Fishing

Wow I am so worn out. I am already ready for bed and it is only 5:45pm. We took the girls fishing this morning, and they caught 26lbs 4oz worth. Ashleigh caught the biggest weighing 3lbs. 12oz. She was so proud of it. She had to call everyone and tell the how huuge her fish was. She is such a goober. We went to WalMart as soon as we were done and got her an 8x10 of it. We are going to go fishing again tomorrow morning. We went to Hondo Creek Catfish Pond today and tomorrow we are going to try Camp Bullis. Hope you all have as great of a weekend as we are having. We haven't spent this much family time in a LONG time. :)

Crafty mood

I was in a crafty mood and made a couple bow holders last night and a couple this morning. The ones I made last night are made with canvas covered with material, and the ones I made this morning are made from old frames. I think I like the ones made from old frames the best. I thought making some the other day and didn't get around to it, but was in a crafty mood last night and woke up in one this morning so needless to say I really need to figure out what I am going to do with all these bows, and bow holders. I need to call the flea market and see how much a booth is like I was going to do a few weeks ago. I need some imput from some kids to see what they like best. Mine are always saying they like them all but don't tell me which they like best.

Field Day and AAA competition

Alexus with her gold medal.

The girls at the competition.

Alexus after she took her dreads out. She wants her hair like theis more often.

Shelby doing the sack race.

Ms. Huizar and her dreads hat.

Shelby and her class were Cuba.

Alexus and her class.

Alexus and Shelby had their field day on Friday. I went to their school at 7am with them and let Ashleigh and Alissa eat breakfast with them. After breakfast we went to Alexus' room and braided all the girls hair for their parade. They were Jamaica as you can tell from the pictures. Thank goodness a few of the moms braided their hair before they came to school because we were braiding hair from 720am til 925am and it was suposed to start at 930am. It was delayed 15 min due to water getting in the gym. Saturday Alexus had her AAA competition. She was so excited to go and compete. She loves to write and so she choose to do the creative writing. She WON! Yep she got a gold medal! She had to go in a classroom and write for 30minutes. She wrote 6pages, skiping lines of course. I am so proud of how she loves school. I wish Shelby liked it as much as she does. Her coach Mrs. Quick told her to make sure she tells her 3rd grade teacher next year that she won and wants to compete again. She told her to make sure she is assertive. Hope everyone has a great Sunday.

Oh! Btw, Andy has decided to go back to school and finish his Bachelors. I am so proud! He has worked so hard to get to where he has and for what we have. Our kids are amazed that you have to go to school after you graduate. Shelby thought he meant he was going to high school. We had to explain to her that we had already graduated from high school, and he was in college. Kids have such imaginations.

Mother's Day trip

For Mother's Day we went home and let the girls go fishing with their Poppie. I don't know who had the better time, the girls or Larry. Ashleigh caught her first fish! Alissa helped reel them in after they were hung. Alexus and Shelby learned how to cast their rods, and had a great time. Ashleigh even start telling her fishing tales. She was trying to show me how big her fish was and storied just a lil bit (a whole lot). For Mother's Day we went out to eat with Poppie, Granny-T, and Geegee at TaMolly's. It was Yummy! I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day and didn't have to work too hard. The last picture of Ashleigh is of her showing how big her fish was. It sure was a big fish huh?

New Bows

I think I may try and get a booth at the local flea market and see if they will sell.

Sea World and San Antonio Zoo

This week the girls had their school field trips. Shelby got to go to Sea World and Alexus went to the Zoo.. Both days were a lot of fun. Shelby got to see the Shamu show and the Sea Otter/Sea Lion show. I took alomost 100 pictures that day which I thought was a lot but I took pictures of what Shelby wanted me to so she has a lot of memories when she gets older. Ashleigh and Alissa loved Sea World and already want to go back. They were so good that day. They didn't give me any trouble. Shelby helped me push the stroller and helped the girls in and out when they wanted to see things. The Zoo was just as much fun. They even wanted to look at the snakes. Brave girls! I am so scared of them. I don't even go near them in the pet store! Alexus had a migraine the day before so I was afraid she wouldn't feel like going, but she woke up that morning feeling MUCH better. Thanks to her teacher letting her sleep in class cause she couldn't get a hold of us. She put her in the closet to where it was nice and quiet and dark. Thanks Ms. Huizar! Kimberley helped Alissa in and out of the stroller so she could see the animals. Ashleigh ran everywhere and got into everything. There wasn't as many people at the zoo as there was at Sea World so they could walk a lot more there. Ash was crossing the rope barriers and running all over. We had to call her a few times and make her some back to where we were. I took 150 pictues that day but there was SO many types of birds in the bird house!
Ms. Huizar and the class.

