Easter Parties

Kaegen had her Easter Party on Wednesday and we made these cute bunny, tulip, egg and butterfly shaped ham and cheese sandwiches. They were a big hit and our dog, gringo, loved the outer edges of the sandwiches.



We also made some cupcakes that turned out okay also.

Kaegen wore her bunny ears to school and all the kids thought it was neat.

After snacks, they crossed the street for an egg hunt.

Ready, set, go!!!!!!!

Kreek's easter party was on Thursday when the wind was blowing 30 mph. His class was the only 1st grade class to have a party. The other three teachers did not want to mess with one. I thought that was pretty sad, but luckily Kreek has a great teacher. They walked to the local park, played, hunted eggs, ate a sack lunch and got a snow cone for dessert.

The egg hunt was very unique. Each kid brought candy filled egg with each of the kids names on them. So as you hunted eggs you could only pick up the ones with your name on it. That made it fair and quite enjoyable. At the end the parents were helping by yelling the kids names out as they stood by the eggs. With 17 kids and 19 eggs per kid it took quite a long time.

Spring break

Kreek has been wanting to go ice skating for a long time. So I promised him over Spring break that I would take him to Odessa to skate. My mom, Uncle Dave, Aunt Stef and Avery met us there. It was alot of fun. Kreek could not get the hang of skating, so he just ran on the ice, then slid. And he did all of this going 90 mph. He would fall and be back on his feet before I could blink. Kaegen just stood there and let us push her. As long as someone was touching her at all times she was fine. The kids had a blast and can't wait to go back.

Kreek's school rodeo and skiing videos

I have been trying to post this for a while, but with the recent rainy weather our internet was out of commission. I will not complained though because we needed the rain.

The First Grade PE and music teacher's put on a rodeo. The students got to make a stick horse and name it. Kreek named his rainbow and Tim hated it. The kids came into the gym riding their horses around.

They did the pleadges and sang Texas Our Texas.

Then they split into different groups and each kid did one event. They had a boot scramble, hat toss, barrel racing, pony express and calf roping. It was sort of like a relay race with 2 teams. Before each competition the kid's name and horse's name was announced and they waved.

Kreek did the calf roping and even brought his own rope from home. He was the last one to rope on his team. He was next in line and they were dead even.

He roped it on the first try. Tim and I were so proud.

Kreek running back to his horse to cross the finish line first.

Right after that the batteries on my camera died. So no more pictures, but I will tell you the rest. They sang a few more songs (She'll be coming round the mountain, The Lone Star Trail). Then they rode their horses out again.

It was a really neat performance and the kids loved it.


I have tried a hundred times to post a video on here and it never worked, but for some reason today it worked.

This is at Toas, NM on our ski trip. This is the second day of Tim teaching Kaegen and she did so good.

Kreek decided he wanted to try going down moguls. I went half way down to video first. Coy was in the lead and is the person Kreek runs into. Ashley is at the top following after. I love the way Kreek falls upside down, slids around, gets up and continues without even batting an eye. He then continues full speed down, jumping the mogals and slides to a stop at the bottom. He is definately fearless when it comes to skiing. Is he a James or what?

A few more things part II

Again, sorry it has taken me so long to post, but as always we have been busy. Also, my internet went out and I fought with Direc TV for 2 weeks before someone finally showed up to fix it. Lots have gone on since I last posted.

First of all we will start with Kaegen. She finally got to use her saddle Santa brought her and she rode Kreek's horse named nine-o. Tim helped, but she is starting to get the hang of it.

Also, Tim sent her a rose to school for Valentine's Day and she loved it.

We are trying to teach Kaegen how to ride a bike without training wheels. She is using Kreek's old bike that has no padding on the seat. It was a little rough but she is getting the hang of it also.

Now onto Kreek. Kreek's teacher had a pancake making valentine's party. The parents cooked the pancakes and the kids got to use a cookie cutter to make them into a heart shape and add just about any topping you wanted.

Kreek also had some new tricks he wanted me to take pictures of since it could not be all about Kaegen that day.

Also, Kreek got caught doing something good at school and was put into a drawing. His name got drawn and we got to go eat lunch with him at school on Friday. Luckily Tim had the day off and got to join us. Then later on during school that day he got to have an ice cream sundae dessert. He loved it.

The most exciting thing we have done lately was go skiing at Taos, NM. It was a very long car ride, but it was beautiful. The weather was perfect and the snow was amazing. This is Kreek's fourth year to go skiing so he is a pro, so we decided it was Kaegen's turn to learn. She caught on really well and loved to go fast.

I have some video's of the kids, but I can't get them to post. I will try again later.

I guess that sums up our lives so far.

A Few things

Last week at school was G.E.E.S.O week during PE for Kreek. I have no idea what it stands for, but it is basically a free throw contest for the different grade levels. Kreek made 5 out of 10. I figured that was good since we don't even own a basketball or a goal. One guy made 6 and he became #1. There were three guys that tied with 5, including Kreek. They had a shoot out. Well Kreek must have had a bad day and did not make any out of 3 shots, so he got 4th place. He received a little ball with his name on it (mispelled of course, Creek) and a ribbon. Today was also the 100th day of school and they made glasses with 100.

Kaegen was bored the other day and decided to blow up balloons. Then she decided to color them and name them. I am not for sure who the one with the big knot on it's head is. She had fun and I thought it was pretty neat.

Also, Kaegen has show and tell every Wednesday at school. So for O, she took an orange. After school she decided she was going to do what they show on TV and peel the orange and stick a straw thru it and drink the juice. She was very disappointed and learned a great lesson that not everything you hear or see on TV is the truth.

Football game

I finally got the pictures from the Cotton Bowl Game we went to. There were so many people and it was a neat experience (even though Tech lost).

One word

One Word
1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Where is your significant other? work
3. Your hair color? brown
4. Your mother? unorganized
5. Your father? serious
6. Your favorite thing? kids
7. Your dream last night? weird
8. Your goal? happiness
9. The room you are in? bedroom
10. Your hobby? kids
11. Your fear? rattlesnakes
12. Where do you want to be in six years? ranching
13. Where were you last night? home
14. What you are not? hungry
15. One of your wish list items? money
16. Where you grew up? Littlefield
17. The last thing you did? eat
18. What you are wearing? windpants
19. Your TV? on
20. Your pet? Gringo
21. Your computer? slow
22. Your mood? exhausted
23. Missing someone? nephew
24. Your car? clean
25. Something you are not wearing? make-up
26. Favorite story? family
27. Your Summer? busy
28. Love someone? completely
29. Your favorite color? blue
30. When was the last time you laughed? yesterday
31. Last time you cried? unknown

I tag Sam, Amanda, Alisa, and Keva