Moses

Edward went to Awana's dressed as one of his favorite Bible Characters for Favorite Bible Characters Night.

Our Trip to Las Vegas

Edward holding the Limousine Sign from the Airport

Us infront of the Las Vegas Sign

Edward having a Coney Island Dog at the New York, New York (he ate almost all of it)

Edward and Kirk at the Luxor (for those who do not know this, Kirk is sort of a Egypt buff)

Edward at the Luxor

More Pictures From Our Trip To Las Vegas

Edward with one of the M&M Guys at M&M World

Edward with the Coca~Cola Bear at Coca~Cola World

Kirk and Edward with the Wax Replicas of the Blue Man Group (we saw them in concert)

A Living Statue at the Venetian

Gondola Ride at the Venetian

4th of July

This 4th of July, we went to a picnic at church. We had fun.

British Soccer Challenge Camp

In June Edward participated in a British Soccer Challenge Camp, he loved it. It was his first time to play soccer. His coach said that he was good on the defense. He had a great time making new friends. He says he wants to play soccer again. He seemened to enjoy it alot more than he did playing Blast Ball.

Chef Edward

I got this cute little Personalized (it says Chef Edward) Chefs Jacket and hat online for Edward. He loves to help me cook and we watch cooking shows together all the time, so I thought it would be cute if he had his own Chefs Jacket and hat. We just got it today, so I wanted to take a picture before he got busy really cooking in it. Yes, this picture was taken in our new kitchen.

New Pics of Edward and I

These pictures were taken at The Picture People when we were up in WA state last month. They even had us sign a release so they could use the pictures in their studio as examples. I particularly do not care for the jumping on. My favorite is the second one. However everyone just seems to get a big kick out of the jumping one.

BlastBall

Edward just finished Blastball (these are pictures from his one and only practice). They had 4 games altogether....Every Monday for a Month. The name of his team was The Bears and they work Green (this color) t-shirts to their games that said Blastball on them. It was a great introduction to T-ball. Next year he will still be young enough to play Blastball, so we will sign him up for that again. He seemed to enjoy himself greatly and learned a lot of valuable lessons about Sportsmanship, Teamwork and Sharing. Being an only child, who is homeschooled we felt that these were very important lessons for him to learn. You could tell that he was the only child on the team without siblings, because he was the one out in the field laying in the grass throwing a screaming fit because someone else caught the ball. His Nana got to come and see him play 2 of his 4 games. Of course both daddy and mommy were there to cheer him on at all his games and his practice. We have a ton more pictures. I just haven't uploaded them to my computer yet because it desperately needs to be reloaded. For those of you who aren't familiar with what Blastball is, the children hit the ball off of a tee. The ball is soft (like a nerf ball) and so is the bat. The children only run to 1st base and when they jump on it, it honks. There is no score left and the games only were 45 minutes long. If you hadn't played all four innings by then, that was okay. The game was still over. Great for little ones and to see if they even like the sport. They also have Munchkin Tennis through our rec center but Edward is fully booked both set of sessions with that, so we will not be able to do that this year. Maybe next year. We just want to give him the opportunity to try all sports, even though neither Kirk or I are sporty people. We don't want our dislikes and likes to flow over on Edward, we want him to decide for himself....after all he is his own person. We try very hard to take this attitude towards everything from food to activities. Of course there are a few activities that because of being homeschooled that we do feel aren't optional choices....we do them as a part of his curriculum.

Send In The Clowns

We took Edward to his first Circus (Shrine Circus) today. He absolutely loved it. He adored the clowns. We had a blast.

What He Should Have Worn for Easter

Due to extremely abnormal freezing temps on Easter, Edward was unable to wear the outfit that I had bought him for Easter (seen below in the pictures), he had to wear Jeans with a short sleeve yellow (with blue and white stripes) polo shirt, and a coat to church for Easter morning. Crazy weather!!!

Easter Baskets

Just wanted to share a picture of the Easter Baskets that I made for Edward (the one with the bow) and Kirk. I despise the pre-done baskets. I enjoy making them up myself and customizing them to the person who is receiving them. What is your feeling about them?

EGGcellent

Edward loved dying his Easter Eggs tonight before we went to bed. Tomorrow daddy will take him for a few hours so mommy can deal with the Easter Basket and hiding the eggs in the house (too cold to do it outside) for him to find after they get back. Here is some pictures of him dying his eggs. I loved the dying kit we used this year, it was called Dunk An Egg, came with everything including the containers to hold the dye. Very easy clean-up. We only did 10 eggs (2 broke during the boiling process) this year, enough for our little family to enjoy some egg salad or deviled eggs later this week.

Where did Spring Go?????

Kirk called a little bit ago, asking if he had stepped into a time warp this morning because he could swear yesterday it was April but today it is February. LOL!!! It started snowing here at 1:30ish this afternoon and is still coming down over 2 and half hours later. Big Fluffy White Snowflakes. Thought you would love to see some pictures of it, so I included them above for you. One is of our street (the bottom one) and the other is of our house with our blooming Red Bud (yes I know it is purple but it is called a Red Bud (Oklahoma State Tree)) tree in the front. I am so happy we have a few of these trees around because they are my favorites. Just a side note.

Finalized Floor Pictures

Thought you would love to see how our floors came out. We absolutely love them. The first picture is after the stain and first 2 sealant coats have been put on. The last 2 pictures of the finalized Floors after the 3 and final sealant coat was put on and dried. We still haven't been able to move things back into the room completely as I have to apply felt strips to the bottom of almost everything. Will post another picture once everything is moved back into the room and it is put back together.

Unique Sleeping Place

This is a picture of Edward, he fell asleep on his Thomas the Tank Engine Table last night. He had had a very busy day with his daddy. I woke up sick yesterday morning, so we didn't go to chuch. I have a hard time when it comes to sharing germs, I know I am suppose to teach Edward to share, but this is one thing I just can't seem to bring myself to teach him to share with others. :0) Anyway after he got home from the park and picking up a floor cleaner, he came home played a little bit, then went up stairs...threw a fit.....and then it got exteremly quiet. I went up to check on him, sleeping on the table is where I found him. Just had to share.

Edwards Dedication

Yesterday was Edwards Dedication at Church, it went well. We were so proud of him, especially after all the fussing he had done about not wanting to do it. He went up to the front though like a little champ and even let the pastor hold him during his prayer for Edward. We got so many compliments on how cute he looked in his little sailor suit and hat.

Our 15th Anniversary

I was sure our Anniversary was going to pretty much be like every year (especially since Edward has come into the world), guess I was wrong (we didn't end up sitting at home and doing nothing). We went to a nice dinner at Carrabba's Italian Grill. Edward accompanied us. After we got sat down and settled in. Kirk ordered some wine and after dinner was order, the waitress looked right at me and told me she had something for me. She left and came back with a small dessert size plate. It had cherries on it and a beautiful ruby/diamond ring. Ruby's are the precious stone for 15 years. I will have to have it sized because they don't sell rings big enough for my chubby fingers so right now all I can do is wear it on my pinky and it is way to big to be a pinky ring. It was a great evening besides the fact that Edward was (and is) very moody the whole time. Just had to share, since everyone was interested in what we were going to do.