Monday, October 4, 2010

The Big Fish!!!




We took the family to a fish fry this weekend and we had a great time. Gavin was determined to catch a large mouth bass. He fished all afternoon with no luck. Mikayla caught a small Blue Gill and Jana caught a small frog (in a cup). It was getting close to dinner and our hosts had started cleaning the fish. I took Jana and a fishing rod to the other side of the lake and just thru out a cast. I reeled in my line and just as my lure got to the edge my hook caught on something. It made my pole bent in half and then it started wiggling all over the place. I pulled in a 2.5 pound large mouth bass. It was the largest catch of the day. After showing it off I turned it over to be cleaned and tried again. After my second cast I caught another but smaller Large mouth bass, still worthy of eating. 15 min. Later, still in the same lucky fishing spot, I caught my 3rd fish. It was too small to eat but I was up on Gavin 3-0. After dinner Gavin finally caught a tiny fish that he released and then caught this one. (it is about the same size as my 2nd fish, the smaller one). It really was a fun day of fishing for the whole family.


Family Fishing Trip



Wicked!



I took Jana and Mikayla to see the Broadway musical Wicked. They Loved it!

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Sarah's going to Kindergarten!


Sarah is graduating from preschool next month and doesn't she look so cute.
I can't believe my baby will go to kindergarten in the fall!!!


Thursday, April 15, 2010


My husband is away this week for school and I decided to do a project. I did not take a before picture but this is the finished result. Update... He was very surprised but he loved it. He had no idea that I was going to paint.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Blossoms






Here is Gavin in side the biggest tree of blossoms we've ever seen......













Here is the tree from the outside. Notice how small the people look that are standing beside the tree.












The flowers on that tree were very big and beautiful



Botanical Gardens









Family trip to the St. Louis Botanical Gardens


Thursday, March 18, 2010



Jana had so much fun with her team on March 13 at her first dance competition! Great Job Jana!!! The green is her Hip Hop costume and the pink is her Cheer Costume. Her team took high silver for both dances.

Jana's First Competition!!!






Tuesday, March 9, 2010

























Mikayla is still competing in gymnastcs and having a great time. She is getting ready for her state competition at the end of the month. Here she is in the beam at her meet on Feb. 28th. She did well and increased her All Around score to 32.11.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

MMMmmm....Chocolate!


MMMMmmmmm......Chocolate!!! After a long week without dad, we were all glad to see him return home from Belgium. I discovered it was well worth the wait when I had my first taste of the chocolate he brought us. This is a box of dark squares that are samples of chocolate from 8 different countries. The country where the cocoa beans are from is written on the square in white. These are from a store called Pierre Marcolini and are about 70-80% cocoa. Very bitter yet amazing!

Art Show


Jana's art work was chosen to be displayed at the Foundry Art Center in St. Charles MO. Great Job Jana!