Grandma, Mom & Boys Special Day

Last weekend, Luke went on the men's retreat with our church.

Luke had 2 days of hard core fishing and I had two hard core days with boys. We wanted to go golfing at the country club but they had some "Jayhawk" fundraiser and the golf course was closed. Therefore, we had to "settle" for miniature golfing with grandma. We went golfing after we had lunch with Auntie Al at Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch-YUM!

The boys and grandma played 18 holes of golf in less than one hour.

Really.......the boys were having fun, contrary to their expressions in this picture.

Ben and Grandma

After golfing we went to Freddy's for some frozen custard.

We had a good time. Thanks Grandma Sue for hanging out with us!

1st Grade Zoo Field Trip

Ben had a field trip to the zoo the Monday after his birthday. All of us were so TIRED that following Monday after the football game. Ben and myself actually fell asleep on the bus ride to the zoo. Here is a picture of my angel, you can almost see the halo! LOL I must say the April 26th was the coldest day we have had in weeks. It was windy (what do you expect in Kansas) and COLD but we survived.
I only had one boy in my group. He was a great kid.

This must have been the end of the day because they actually sat down for more than 10 seconds!

The grizzly bear was funny. He straddled that rock and it was "bed."

The kids had a "mini workshop" at the windiest point at the zoo.

This picture cracks me up.....The boys were so "grossed-out" because it looked like the chimp was eating poop. I tried to explain they were treats but they didn't believe me!

We ended the day at the petting zoo. Here are some other kiddos from Ben's class.

Monday's are the day to go to the zoo because it wasn't busy at all.

Next Friday I go with Jacobs class and am gearing up for the PURE craziness! Can the school assign leashes!?!

jacob's on two wheels & more

Monday night Jacob learned to ride his bike without the training wheels. I wasn't home to see this huge accomplishment. Therefore, Tuesday morning at 5:00 AM Jacob came into our room. He crawled in bed but couldn't go back to sleep. He kept telling me he had to show me how he could ride a bike before he went to school. I told him I would watch him while we were waiting for the bus.

Finally, the busy little guy, who kept tossing and turning and stealing the covers asked if he could get up. I must have said yes because he was dressed, had his shoes on, teeth brushed, hair combed and bed made by 5:30 AM. He watched cartoons and then came into the bedroom holding a piece of paper with the numbers 551. Jacob said "MOM, we're going to be late, here are the numbers on the clock." Yes, you guessed it, 5:51 AM. I gave up sleeping and got dressed. By 6:15 AM we were out front.......he was riding his bike and I was running next to him. I was so proud of him!

Here is Jacob heading to the driveway.

Jacob strutting his new skill!

He has caught on really quickly.

Now, I wish we lived in a culdisac without a ton of traffic and teenage drivers!