It's been a crazy last 4 months...

January

Wes's dad came to visit, so we had all the cousins from OK come over. We had A LOT of Just Dance competitions. Even Mario and I battled off...I think I won!!Zane will not go anywhere without his Diary of a Wimpy Kid books and journal...

Girl time!!

Morgan, Levi, Mario"Abbie", Avery, Zane, Austen. They sure are some cute kids!! The end of January was my boss's big 71st birthday so we threw him a little surprise party!! He's still working 6:30am-6:30pm everyday and 6:30am-12:00 on Saturdays. He's crazy healthy.

February

The first weekend I was in Dallas and got to dress up for a Valentines themed P-Party where I dance a lot and saw a lot of people sweat! Good times. For my outfit, I sewed little hearts all over my jeans. I am pictured with the sweetest miracle ever. Then there was the gormet Valentine's breakfast of a strawberry banana protein smoothie and cinnamon sugar toast shaped like a heart! I didn't get a chance to make Avery a cute Valentines outfit :( I decided to go all out and get a big tattoo of my Pathways (The program I've been going to in Dallas) contract. They play the song The Rose before we are done for the evening, so that is why I chose a rose. The writing says "I'm a strong proud loving woman joyful and worthy of God's plan" It's big, but I LOVE IT! It was 3 hours of crazy pain though...

Then it was Avery's first real Level 4 gymnastics meet with a lot of people watching, judges, scores, and awards only given to the top scorers. She was sooooo nervous. She did great though.Her best score was on floor with an 8.50...

Here are some of her little gymnast friends. She looks pretty happy here, but five minutes later she realized she didn't get a single award except for a pair of toe socks that everyone got! She was devastated and cried, but she competed against like 30 girls in her age group. I sure had fun watching!! March

Avery's 2nd and last meet of the season. Sadly, I was in Dallas and the video camera got left but thankfully EVERYONE got a trophy so she was happy!!!

We all went to the science museum and watched our first movie inside the omnidome. It was Tornado Alley. Really neat. Avery and I also built the tallest structure using only 30 straws!! I really wanted to make a St. Patricks Day outfit for Avery but I only had time for a peg doll necklace and matching flip flops. I realized after school that it looks better with a black thick ribbon behind the green and pink ribbon, so I added that after she got home! The blurry poor lit before school pic!Z-man got some little sore that he wouldn't leave alone...so it turned into leprosy...yuck...Thankfully it's almost gone after 10 days of medicine!

The kids went to GG and PaPa's for Spring Break which it ended up raining the whole time over there, but it looks like they got some girl time in! Avery has gotten so good at doing nails...

When I got the kiddos back, we decided to paint! The kids painted their pictures and I painted random colors around their pictures since I don't like seeing white canvas!! I probably should have let them do that part, but I was worried Zane would mess up his masterpiece by trying to paint in between the cute little fingers he gave Mario and Luigi!! Can't wait to hang them up in the art room. After painting I decided to grab a shirt of Avery's that had a little stain on it and throw a chocolate bunny on it to get into the Easter spirit. I probably shouldn't sew in poor lighting because purple yarn can look brown...oh well...at least she had cute toes...We then decided to play at the park since the weather was awesome. I can't believe we have not taken any snow pictures or eaten snow ice cream this year. We never even had a winter. I'm Ok with that. I love this weather!!

Thanksgiving at the Beans

We played a fun game called...

"How Many People Can You Fit In My Mom's Dining Room?"
Starting from Left Top, you've got Kenzie (my cousin) and her hubs Garrett, Haley (my cousin) and her hubs Luke. My grandpa and grandma Bean, My grandma Delmont, Uncle Randy, Aunt Cindy (dad's sis), Dylan (cousin), Dustin (cousin), Wes, Me (empty chair), Avers, and Brittany. Zane and my parents lost the game... I am going to have to start clicking the camera on number 2 because this kid was smiling so precious, but as soon as he heard 3, he did this... We let the food settle for a little and then it was football time. Here is our team of 3.25 trying to figure out how we can get past a team of 4! In action... Then it was game time...

Black Friday
I just couldn't do it. I didn't even look at the sales. I heard people talk about how they saved $20 on some item though. Standing in line for hours in order to save $20?? This doesn't seem worth it?? Then I heard people say how they went but the things they wanted were already gone! I'll stick with ebay, amazon, or craigslist!!!
We enjoyed hanging out with my mom's dad and his wife for a couple of hours instead!! Then it was dirt bike time!!
Wes bought a couple of toys from an auction last month and my parents have a great yard to ride around on. My mom and dad have never ridden (nor have my sister and I). I'm not too good with changing gears, but I got it down good enough to ride!

Backyard Hiking Time

Walk through the tree's at the back of the yard and this is what you get. I couldn't believe how low it was. The water was black because it just stagnant puddles. I used to swim in this!!

You always find awesome treasures down there...

We found an area that was deep enough to skip rocks! Zane has an awesome wind up, but needs to work on the follow through...

Avery was able to figure it out and get two skips!

climb over to the other side...

and find some vines to swing on!!

More treasures... a hollowed out fallen tree, a big crawdad (that blends into the background!)... and cool tree roots... We ended the hike with finding some mistletoe...and taking a slightly awkward photo...

Great trip as always. Here are video's of the new toys...

The kid's $10+new battery toy is having issues. When we came to my parents in October, it worked great and they rode around a lot all over the grass...

After bringing it back home, it started to only work on the road and not the grass. When we took it back to my parents this time, it wasn't even working. I wonder if the charger is not working well enough to charge it? Any mini dirt bike specialists out there?!

Playing A Little Catch-Up!

Happy Super Mario 6th Birthday Austen!!
Last Saturday, my little nephew got older. I hate it when he does that...
Zane didn't care about the chocolate but went straight for the gum. The flavor of this gum lasts exactly 10.3 seconds and then turns into a flavorless piece of plastic that kills your jaw. If only Trident would make gum balls...

The kiddo's stayed the night with Austen before the party. Apparently Zane wanted two spikes in his hair and Amy never says No!!! My kid's fascination with being a rock star doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon.

The greatest gift EVER...a quick Walgreen's card and a check! Nothing like waiting until the last minute...pretty sure he didn't even know what a check was.

Nov. 11th, Avery performed a halftime show at the OC boy's basketball game. I put up the video's on facebook, but forget some family only read my blog. So here ya go...

I really thought she would get nervous and not want to go out there but she tore it up! So proud!!

I couldn't believe that during a 15 second cheer, someone just had to walk across the court. Apparently they needed too...

Same with the dance. I'm sitting on the front row with my arms extended clearly video tapping. I see a student approaching. We make eye contact. My eyes communicate "See my camera? Yep. My daughter's out there...wait 30 seconds please." He blinked and proceeded. I accidentally said "Seriously?!?!" as he walked by...

Being out there kinda made me want to run out and tumble across the floor. I sure do miss that part of it but I'm pretty sure my back doesn't.