May Creations

We have had a wonderful spring with lots of mind spring cleaning. All sorts of creations happened this month.

Tow truck built by the three younger boys.

For a very good friend's 9th Birthday party, Janessa made this beautiful cake.

 Ever since Gabe and Kacy started human body they have also been working on a project that will be finished as soon as they finish this curriculum. It will be a surprise so you will have to keep watching the month creations to find out what it is.  They are refashioning all sorts of different clothes to finish this project. Things that are too small, too big, too old, ugly, or ridiculous.

A pink t-shirt to make the leg and arm muscles. 

White denim of an old shirt for all the bones. 

Red t-shirt for the diaphram.

A really faded t-shirt for the intestines.

Red velvet that is a fun kind of material, but too small to make much to make the heart.

Brown velvet from a business coat from the early nineties for the kidneys. 

Gabe really wanted some kind of camo in the project (I guess that's only natural), so that became the liver.

 Garrett figured out how to make little RC cars and planes, so he made quite a few along with a truck to carry them.

Some racing vehicles that the boys made. Which one do you like better?

 With all the human body stuff that has been happening, Shea and Garrett wanted to see if they could make a human body of themselves. So they took turns laying down on some news print paper while the other on traced around them. Then they drew and cut out the organs and labeled them.

Shea's body.

Garrett's body.

May 30 - Last Truck Drive

Some really good friends of ours, the Hensons, have offered dad a job in construction. It offers him more time with his family and they will let Zach go into work with dad every day. So dad turned in his two-week notice for the trucking job. Today the family went with him to take back his truck. We all took turn riding with him.

 Before we left we got a family picture with him. Its like the end of another stage in our life and the beginning of a new one.

 We wouldn't have traded this part of our lives for anything. We have learned so much of the oil field and to be flexible with dad's schedule. But we are so glad to enter a new stage and are looking forward to what God has in store for us.

May 23 - Critters and Rain!!!!

The boys have gotten busy looking for critters. Every year they like to collect all sorts of reptiles. We have caught lots of horny toads and some turtles in the past years. Up till now the boys haven't found much, but today, while out riding Shea found a horny toad. When he got back to the house with it, he found out that the other two had found a black headed snake. We had never seen one like this one, so the boys did some research on it and found out that is a good for mosquito control. Which would explain why he was out. It rained today, a really nice beautiful rain, but with rain and hot weather you always tend to breed the little beasts.  

The horny toad was about medium size.

The snake was about the length of a pencil and about half as wide.

Look at those beautiful puddles.

Janessa's roses are loving the rain.

May 21 - Goodbye Sahara and Shorty

For the last two months we have been boarding a horse and a pony. When we got the pony she was totally unbroken, but the man that owned her wanted her broke for his young son. So from day one she has had a lot of work. As you might know she has had every little kid on her back that has been at out house for the last 2 months. We have all grown very fond of her sweet disposition. 

Shorty has also been a wonderful horse. He is a wonderful kid horse and loves to please his rider. Right after Banner was born he and Tex got into a big fight and Shorty had one major cut and several small ones. After getting his big cut stitched up, we found out that he wanted to run all the time. That is good, except the wound was on his leg. He ended up pulling a few stitches which drew flies, which, in turn caused some infection. He has had a lot of tender loving care. He was very loved by everyone. As soon as he was good enough to ride, he was the preferred mount of almost everyone.

Their owner lives in Lubbock, so it is hard for him to get out here with his family to spend time with the horses. Today he has come to take them up to Lubbock so that they will have more time with the horses. It was hard for everyone, but especially for Gabe. He loved Sahara. There were many tears from all.

Gabe's last ride on Sahara.

Beautiful Shorty.

Later that afternoon, God blessed this dry land with rain!!! It was a beautiful shower, and being in Texas, there was six kids running around in the rain singing in the rain. Libby had gotten herself hurt after Shorty and Sahara left, so she and Banner were up by the house so we could keep an eye on her.

I love this sight. Can you just smell that wonderful smell?

Libby's makeshift halter. Her wound is under her chin and I was trying to keep the rope off of it.

Look at those wonderful clouds.

After the rain had passed this beautiful rainbow appeared.

It was so beautiful that Gabe let the kittens out for a while.

Reacher is "guarding" the horses.

It was a good day, full of lessons, and lots of growing up.