most improved player

Aiden received the most improved player award at the jr. high athletics award ceremony.  He loves basketball and has worked really hard this year.  We are so proud of him!

pictures from saturday

We went to an earth day celebration and butterfly release. The beautiful gardens where the event was held had been closed since Hurricane Harvey.  The weather was perfect to relax and enjoy the gardens.  I love Saturdays like this!

eight grade banquet

It's that time of year again!  It's seems like I was just taking pictures of Dario heading off to the eighth grade banquet.  I can't believe we'll have an other child in high school! I know Dario and Aiden will be happy to be reunited again.

dahlia lost her first tooth!

Recently Dahlia lost her first tooth!  She is growing up too fast! I love seeing her reach all of these special milestones. It was really lose for days and finally she let Brian pull it out. Dahlia was so excited to put her tooth under her pillow for the tooth fairy.  When Dahlia found money and a note from the tooth fairy she woke everyone up to show them.

happy easter!

the fair!

Ava brought her own spending money and decided to use it on a camel ride!

Every spring we look forward to the fair.  The kids love the rides and I love all the fun fair food!

beach trip

To finish off Spring Break we took a trip to the beach.  The water was still pretty cool but the kids didn't seem to mind! I love going to the beach this time of year without the heat of the summer. Evelyn enjoyed playing in the sand but didn't really like the water.  Maybe once the water's warmer she'll enjoy it more.

Spring Break

Bluebonnets remind me of my Granny Ellis who lived in Bellville, Texas and had lots bluebonnets growing on her property. She also loved to paint bluebonnets. I remember as a child seeing all the beautiful flowers and really wanting to pick some!  However, as a child growing up in Texas I knew good and well that if you picked a bluebonnet you go straight to jail, lol! Who knows if this is true, but it scared me enough not to pick them.  When Dahlia saw these bluebonnets she picked some, and my other kids gasped and said, "Dahlia, you're going to jail!"

The kids are out for Spring Break this week.  On Monday and Tuesday we went to the little town of Brenham to do some sight seeing and see the bluebonnets.  This part of Texas is know for beautiful bluebonnets, which pop up everywhere during the Spring.  When we visited they were just starting to bloom.  I can only imagine how beautiful it is when the flowers are in full bloom!  While we in Brenham we also visited a historic cemetery, went to a park where the original Baylor University once stood, walked around the cute downtown, and visited the Blue Bell creamery. At the creamery they sold huge scoops of ice cream for only $1 and they had flavors which aren't carried in stores.  I had lemon and it was so good!

18 months

This little rascal is now 18 months old!  At 18 months old Evelyn is a little bundle of energy.  She is on the go all day long, pulling out all the books, finding crayons and scribbling on the wall, and getting into anything else she can get her hands on.  Good thing she is so cute!  She is talking up a storm, much of it I can't understand, lol! Evelyn loves to eat strawberries, after she eats one she'll walk over to the fridge and say, "more!" I think if I let her she would eat the whole container. Evelyn hates when I try and fix her hair, and will say, "owie!" Any time she gives a kiss she will say, "muah" really loud. She is such a sweet baby!

little valentine