My Butterfly. Watch her FLY.

My hesitant butterfly.

My wee lil butterfly.

We just had to take some pictures by the beautiful flowers. Andy said this is her thug pose.

Ashleigh wants a copy of this for her room. Hint Hint Daddy!

I know she needs her bangs cut! But isn't she pretty. We need a copy of this for her room too.

Mrs. Fernandez with the class.

Hope you all have just as good of a week as me and the girls have had. Andy has had a rough week at work and is wore out. Bless his heart! Love and Miss you all !

125th Post

Today is my 125th post on here and I am glad to have found something special to post about. There is a man named Ray Michael Sorensen II that paints a boulder every year in support of our Veterans. He does some very beautiful work if you would like to check it out you can look at his site. http://www.thefreedomrock.com Let me know what you all think! Hope you all have a wonderful week.

New Chihuahua

The girls got a puppy from their Nanny. She called him Bubble Bubble, but the girls have been calling him Bubble, Peanut, and Peanut Butter. He is SO cute, and SO tiny. I hope the pictures ended up good. Alissa is still scared of him. We are hoping she will continue to get better around dogs. She used to scream when she saw them, which was bad cause we have had a dog since before she was born. Now she will pet him while he isn't looking, but if he turns toward her she screams. She still won't have anything to do with larger dogs.

Well it is official

I took Alexus to the Neurologist yesterday and he diagnosed her with migraines. We have decided to do a preventive medicine. She will take 1 pill right before bed time every day. The medicine is called Periactin. I sure do hope this helps because we can't figure out what is causing them. When he was talking to us about which way we wanted to go he was talking about doing a daily journal which we already did for her pediatrician or a daily preventive medicine. When he mentioned a daily medicine he saw her shake her head yes and was really surprised that an 8yr old was willing to take a daily medicine. We have to watch her for a little while to see if she is going to have the side effects. They can be sleepiness and appetite gain. He doesn't want her to sleep all the time or gain a lot of weight either so hopefully it won't. /crosses my fingers She took her first pill last night and when I woke her up this morning she said she felt fine. I will keep you all informed on what happens, but I sure am glad they diagnosed her so we can get her something to help these darn migraines. She goes back in a month for him to reevaluate her.

Prayers

Andy has an interview tomorrow morning for a job. Please pray that he will do well. It is still at Lackland, but it will mean a raise on the military side as well as on the civilian side. It does come with more responsabilities, but I know he can handle it. He has already been doing the job while others take their vacations/leave so they also saw he could do it so I hope that will help as well. Thanks in advance for all your prayers. We love and miss you all.

Andy's Shrine

(Left picture) A drawing of an F-15 we bought a long time ago, his Chiefs' Choice Award, a picture of Andy all tied up, and them pouring ice water on him to say goodbye, him in an F-15, and a certificate he has received. (Right picture)He plaque he received when he left Idaho, Superior Performer Award, his tech school class, his squadron picture they tool in Kuwait, and an award he received.



(Left picture) Order of the White Knight certificate he got before he left Georgia, His "White Knight", and his coins he has received over the years, and his Granddad's signed letter from President Obama. This means a lot to him cause it is a copy of the letter that his grandmother received from President Obama honoring the years of service that his Grandad selflessly gave.

A big picture of it all.

Andy wanted to put his awards and pictures on our living room wall since we finally got it painted, and our new flooring in. He still has a lot more awards and things to be put up but I am running out of room. He thinks he needs another wall! He even made the shelf that his knight and coins are in.