FCA Gym Class @ the Skating Rink

Every Friday is "gym class" at the boy's school. Several times this winter they have enjoyed going to the skating rink at the TPA park for gym class. At first Keegan wasn't too sure about it, but now...he loves going to the skating rink! Talon, of course, loved it from the start, but then he is a great skater, so... I can't believe how Talon can whip around the rink with his hands in his pockets and rarely falls. Keegan on the other hand, did a GREAT job on the limbo when it was "limbo time"! He would roll up to the pole really fast and almost come to a complete stop and then glide right on under it : ) I don't know how on earth he could go so low on those silly skates. When I told Kallee we were going to go skating with the boys at school, she of course thought we were going to the school to skate, HA! She had a great time and wants to know when we can go back. She was given a pair of bright, pink Barbie skates to put on over her shoes and she thought she was really something out there on the rink : ) I told Talon to take her out at first, but then she didn't want any help, she is really getting to be "Little Miss Independent"! The boys kept coaxing for me to get a pair of skates, so I paid the $2.00 and off I went, well kind of. I did only mange falling one time, so that wasn't too bad. I figured it up and the last time I roller-skated was about 17 years ago, yikes! I think if we would do it on a regular basis I could actually get up to speed, LOL! All in all, we had a great time skating, thanks to the school for allowing us parents to tag along!
Keegan doing the limbo, he was one of the last ones to get out!

Kallee didn't quite understand what the limbo was all about,
but she sure had fun crawling under the stick!

Here's Kerrigan, she sure can get down low too, I believe she was the winner!

Kallee skated with a lot of friends, here she is with Yajaria!

T-Man rolling along with his hands in his pockets, what a
show-off! : )

Talon helping his little sissy!

Keegan cruising along!

Ok, how many principals do you see on roller-skates??? Mr. Coleman is such a great leader! He has brought fun and discipline back to FCA! We are SO thankful that him and his wife, Ms. Shelly, are a part of "our" school!

Long Time No Hear

Well it has been too long since I have posted anything new, sorry to those of you that check this on a regular basis : ( I have been busy as usual and haven't had time to post anything. When I started to update this, my nternet was down, so... This week we went to Bus & Outreach Convention in Indy, what a spectacular event!!! We look forward to attended each year, it is SO good! It revives you and gives you so many ideas to use in your church/SS classes! I now am looking forward to having "our turn" teaching some Sunday while The Davis' are away. Usually we have to look and look for new ideas when it is our turn, but not next time : ) Wow, I NEVER knew there were SO many ways to teach your kids, the Books of the Bible!!! Thanks to Barbara Baker, I now have lots of ideas on how to go about teaching them these books, in the future. I ALWAYS go to Barbara's classes, they are SO inspiring and creative, you are an extraordinary lady, Barbara! This year there were several new teens from our church that attended B&OC, so I hope they too were inspired and make the decision to start helping in our bus ministry! This was Talon and my niece Courtney's first time there, so I hope they enjoyed themselves and hope they were able to see what can be accomplished in our bus ministry, with God's help! Jerry was only able to attend one day since he was in Missouri on a business trip. He enjoyed his trip there and is enjoying his new job! He really likes his new boss, he is a great guy! We are hoping this job will work out for him, but only time will tell. Next week we head to A.C.E. Convention, something we are looking forward to. Have a great weekend!

One day the teens allowed this "old lady" to go to lunch with them, thanks guys!

L to R: "the old lady", Yajaira, Melissa, Courtney & Maria

Poor Megan, she was so tired!

Nice shades Maria!

L to R: Courtney, Melissa, Maria & Yajaria

Bro. Gene showing off his lovely, crab hat in the session he taught : ) He did a wonderful job in his class. He is the guy we have to "follow" when he is gone, ugh! If only I could tell stories as good as he can!

Little Mr. Kent, Gene & Angie's youngest! He was helping his mommy set-up for the session they taught!

Jerry Found a Job

It has been awhile since I have updated you all on Jerry's job search, but God has proven to be faithful, once AGAIN!!! He has taken a job for a company in Indy, YEA! It is a sales position and he will be traveling a lot, but we are thankful that God has allowed him this opportunity! We don't know how permanent it will be, but at least it will be bringing some income in our household. Thanks for keeping us in your prayers, we really appreciate it! We would like to say a BIG thank you to you Tony, for giving him this lead! We owe you some more babysitting or something : )

Valentines Without a Sweetheart

So what would your Valentines be without your sweetheart? Yesterday I decided to call my Dad and see how he was doing. After talking for awhile, he proceeded to tell me that "tonight was the Valentine's banquet at church". I told him I had wondered about that and wondered if they were having one again this year. You see, my Mom absolutely LOVED going to the Valentine's banquet every year! She would get so excited and she always made sure to call us and tell us that her and Dad were going. Dad kind of sat in silence for awhile and then he said, "I thought about how much Mom loved going to it and thought about going... but since I have no sweetheart to take to the banquet this year, I decided I would kind of feel out of place by going". As the huge lump in my throat slowly passed, I thought to myself, "I'm SO sorry you have no sweetheart this year to take with you to the banquet Dad, I know Mom would have loved to go with you"! It is hard for me to imagine Valentines without a sweetheart, but I REALLY can't imagine having a sweetheart for 55 years or more and then him or her being gone in an instant. These are the times in my life I want to sit and cry the whole day through, but then I realize I wouldn't be doing anyone any good, so why bother. I instead decided to make the kids a special Valentine's brunch; Blueberry French Toast with fresh Blueberry topping, Maple flavored Sausage links and yummy hot chocolate. I then decided to kiss all my Valentine's (my 3 little ones and my 1 big one) and thank God that I have them all for one more Valentines!

