hearts her daddy...

eye on the ball...

the Cookman's came over for dinner tonight... we had so much fun! andy threw the ball for macie and she did so good, i had never even tried it before, just always let her hit the ball off the tee... we were all amazed at how well she did!

bowling party!!!

Happy 4th birthday Beck! We had so much fun at your party!!Macie and Beck waiting to bowl...Macie's first time to bowl today... she loved it!

i don't like THOSE fish

PawPaw and Steve cleaning catfish they caught today... Macie informed us that those were NOT the fish she liked to eat. She was totally grossed out by all the guts. We had fish for dinner, but not THOSE fish... just the ones that MiMi and PawPaw caught the day before :) Thanks to Steve and PawPaw for ensuring that we will have enough food to eat this winter...

school's out... for the SUMMER!

Last day of school... Macie has had a wonderful year! She had the best teachers... Ms. Rosa and Ms. Amy - we LOVED them!! They sent her home with lots of goodies, including a sand bucket with her name on it, shovel, beach towl, and pool toys. Plus a super cute framed class picture.

Macie brought home a couple of projects she has been working on this school year. One of them was an ABC book.... so stinkin cute!!! I wish I could post a picture of each page/letter...

Here is one page from the book... pig is made out of a paper plate, water-colored by Miss Macie

They also created their own "Brown Bear" book... again, just so adorable. At the end of the book, when it gets to the part about the children, there is a picture of Macie's class, and the teachers are of course, Ms. Rosa and Ms. Amy!

Trophy Time!

Macie got a trophy today at gymnastics!

She was a little proud... can you tell??

sleepyhead...

fell asleep reading tonight...

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! We had a great day here at home with Monica, Monte and the boys. They came over this afternoon for burgers, swimming and games. The weather was perfect and we had a great time watching the cousins slide into the pool!

The boys playing boccee ball... Monte, Cody, Brendan & Steve
Macie and Aunt Monica swinging

Macie, Brendan & Cody swiming

Mother's Day Weekend

Our Mother's Day weekend started in Bonham on Friday. We had a wonderful dinner with Nana, Aunt Gay, Aunt Karetha, Mamaw, Papaw, Uncle Derrell, Aunt GiGi, Marcus & Calvin Friday evening. Macie, Marcus & Calvin had a great time playing... and after they went to bed we stayed up late playing board games. Such a fun weekend!

Mamaw, Nana, Aunt Gay & Aunt Karetha with the kiddos...
Sweet Calvin...
Macie and Marcus playing outside Saturday morning

Curly-haired cuties!!

Nana had a LAKE in her pasture! We got lots of rain Friday night.

Stucture Collapse During Practice...

Thanks to everyone who has checked on Steve... he is OK. He took a hard hit to the head, trainers sent him to the hospital for a CT scan just to be sure. A few of Steve's co-workers sustained serious injuries... please keep Greg, Rich and Joe, and their families in your prayers. I am posting a link to Dallas News... Steve is in several of the pictures.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/pt/slideshows/2009/05/pho_050209collapse/