Sand Box

Somebody's PoPo went and got a load of sand today...so that JaiceyBelle and Asa could dig to their heart's content. Simple pleasures. Wendy came down to deliever Riddle their Austrailian Shepard for us to babysit. We will be his family until August when they are settled in Fairbanks. Then Riddle and Logan will fly up together.

Wendy had really planned on making the drop and then running back to Austin to get back to packing...but Paul talked them into going to the creek.

We had a fun day, that of course ended with Wendy neck deep, but it was BEAUTIFUL here and we made some memories.

A look at the almost finished Cowboy Rustic bedroom. With my Trashbag Chic wallpaper.All I did was wad up some brown paper, hit it with several colors of spray paint, add wallpaper paste, and tada!

Paint.. finally

I was so excited to post this photo so that you all would know I finally, finally got my bedroom painted. Of course with it being night time and using a flash, the paint doesn't look like cornmeal ...it looks pink! Trust me, it's cornmeal. Logan wanted me to go darker...but I just couldn't. Shoot, it took me this long just to get it painted. My bedroom and master bath have been is such a state of "remodel" for so long, I almost feel like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. No it's not there yet...but almost.

Mother's Day
We had a beautiful day here in Waco. JaiceyBelle spent the night and we got to play in the backyard all day long. The breeze was cool. Almost too cool this morning, but just perfect after the sun was up for a little while. Got to see all the kids this weekend, and you can't ask for anything better. Paul, Becky, Sandra and I went to eat at Siete Mares last night.... what a treat.

RIP Jack

Yesterday was one of those days you know are inevitable, but... When we got home last night Bo discovered his sweet dachshund Jack had passed away. While we are all glad Jack is out of his misery, it still just tears you up to see a boy have to bury his dog. Tears just streaming down his sweet cheeks. JaiceyBelle was visiting and continued her backyard play as Bo and I carried out our solemn duties. When Paul and Logan got home, they were very sympathetic and we spent most of the evening outside just soaking it all in. The laughter of a 2 year old, brought us back to sweet peace.

Commended Performance

My precious Bo has done something that none of his sisters ever did. Scored over 2400 on the TAKS Mathmatics test. This earns him the title of Commended Performance. I am so proud. Math is one of those things that has always stumped me. So anything he learned, is a tribute to him and his teachers. (with the exception of that Buddo woman in 6th grade, who said he needed testing or drugs)

Yes, I made him pose for the Blog photo. He was not too happy about that, but he is proud of his score. I might also point out that he installed that light fixture behind him, with a little coaching from Lee Neal.

Logan had her presentation today in Psychology. It was a self improvement project assigned at the first of the year. Her goal was better time management. When she got done with the presentation, her teacher told her that she was the best. She had set the bar for the rest of the students. So proud of my kids. Logan was always one of those kids that needed structure and schedules. Alas, she was born to me... a "fly by the seat of my pants" kinda gal.

Brooke is finishing up her semester at Del Mar. The only thing keeping her from completing all her goals are lack of patients with type 2 dental problems. Don't know exactly what that means except, they must complete, 1s, 2s and 3s... and if those patients don't come in... well, they have to catch them next semester. Not unusual for this program.

Bo needs a hair cut, but he has the notion that he wants to grow it out over the summer. Paul told me a long time ago that hair is one thing that he wouldn't fight with Bo over. I think Paul would still love to have long flowing blonde hair if he still had hair.