Cash - 1st grade

Cash was lucky enough to have Mrs. DePoyster for his 1st grade dual language teacher.  It was her first year at Vineyard Ranch and she was really wonderful.  He did really well in her class.  Cash ended the year with all A's and B's.  So proud of him!

Valentine's Day Party

Crazy sock day!

Apex Fun Run

 Reading Restaurant

Student/Parent conference

Mother's Day 2014

Mother's Day was again bittersweet this year for both me and my mom as we didn't get to make that phone call to our very special lady....my Missy.  I know she was with us though.  It was however my first Mother's Day as a mom of two!  Its still so surreal that I am a mom of two but I LOVE it!!

We took my parents to brunch at the JW which was very good.

Sea World field trip 2014

I went on my first school field trip with Cash's 1st grade class...and it was to Sea World.  Each chaperone got two or three kids, including our own, to chaperone during the field trip.  I of course got Cash and his classmate Samuel.

For the first couple of hours we got to walk around on our own and explore the park.  Megan and I teamed up and walked around together so Carter and Cash to hang out during the field trip.

 

We walked around and saw the dolphins, sharks, crocodiles, and penguins.  We did all of that before meeting up with their classmates for lunch.

We met up for lunch and then headed to the 'Shamu' show.  This trip to Sea World is interesting because its more from an educational perspective.  So the trainers actually explained how they work with the whales.

We made our way over to the Sea Lion show which was so cute.

We ended the day with a great group picture!

Carter and Cash

Carter and Cash have known each other since they were a year old.  For all but about a year and a half of that they have been in school together and they have been great friends the entire time.  Sometimes I don't realize how good of friends they are until I hear someone else tell me how inseparable they are at school.  That can sometimes be a good thing and also a bad thing....as boys will be boys.  They can play so well and then fight like an old married couple..but that is what makes them such great friends.

Carter came home with us after school to play and swim with Cash.  Got this pic right after they got in the water.

Sweet girls - Emma and Giada

My sweet friend Yvonne came over with her kiddos so we could take some pics of our pretty girls. 

Easter 2014

Easter is bittersweet this year.  I lost my grandmother but my mother is able to be with us for Easter.  She drove back from Port Arthur shortly after my grandmother passed.  She had already been there for 2 weeks so having her back for Easter is a blessing...and I think my Missy planned it this way.  She was special like that. 

After the kids went to bed I got their Easter baskets, or in this case buckets, together and put them out.  We put carrots and water out for the Easter bunny to.  Just as my mom did I made teeth marks in the carrots and paw prints on the napkins (screw driver and dirt/3 fingers).  I always believed he had really been to my house because of that.

Cash woke up fairly early this morning to see what the Easter Bunny brought him.  He was super excited!

This is Emma's first Easter of course and though she really had no idea what was going on she was very curious, as she always is, about what was in her Easter basket.

We went to the La Cantera resort for Easter brunch.  It was in one of their ball rooms and the food was excellent.

Some other pics from our day: