HANA'S 4 YEAR PRE-K PICTURES

Hana and her award winning smile (just like her daddy). I just love these pictures of Hana. I think the school did a great job in making her smile. Oh and they also brushed her hair. Look how pretty!!
Hana did pick out her own outfit and she also picked out her own hair accessory.
I can't believe next year will be her last year in pre-k. That will be such a bittersweet moment for me. Sweet because I don't have to write anymore checks and bitter because my little girl is growing up.
You never realize how time flies till you have children. All you want to do is freeze time when you do.

ORANGE BELT

Little Ricky is moving up in the Take Won Do world. He has earned his orange belt!!
Yay!! He's doing so good in Take Won Do. I love seeing him be so excited something. The instructor makes it so much fun for the kids.

EASTER 2011

We're so lucky that God gave his one and only son for our sins to be forgiven. I can't even bare to imagine what he went through. I know I would never be able to give up one of my children . It really doesn't matter what the reason. Not only to give him up, but watch him go through all the pain. WOW! How unselfish is that.
Me on the other hand. I'm pretty selfish when it comes to my children.
I know I feel much better and at peace each day knowing my sins are forgiven and that I will have eternity with the people I love in God's kingdom.

We had a great Easter. We spent the day in Bastrop with Ricky's sister Lynn and Gary. The kids love seeing them and get super excited. They are also thrilled to see all their cousins. Easter morning we attended church. Then we were all excited to head to lake Bastrop. It was perfect. I have never seen so much food and people in one place. The only set back was the hurricane force wind. Both the kids lost their entire plate of food to the wind. Have no fear though, there was plenty of food. No one went hungry.

The kids spent the day swimming and playing. 

It was such an amazing day. We're so blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives.

HE HAS RISEN!

JUST BECAUSE

I had a few pictures I wasn't sure what to do with and they were to random to do a specific blog about. So here they are:

             Ricky reading to Hana. A library book she checked out.

  Our guest 1 Sat morning. Pancakes and bacon was served. I think the frog left happy.

                  Hana being Hana

AN AMAZING LITTLE BOY

Lil Ricky is such an amazing little boy. He is amazing in every way. He's super sweet and caring and very smart. He brought home another report card with all E's. He also got the Principal's award (highest citizenship award), A honor roll and math award.
I was truly blessed with an amazing little boy. I'm such a proud mom.
I love you little buddy, you make us proud every day.

                              Ricky right before his awards ceremony.

                           After he received his awards. Whoop Whoop!!

    Hana after the awards ceremony. She's so proud of her big brother.

TO A GREAT WEEKEND

We had a perfect weekend. It was extra specially because big Ricky had Sat and Sun off. This is rare, so we're so excited when he's home for both days. On Sat we went to Kings Orchard and picked lots and lots of strawberries. So much that I had to make a strawberry pie. Definitely no complaints. It was so good. I think we ate the whole thing in 1 night. Well big Ricky and I ate the whole thing, except for the 2 pieces the kids got. We tried so hard to save them some. Just couldn't. I'll make them a strawberry parfait tomorrow when Ricky gets home from school. The rest of the day was spent at home just relaxing.
Sunday was our big day, the one lil Ricky has been waiting for. We went to  The Houston's Children's Festival. It's the largest children's festival in the United States. It's put on for a very good cause, The Child Advocate.
Lil Ricky wanted to go because one of the stars from his favorite Disney TV Show, Shake It Up was going to be there.Roshon Fegan.  It's also the #1 rated tv show on Disney right now . If you know Ricky he loves singing and dancing so he was super excited. We made sure to get to the stage early so we could get a good spot .We did, Ricky was right by the stage. It was so exciting when he came out and how close Ricky was to him. He could of literally touch his shoe if he wanted. Roshon played interacted very well with the crowd. Touched many lil girls hand. It was so funny watching all these girls scream. My poor son was caught right in front.I thought he was going to get trampled by all these screaming girls. But he made it unharmed. Whew! After the performance we stood in a crazy long line to get his autograph and picture. During this time daddy  took Hana to get her face painted.
We also caught a circus act. Very entertaining. I just think it's crazy how families decide that they want to travel and be in the circus. Non-the less the performance was great. It's crazy what these people can do. 
The rest of the time we walked the booths and played games or received free stuff and/or brochures.
When we got home, we grilled burgers and enjoyed a nice dinner outside. It was a perfect weekend. I wish all weekends were like this  

                                 Ricky volunteering  for a circus act.

                           Picking strawberries.

                                   Hmmmm let's see how this strawberry tastes.

                                            Toss the stem

        Yummy! That was delicious. I'll have another please. I'll leave the picking to daddy and Ricky.

                                 By the stage waiting for Roshon.

                                     So excited to be getting his autograph.

                                                             

OUR GARDEN

We have decided that we should plant a garden. Vegetables are so expensive right now, so why not?  Also the vegetables won't be doused with chemicals, so it will be healthier and safer for the kids. Ricky wanted to do it right. It involved a lot of lumber, soil and time. I think I was just good at keeping him company.
Impressively it didn't take him very long to build it. It looks great!! Every angle is cut perfect.
We planted tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, zucchini and peppers.
I can't wait to eat some fresh vegetables from our garden.