallas Cowboy Jay Novacek and the kids got autographs and pictures with Dallas Cowboy Sean Lee.

The kids with Dallas Cowboy Sean Lee.





If you look closely you can see Cole and Kennedy....



Wednesday, February 9, 2011

The last few months in pictures....

It's been quite hectic with closing on the new house two days before Christmas, then moving, Christmas shopping,Kennedy's birthday, Bill's birthday, my birthday, New Years Eve, painting the new house, ice, snow, flu, going back to school, ice, snow.....but below are a few pictures of the last month and a half....



Cole playing Happy Birthday on the Piano to me.  He is such a sweet boy!

 

My birthday....Bill had some trick candle that just about blew up the cake...as you can see.  He started the video a little late.  But it was funny.  See the video below:



 Me and the kids after we scraped the soot off the cake.

Cole holding an autographed baseball card that he had Torii Hunter sign at our local varsity basketball game.

Bill & Cole...the hats say it all.
The kids playing in the driveway.  Bill lets them play in the street when I'm not around.  :)

Kennedy singing Rudolph.

Chandler and her art teacher.  Chandler's picture was chosen to be displayed around the community at various businesses.

Cole & Granny cooking on Christmas day.


Kennedy next to her sidewalk art for a contest at the town Christmas Celebration.
Chandler & Cole with Mrs. Hadfield (their piano teacher) at their Christmas performance in December.
Owning a painting company means that your house can not look like snow valley aka "white" throughout.  So needless to say the whole inside of the house has been painted with the exception of a couple of the bedrooms.  The pictures above and below are of one of our crews on the scaffolding as Bill pushes it from below.
 Looks pretty scary to me!
Looks pretty scary to D'Artagnan as well.  He's looking up because Bill is up there!@?&  He's usually sleeping in his bed most of the day, but since Bill was involved, Tan needed to be right in the middle of it all.  Yep...he got paint on his fur more than once or twice.

Kennedy's 7th Birthday

It's hard to believe she's already 7 years old!  This picture was taken on Kennedy's actual birthday in December.  Below are pictures of her birthday party that she had in January.

 Kennedy, Olivia and Natalie.

Kennedy and her BFF Natalie ice skating at the Dr. Pepper Stars Center.



I don't know if everyone will be able to view this video.  You will need the Quicktime download if you are not able to view it.  Get the free download for windows at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/  This is Kennedy showing us her "spin".  This is only her fourth time skating in 4 years and first attempt at a "spin".  If the video cuts out on the first time...watch it again.