Bruce - Student of the Month

Bruce was student of the month at his school. He was very excited. I'm so proud of him. He is such a good person. We're lucky to have him in our family. Here's most of what his teacher had to say about him:

"Bruce is our Student of the Month. He is being honored for his many wonderful traits. He is always attentive in class. He is persistent in all his endeavors. He is a very good reader. His real strength is in math. He loves to solve math problems and likes explaining how he did it. He is a very polite boy and very respectful. I know he will always make his family proud of him and I am proud of him too."

Pony Rides & Petting Zoo

The Kindergartners had a petting zoo and pony rides today and the little girls and I went too! They had a fun afternoon. They're at the age where they LOVE animals.

Claire was not scared one bit. She rode on the horse all by herself and loved every minute.

Jane was in heaven being with all the kids and the ponies. She was a natural.

Linda had been looking forward to this day for weeks! She was like a rodeo queen waving at everyone. :)

Besides the ponies, what was the girls favorite animal?  BUNNIES!!!

They also got to pet a lamb, a duck, baby goats, & chickens.

All Of My Eggs In One Basket :)

Happiness Is...

My one year old hugging me tight with her cheek on mine while telling me, "Love you too!"

Sitting around the table in the afternoon, having ice cream cones with my girls, just because.

Hearing Linda's prayer for her sister: "Please bless that Jane won't have arthritis anymore."

Jane being told that someone said something mean to her and having her sweetly reply, "It's okay. Me don't care."

Bruce standing by the door of the room that Claire has locked herself in to reassuring her that it was okay and that we would get her out soon, and then having him cry and cry when we finally got her out because he was so worried about her.

Hearing my children laugh and play together.

Hearing Bruce read scriptures to us at family scripture study.

The thought of our family being together, forever.

Picking up the big kids from school and hearing about their day.

Being a Mom!

Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful mothers out there!

Random Stuff

Claire is all ready to go to church. Bruce, however, can't find his shoes. :)

Jane smelling our flowers.

This is the SBA office in Santa Ana, where Robert works. The building looks very similar to the DC office. However, the surrounding area and people couldn't be more different.

Linda's class does a presentation each month. This month was on saving the earth. Linda's line was, " I can give my old toys to my friends or to the Goodwill." I love going to her presentations. I especially love when her teacher says, "Quiet on the set!" :)

Corndog

If you know Bruce, you know that he LOVES a good corndog. We went on a trip to visit Robert's grandmother yesterday. On the trip Bruce's love of corndogs came up. At lunch Robert tells Bruce, "When you turn 16 I'm going to get you a car with a license plate that says, CORNDOG." That sounded great to Bruce who by the way was eating mini corndogs for lunch. So, we're on the freeway on the way back to Oceanside when Robert yells, "KaDee, look at that license plate!" Sure enough we see a California CORNDOG license plate. What are the odds?  :) We caught up to the car and got a picture.