Happy Birthday Chris!!!

Chris celebrated his 33rd birthday on Friday. All Chris wanted for his birthday was to go to the movies. Memaw Linda graciously agreed to watch the kids for us. We watched Prince Capian, the new Narnia movie, and Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It was so nice to get to see two movies uninterrupted! We both enjoyed the opportunity to get to go on a date and go to the movies again!

Field Days!!

Rachel participated in Field Day at her school on Friday. I can remember having Field Days when I was in school. It was always so much fun and it meant the school year was almost over! Rachel only has four school days left of the first grade! It is hard to believe she has almost completed two years of school! My Mom came to watch Luke and Kate so I could go watch Rachel. I also volunteered to help. My job was to pass out cookies and water. Let's just say I was the most popular person at Field Day!

Rachel can sure make her hula hoop work! I don't know where she gets her hula ability.

I video taped Rachel in the sack race. I figured this event would be the best event to catch her falling. Did she disappoint me?

Our Busy Weekend

This busy weekend started early on Friday. Rachel got to ride her bike to school for Bike Day. She has been practicing hard for almost two weeks. Well all her practicing paid off. She rode around the grass track during PE with no problems. Yea Rachel!!! Luke, Kate, and I picked Rachel and her bike up from school that afternoon and headed to Luke's preschool for their Annual Spring Musical Program and Graduation. We all wondered if Luke would participate or not. He delighted us with a great performance! He did get tired halfway through and laid back on the stage for a few seconds, but we were very excited he sang the songs and did most of the hand motions. I did mention before the program that there would be cookies and treats for all the kids who sang. He will do anything for food!! I video taped the show on the big video camera for Chris, so I only have a picture to share.

Saturday we headed to Snyder to visit everybody there. My Aunts Janice and Joyce and my Uncle Floyd were coming from Austin for a visit. We had a real nice visit with them. My Uncle Floyd, who loves to entertain everybody, taught Luke how to burp his ABC's and The Pull My Finger Trick. Luke how has a new respect for the genius of Uncle Floyd! We also got to see most of our other relatives who live in Snyder including cousins Miles and Tenley. We got several cute pictures of the cousins, but they are all on Aunt Johnnie's camera. We ended up staying the night in Snyder so Rachel could play cards with Memaw Linda, Janice, Joyce, and Floyd. She had waited all day to play cards with them. We rushed home Sunday morning just in time to get ready and eat lunch so we could go watch Rachel cheer at the Rockhounds baseball game. This was the first time our family had been to a baseball game. We had a real nice time. We had seats in the shade, and it was not too hot. We had ice cream for a treat. Kate had her first taste of ice cream, and she loved it! Below is the video of Rachel's dance. She is in the back row. Warning it is about 2 minutes long.

The picture below about sums up our weekend....

WE'RE TIRED!!!

Cute Pictures of Kate

All played out....


Ride'em Cowgirl

Belly Laughs!!

We went to the park this afternoon to burn off some energy and do some bike riding, a new favorite activity for Rachel. Kate really enjoyed the swings!! She laughed and smiled the whole time. She also tried the slide, but that was not near as fun as the swings. Here is a little video that is sure to make you smile! Turn up the volume folks. PS. It was a great Mother's Day, I actually got to take a nap, and Chris cooked dinner!!!

Lukie's Mother's Day Gift

I was greeted by Luke running thru the garage door yesterday after preschool with a handful of red carnations wrapped in tissue paper and a yarn bow. The smile on his face was priceless! He had also made me a gift and card. The gift was a picture of Luke with a painted tongue depressor frame. It is so cute, but he wants to keep it for himself. I am sure he will forget about it soon, and I can have it back. The card has made me smile since I got it. It is a handmade portrait of me complete with yellow yarn hair, and it says "I love my Mom because she makes me balls with silly putty." It goes to show you it is the little things that stand out to a 4 year old boy. I love him so much and my Mother's Day gift!!! Rachel was quick to tell me she will make me wait until Sunday for her gift. I am sure it will be just as touching as Luke's.

The Shaggy Dance

So Luke won't be left out and because it is really funny, Luke does a little dance everytime the Shaggy and Scooby song comes on. We crack up every time we watch him. I hope you think it is just as funny. I think he might watch a little too much TV. He should weigh about 100 pounds because all he does is eat and watch Scooby Doo!

Rachel on Two Wheels

Another milestone was reached at the Stansell house this week. Rachel can ride a bicycle without training wheels!!! With tears in her eyes her mean Mommy took off her training wheels. After about an hour into the lesson she realized I was not going to let her go back into the house. Rachel can now ride a bike without training wheels. She is doing so well!! I am so proud of her!!

And She Is Off

Kate decided it was time for her to crawl this afternoon. Chris and I have been waiting for our precious little girl to take off. We were both here to see her do it. Yea Baby Kate!!