Last day of Pre-K Water Fun Party

Conner had a wonderful day on the last day of school. As the tradition is in Dora, the final day of pre-school is all about fun. The playground is flooded, they have hoses and sprinklers and water guns. They used the hose in the sand box to create rivers and lakes. They also figured out to haul the hose up on to the play equipment to make a water slide.
The day also featured pizza and cupcakes.
My hat goes off the Ms. Patty and Ms. Kellie for giving us another fantastic year!

My graduation boys.........

My lovely and sweet twin boys graduated on May 14th.
They sang very cute songs and each had a poem about an animal.
James knew all of the lines, it was so cute to watch him mouthing the words.
When asked, Will remarked that he wanted to be a cowboy and James couldn't decide between being a cop or a robber.
They had a wonderful year with Ms. Leisa.

ahhhh.....spring

Two days worth of eggs.....
Hens that are laying....
selling eggs for $2.00/dz
Priceless

Wildlife of the southwest

I received this email showing some of the varied wildlife in the southwest.

Take a look at what shows up at a stock tank in dry weather. Be sure and check all of them.

For those of you that have never hunted in South Texas , sometimes we post motion detector cameras at our feeders/tanks to see what is going on.

Will's Translation

No pictures because Caitlyn busted my camera :(
But I have a funny story.
At church, the older kids (K-5th) go to a program we have called KidsTown. There is singing and crafts and they memorize a Bible verse and repeat it the next week to earn tickets. Tickets are later cashed in for some incredible prizes!
The verse last week was from Isaiah "Thought the grass withers and the flowers fade, the word of our God remains forever" Isaiah 40:8
When asked to repeat it yesterday, Will had his own translation:
"The grass is dead, the flowers are fake but the word of our God stays around."
After we all finished laughing, we gave him his tickets.
That's my boy....right to the point.

Cursed........

The kids and I spent a wonderful evening at the Altursa Spaghetti dinner, guests of Steve and Donna Tuttle. The kids adore "the TuttleMan" and hang all over him. Caitlyn enjoys her time with Ms. Donna.

Mr. Tuttle had to go and ask, "so what crazy thing has happened in you life, lately?" He knows of all of the random and bizarre stuff that goes on. I made the cosmic mistake of saying, "Gosh, nothing really."

Not ten minutes go by before my phone rings and it is Jori. She and Corry aren't home but Andrea (the sitter) just informed them that the horses were loose and in the front yard. I raced the kids to the van, convinced Horse-That-Only-Walks (Dad) to go faster and we drove over to the house.

Jori had beat us there and she managed to get the horses into the round pen. Her gelding, Ruler, had been over to visit Bella, so Corry took the big guy home. Jori used the old bucket of feed lure and the others followed fairly dolicily. Caitlyn and I walked the fence with flash lights and found one down wire and an open gate. Shiloh has a nasty habit of rocking the gate and it is likely that he opened it by mistake. It is now tied.

To make the whole event even funnier, Kathy and Billy, newly arrived from Georgia and the new youth minister at church, were with Jori and Corry. Both like horses, but have little experience with them. I guess at one point Ruler blasted by like a freight train with Bella and Moe in tow. Billy openly admits that he grabbed Corry and swung him around so that he could be behind him! I admit, Ruler coming at me would make me duck!

So, never ask me if anything has happened, and if you do....wait ten minutes!

James......as one of the Village People

I am not sure why

but the other day James

decided to change into

a different shirt.

He comes down in a sleeves shirt

then plunks on a hard hat.

YMCA here I come.