Spring Break - Our Time In Nevada

I am well aware that Spring Break was 3 weeks ago and I am now just getting around to posting about it. What's a girl to do.

For the first part of Spring Break my mom and Ken came for a short visit!



My kids were beyond thrilled:



So was I:



One thing you should know about my mom:

 She is THE BEST pretend player in the universe! Seriously. She played store with Sadie for hours. This is a task I don't even attempt:




While they were here, my mom and I took the kids to McKee Ranch. I can't say that it was loads and loads of fun. More like a small bucket full of fun. First the kids fed some horses. Although I have pics of both Megan and Jackson feeding them, it must be said that both Sadie and Megan were rather scaredy cat about it:







The kids did a little ropin':



Megan was much more successful at this than feedin':





We took a little, and when I saw little, I mean little, hay ride:




I made the kids pose for embarrassing pictures:



And they rode some horses:





Sadie cried the entire time. However, after she got off and we were walking away she informed me that she had fun and wanted to do it again:




Although Sadie and Megan had what I consider to be an irrational fear of the horses, this goat proved to us there was something to fear at The Ranch. Here it is trying to ram my mom:



All in all, it was a good way to spend about 45 minutes:




While they were here, we also took them geoachacing, went out to dinner, did some shopping, and just plain old hung out.

After they left, we still had one day left before leaving to spend the rest of our Spring Break in Arizona, so I took the kids and some of their friends bowling:






Sade doesn't like to bowl (SAY WHAT?!), so she cheered them on from the sidelines:



The next day we left for Arizona.......Post forthcoming.

Star Stallion!

If you have ever read my blog you know that I am not shy about bragging about my kids. I can't help it! I have perfect children. Wink, Wink. Megan had an awards assembly last week where she received an award for A/B Honor Roll, AND was chosen as a Star Stallion! It's kind of a big deal. Every quarter each middle school teacher (I think there are 9 of them) chooses 2 students to receive the award. Lucky little Megan was chosen by her Explorations teacher.

Here is what her teacher (Ms. Thomas) had to say about her:

"I have been impressed with this student since the beginning of our time together this year. She is a very good student academically, can be somewhat quiet, is very sweet, petite in size, and very much a young lady. But don't be deceived by all of this! She is also a little fireball when it comes to expressing her opinion or debating with another student. She is very sure of herself and of her beliefs. During our studies of Consumer Economics she showed a very smart head for business. It is for these reasons that this quarter's Somerset Stallion Exploration award goes to Megan McClellan."

And then the crowd goes wild! Or at least her mom claps real loud and does quite a bit of Woo-Hooing!

Good job Miss M!

Springs Preserve - Field Trip

Sade's class had another fun-filled field-trip. This time to Springs Preserve.

The kids waiting for the flash-flood exhibit to start:



A few of them were right on the front row, but hurried to stand by their moms as soon as the water started rushing down.



Friends!



Before leaving we stopped by the playground.



The kids ran around while I sat around yakking with my girlfriends.

Everday Life - Steamroller

Whoops.....I uploaded these pics a couple of months ago but just realized I never posted them.

We love our trampoline. The kids play on it all the time, but especially love to play on it when Eric gets involved. Their favorite game is steamroller. Apparently one of them lays on the trampoline and then the other people have to jump over them as they roll around:

I am also known to get some trampoline action, but am limited to crack the egg, general bouncing, and a bit of ring around the rosie:

Random pics of Sade and Jacks:

 

It was a good investment.