First Communion

Today was a special day. Our niece Allison received her First Communion! What a special day. The Mass was special, too. They had a Baptism for a baby, three Confirmations and seven children received their First Communions. The thing I thought was the neatest was the priest had our entire family circle around Allison as she received her Communion and then we each received after her. It truly made it a special family event. God Bless you, Allison!

New Hair?

So Daniel thought it would look cool to put this stretchy ball thingy on his head. I can't touch that thing because the sensation really creeps me out. It is sticky, stretchy, ick! Sarah decided to get her hair cut a week or so ago. She wanted layers cut into the sides like a lot of the older girls. I am not sure I like the layers in her eyes, but she is thrilled and she is actually more interested in working with her hair, so it is not such a bad thing.

Look at my Orchid Tree!!
This silly tree is pretty for only about two weeks of the year. Don't blink or you will miss this pretty sight. This is the tree that fell over during the awful 2005 hurricane season. We propped it back up and it is still staked and tied, but it is still alive. I think it is leaning a little more each year, but so far it has survived.

More from the beach. This was a nice day. It was a little overcast, but it was far from hot that day. We had fun watching the kids work on their skim boarding. Daniel practiced for at least 2 hours and Sarah, after watching her brother try so hard, thought she would give it a shot. She caught on really quickly.

We went to the beach over spring break and this is one of the photos of Daniel that I took. Maybe I'll add a few more, too. He likes these UV protection swim shirts to wear at the beach or in the pool. I like them too because we are having a better time with him allowing me to slather him up with sunscreen on his exposed areas. We don't have to do his back or belly with these shirts.

Hamster!!!

Okay, here she is. Oreo, that is. I am happy to announce that Miss Oreo has found a new home. Gabby is 'hamster sitting' for me so I don't kill little Miss Oreo. ( I kept forgetting about her)
What a smelly little thing and not too bright either. She pees and poops in the exercise wheel and then exercises! Eeewww!

Wicked!

Okay, this is for Susanne. I just haven't had the time or energy to continue with my blog. Maybe this will be the kick in the pants that I need.

Here is a photo of the kids waiting for Wicked to start. We were all so excited to see it since we had been introduced to the music from the play starting last summer. Bill purchased the tickets for this play as a Christmas present for us and we had to wait almost 3 months to get our gift. What a gift it was! We had so much fun. Sarah bought a t-shirt and thanks to Susanne, we now have a Wicked Playbill. (silly folks at TBPAC had already changed the Playbill to 25th Annual Putanm county spelling bee)