Happy Valentine's Day

Well tomorrow is officially Valentines, but my hubby brought home this beautiful bouquet for me, yesterday : ) It is full of pretty flowers and colors, thanks honey, I REALLY like them! Also yesterday, we finished up the kids Valentines for school and Kallee's Valentines for her little friends. Earlier in the week we did one of the "motherly duties" that I REALLY DO NOT enjoy doing---helping make Valentine boxes!!! Every year it is the same thing, "what do you want to make", I ask and they say "I don't know" and then they proceed to give me 10 different ideas that are not even possible, HA! Anyways, we ended up with a VERY simple "Football" box for Keegan, as he never wants to put much time or effort into one. Then there comes Talon...he is always wanting to put A LOT of time and effort into his, ugh! He come up with the idea of a barn/farm theme that ended up becoming the "Charlotte's' Web" farm, go figure, LOL! Anyways, they both turned out cute and I'm happy that job is over for another year. Hope you all have a Happy Valentine's Day tomorrow!

My Valentine bouquet w/ a lily, pink roses, red & pink carnations and white daises

It's beginning to look a lot like Valentines... for the past couple years we have given my niece and nephew and some of our friends, Valentine balloons. It is not expensive to do and kids always love getting balloons. This year we added a balloon for a "special someone" (E---- B------) from Talon : ) I do believe it is true love, LOL! Of course she couldn't stand him in kindergarten, but I think that has changed, at least for this week, HA!

Writing out their Valentines

Keegan and his football Valentine box

The finished product

Talon's "Charlotte's Web" Valentines box

This is the silo and that is where you are to put your Valentines

Indy Home Show

Well today we went with some of our friends (Dave & Lynette) to the Indy Home Show. We planned on leaving at 10:00 and then decided to leave at 10:30 and by the time we actually left it was around 11:00'ish. We headed down 65 thinking that would be the quickest way, but...there was a semi that was carrying cars on it and somehow the cars came off the truck and caused an accident. After waiting like what seemed forever, we decided to crawl past both lanes of traffic to one of those turn-around places (ya know the ones that are marked "for Authorized Personnel ONLY) and turned around. We then took 47 to 421 and we were on our way. Our 45 minute trip turned into a 2 hour trip, thank the Lord for a full tank of gas and for safe traveling conditions there and back, for us at least. As we were on our way, we kept listening for road updates on the radio and some travelers weren't so lucky on 69, there were at least 3 deaths in one accident and there were at least 2 major accidents on that road : ( After arriving there, we had a nice relaxing day! With no kids (other than Jerry & Dave : ) who couldn't have a relaxing day?! Jerry and Dave wouldn't sign up for all the freebies, so Lynette and I decided they will be the sorry ones when we start winning all the "free kitchen makeovers, the free sun porches, free windows and gutters" and so on, HA! We kept saying "wouldn't that be something if we really DID win something"??? Of course we all signed up for the furniture from "the Home Show house", that would be AWESOME to win all of that. Just think, some lucky person will be the proud new owner off all that furniture. That would sure put a smile on my face. Thanks for inviting us to go, or was it us that invited you to go and you were the ones that got the tickets? HA! Anyways, we had a nice day and a lot of fun laughing (just think of the foam mattresses, LOL -- it is an inside joke, you had to be there)!

Opening Nite for "Charlotte's Web"

Well it's finally here...opening nite for "Charlotte's Web"!!! We went on "family nite" which was Wednesday night, but we also went last night for the first "public performance". Talon was at the top of "his game", he is such a GREAT actor, if I must say so myself : ) He plays the role of "Templeton" the rat; a slimy, self-absorbed creature that eats during the entire show, HA! He had the crowd laughing last night, I think that's what drives him, the crowd's response is like what medicine is to the sick, LOL! He LOVES acting and we love seeing him act, he is so good at it! I think it is a great talent and that every parent should applause their child for their talents, as long as they are good talents, hee hee! He says he wants to perform on Broadway some day, so I guess we will see what happens. We checked into having him audition for "Beef & Boards" in Indy, but since they have Sunday practices and performances, we said NO WAY! I sure would love to get him involved in a theater program where he could get paid for acting silly, that'd sure be nice : ) If you haven't gotten your tickets, you need to call RIGHT AWAY as I believe they are close to selling out. The last few performances are: tonight (Friday, 1/30) @ 7:00p.m. and tomorrow (Saturday 1/31) 2:00p.m. & 7:00p.m. The number to call is 765-654-6307. The tickets are only $5.00, so that is nice on the pocketbook.

Templeton eating---AGAIN!

Templeton in the background excited as Wilbur finds out that the farmer is gonna make Wilbur in to bacon and ham!

Charlotte and her web

Fern's mother trading Wilbur his first bottle, for his first bowl of food

"Templeton only watches out for himself"!

Templeton being woke up from his beauty rest, he wasn't too thrilled as you can imagine : )

Fern with her little friend, Wilbur

This in one of our friend's little boys, Dawson Cragun.
This was his first time to perform, he did a great job!

The press coming to report the "miracle pig" and the "miracle writings" in the web!

Charlotte writing one of her very last messages in the web, before she dies! Before she knits "Radiant" in the web, she makes Wilbur do all kinds of stuff to see if he is Radiant while doing them, such as: running, jumping, dancing, spinning, etc. It a hilarious part of the play to see a "pig" doing all that stuff : )

The cast of "Charlotte's Web"

Kallee loves to go see her big bubby perform and go on stage and see the actors and actresses!