March 29 - Homeschool Field Trip

Since it has been a while since we have had eye checkups, we decided to go ahead and get that done. For all the ones that have had their eyes checked it was no big deal, but all three younger boys were facinated by all the equitment. Gabe wants to be doctor of some kind when he grows up, so all he asked a million questions.

Shea getting his blood pressure checked.

Looking at Shea's Eyes.

Checking Zach vision.

Gabe in with the doctor. 

He had a blast the these binoculars.

Dr. Kelly M. Riley telling Garrett how the binoculars work.

So what are your impromptu field trips like? 

March 26 - Eagle Scout

One of the first families we met when we moved to Texas was the Bautistas, and today they are celebrating their second Eagle Scout, Isaiah. His older brother John Paul became an Eagle two years ago and his younger brother Benjamin is planning to get his soon. 

A room full of scouts.

Recommendation, from a respected scout, for Isaiah. 

Good friend of the Bautistas recommending Isaiah.

Former scout master rendering Isaiah above reproof.

Getting sworn in.

Thanking the family for all they did to get Isaiah to this place.

All the Eagles in the room.

Immediately afterward there was a lunch.

Beautiful cake to congratulate Isaiah.

Boy scout table.

Mrs. Trudy, the official photographer and the lady that put this all together.

The mystery box, one of the boys hardest things to resist.

This is what was in the mystery box. What do you think of Garrett's needle tower?

The Bautista family with their maternal grandparents.

Mrs. Bautista and her parents.

The Bautista family with their paternal grandparents.

Congratulations Isaiah! Thank you for letting us be apart of your special day!

April 25 - Annual GRACE Talent Show

The annual GRACE Talent show is tonight, all the kids did a great job. So much talent, so many different styles, it was a lot of fun.

Sarah Majors singing. She has a fantastic voice.

Natalie Geron (Left) and Katelyn Dowell (right) "singing" a song in sign language. They did really good.

David Dowell (left) and Nathan Geron (right) telling jokes. I think they were more funny than the jokes.

The GRACE quintet playing the Musette by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was beautiful. 

The Pogue family singing Daniel Prayed.

Duet by Mrs. Shannon and her talented daughter, .  

Elena Dowell (left) and Allison Johnson (right) singing in harmony. 

David Reimer doing a karate demonstration. He is 10 years old and look at the color of that belt.

To finish off the show Zion Morris and her Dad Alister singing a praise song. 

Lots of other talents that blew us away. I kind of forgot to take pictures. Well done everyone, and thank you for a memorable evening.

April 24 - Babysitting and a Expected Surprise

The Neufeld girls came over this afternoon. Josie loved riding the pony, she rode her for about three hours. The pony was the first horse that Josie had every ridden by herself. Big learning curb for her and for Kacy, who was trying to teach her. Being a pony, she has a stubborn streak a mile wide in her. 

It's just her size.

Cami loves throwing the sick for Reacher, the only problem is she can't throw very far so Reacher tends to take it out of the air right next to her hand. This is the reason that she is standing on one side of the rail and Reacher is on the other side.

The puppies are growing faster than she is... which is saying a lot.

Sahara (the pony) is smart enough to know where the coolest part of the property is...on the front porch.

Josie being a good big sister and teaching Cami how to ride by herself.

Cami telling all about her exciting ride on the "baby horse"

It took quite a bit of persuasion to get Cami off Sahara so that Josie could have a turn, but when she found out that she could be on the bigger horse and by higher than Josie, she was more than welcome to let Josie have the pony back.

And now for the expected surprise. A friend of ours gave Gabriel a impregnate cat a while back, and today she gave birth to six adorable kittens. Three boys and three girls. Gabriel is so proud of them.

The mother's name is Raincloud and we would like to go off on that name for the kittens, any suggestions?