Field Day 2010

Friday, April 30th was Field Day at the elementary school.  Elisabeth and I always go to take pictures and Elisabeth even gets to participate in some of the events.  She thinks it's alot of fun!  It was kind of sad this year because Ansley will be going to a different school next year and her good friends will be left behind.  It made me sad as I watched them interact and goof off with each other.  :-(   

Ansley running one of the relay races

Passing a soaking wet sponge over their heads in a race.  It was hot so the water felt good!

Even Elisabeth got to participate in the sponge relay.  She thought it was so funny to get soaking wet!

The noodle relay.  You couldn't use your hands to hold onto the noodle.

And they're down.......

Ansley anxiously waiting on Bella to squeeze water into the bottle

Bella getting more water on Ansley's head than in the bottle

Ansley and her good friend Bella.  Ansley is going to miss her when she moves to the new school  :-(

Playing with the parachute

The girls had to run under and back out.  Elisabeth loves playing with the parachute.

Playing tag where they have to grab each other's scarf out of their pocket to "tag" each other

Pull Ansley Pull!

Come on girls.....don't let the boys beat you!

Poor little Elisabeth

This past Sunday Elisabeth took a tumble out of the kitchen chair and busted her chin.  We had to take a trip to the ER to have it fixed.  Unfortunately it was too deep to use Dermabond (super glue for skin) so they had to put stitches in.  Amazingly she sat perfectly still while they numbed it and stitched it up.  Boy did that make it easier for us!   She is doing fine and should get her stitches out tomorrow afternoon.  Hopefully that will go smoothly as well.  I'm hoping this will be the last visit to the ER for a long long time!

Waiting for the doctor to come and make her chin all better

She thinks it's funny that she has whiskers  :-)

Our crazy dog

We laugh at our dog, Belle, all the time.  She is only 1 1/2 years old so still a puppy and very goofy.  We just never know what she's going to do next.   I love Labs!

Belle playing in Elisabeth's little pool.  She loves to splash and try and catch the water in her mouth.  Very entertaining to watch.

Why does she have to sit in the sandbox?  I have even tried duct taping the lid down and she pulls the duct tape off!  I've given up.

Catching bubbles.  She thinks it's the greatest thing.  Again, very entertaining to watch.

Chasing after bubbles

Winston, Ansley and Belle

Happy Friday!

Packing

We finally started packing.  We packed up 2 boxes this weekend......aren't you proud?  (for those of you that don't know...we are moving.  Staying in the same town, just a different house)

Hey!  Get back in there!

What!?   You mean I can't pack up the children this early? 

Camping in Asheville, NC during Spring Break

Gem mining near Hendersonville, NC

The kids loved it!

Searching for treasures

Doesn't Ron look cute in his gem mining hat that Elisabeth made him wear?

The guy at the mining place sat down with the kids and told them what each rock was and answered all the questions they had about everything.  It was a nice touch.

Elisabeth washing her gems in the lovely brown water

Downtown Hendersonville

Spring tulips in Hendersonville

Have you ever seen a groundhog in it's natural wild habitat?  I haven't.  This groundhog lived in the grass and brush near where we were camping. 

Easter Fun

Ansley and her friend Gracie at our neighborhood Easter egg hunt

Elisabeth at the neighborhood Easter egg hunt

Dying eggs

Having a little snack from the Easter basket before church

Best friends

Getting ready for the afternoon Easter egg hunt in our yard

Picking them up as fast as she can.  We had to tell her to slow down and let her sister get some!

Tricky, tricky.   John hid this pink egg in the tree.  It took a while for Ansley to find it.

Oh.....there it is!

Seeing what's inside the eggs