The High School Reunion!

20 years!!

Me, Juli, Sahar, Michelle

The Porter Patriots!

Tara, Todd, Tammy, Todd, Amy, Matt, Mindy, Susan, Renee,Christy, Kiersten

What a blast! What a blast from the Past!!

The Dance Recital!

Sydney's dance recital was held at SM North HS.

She performed a tap dance to "Singing in the Rain" and a jazz dance to "Soak Up the Sun".
She wanted to pose for the pictures, so here they are.

"Get a picture of me walking away" she said.


I was wanting to get more pictures of her, but she was getting tired, so I said, "Look there are lockers, just like in High School Musical. Pretend you are Sharpay." Here she is!

And another...

When we got to the waiting room, no one was there yet so she took advantage of it and began dancing and spinning around the entire room.

Then she was done!

A great little dancer!

Happy (?) Memorial Day!!

Well, we started off towards the "Kabin" on Saturday after Ben's piano lesson and Sydney's swim lesson. We met up with my mom and got some KFC to take for lunch! Mom wanted to stop at Cabella's to look for some t-shirts and pants, so we stopped on our way. When we got there, Ben, the gentleman that he is, opened the door for us to go in. As he did this, he caught his toe on the bottom edge of the door and proceeded to do this to it!

Actually, this is what it looked like after we visited Urgent Care and the doctor turned his toenail around and glued it back down. First, I thought that I would just clean it and wrap it and we would be good to go, however, I knew I had to take him to a doctor when I couldn't recognize the bloody, mangled parts.

So...

We tried again on Sunday after church! Success! Here are some snapshots of our day at the "Kabin" with family.

Sydney and Dave fishing.

I can't believe she can cast already!

Kir-Kha-Beth Kabin

Riding on the Dingo with Baxter up front!

Dave and Ryan fishing.

I think I caught a dragonfly in the picture. See the big black blob just to the right of them?!

Dave and Mom in Scott's cabin.

Ben practicing on the stilts! Doing very well - even with a bum toe!

Just a swinging!

I think Sydney took this picture.

The pool was not ready for us yet!

The cousins, and a stump!

Now, at home on Monday!

Abby!

Sydney wished to do my nails for me. She removed all the polish from my toes.

And then worked on my cuticles.

Dave and Ben played with army men, Lincoln logs and Indians!

Then the x-box...

baseball!

Sydney and I took Abby for a walk...

...to our favorite pond nearby.

And that is it!

Happy Birthday Sydney!

Whee!

Run For Mercy 5K!!

The Run For Mercy was this morning at 8:00am. Would you believe me if I told you that it started raining at about 7:00am and stopped at 7:55am?! We ran through puddles, but no raindrops. Then, when most people were finished running, around 9:15, it started raining again!

Thanks be to God!!

My friend Michelle ran with me, for a while, then took off without me.

It's okay, I've gotten over it! Haha!

Here we go!

Yea! The finish line!

Catching my breath!!

My wonderful family!

Yummy Chris Cakes!!

Go to www.oceansofmercy.com to find out more about the ministry!

Happy Easter!

Thankfully, the Saturday before Easter, the weather was beautiful!

I went running outside to prepare for the Run For Mercy that is April 18!

After my run we decided to dye Easter eggs! Here we go!

Don't ask, I don't know! I asked Sydney if I could take a picture of her with her new white bunny and this is what she did!

Ben decided to make a rubber egg with one of the hard boiled eggs. We soaked it in vinegar for a couple of hours and then he wanted to see how bouncy it was. He took it out back and tried bouncing it on the patio.

It looks more like the story of Humpty Dumpty, than a rubber egg!

So sad! Maybe we didn't soak it long enough?!

We found these little treasures to give to my nephews.

Look carefully! All I can say is that boys like this kind of stuff!

See the tasted pieces off to the side?! Yuck!

For dessert, I made, what I like to call, "Fruit Barfait". It is drained fruit cocktail, vanilla pudding, and crushed up cookies, brownies, or pies. Mix it all together and there you go!
The vote is in! Two thumbs up! Yea!

Happy Easter! I hope you all had a great time with your family and/or friends, celebrating the fact that Jesus conquered the grave!

Halleluia!!