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Do-Si-Do and Here We Go...

Tuesday, April, 15, 2008: Hunter had his first school performance. The kids sang early American songs, and danced. He did a great job. He was really feeling it up there and I received several comments later about his great sense of rhythm.




Friday, April, 18, 2008: Daddy decided to take the day off work to have a fun family day. We let Hunter skip school and headed to the Dallas Zoo. Grace's best buddy (and on again off again boyfriend) Derrick came with us. He had never been to the zoo and had a blast.

These monkeys were cracking us up playing tag.

These eagles were hollering at us, b/c they had an egg (which was fake), but they didn't know any better and were protecting it.

Later that evening we went to watch Hunter's friends, Jake and Troy play baseball. They were both on Hunter's football team this past year, and we have since become great friend's with both families. The Owens family also came to the game and we ended up hanging out with them afterwards. There were a few other Eagle's families there that night as well to support the boys. I really love being a part of that organization and the sense of community that it has established for us and our children.

Saturday, April, 19, 2008: We got up early Saturday morning and headed to Plano to celebrate Yossarian's 2nd birthday. On the way there, we stopped to pick up my friend's son Gabriel so he could ride with us. I had never met him before. He is seven and totally cracked me up with his eagerness to educate me on the ride there. He told me the average number of trees that each American goes through in a year, and what that total amount comes to nationwide, and how many houses we could build with the 50% of products that are not recycled. It was all very interesting and clearly my memory is not near as god as his, as I am unable to give you any of those statistics now. LOL! It's a lot though, so recycle your shit people! The party was a lot of fun. I got to see a bunch of my girlfriends and both of my kids had fun hanging out over there.

The petting zoo in their backyard

Pony rides!

The birthday boy with Mama.

Gabriel & Hunter battling with light sabers.

My friend Kandi's daughter, Jordan.

The awesome cake made by Amba.

Making a wish.

Grace and her friend Vivien.

Sunday, April, 20, 2008: I met the Brown family at a local park to take family pictures for them. This is another family that we met through the Eagles organization. We took some pics at City Lake Park, then headed to a field of bluebonnets for the rest of the shoot. They are a really sweet family and I look forward to hearing about their future adventures. They are moving to Italy in July where Marlin has taken a job. They plan on being there for the next 3-5 years.

Party Time

For some reason, my children have a pretty good number of friends with Spring & Summer birthdays. So, party season has officially started for us. We attended Amari's 8th birthday party this past Saturday, and have another party to attend this Saturday. The kids had a great time at his Pump It Up party, jumping and sliding on all of the bounce houses. Demaris came along with us to the party.

After we left the party, we headed over to Don & Shirley's for a late night cook-out. Grace and Derrick spent most of their time ewwing and aghhhing over baby Devin with breaks in between to jump on the trampoline. The boys played video games and jumped on the trampoline. We ended up leaving with an extra kid when Dillon decided he wanted to stay the night with Hunter and Demaris.

Sunday afternoon, I met up with some girlfriends to carpool to our friend Susan's non-shower baby shower. Susan had asked that we all bring an appetizer and a bead, but no gifts. One of our friends is stringing the beads together for Susan to have with her during her birth. I hope it reminds her of the love and strength that will be sent her way on that special day. I had a blast at the shower eating yummy foods and hanging out with my tribe of women. I have been so blessed in the last few years to really develop an awesome core group of friends to share my journey of motherhood and life with. The first few pics were taken by the amazing Rebecca.
Susan-checking out a bead

My Old Skool Mom Crew (Amba & Beth)- I'm a dork, but I just realized that we're A, B, C...
Me & Susan

And here's a few that I took..
Love the nursing Mamas!! Krysta and sweet baby Sam.

Mel & Mabel

Rebecca the Photog

Susan is really funny. Just ask Donna.

The beautiful backyard

Oh, and I forgot to tell ya'll. Hunter has been saving his money up. This weekend Wes took him to Academy to buy a skateboard. He's been asking for one for a while, and I kept reminding him his birthday would be here soon. I guess he decided he didn't want to wait. He's been riding it everyday. I see ramps and rails in our future. How freakin' cute is my sk8er boy?