Our Trip to the Aquarium

Can you see that Morgan is excited that we are on our way to see the fishies at the Aquarium? Actually, he made this face when I asked him to "smile for Neenie". Since the weather was so cool on Tuesday we decided to go to the Aquarium instead of the Zoo. (Anyone who knows me, knows that I don't like to be even the least bit cold, especially when it is windy outside.) Even the "big" kids were excited about going. We all loaded up and headed to Jenks. The kids have such a fun time when they are all together, I love to just sit and watch them interact with each other--they're so funny--I just love my kids!!!
Don't they look like they are having fun? We were still laughing after Kelsey and Jen "climbed" over the back seat from the rear of the car to get in. With the two car seats and the head rests, they couldn't get in any other way. Jen was already getting concerned about how they were going to climb out of the car in the middle of the parking lot without anyone seeing them. Oh well......

Our friendly driver, Jamie. Does she look like she's having fun?

The Aquarium was very crowded, guess we should have expected it to be over Spring Break, huh? We still had a lot of fun and the little ones loved seeing all of the exhibits.

Caleb, Grayson, Jen and Morgan...

Morgan and Kelsey, viewing up close!

Grayson and the stingrays...

Aunt Sissy and Morgan.....

It was so dark inside it was difficult to get very many good pictures, but I did get enough to document our trip!

Grayson had a great time! I guess we wore him out!

My Beautiful Daughter

Oh my, in less than 3 months my baby girl will graduate from High School. I try to keep thinking and talking about it, hoping it will lesson the impact when the day finally arrives. So far, it's not working. At this very moment I'm getting a tight feeling in my throat and holding back tears, not a good sign, huh? I was sad when my other three kids left for college, too---but, it seems way different when it's the last one. I'm very excited for Kelsey and try to stay focused on that. She actually asked for the picture above to be taken. I hope it's because she wants a daily reminder of how much her mom loves her!

.....a dear, a deer, and a layout

We had a very laid back, relaxing weekend. It was the first one in a while that the weather wasn't snowy or I didn't have anything in particular planned to do. We were lucky too, Caleb came home to visit and none of his buddies were "home" for the weekend, so he spent the entire time with us. It was really nice to have the four of us hanging out together, nothing extra special, just being together. He comes home less often as time goes on, so I really cherish the time he is here. Not looking forward to the last one leaving the nest.....
Roger had been noticing some "droppings" in the middle of the yard while going out to get our mail this week. He thought maybe we had had some visitors......and as you can see, I caught them in action with my camera tonight. There were 3 or four deer just hanging out in the front yard. It was already dark so the pics came out almost totally black-- with 2 big shiny circles (eyes). I lightened them up as much as I could--not perfect, but enough to see that they were really there.....

And finally, I finished another layout this evening of G with his art easel. He loves to draw and color....and two weeks from today, they will be here to visit. I can't wait!