Our New Dishwasher

We got a new (used) Dishwasher, and its about time, ours was from the 70's and did not work at all. Craig installed it for us on Sunday, and said he needed help. LUCY had no problem helping out, she grabbed a screw driver and got down with him. Im sure this was not the help he was looking for, but hey, he did not specify ME!!! As I was taking the pictures because I thought it was Funny, Lucy turns around and says, "Don't take a picture of my BUTT, Im working with tools with daDa" WELL EXCUSE ME!!!

Gabby's BEEF Project for 4-H

Gabby had to design a poster, Promoting BEEF! The only words on the poster could be whatever you came up with to Promote Beef, nothing else! This was our idea! Picketing Turkey and Pig, in front of a warehouse. Sounds good to us.

Santa Fe Cattle Co.

Sunday, we went to the "Santa Fe. Cattle Co." to eat. Can I just tell you that it was the kids most favorite restaurant ever. Kam and Gabby loved the fan, It is HUGE, like one fan blade is probley 20 feet long. There was western things all over, dear, cattle, animals, cowboy things all over the celling and the walls. As soon as we walked in Kam grabbed the camera and was walking all around taking pictures. I did spare you the light fixture and waiter and other 30 pictures he took of this place, but I did share a few.

"This is the Fan, it was blurry since it is moving, but you get the idea of how BIG it is"

"Kam thought this was so funny"
"This is us outside waiting the 30 minutes till our table was ready"
Then they said, April Table for 7, April Table for 7- Last Call,
Craig jumped up, ran inside, then came back out and said, HEY APRIL, our Table is ready"
"Our name was like way down on the list, we would have been waiting at least another hour"
"Gab and Lucy on the Long Horn out front"

"Lucy loved riding this thing, no fear in her at all"

"They were pretending to be scared on the Longhorn"

"Kam was acting like he was racing it, he was in his motor cross clothes"

"The Crew at Santa Fe Cattle Co.", "Even Gracy"

"Oh yeah, did I mention the food, It was Great, and Kids eat for 1.99"

Kam's Blue and Gold Ceremony and Pinewood Derby Races!

Kam's Big Day for Scouting. Sat. Feb. 27th Kam's Pack 100 with scouting had there Blue and Gold Ceremony, this is where they celebrate being scouts and all major awards are given. Following Blue and Gold was the Pinewood Derby Races. This is where you carve your own car out of a block of wood and paint it to whatever you chose. This was a very long day for everyone, the day started at 2:30 and we did not get back home till after 9pm. But Kam says it was well worth it. Every year at Blue and Gold they have a different desert Cooking Contest, This year, being the 100th year of scouting, the theme was Father/son cook off, or Akela/Scout Cook off.

Akela means, Any adult that leads a scout, We had to sign Kams book as his Akela along with Ms. Tina, his Scout Leader.

This was a very big day for Kam. Kam received some of the best honors a Wolf Scout could get!

" The Crew, all dressed up and ready to go"
"The official Cub Scout Sign"

"Our Entry in the desert Competition, We made and Akela and a Cub Scout, They each said, The Akela leads the Cub Scout, and The Cub Scout follows the Akela"

"WE WON 1st PLACE,, GO KAM"

"Our cars, Gabby's Pink Car, Kams Light Savor Car, and Lucy's Green Lightning Car"

"Lucy ready to race"

"Kam was chosen to do the Flag Ceremony"

"Kam getting his awards from Ms. Tina-- He got ALOT"

"Kam was so proud of what he earned"

"Both Lucy and Gabby received awards too, They where the only siblings not in scouts to be recognized in the event. That was very special"

"Lucy kept saying, I got a MEDAL, I got a Medal"

"Lucy and Ms. Robyn, This was Kams Leader Last Year""Gracy was so GOOD, considering this event lasted forever"

"Kams Car weighed 4.8oz, it could only weigh up to 5 ounces or it would be disqualified"

"Gracy playing with DaDa while the races where going on"

"Kam getting his car in just the right spot on the track"

"Gabby racing against her brother, he is in lane 3 and she was in lane 4. The judges tell you who you will race and which lane to put your car, then the times are entered in the computer and that's when the fastest times are announced after 4 runs on each car."

