John Deere Annual Christmas Visit

Doesn't it make you wonder what they are thinking about?
One day.....I think Jase will be owning his own tractor. He loves outdoors!
No one was scared to sit on Santa's lap this year. Wow.....times are changing!


Well......not scared....but SHY.


Thank you John Deere for doing this for the kids. We love it!

Costume Pleasing to God

Last night at Awana's we were asked to wear a costume that was pleasing to God. Luckily I have a friend that hooked me up with all the gear to become #1 Raider Sport Fans.
We had 20 Cubbies last night in class. They were all such sweet Angels! We took a tour of the baptistry and Pastor Kevin spoke to them about being baptized. They were so sweet and listened so well. I was so proud of each of them. They also walked through the kitchen area and thanked all the kitchen crew for serving them. I got tears in my eyes....they were just incredibly sweet last night! And they let me take a group picture of them.
Then my four kids were so much fun last night as well!
They are taking this posing thing a little too far......haha
My dynamic duo.
The trio......(we miss you Daddy, wish you could have been our referee)
Then, this is my favorite picture. It looked like they were at a Homecoming football game and Holley was his Homecoming Queen. Just too adorable!
My other dynamic duo!
So, as Cassandra said last night, "this is our Halloween costumes that pleases God, we'll wear our scarey one on Halloween night".

Soccer Fundamentals

Well....I am not a big fan of Soccer, but Jase kept saying he wanted to play Soccer, so I decided to sign him up and see what it was all about. Again, this is only for 6 weeks, and it's just the basic fundamentals. And again, Jase had a ball and loved it. Maybe he is just going to be one of those all around sports guys. Love it all. Well, I'm not sure, but I do know one thing, it was good for his appetite. He ate 3 fried eggs when we came home tonight. He worked up a serious appetite. I also love the fact that the coach works a little exercise into his program. It's really cute to see these guys try to coordinate their bodies to do jumping jacks and toe touches. They just tumble over and fall down and roll around in the grass. They are so adorable.

He thinks he knows what he is doing.

Whiped out......I'm ready for bed!

T-Ball Fundamentals

We registered Jase in a little t-ball league this fall for 6 weeks. They actually do not play t-ball, they just rotate from station to station and learn a few fundamentals regarding baseball. He is having a ball. He just loves it! His sister, cousin Rylee, and Aunt Teresa came to watch him play yesterday. Also, his cousin Jason came to help work with him on some of his fundamentals. Jason was a lot of help and I hope he will come back for the last 3 weeks. He knows a lot more about baseball than I'll never know!
We learned the hard way that he throws with his left hand.

He was trying so hard to throw with his right. It should have dawn on me that something was wrong, because he was throwing so much better last week. I was too busy trying to take pictures while Jason was working with him. (that's my story and I'm sticking to it!)

No NOT FOOTBALL!

He was hitting really good too, until I tried to record a movie clip of him hitting the ball. Once I turned my camera to record, he missed every hit.

What is next???

He pays attention really well.....we told him to keep his eye on the ball and look at that serious concentration....TOTALLY CUTENESS!!!

Jase on the Zip Line

Daddy installed a new and improved zip line while he was home. It's sturdier, longer and MORE fun the kids say. I, on the other hand, think it is more SCARIER because they start off really high and at the end they come to a pretty fast screaching halt. Oh my.......these guys are not scared of anything, which, I guess is a sorta a good thing!?!?!?!?!

The Contender

This is a 7 year old boxing my 3 year old. He holds his own, huh? And, great sound affects don't you think!

Pick on Jase Week

My Son stole my heart in this video.



And do you think he could be anymore cautious in this video, where he is learning how to skate board?

Snake encounter

Awe.....this is so sweet, this is a picture of Sebastian consoling Cassandra after she was scared of the Copperhead snake by our green house.

Too precious!
This is obviously before the snake encounter!


Playing 42 at the neighbors. Cassandra selected my dominoes for me.

VBS 2010

VBS at Zion Church of Kurten was a blast. We had so much fun and were so glad that Rylee, Sebastian and Holley joined us. Everything was so awesome. The food, the skit, the classes....everything EXCEPT the late bed time. But we survived!

Florida Keys Vacation

I truly hope that my children can remember all these trips that we have taken them on. I know when I was little, I never got to have these type of experiences growing up. I never went out of the state of Texas until I was 21 years old.

This was really awesome, Cassandra and Jase both got picked to go up and receive a kiss on the cheek from the dolphin. Jase even turned his cheek to get a second kiss on the other side. He was so cute.

Jase was taking a picture with his camera. He was too cute! They had a nurse shark, and a sea turtle.

This sea turtle had a bouyancy problem, so they made a life jacket for it to keep it a float so that it didn't drown.

We saw lots and lots of iguana's

We petted a baby nurse shark. It did not have slick fishey skin, it was sorta hairy, fuzzy like.

Going to dinner and driving up in our boat to the restaurant. Pretty relaxing and cool! We learned that we couldn't hang our feet over the boat, because people have been known to be pulled from their boats by crocodiles into the water. So.....THANKS local person that warned us about dangling our feet over the boat.

Our Florida Keys vacation was really a lot of fun. The diving was great, the food delicious and we always enjoy spending time with the Nardin Family. We are already discussing our next trip.