T-Ball

Hayden and Kyrstn are playing T-Ball this year. They had the opening ceremony a couple weeks ago. They had their first game Saturday. They had a pretty good time and they all did a good job considering it is the first time for most of the team to play and the head coaches first year also.

The team at opening ceremony.

Hayden is in the back row 3rd from the right

Kyrstn is on the bottom right

Hayden at opening ceremony.

Kyrstn at opening ceremony.

Hayden at bat.

Kyrstn at bat.

Ryder watching the game.

Ryder in a box

Here are some pictures of Ryder playing in a box having so much fun.

Christmas Play

These are from the Christmas play at church. It was called the Bethlehem Nightly News. Hayden was Joseph and Kyrstn was an angel.

Hayden Basketball

Hayden participated in the Antelopes in motion during basketball season. They would practice once a week and performed in the girls games half time. They also got to perform at a lady raiders game. These pictures are from the lady raiders game. They learned basic basketball drill - dribbling, around the world, figure 8, spider and a few more. He enjoyed it for the most part.

dribbling

around the world

spider

After performing

Hayden's volcano

Hayden's kindergarten was studing the letter V and got to make volcanos at home and take them to school to watch them erupt. He really enjoyed that. Russell helped him build it and they enjoyed that together.

Easter Picture

This is Rylies Easter picture. This is also the outfit she came home in.

Pictures

Here are some pictures of Rylie while she was in the hospital.

This is the first time Hayden got to see her. He stayed at school and then Nana Sheree brought him up to the hospital after school. He got there right before they decided to take her to NICU. So the Dr. let the nurse bring her by the room so he could see her. He was very happy to see her.

This is the first time I got to hold her other than the minute I got to hold her after they got her cleaned up after she was born.

This is the first bottle we got to feed her. She had a feeding tube for a little while.

This is the first time Russell got to hold her.

Rylie at 2 days old

Ryder at 2 days old.

I don't have any pictures of Kyrstn or Ryder seeing her. They only got to see her as they were taking her from the delivery room to the nursery.

Rylie

We have a new member of our family now. Rylie was born on March 14. She was 6lbs 6oz. She had a little problems at the beginning with some fluid on her lungs. We spent about 5 days in NICU so she could be under an oxyhood to help clear her lungs. She is doing very well now growing and adjusting. Hayden & Kyrstn were a little sad while she was in the hospital because they could not see her. Kyrstn got to see her on her as she went from the labor room to the nursery. Hayden was at school when she was born but he did get to see her as they took her to NICU. That was a little hard for Hayden. Hayden loves her and wants to hold her as soon as he gets home from school. Kyrstn thinks she is the mom and I am the little helper. She trys so hard to be the mom/helper of both Ryder and Rylie. Ryder is getting much better. He was not sure at first since he did not get to be the baby for long. Now he has accepted it and comes up to her and gives her hugs and kisses.

We are looking into getting internet at our house so maybe there will be some pictures up soon of our newest cute little addition.

Doctor

I went to a new doctor on Wednesday for my 24 week check up. The doctor seemed very nice and like he cared which was good. He did an unofficial sonogram and said he is about 90% sure that we are going to have a girl. Kyrstn was very excited when she heard him say that. She got a huge smile on her face. He printed 3 pictures for us to take home and before we got out of the room she told me she needed her pictures of her baby sister. Russell is excited also - he just was happy the doctor did a sonogram to make sure everything was ok because the last doctor did not really seem to care to much. Everything looked healthy so we are thankful for that.

Birthday Party

Hayden and Kyrstn had a roller skating party with some their friends. It was pretty fun they really enjoyed skating, that was the first time for both. The roller rink also had little scooters and push toys for the little ones to play on.

First tooth

Hayden and Ryder both had their first tooth during the same week. Hayden lost his first tooth and Ryder finally got his first tooth, he has two now. I thought that was pretty neat.

Halloween

Here are some Halloween pictures. Hayden was Diego, Kyrstn was Beauty, and Ryder was a Dalmation. There was a Trunk or Treat at the church that the Hayden & Kyrstn went around, then Russell took Hayden to some other places and we all went to my grandparents. They had a pretty good time other than it was a little cold.

Halloween Party

Hayden's class had a Halloween party at the end of the day. They had snacks, got to play games and sing songs. They had a very good time.

Birthday Party

We had a couple birthday parties for Hayden. His birthday was on October 2. We had one in Sunray the weekend before his birthday. Then we had one on his actual birthday with the 5 of us and my parents and the last one with his friends from church and school. He really enjoyed it.

Opening presents in Sunray.

The day of his birthday.

Party at the wooden park with friends and family from Abernathy area.

4-H Window decoration

This week is National 4-H week and Hale County is having a window decorating contest. This is the Clover kids window that H helped with.

Food Show

Waiting to be "judged"

Awards presentation

all the kids that entered

H entered the food show as a Clover kid and made Dinosaur Food. He had a really good time and learned a little about cooking.

Happy Birthday H

Today is H's birthday. He woke up this morning and was very excited for it to be his birthday. He is 6 today, so he thinks he is suppose to be in 1st grade now. He took some jello jigglers in the shape of ABC's to share with his class. He had a party this past weekend in Sunray and we will have one in Lubbock this weekend with his friends. He loves his birthday and thinks he will be getting a lot of transformers. We will see.

Corn Maize

K in the maize

H and K in front of the windmill.

H petting the pig - I think this is when he got his finger bit

The hay maize

The boys that walked/ran through the maize with K and I

H's class (the row with the teacher) in the "class room" learning all about corn

The elementary school got to go on a field trip yesterday to the Corn Maize as a kick off for the accelerated reading program. H was very excited about it and had a great time. Sister K and I got go meet them there and help his teacher take some of the kids through the maize. I had 4 boys and Sister K. They had a wonderful time going through the maize and learning about corn and what they have in common with corn (they both have ears). At the maize there were also some animals. They had a covered pen with 2 turkeys, one really big one, a couple of hens and a rooster. All the kids were very impressed with the huge turkey they kept gobbling at him trying to make him gobble back at them, which he did a couple times. The turkey did not like it he had his feathers fluffed the whole time we were there. A couple of the kids got their finger pecked because they could not keep them out of the pen. They also had some goats, which the kids were not impressed with at all, mainly because they stayed in the house most of the time. And two piglets that were the next attraction. One of the pigs kept digging with it's nose right in the corner so the kids could touch it. H got bit by one. They had little maize out of hay bales they liked that as well they really wanted to climb on top of them but they could not so they hay would stay nice for everyone else. They also got to have a picnic which the kids liked and then they had to go back to school. I bet the teachers had a time trying to get them settled down after all the excitement. Here is the website for the maize we went to, the picture is pretty cool - http://www.cornfieldmaze.com/sites.php?ID=&username=txlubbock

A new baby

Well we found out that we will be having our 4th child around March 31st. We are very excited and H & K are ready they think it will be a girl big R says a boy so we will see. We went to the doctor this past week and he said everything looks good.

Our garden

H with his "squid"

Here are a couple of pictures shucking the corn we grew in our garden. They were taken about a month ago. H and K had a really good time. H would pull all the husks down and pretend it was a squid. He thought it was great. They have had a really good time with the garden especially the pumpkins. There is only 1 really big pumpkin and they think it is pretty cool.