Jake's First Race

Jake qualified for his first race last week. The kids went to College Park High School to run a mile; they were divided into grade levels. Jake wasn't sure about the 'cross country' aspect of it; he was used to running on flat ground. I thought he did pretty well for his first race. He placed 16th out of about 35 kids. So I figure he wasn't the fastest or slowest so that's pretty good. He ran it in about 7 1/2 minutes. After he caught his breath and chilled out for awhile he wanted to celebrate with his favorite meal. . .Taco Bell :-)

Jake with some friends from school.

Jake stretching before his run.

Yesterday, we went to Old Town Spring to check out the Crawfish Festival. I was a little apprehensive since the Catfish Fest was so disappointing earlier this year. But we actually found a vendor who didn't sprinkle seasoning on the outside of the crawfish shell. (It really is so weird how they boil crawfish here--it's a waste of crawfish if you ask me.) The crawfish were not overly spicy --my nose didn't run or anything--but the overall flavor was pretty good.
My friend, Brooke decided to join us. She and her husband are from Lafayette---he was out of town on a golf trip. They moved here about the same time we did and live about two blocks over. Oh and Brooke is Mace and Jake's Science teacher. She is also about 6 feet tall (standing next to her is worse than being next to Tammie), so it was pretty dang funny to watch her ride the kiddie train with Callie.
Here's Callie pouting about something. . .

Then, Daddy bought her a princess crown and SUDDENLY everything was all better!!
As with every festival and fair, there were some interesting characters. Here's Brooke taking a fake out picture for me. Chad said the lady in the blue shorts looked like 'her ass ate her shorts.!"

Spirit Week and a Fun Night Out

This week Callie's school prepared for their upcoming carnival. Each day the kids went to school dressed up. The first day was Support Your Favorite Texas Team--all we could pick was the Astros. Anyway, I tried getting a picture of Callie because I thought she looked precious, but instead I captured what our Monday mornings are REALLY like!


Here she is later in the week dressed as a cowgirl. They had a parade that day at school. Daddy, Mr. Brandon and ColeMan went to see her. I heard she pranced around like a true diva.

Apparently Mace has had enough. He was in charge of his sister for an evening---This is how I found him sleeping--the crossbow has me a litttle worried.
Dear Sisters--remember when Michele used to chase us around the house with knives yelling, "You're not the BOSS of me!"


On Saturday night, we went out with Terri and Brandon.

Here's Chad and Brandon laughing ---I'm sure whatever the reason it was completely inappropriate.
Up to NO good, I'm sure!

Gotta love Yogi!

Well, it just got progressively worse from here. But we had a great time anyway!!

Easter Weekend

Since we had our Spring Break a few weeks ago, we were not able to go to NOLA to visit family for Easter this year. However we did have Good Friday off, so we enjoyed a nice long weekend at home.
As soon as Mace and Jake woke up Friday morning, they ate breakfast and bolted out the door. It usually begins with one kid 'making the rounds' --knocking on doors around the block.
Then they all gather in one spot with their air soft rifles. They spend the rest of the day running around shooting each other.
Funniest Story EVER----Their gang was recently banned from the park by the park rangers, so they had to find a new hangout---
the 10 - 11 year old boys were shooting pellets at young girls walking their dogs!

I tried to retrieve the boys around 3:00 pm--they had yet to eat lunch. I wasn't about to go into the woods, so I figured they would eventually come home when they got hungry.

Callie spent the day playing with her friend, Maya. Here she is once again torturing the poor animal. This time Callie was making Maya play the part of the PIRATE!
Poor kitty--I'm wondering if Maya was happier at the shelter!

Finally, Easter Sunday arrived. The kids awoke to baskets filled with goodies.

The Rookers came over for lunch after church. Mrs. Becky's little belly has certainly 'popped'!

Callie and Mrs. Becky
I think Callie is going to have some serious 'issues' once her buddy has her own
little girl to play with!

Chad and my boys posing--all three of them whined for the dang picture.
"Happy Faces, Everyone!"Happy Easter!