The School Year is Winding Down

 Charli getting some attention.

 The Braves have had a good season!  They are currently in first place.

 Natalie just had to take a Walmart fake flower photo. 

Some post-STAAR game playing.

My Big Kids

This has been an amazing month.

Meagan won a 2nd place ribbon on a piece of art for UIL.

She won an honorable mention for best actress for her part in UIL JV theatre.

She also is being given Wildcat Pride on Wednesday for her Science class.

Natalie continues to shine academically.

She has a very, very special award that she is receiving next week.

Matthew was selected as Spotlight Stallion this month.

We aren't sure we really want April to end!

Welcome Barney

 Welcome to our family, Barney!

He is the sweetest thing.

 He really likes the tile.

He also loves to play! 

His favorite seems to be tennis balls.

Matthew running and Chloe taking a Ride

 Chloe is special.

She has a stroller.

 Matthew's school had a fun run.

He ran 72 laps.

That is a lot, but not 10 miles. 

It was about 4.5 miles, which I think is pretty impressive for a 2nd grader!

He and his best buddy tied for the highest amount, so they got to "pie" a coach.

He thought that was super fun.

 All 72 laps!

I was driving home and I saw this.

10 years ago, or even 5 years ago, I would have laughed hysterically at anyone pushing a dog stroller.

:)

Meagan is 14!

 My girl is 14. 

She is in her last year of middle school.

High school is next year.

She has grown up so much.

She has learned how to deal with challenges in her life and has matured.

She cares about the world and makes sure to understand it in a way that I was not capable of doing at her age.

She is a loyal and loving friend.

She had a party with her sweet friends.

We did some minute to win it type of games, ate a lot, and had a good time.

We tried to keep out of their hair and let them just hang out like they enjoy doing.

Today we went to Jack Allen's for brunch with her grandparents.

It was a great weekend.

Waco Zoo Day!

COLD, really cold

 Chloe had to have an EKG test for 24 hours.  

She wasn't really a fan.

 It got really cold this week. 

I know, people think I am just saying that and it was 50 or something.

But, no, it was genuinely cold. Lows around 14 kind of cold.

We had an ice day, but there wasn't a lot of ice on the road.

It did freeze the fountain out in the back though.