Harvest 2011

 Harvest 2011 has come and gone, but it was a memorable one.  Mom got a flat tire going to the field, so Stub saved the day and we traveled out so he could fix it for her.

 

 Dad in the combine.

 We only had the girls with us that evening, so they stopped for a few pictures.  I love the pictures I get in the field.

 Dumping the wheat from the grain cart into the semi.

 

Another year finished.

Softballs + Hail = ???

  What do you get when you put hail + softballs together?  A BIG mess!!

We had quite the storm last night, and with it came the absolute LONGEST hail storm ever, along with the LARGEST hail I have ever seen.  In all in probably lasted somewhere between 5-10 minutes straight of massive baseball and softball sized hail.  

Those white things you see is the actual hail falling in our front yard.

Then, the tornado sirens went off--3 separate times...sigh.  So, we made the best of it, and had a "Tornado Party" according to the kids.  Best line of the night--Makenna telling Mitzi, "This is the BEST tornado EVER!"  :)  Gotta love looking at the bright side!

 

 This was one of the pieces of hail from our yard.  It sounded like bombs going off.

It continued to rain all night long, and we had a total of 3 storms come through.  The rest of the night had wimpy quarter sized hail--HA!

This morning, we were able to see the aftermath.  We had lots of tree limbs down, both of our vehicles have busted windshields along with bad hail damage.  Our roof leaked all night, and we have 3 windows blown out. 

The bright side is--we are all very safe and sound, and it could have been MUCH worse.  Can't ask for more than that!

Night of the Stars 2011

 Night of the Stars was this evening at the middle school.  The kids (and staff) always have a great time.  This year the theme was 50's, so there were poodle skirts, T-birds, and AMS Ladies (ala Pink Ladies).  Tanner was super excited to get to go, and I was there as AMS Staff.  

Tanner all ready to go!

I got to be Tanner's escort down the red carpet.  Thanks Renae for taking our picture!!!

 

 There is always some kind of staff entertainment for the kids.  Our principal dressed up as Elvis, and did a skit, then the rest of us did a dance to "We Go Together" from Grease.

Mark and I doing our "solo" dance.  

AMS Staff

My friend Renae has video of the dance on YouTube.  You can see it at the following link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW3wOX45lLw&feature=youtu.be


Tanner said it was a fun night, and he wasn't even embarrassed by his mom!!  :)

Mother's Day 2011

 I received many very nice cards from the kids for Mother's Day this year.  I love all of the homemade pictures, the little flowers growing in cups, and the gifts they made at school.  They were all sooo proud to give them to me!

 

 I can honestly say, that this card was a first for me. 

Hmmmmmmmm......... ???????

Opening Day 2011

Makenna and Tearney opened the 2011 Softball Season this weekend at home.  They both made some nice plays for their teams, so everyone was happy at our house tonight.  :) 

It was H.O.T.!!!  In the 90's with blowing dust.  Nice.

Stub and I coach Tearney's Coach Pitch Travel team.  They did a good job.  They were the youngest team, and made some great plays today.  Sadly, since Mom is the coach, there are no action pictures of her.  I will have to wrangle someone to be my photographer this season!  :) Tearney plays 2nd Base, and had two nice snags that she threw to 1st which resulted in outs.  She was pretty proud!

 

 This is Makenna's first year playing kid pitch travel ball.  Here she is laying down a bunt.

 

 Makenna is also playing catcher for the first time this year.  She had a couple of nice tags at home that resulted in some outs. 

A good start to the 2011 season!

Tearney's 1st Communion

Tearney received her very 1st Communion on Sunday.  She was very excited, and did a super job! It was a beautiful day, and it turned out perfect.

Tearney in her dress.

 

 The Entrance Procession

 

 Receiving her 1st Communion from Father Henry.

 

 The whole class.

A Kansas City Weekend!

A couple of weeks ago, Tanner wrestled in Independence, MO at Brute Nationals.  We decided to make a mini-vacation out of the weekend, and go check out some things to see in Kansas City.  We had a great time!  We visited Union Station, and went to Science City and the Diana exhibit (I HAD to share that with my kids!).  We visited the World War I Memorial, and had a great time!

  Brute Nationals

 

 Outside Union Station in Kansas City

 

 Stub and the kids in a helicopter at Science City

 

 Tanner on a suspended bicycle at Science City

 

 

 Calder on the bicycle.  See how high it was?  NO WAY was I going out there!!

By the Crown Center Hotel fountain

 

 We ate at Fritz's.  How fun!!!

 

 The whole family went to see the Diana exhibit.  The girls were entranced, and now that the Royal Wedding has taken place, they want to go back again!  They are definitely my girls!  ha!

 

 The electricity bubble

 

 Excavating for dinousaur bones

 

 The Girls:

 

Easter 2011

Easter 2011 

 

The bunny was good to us!

Spring Singing!

It has been a very busy spring around here!  I am a bit behind, but will catch up on posts as I can!  Both Tearney and Calder had spring music programs the last two weeks.  They were both themed, and turned out very nice.

Tearney's 2nd grade Spring Program

 

 Calder's 5th Grade Spring Progam

Where Will You Be?

OK....so if you missed my earlier post, I am a HUGE Princess Diana fan.  In case you weren't aware, her son, Prince William, is having a little wedding this coming Friday.  A small, very intimate affair you know.....with about 1 Billion people watching.   Let's make that 1 billion and ONE watching!!  I watched his mother get married in 1981, so I can't miss this one!  So, if anyone is up at oh say, 3:30 am on Friday, feel free to text me!  I will be watching away!!