Memorial Day 2013

This weekend was lots of fun and our Memorial Day was beautiful.

We started the day with our tradition of putting flags on the war tombstones.  B and James would say the name on the stone and then put the flag in the ground and say "Thank you William.." 

We enjoy the program they have there at the cemetery too.

 Bruce's buddy came up for the weekend so it was fun for them to be together again.

 For lunch we went with some great friends on a hike down the Niagara Gorge.  It was fun to be together and have a picnic.  James loves to throw rocks in the water.

For dinner we went to some fabulous friends for a BBQ and Smores...

Jane's first smores of the season- I think she made 9 ;)

LOTS and LOTS of School Things...

We'll start off with the Spring Pictures...  Every Spring I let the kids pick whatever they want to wear and pose with whatever they want to pose with. 

Here they are:

Jane's turned out pretty cute: 

Bruce's makes me laugh a lot: 

Kate's smile? ? not sure where it went..                                 It usually looks like this:

Arts Fest West is a really fun night at the school where all the kids art work is displayed.  Here are some great ones: 

This is a compilation of Jane during all her years at school- I thought it was awesome!!

James's Graduation!  Since February James has been attending a little preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Last Thursday was their graduation. 

 On Friday Kate got to say the pledge for the whole school:

Last week I got to go with her and all the Kindergarten to the zoo: 

 

  This is what we made for the teachers for Teacher Appreciation Day:

Dream Come True

Kate had her dream come true last Saturday.  

A week or so ago a friend invited her to go on a horseback ride.  I asked Kate, "How would you feel about that?"  She responded, "Oh mom, I would LOVE that."  She kept having dreams of going to "Horseland."   Finally the day came and she was in heaven: 

* Thank you for the beautiful pictures Alison!

Happy Mother's Day!!

Happy Mother's day to all of your wonderful women that I know and love.  Most especially I wish a happy day to my mom.  Here's a picture of her with us when she brought home child #7: 

I have had a fantastic Mother's Day so far.  This morning B and the kids made me breakfast and I got to open presents: 

From James~ 

From Kate~ 

From Bruce ~ 

This was the envelope.  It was a comic he drew for me "Super Mom!" 

Love that I'm Rockin' Holy, and Off the Hook! 

From Jane ~ 

She took a soap making class a few weeks ago and made me some.  I love the flowers she drew and the ones she made :)

From B~ 

Love how thoughtful it was!

Now I need to call a few moms and talk about their special days :)

Tonight it is stacked enchilladas- yum!  I love being a mom!