Sweet Berry Farms

Our favorite spring tradition!


We took a field trip with our homeschool group to Sweetberry Farms. We normally go each year in April for Tanner's birthday because he's a huge fan of my strawberry jam. It was fun to go this year with friends. Here's Tanner showing off some of his berries.
Hannah had so much fun picking out only the prettiest ones to pick.

Of course, Hunter loves strawberries too!

I think Kailey ate all that she picked. She was died red by the end of the trip.

Easter

We started our morning with bunny pancakes. The Easter bunny brought something fun for everyone. Kailey was most excited about her big girl panties that the she got.
It was a big day, because Easter fell on Tanner's birthday this year. We had lunch at Nana and Papa's house. And had our traditional Easter egg hunt. My Dad insists on everyone playing. Even the big kids(like me and my sisters). He entices us with big money in the eggs. I think little Emma made the most this year. Cashing in with $40 bucks. That's big money for a one year old. It's always fun hanging out with our family. After a big lunch we took blue bonnet pictures. I'll post those next!

Happy Birthday Tenner!

No, it's not a type-o. We've decided to call Tanner "Tenner" all year because he's 10!


I made him ice cream cakes, one chocolate and one vanilla. He got a lot of cash for presents, which is the perfect present for Tanner. He loves to earn and save up money. He did spend some of his birthday fortune on a new knife. He loves to carve sticks, climb trees, and have wars with his air soft gun. He's a Webelos now in scouts and loves hanging out with the other boys his age. He likes to read Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. Tanner's our lucky boy. He's the year of the dragon on the Chinese zodiac and his fortune cookies are always about money. He was born at 1:11 on 4/4/00. 7lbs 7ozs. All doubles. He's 5 days old in this picture. Isn't he cute?

Happy Birthday Tanner!

Taylor's Track Meet

Taylor had an awesome track season. Throughout the season he participated in alot of events. He ran the 2400m, the 400m, the 200m, the 100m, the 1400m relay. He also did high jump and polevalt. The polevalt is my favorite event to watch. He did great! He's really fast. He must get it from Brendan's side of the family, because I can't run or jump. We're so proud of you Taylor!

Can you see Taylor down there on the bottom right? Ya, the one in first place. Told you he was fast.


Taylor polevalting
One of the best things about track meets was getting to spend time with our best friends in the whole world. Here's Taylor with Ryan. These guys met at age three. They were in Bee School together, a pre-school co-op that we did. We've been so blessed that these kiddos could grow up together this long. Even though they've gone to different schools, they've been to all each others birthday parties and their baptism. It was so fun too see them compete together!

Here's Tanner with Jake. These guys were friends before they could walk!

Hannah and Megan. Kailey's in there too. Friends since birth. Literally!
Hunter and Will were there too, but ran off with a pack of boys and a foot ball and somehow escaped my camera:( I'll get them next time.

Dino Dig

We had a great camp today for the Good Friday holiday from school. We took our kiddos and seven of our students to the Nature Center and Dino Dig at Zilker Park. It was amazing. They played for an hour in the sand excavating dinosaur bones and burying themselves. Then we saw the animals, had lunch, and visited the coy fish at the oriental gardens.

Apron Sewing

Hannah had a sewing day with the other princesses she homeschools with. We had so much fun making aprons with the girls. They chose their own fabrics and ribbons. Hannah did all of the sewing on hers and it turned out so cute!