new member of the family

Today we were driving around town doing a few chores, and ended up at the SPCA and brought home a brother for Cooper. His name was Louis-now it is Jessie. He is 6 months old and cross between a Chihuahua and a dachshund. He is already neutered and micro chipped. He gets along VERY well with the cat, basically ignores her. He follows Cooper around and loves to run. He is kenneled for the night until I trust that he does not cause problem....like I caught him carrying off my slipper.

SIX FLAGS OVER TX

This morning Jeff fixed everyone omletts to order. Everyone took a turn on the trampoline, mostly so Mark and Jennifer could prove to themselves that they still have it....and they do.

Being 6'6", Marc had a hard time sleeping in Ruth's bed-a double-too short for him. This is funny to those of us who are just barley over 5'2".

After breakfast and a quick trip to Wal-Mart, Marc & Jennifer are off to Six Flags with with the girls.

Company in town

This evening Marc and my niece Jennifer arrived for the weekend-they are the ones getting married in Nov. The girls were angels and helped clean the house all day and it does look good now---maybe I should take a picture to remember what it looks like clean LOL!!!

After the house tour, there was of course a game of Phase 10. I begged out and read some and visited with them during the game. Let it be known to all near and far~~~~MARC WON THE GAME~~~~and he is VERY proud of it too :) That is his winning score sheet close pinned to his shirt....what a ham!

MEDICAL RELEASE

This morning we had our last appointment with Sara's neurosurgeon, Dr. Honneycutt. He said she is a go. We just need to watch when she goes back to school and make sure her short turn memory and ability to concentrate is not affected. So far she is showing that there is no problem.
She is now one VERY VERY happy camper and already running, throwing the ball, and on the trampoline. We will still wait one week before she is back into gymnastics and let her practice at home, having been sedentary for a month, do not want her to over do it and land on her hear :( Maybe I will see if she will wear her bicycle helmet for gymnastics LOL!!!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

This morning Jeff got breakfast served to him, along with one large coffee. The girls each made him a card. Jeff also got a gift card to Border's and a new shirt-one that will not show coffee staines too much-it's brown.

BACK HOME

We had a great time with my parents. We saw my sister Chris and her dh and worked on furthering plans for the big family reunion later this year. She has a wonderful garden in her back yard too.

We spent the day with my sister Kathy and two of her daughters Ashley and Jennifer. First we went to a bridal shop and decided on a dress for the girls that complenent the other girls. They are quite grown up looking. After they we went to a pottery place and the girls all painted a piece. They will be fired and ready next week. Jennifer will bring ours up in a few weeks when they come to town to take the girls to Six Flags....mom doesn't do hot and long days well at all ;)

WE played LOTS of games of Phase 10-our new favorite. It is a long game and after about 5 times, I am done for a while.

We went to see my long time friend Ruth and her family. They are on year 2 of ? of a home renovation. They have an acre lot with many large oak trees...it is like being on a vacation, with the pool and all. Richard and Ruth cooked a wonderful dinner for all. Her boys taught Ruth how to play some zombie killing game, and Sara found something less violent on the other computer.

We did some shopping with my mom, but came home almost empty handed....making the men in our lives happy :)

Grandpa had the girls helping in the garden--check out this huge beet! It is getting almost too hot for tomatoes.


My mom showed Sara how she makes spaghetti. At first she thought it best not to, but then found that Sara is a good help in the kitchen.

vacation #1

The girls and I are heading out of town to visit my parents for a week. I will be back with many photos. Everyone have a good week....C & the monsters ;)

Thanks Nana & Papa

Today we received a package from Jeff's parents-a life saver for "school's out" blues. They sent two movies. We already watched the Velveteen Rabbit, and I think the kids have almost finished the activity book that went with it. Tonight we will watch The Secret. They has been great and they are wonderful for doing this.....

This is how the girls were laying ontop of each other as they watched the movie-Ruth is pretending that she is sleeping :)

DRESSES

Today we went to David's Bridals to look at Jr Bridesmaid's dresses. We will send these photos to my niece Jennifer to see....the girls are getting so excited for the wedding.....the just LOVE Marc and can not wait to have a brother cousin :)

CAMPING

We decided to break in the tent in the back yard on Friday and Saturday nights....starting slowly. It was a little hard setting it up because it was so windy and it was our first time....but we won that battle. We added 3 air mattresses, a fan and a DVD player. Cooper the dog slept with us, the cat was inside the house. We did find out that the dog ANNIE that lives behind us goes out for a potty every night and she heard us and began to bark then Cooper barked...

The first night we went inside at 5 am because it was getting so cold. The second night we went in at 5:30 am because that is what time the BIRDS get up! Both times we went to our beds and went back to sleep :)

6th grade ceremony-LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

Today is the last day of school, so I took a picture to compare from the first day:

And the last day

Today it was Sara's turn. In the morining they got to have one last market day, this time they used they "good behavior" money to bid on really cool things donated by the parents and establishements in the town. Sara had the most, of course, with over 20,000.000. She made her first bid for a $25.oo gift card to starbucks. They do not get to make a second bid until EVERYONE gets something. Her next bid was for a set of large loop earrings and eye shadow-too early for these!- and then a silver makeup case that I had donated. She was a happy camper.

Then the ceremony. They had to hold it in the Cafateria because the "team" sized in 6th are larger and made up of 6 classes.

Of course, she got many awards.

5th grade award ceremony

Today was the 5-C awards ceremony. Ruth got 10 awards, many 0f them with her same friends that she has know for years. Being shy, Ruth was not thrilled with being in front of all the parents, but she did give me a few smiles. If you do not know, Ruth is in the green/white shirt.

At the end the teachers all began to cry, the parents all began to cry....almost like being on OPRAH---pass the tissues.

Next year the kids will be split between this school and a new school, so they are saying goodby to a great school and to many of their good friends.

6th grade bottle rockets

Today was the day for launching the bottle rockets the kids made a few weeks ago. The flew two-one with an egg inside to see if they can keep it from cracking. Sara' s team's parachute tore so the egg was cracked.

The second rocket was just for fun-whatever you want and as big as you want. Sara's team put the rudders on at an angle to see if it would spin, but who could tell because it went up so fast.

We never had so much fun when I went to school....