"My turn to occupy the Gracy Bug, Good Thing Lucy was napping during this part"

"Kam in Lane 2 , Gabby in Lane 3"

"And the winner is ---Kam by a Car length, With Gabby in 2nd"

"The Kids love Ms. Robyn" "Kam WON 1st Place, for Fastest Car"

"Kam also won Best in Show for neatest, coolest looking car"

"Some of Kams awards for the Day, 2 Trophy's, a necklace, A First Place in the Bowling Tournament they had a couple of weekends back, Plus about 15 patches and belt loops he received, Along with his WOLF Patch"

"1st Place in Bowling out of all the wolf's in the District"

"Gabbys certificate she received"

"Lucy's Certificate she received"

"This was quite a good day for our Family, Kam won every contest there was to win, The girls got recognized for always being there for Kam and the Scouts, The kids were good all day, What a day"

The Girls - I love dressing them alike

"Big sissy and Lucy's Baby"
"Arn't my girls just so cute"

I know this will not always be possible, SO....... while it is, I LOVE IT. Gabby loves to dress like the little girls and Lucy loves to "Match" her sissy and her baby. I gave these dresses to the girls for Valentines day, and today we had a special event for Kam so the girls all dressed up for him.

They were so cute!

"All matching"

Mardi Gras Day 2010

Mardi Gras Day - Feb. 16th, 2010 we went down to Metairie, on Severn this year and celebrated with Chad, Jessica, Tori, Cody and there Family for Mardi Gras. They go there every year, but it was a new spot for us. We liked it, there was some make shift barricades partially in front of us, but you could go in front of them since they were not everywhere. We got out there at 6am, which means we left our house at around 5. It was very cold and windy so we decided since Gracy was still a little sick, and had just had her little eye surgery it was better to leave her with Grammy and Poppy. We dressed Lucy up in Gab's old Frog Costume an out we went. We were quite bundled up, except me, I forgot my SHOES! Of all things, had tons of stuff for everybody, but I had on Craigs over sized Crocs, He did go walk down and found an open CVS and bought me 3 pair of socks and I put them all on then his crocs. Dont ask, it was an early morning I guess. The kids had a blast. Kam said he could only smell Bear and bad Breath all day. He made friends with one of Chads friends that came with us, He was around 50 years old, drunk, and would raise his shirt, and scream and holler at all the people that came by, WELL so would Kam, he was a riot. Lucy, Gab, Craig and I were on Stuffed Animals and bead duty on the other side of the little medium we were on. Gab and Lucy got around 50 or 60 stuffed animals that day. They really had a good time. Craig and I's back were killing us, because Lucy needed to be held the whole day so she could get more things, but she LOVED it, she still talks about how she raised her hands and would scream for baby's. It was a good tradition we kept going this year and will do again next. This was Gabby's 10th Mardi Gras Day, she was only 2 months old for her first Mardi Gras Day, and she hasn't missed one yet!

"Lucy loved each and every animal they threw to her"

"The face just say's it all, She LOVED MARDI GRAS"

"Waiting for more to come, she was just smiling all day, I bet her face hurt from smiling so much"

"Gab just loved all the parades, Lucy would grab Every body's attention and they would both get animals -Gab even got a few ROSES from Teen guys"

"Trying out our skills, holding a kid on one side, trying to catch things on the other side, while Lucy held onto about 5 stuffed animals at a time."
"Jessica with Tori, waiting for the next float to come bye"

"Happy Mardi Gras Ya'll"

Cute Random Photos From Craigs Phone!

"Hey,,,,, We did get one of Lucy's 2nd Birthday, I thought we had no pictures of this day"

"My back was hurting so much I forgot to take pictures -- OOPS"

"Lucy on the pot"

"Aunt Chritsy busted, Feeding Gracy a french Fri"

"Lucy helping her DaDa put up the tools"

"Lucy at the park, while Gabby was practicing her cheer leading moves"

"Lucy on her sissy's Harley, she loves these things, and it took her 2 minutes to learn how to do it."

"Me, Lucy and Gracy walking down the road to get the kids of the buss, I just like this picture because I don't look all that fat in it."

"Lucy at Global Wildlife"

"Craig at Global Wildlife, This is the true side of him people don't normally see, he is such a clown"

"Me, Kyle, Gab and Kam at the Summer Members only event at Global Wildlife, Kam one the hermit Crab races, and was in the newsletter for the month with his winning Crab"

"We promise she does this on her own, Wouldn't look good if child services would knock on the door right know would it."

"One weekend Grammy kept the kiddo's and Craig and I went 4-wheeler riding, It was alot of fun"

"Kam at the Aquarium for scouts"

"Our Cub scout trip to the Aquarium in September"

"One warm Winter Day, Lucy playing outside"

"Lucy in Kam's Jacket with Kyles Balloon after Kyles 18th Birthday Party"

"Lucy in the flinstone car at Fun Farm for Baily and Cami's Party" "Kam with Bumblebee from Transformers"

"New years Day at Craig's Moms, Lucy was unwrapping at Stacking all the Chocolates"