Fun Day!

Today the kids and I had tickets to another show at the college. This one was called Jungua. It was an act from China that involved acrobatics, martial arts and dance. The kids really liked this one. It was great since it tied into the study we just did on the olympics and China. After that we went to the park since it was such a beautiful day. I of course had to take a few pictures and we also found a tree turning a beautiful shade of red! I was so excited to see some pretty colors of Autumn.

Family Bowling Day!

On Saturday we went bowling with some of our friends. They do rock and bowl where they turn on blacklights and play music. We had a blast! The kids were on one lane and adults on the other. We ended up teaming up guys against girls. I had my best bowling night ever! I think I got a 135. It came down to the last frame and I lost it. We put up a good fight and we will have a rematch in the near future! Here are a few pics from that night:
The guys pointing at their winning score.

Keith and I

Our friends Trish and Tom ( sorry these are so small!)

Trish and I (and Kayla)

Avery and Shae

Kaylee and Kayla

Zack man!

Avery bowled a couple frames

Kaylee got her first strike that night!

We all had a great time and are looking forward to the rematch!

Gold Fever Days

Saturday was the towns annual gold fever days. We actually went last year whne we were living in the hotel. The kids always have a lot of fun there. The do some reinactments of some battles and a saloon fight. We also watched horseshoeing and target shooting. They have a bunch of artifacts to look at and of course music. I didn't know my kids had such an appreciation for bluegrass! We sat and listened to the band for over an hour! It was a great family band with mom, dad, two girls and a boy. It was pretty chilly and windy that day, especially since two days before we were swimming! Here are a few pictures from our day!
Keith and the kids enjoying the music.


The family band we watched.


Zack checking out the guns.

You can tell what the boys thought was the most interesting.

The kids and I.

I love it when they all get along!

The kids with a couple guys

We also got to watch some horse mounted shooting.

Here is the ferrier puting on a horseshoe

Zack panning for gold

Kaylee's turn

Now Avery



This was some great history learning!

Nine Years!

Today is Keith and I's anniversary! We have been married for nine years! It really doesn't seem like that long but then it also seems like forever. We have been together for 11 years. I now cannot remember what it was like before I met him. I know God chose him for me and everything that happened that got us together was all His great plan. He has given me three great kids and he always keeps me laughing. Sometimes he's a goofball but that's what I love about him.
Tonight we took the girls and went to Texas Roadhouse. Zack is spending the night at his friends. We had a great dinner and I even got to have a strawberry margarita! It was yummy!



Kaylee took this picture of us after dinner tonight.




On another note is this what the future is going to be like with a teenage girl? Kaylee has become quite the poster collecter!

Another science camp

We went to our science camp again today and learned a lot about flight. I can't believe how much I learned! We found out how planes and helicopters fly and now we can even name some parts of them. I think the kids learn better with hands on and even when you are talking about stuff that might be too old for them they will pick up something from it!


Here is Avery flying her sled kite.


And Kaylee trying hers out.


Here is a random picture of Avery today at the park planting her garden.


Here is Kaylee adding weight to her plane before she tests it out.


Zack testing his plane.


daddy helping Avery with her airfoil.




Here is Avery trying out her roter.

The kids and I had a busy day today but it was fun!

A new toy!

Thanks to our friend Trish we have a new toy in our backyard! Her kids didn't want their trampoline anymore so they gave it to us! It makes me nervous without a net but they have been having a blast. Avery is so funny and really concentrates when she jumps! Thanks Trish!

A science kind of day!

Today the kids and I went to a family science camp at the college. They are doing three this week and todays theme was air. We learned a lot about air pressure, lift, matter, atoms and molcules. It is amazing what you can learn by having fun! We listened to some of the college students give presentations and then did 12 different expiriments. Since the theme was air there was a lot of blowing in things today.


Zack levitating a ping pong ball.


Kaylee's turn.


Studying air pockets underwater.


Blowing up a balloon in a bottle.


Doing balloon races.


Seeing how many pencils he could blow.


Kaylee's turn.


Using air to lift up a stack of books.


Weighing air in balloons.


Avery blowing up a balloon.

All in all it was a great fun learning day! On Wednesday we have another one about flying.