Happy 40th Birthday to Me!

In just a few short days, Emily and I will turn 40 in Guatemala!!! Because we won't be around to celebrate, we had a small family party tonight at my mom's house.

My mom made a little "40" photo collage with some of our favorite pictures over the years.

Let's take a close up of a few of my favorites:

Instead of a cake, she had some really cute cookies made for us.

The kids helped her make a candy bar poster to commemorate this memorable birthday!

Since Holland's birthday is just a few days after ours, we had a joint party with her.

Happy 1st Birthday Holland! What a blessing you are to our family!

I'm excited to be starting a new decade next week! My 30's were great and I'm looking forward to another wonderful ten years with my family! 

May Little Things

School is over and summer is upon us!  We have a lot of exciting things happening in the next few weeks but I want to finish up May with one more post about all the little things that happened this month.  

Parker had to complete and present a project on what he wants to be when he grows up.  He chose an optometrist just like his dad!  He was very nervous about his presentation but I thought his project turned out great!

A boy and his dog! You can find Parker snuggling with Maggie several times a day- he is totally obsessed with her!

Lily was so excited when she got to church and discovered that she and two of her sweet friends were matching!

Cory and I enjoyed taking Parker to a Rangers game this month.

Parker and Eden had fun at their end of the year speech party.  They enjoyed ice cream sundaes with their speech friends.  We are so lucky to have such a wonderful speech therapist, Mrs. Jones, and are hoping that both kids are able to graduate from speech next year.

Cory and I went to Opening Night for the Cleburne Railroaders- the new minor league baseball team in town.  Cleburne Eye Clinic has a suite so we got to enjoy the game with the benefit of air conditioning.  

Silly Lily!

Lily made her name with bacon one morning at breakfast.  I guess that's one way to play with your food!

And that's a wrap for the month of May!  Looking forward to June... I hear someone has a BIG birthday to celebrate!!

Last Day of School

We are officially on summer break!  It's hard to believe but there's now a 5th grader, 3rd grader, and 1st grader in our house. 

We usually go to McDonalds for pancakes on the last day of school, but they are closed due to remodeling so we went to the donut shop instead.

When I got to school, my team surprised me with birthday treats! I love my team and can't imagine going to work every day without them!

At the last day of school awards assembly, Eden was awarded Perfect Attendance for the entire school year.

And Parker got the Heads Above the Crowd Award for his class! We are so proud of both of them!

Parker's teacher sent me a text with a picture of his new trick! (Just FYI- fidget spinners are not allowed at school but his teacher made an exception since it was the last day of school.)

First/Last day of school comparisons- they've changed so much this year.

It's been a wonderful year with four great teachers but we are definitely looking forward to a fun, relaxing summer! 

4th Grade Field Trip

Today Parker had his last field trip of the year to the Fort Worth Children's Museum. After watching a movie at the Omni theater called Forces of Nature, they had a couple of hours to walk around and enjoy the exhibits. 

It was fun spending the morning with Parker and his friends. Only two more days of school! Summer here we come!