Rodeo! YeeHaww!!!

We went to the Rodeo in Alexandria. It was so much fun! We are cherishing every single minute that we have with Johnnie before he leaves :-( Julia was more impressed with the baby calves than the actual rodeo. They were so cute! When the calf roping began, she protested LOUDLY (Is there any other way with her?)

Julia's favorite part of the rodeo was also singing the National Anthem at the beginning of the night.

Singing her little heart out :)

We did have a great time!

They saw a "Cowgirl" and ran and asked her if they could take a picture with her...lol

My Little Gymnasts~

Seth and Julia are doing so great in gymnastics. They both love it so much. Well, let me rephrase that. They both love MOST of it. Julia hates the whole stretching part...lol. She complains nearly the entire time that they are stretching.

"Ooooooowwwwwwww....this HURTS!"

"Julia, shhhhhhhh! Get back to stretching."

"But it H-U-R-T-S SOOOOOO bad."

"Shhhhhh"

Ahhhh, she'll eventually get used to it right?

They are the cutest babies at the gym :)

Social Studies Fair Time!!

Both Jay and Kam's projects placed in the school Social Studies Fair. They both moved on to the Parish SS Fair. The fair was literally days before their Daddy left for Iraq. It was a bitter sweet celebration.

Jay did his project on the Ring of Fire. I am so proud of him. He did amazing.

Kam and AJ did their project on the Atomic Bomb. It was a great project! They moved on to the Regional SS Fair in Natchidotches, LA. They placed 4th there but it wasn't enough to move on to the state fair. It is the farthest that any of my kids have ever gotten. It was A-W-E-S-O-M-E!

This is what they did while they waited for the judges decisions. Nervous much? lol

1ST PLACE!!!



Dare Graduation

We went to school today to see Kamron graduate from the DARE program. I am one proud mamma today! I am praying that he keeps the same morals and values that he has today. I love that baby boy! Congratulations Kam!

He didn't do this alone though. He graduated with his two of his BFF's-Michael, AJ, and Faith. Congrats boys!

We are so proud of you!

Copper Baby!!

So this year we decided to go to Copper, CO instead of Red River, NM. Copper is extremely different than Red River. First, it is MUCH bigger. We stayed in this amazing house slopeside...which means that we literally walked out of the house and skied down to the lift. It was unbelievable. The house was 4 stories and slept about 20 people. Wowee! My family, Becky's family, Phillip's family, Brandy and Lesci and Mom and Dad in the house. Duffy's family was there as well but just not in the house with us. (I think they were grateful for that...lol) It was a madhouse but it was priceless!

This house was unbelievable!

Oh how we all loved the hot tub! It was so cold (-10 degrees) that the adults would sip on our adult beverages while letting the water FREEZE in our hair. After a couple of drinks, the men would actually freeze their pit hair. HAAAA! It was hilarious. Our hair on our heads was full of popsicles. Crazy!

Every night, Seth, Julia and Kelly would put hot tub water in a Solo cup and leave it outside to freeze solid overnight. The next morning, they would RUN outside to check on their "popsicles". It was so GROSS!

The boys had so much fun in the pool table room!

Who is this CREEPY man?

Oh yeah, that's POP and Seth! lol

Seth

Kelly Blake

Would you take the road less traveled? I NEVER did...lol...I'm a chicken.

The views from the lifts were absolutely gorgeous.

It felt like we were so close to heaven being so high up. It was breathtaking.

Jay is a great skier!

Hot tubbin it again!

OMG I hope your face doesn't freeze that way Phillip...HA!

Brad and Kamron teaching Ashley how to YouTube.....sooo cute!

Kam the Man!

Seth

Julia had fallen in 2 ft of snow, pitched a fit for me to go and help her. I refused because it required me to walk uphill. She threw a tantrum. I was unaffected. She got over it and managed to get up and put her skis on by herself and ski down to me. She was so excited that she DID IT! Wooo hoooo! I knew you could do it Juwee!

Hi Honey!

The media room was the coolest thing that I had ever seen in a house. Wow!

There was nothing better than drinking coffee and watching the sun come up with these ceiling to floor windows. The views were stunning!

We had an amazing time in Copper. I have millions of other pictures but I just put a few on here. Still, pictures do not do this place justice. I hope to one day go back to Copper. It is worth every penny :) (and trust me, it took quite a few pennies to go here...lol)