Spring Soccer

 We were excited to start Spring soccer since Austin enjoyed it so much last Fall.

 Left to Right: Braxton (school friend), Klayton (cousin), Austin, and Nathan (church friend)

 Austin easily picked up where he left off last fall and was eager to get the ball.

 He scored at least one goal every game we played.....nice form don't you think?

 Notice the tongue sticking out in this pic....he does that when he is concentrating hard on something.

 Austin and Klayton having a good time

 While the boys played, Kayla and Kambria entertained themselves by running around and blowing bubbles.

 Half-time huddle and snack

 A couple times they played full field which was a lot of kids going after the ball at once

 Post-game high-fives

 Austin really enjoys having his dad coach his team

We celebrated a great season handing out trophies at Cherry-Berry.

Kiddie Park

The first weekend in May we enjoyed going to opening night of the Kiddie Park. This is such a happy fun place and I'm glad that we get to enjoy it.

 The kids on the turtles

 Waiting in line for the rollar-coaster

 The kids LOVE this ride.....me and Kayla were in the row behind these guys

 Round and round on the carosel

 Love to see the kids smile

 Austin and Kayla looking at themselves in the goofy mirrors

 On the airplanes.....Austin knows how to fly this plane up in the air like a pro

 Stopping for some ice-cream

Yumm Yumm!! 

 We ended our evening with the train ride.

 Choo Choo!!

We even saw this funny clown.....Grandpa Dennis!! At first Kayla just stared and stared at him. I don't think she believed me at first when I told her who he really was.

It was a fun night at the Kiddie Park!!

Creatures Around Our House

The kids have had a fun time collecting creatures outside around our house.....mainly roly-poly's and sometimes worms.

I love when kids say things that aren't really the correct words. For example: A couple times Kayla called worms "rattlesnakes". And when we found a tick on Kayla, Austin kept referring to it as a "tick tack".  And another funny one----during the stormy season we talked a lot about the weather and Austin would ask questions about "Earthshakes and Tormadoes".

One day after school we found this turtle in our yard which I'm sure was pretty terrified with our dogs running around by it. We took it over to my mom's house and enjoyed watching it come out of its shell and walk around. Although we had to keep a distance or else it would hide back inside it's shell.

We enjoyed watching it explore the backyard but after keeping our eyes off the turtle for 10 minutes,  he crossed the yard and quickly found an escape under the fence.

I didn't know turtles could move so fast.

Fun at the Zoo

At the end of April, we made a trip down to the Tulsa Zoo. After we got there we found out it was Earth Day so there was lots of people there.

 The boys at the big Earth at the beginning of the zoo.

 The kids scored big as they were giving out Krispy Kreme donuts.

 Boys being Monkeys

 More monkeys

 During this visit we saw lots of turtles in the water

 We also got up close and personal with this camel....luckily he didn't spit at us although he was close enough to

 And of course we had to stop and see the goats at the petting zoo

 This baby goat was so funny sitting in the hay feeder. He is actually pretty smart.....gets to enjoy a nice shady spot and all the food he wants.

 Looking at the baby pigs......the were actually kind of cute....for pigs.

 Kayla and Kambia-----best of friends.

 Connor on top of the wall climb

 The zoo has a new sea lion exhibit which was pretty neat although it must of been nap time for the sea lions cause they didn't budge the whole time we were there.
Next time we'll have to go during feeding time.

 Giraffes enjoying some lunch

Klayton being a big helper

We LOVE the zoo!!

April Door of Fame

Here is the kids' artwork for April.

Austin: large fireant, painted butterfly, easter egg basket, tank pictures, flower, jelly-bean graph, life-cycle stages of a butterfly, colorful chich, and the girl with a basket. He came home with 2 Warrior Thumbs-Up Awards this month--one for "leadership in the classroom" and one for "awesome hallway behavior." Good job Austin!!

Kayla: popcorn tree, dinosaur picture, easter egg basket, painted butterfly, firetruck picture, matching shapes worksheet which she did perfectly,, and the paper with cutout blue/pink pieces which is apparantly a horse according to the title of the paper. 

This month at school, Austin's class had an incubator full of eggs that they observed for several days until they hatched. Then they had 9 baby chicks in their classroom that they got to feed, hold, and watch for a couple weeks. This month Kayla went to the Firestation with her MDO class and had a great time.

Austin came home with this book that he put together. He drew his own pictures for every page of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and did a very good job.

Thunder Up

On Friday, April 13th, we headed down to OKC along with several family members and friends to watch the OKC Thunder play the Sacramento Kings.

 First we stopped at Bourbon Street Cafe for a very nice and very tasty dinner! Even though we were rooting for the OKC Thunder we still made bets on how many points Jimmer would score.

Unfortunately it was raining that day and none of us (except Mike) came prepared with umbrellas so we walked swiftly from dinner over to the arena holding magazines over our heads (wish I had gotten a picture of that). After buying Thunder t-shirts we settled into our seats to watch.

Teams warming up before the game. 

 Craig and Glen

 Thunder mascot getting us pumped up

 Me, Kelsey, Kristi, and Alexis

 Dave, Mike, Jeff, and Jeff

Kevin Durant taking a free-throw shot
Thunder wins 115-89.........it wasn't much of an exciting game at the end due to the point spread but we still had a good time and are glad they won!

Going to the Dentist

On Thursday, April 12th, Kayla had her first visit to the dentist. I set up this appointment just because I thought it would be a good idea to introduce it to her so as she grows up it she will be used to it and hopefully cooperative.

To my suprise she did FANTASTIC!! She got right up in the chair and let the dental hygenist clean, polish, and floss her teeth. She opened her mouth big and wide and did whatever the dental hygenist asked her too.

Kayla got to pick a sticker, a toy, and new toothbrush.

And the best part.....NO cavities. Hurray Kayla!!