Camping

This weekend we went camping with the Sapp Family. We camped in the Wishon area. We had a lot of fun. The weather was nice and it was great to get out town. We had our own little camping area with no neighbors. The kids were free to play and roam around all they wanted.

Brian and DeLynn throwing the girls up in the air.

Look how high Tanner is! And look at how calm Brian is.... don't worry he caught him.

Ellie and Mason had so much fun. They climbed rocks and pretended to be Super Girls and Super Princesses. Tanner followed the girls all over the place. I was impressed that the girls didn'tn tell Tanner to leave them alone, I guess he hasn't fully grasped the role of the "annoying little brother" quite yet.

Tanner decided that he liked Kendall this weekend and kept giving her hugs and kisses. Kendall followed Tanner all around. These two are the trouble makers in this group, but with all the wonderful things for them to explore these two did great!! And they even stayed close by! No escaping Toddlers this trip!

I love camping!!!

This boy got dirtier than dirt. If that makes any sense. He decided that laying on the ground was lots of fun.... there were so many neat things to discover! Look a piece of bark!!

This is what becomes of onesies that don't stay buttoned!

And now.... Time for the Guns!!!

And this is how the adults had fun! Brian and DeLynn brought up all their guns, lots of ammo, and some clay pigeons!!

Brian.... a gun in each hand. He a little Gun Crazy.

Brian and I shooting at the Clay pigeons.... I got to shoot first, Brian was the cleanup man (He shot the ones I missed.... which was most)

LaShay is the WOMAN! She's a pretty good shot! In this picture DeLynn is throwing the clay pigeons for LaShay.

And this is where the kids went while we were shooting.... The van! They got to color, have snacks and create all the havoc they wanted. The girls even begged to play in the van the next day! Who would have thought a van could be so much fun?!

Woo Hoo!!!!!

This semester was especially long and hard for me. I took six classes, five of them had a heavy work load. This whole semester I kept wondering why I was taking so many classes, it was just so stressful! Especially since I had to go to school five days a week! Towards the end, I became so tired... but it was worth it. I now only have one semester left of school (only four classes this time!) I have already had two of the teachers and really like them both. Hopefully the other two will also be good teachers. I am so relieved! The end is in sight! Now I have the whole summer off, a much needed break. And I'm starting it off the right way... first camping, then a trip to Utah with LaShay! Summer.... Here I come!

Taco Bell Folk Song

Fire Station

Yesterday Brian took Tanner and Ellie on a field trip to the Fire Station with Tanner's class. They had lots of fun and I got to hear all about it when they came back home.

Ellie and Tanner got to sit in the driver seat of the firetruck. Brian said that Tanner did not want to give up the driver seat to the other kids and Ellie said she wanted to stay in there too, but she had to get out.

The best part of the trip was exploring the inside of the firetruck. Although Ellie did mention that she liked where they slept. The Firemen also took the kids on a tour of the firehouse.

I just think Tanner looks so cute and tiny sitting there on that seat.

Apparently these firemen were funny, or in Ellie's words, "weird".

My Mother's Day Gifts

Ellie made this lovely flower pot at church on Sunday. Each flower has a job for Ellie to complete written on the stem. The stems say; Help take care of my little brother, Get dressed in the morning, Help cook dinner, and my favorite.... Clean my room.

Tanner just started going to a program called CITI Kids, its kind of a precursor to the Early Start Program. On his first day of class Tanner got to make me this flower pot with the flowers made out of his hand prints. I just noticed that his shirt says My Dad is the Man and that this is a Mother's Day post. Too funny, I might have tried to retake the picture with a different shirt, but believe it or not it was really hard to get this picture!