Ashlynn had her year end softball party. We had a lot of fun. She wanted to have "fancy hair" so here it is. Rylan's girlfriend was there and they had a lot of fun. Ashlynn has decided that her favorite sports are softball and basketball. I'm sure that we will play again next year. God bless! 
Brooke has been staying with us some and the kids adore her. I think that Ashlynn would hold her and talk to her all day. Rylan usually says, "Hi, Baby Brooke" and he is done. I was trying to get a good picture of all of them, but that is a BIG challenge.
Dad, both uncles, aunt and cousin were there. We ate hot dogs, played the fishing game, drew with sidewalk chalk, bounced balls into the basket, and played with ballons. Then Rylan blew out his candles on his all blue cake (thank you Grandmomma) and opened presents. Counting adults, there were 24 people in our garage playing dollar store games (thanks to the quick wit of Grandmomma). We all had lots of fun and considering that we had to imporvise, the party was a lot of fun. Thank you to all of the family for the help and for being there for Rylan.
Ashlynn's art project (the one just above her head and to the right) was one of 30 chosen amoung first graders in the district for the art show. She loves art and may even want to take some classes this summer. God Bless!
The girl scouts got to celebrate their cookie sales at the salon. This salon is just for girls. They had their hair and makeup done, nails polished, and they put on dress up clothes and walked the runway. Then they got to dance, have cupcakes, and all made their own flip flops. Ashlynn had a great night!
Brooke will be staying with us some for the next few weeks. The kids were so excited. She is such a sweet baby. Ashlynn loves holding her and Brooke smiles and talkes to her. Rylan likes to help hold the bottle. She will be lots of fun for us.
Ok, just for a moment, I have to brag on my brother. I am so proud of him. He ran the Boston Marathon on Monday and placed 36th out of 22,000 poeple. He ran with a time of 2hours 27minutes. He was the #1 Texan and #19 American runner. Yeah Keith!!!
We enjoyed a wonderful weekend with the family one week early, since uncle will be running the Boston Marathon next weekend. God Bless!
Ashlynn and I visited Brooke today. She is so sweet and growing quickly. We took lots of pictures and kissed on her a lot. God Bless!
We had a crazy day on Saturday. In addition to Ashlynn's softball game and team photos, we had our spring carnival. I got REALLY involved in it. It was fun, but a lot of work. We had such a windy, hot day and unfortunately all got a little sunburned. The kids liked the train ride and won lots of prizes at the games. Rylan even met up with his girl friend (she goes to daycare with him) and we found out that her mom teaches at Ashlynn's school and they live a few streets over from us. It was a fun and packed day! God Bless!
Rylan made himself a snack! Yes, that is chocolate syrup and my half gone diet drink. I have a habbit of leaving them sitting around and he decided not to waste this one. Chocolate syrup is always better with a spoon, too! God Bless!
Let's try again and this time end the request with YES! Or else I will pout! Oh wait, I'm already pouting.
