Katie's Choir Program

Wednesday night, Katie had her program. She got to play the part of Peter in prison in one of the songs. She did a great job as did all the kids. The boys rocking out were just so cute I had to get a video of them too.

Neighborhood Watch Block Party

Last weekend, on the one day it thankfully didn't rain, we hosted our neighborhood watch block party. It was fun and the police officer was very informative.

First to blow the balloon so full it popped won a gift card!

Fun at Church

Katie and her friend having fun at church.

Lizzy's Choir Program

Lizzy's Choir did their performance last Wednesday. They were super cute.

Girl Scout Awards

After Mops on Wednesday, we headed over to Girl Scouts for our awards ceremony. The girls both got lots of new patches.

End of Year Mops Party

Last Wednesday, we had our last Mops and enjoyed a yummy luncheon, and a fun comic whose most memorable moment was playing Jesus loves me on his hands with fart noises, followed by Amazing Grace on the handsaw. It was lots of fun. For my wonderful steering team this year I found some cute plates at TJ Maxx and made some goodies to share with them. And they all got me a recipe book with pictures of everyone in it, which was really cool. I also "graduated" this year - meaning my baby goes to Kindergarten next year so I got a picture frame and a pretty cross.

Poor Fred

Poor Fred the Tadpole keeled over dead yesterday morning. Oh well, we tried. 

Girl Scouts

This weekend,we headed out to the girl scout camp out. Because GS USA wanted over $400 for one night, we took off for a Baptist camp near Lake Texoma which was only $150 for the night. This also meant that little brothers could come along too. The "cabin" was cool with 4 bedrooms full of bunk beds, and a main eating and kitchen area. MUCH better than the tent where the boys had to sleep!

Our first stop was a boat ride. One of the girl's grandpa owns a pontoon boat and took us out. It was lots of fun, though cold, getting splashed with the water. But the wind was starting to pick up and we were headed back in, when a large wave came over the front of the boat and nearly sunk us. But we made it though, just a wee bit traumatized. Everyone was wearing life jackets so we would have been  fine but very cold.Thankfully, he was able to get the engine (which had been drowned) started back up and we made it back in. We wound up with some sopping shoes and a fun story to tell.

Here is the first and only group to go on the boat.

Fun around the camp.

The next day, we took a hike to the beach. It was very pretty and green there. You wouldn't even think you were in the southwest.

There were thousands of tadpoles in every little bit of standing water. We brought one home, and he is currently swimming in a cake pan on my counter. The internet says it can take anywhere from 2- 12 weeks for them to transform. We're hoping for two weeks. Hopefully, he won't be like the caterpillar who was with us for 3 months.

The lake was gorgeous on Saturday. Not so windy and cold. The girls all enjoyed collecting clam shells.

EEW!

Pretty sky

These clouds looked so pretty the other night that I had to take a picture. Of course, they don't do them justice.

New Fence

During all the storms this spring, part of the front of our fence fell down and we decided to finally have it replaced. We did only the front and side and hope the back stays up for another year or two. Fencing is ridiculously expensive!!

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