Camping at Cagle

It's taken me awhile to be able to post these pictures.  One, because my darn computer is freaking out and it is very difficult to post pictures right now (we're hoping to get it fixed soon...ie:  ask Gary for help!) And two, because I thought I killed Sadie on this trip.  She is very old and has a bad heart.  We took her on our nature walk with us and I think it did her in.  After a trip to the emergency vet Sunday morning while everyone was asleep back at camp and several days and keeping an eye on her, she seems to be doing just fine.  So now I can update this post, quilt free (well, almost).

Our campsite.

One of the wild animals we encountered.

A wood cutting lesson with the boys

My men.

And the rest?  Just plain fun.

The girls

Bye!

The Family Truckster is out of retirement!

Cagle State Park HERE WE COME!

Stay tuned!

IT has begun.

The first swim of the season.

Are YOU ready for summer?

I know I'm not!

Spring Pictures

Each year the backgrounds get more and more bizarre.

But, no matter.  

Nothing can distract from my gorgeous children!!

Summer is just around the corner!

Chloe and Logan enjoying some ice cream in the shade with friends!

Yep, it's beginning to look like summer!

God help us!

Chloe's attempt at flashing the PEACE sign....

As you can see, she hasn't got the hang of it just yet....

Easter Brunch!

We hosted Easter Brunch and the day could not have been more beautiful.

After stuffing ourselves, we watched the kids hunt for eggs. 

It really was a perfect day to be with our family and friends.

Watch out snakes...Shelby is on the job!

Turns out Shelby is pretty fierce when she wants to be!  She took on this little guy...

He was only about a foot and a half long, but that's about a half a foot longer than she is, so I was impressed.

After determining that the snake was a harmless Texas brown snake, we sent him on his way in the field behind us.   You know summer is on it's way when the snakes start showing up!

Another cake...

A friend needed a cake for her friend's birthday and I'd been wanting to try this design.

It was supposed to be a cupcake, but turned out more like a bushel of roses.

But that worked just as well!

One step closer to black

Last week, Chloe and Logan earned their first color belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Breaking their boards

They had to learn a routine of forms, specific kicks, how to count to 10 in Korean, the Tenets of Tae Kwon Do and break a board.

Now I'm saying their are classified as lethal weapons...yet, 

but I sure wouldn't want to meet these two in a dark alley.

Congrats on earning your yellow belts.
Only about 12 more levels until black.

The Farmer and the Dell

Introducing...Logan Steindorf as The Farmer
in Kaufman's 1st grade production of 
Eee-i  Eee-i,  OOPS!

 

It's Rodeo Time!

Last week kicked off Rodeo days for those of us living in this great state of Texas!  All the kids were supposed to dress up in their western gear.

This is all we could come up with.

WHAT !?!  

We're Californians for gosh sakes!

Rodeo Days is really a way to kick off the Houston Rodeo. 

Chloe and I scored some tickets to the concert Big Time Rush at the Rodeo, so we invited Paula and Melanie along to join in the fun.

Chloe LOVED it.  I wasn't too sure.  First, Paula and I noticed that many of the songs sounded a lot NKOTB.   Second, the 'band' sang exactly 5 songs.  That's it.  5.   I think that either it was past their bed time or that's all the songs they knew.   Either way, we were home and in our jammies before 8pm, and that's ALWAYS a good thing.

A Cake for A.J.

Logan's best friend AJ turned 7.

The theme was Avengers.   

I'm not doing cakes anymore, but I figured since Logan was going to the party, I'd better step up to the plate.

And it never hurts that I get to EAT some of it too!!

Hockey anyone?

Craig and I are attempting to find a hobby we can enjoy together.  His suggestion?  Let's play in the co-ed hockey league!   I must really love him, because I agreed.

While I managed to stay on my feet most of the time and did get the puck once in a while,

I found that hockey...well...is 100% not my thing.

We are now playing tennis.  I'm liking that SO much better.

Snow?

Okay, so I'm finally updating this blog.

Our computer has some sort of virus or something.... it freaks out and makes it really hard to upload photos.  BUT, being the trooper that I am, I got through it.

A few weeks back, it actually started to snow.   It only lasted for about 3 mins.  But it was long enough for Chloe to bundle up and 'play' in the snow.   Since there really wasn't any snow to photograph, here are a couple shots of Chloe jumping on the trampoline.

Nothing to report!

Honestly, I have not been slacking on my blogging duties.  There just has been nothing to report.  I haven't taken a single picture in the past few weeks.   So here's a little funny to tide you over until something exciting happens!

Welcome to my world.