Abingdon Meet

This past weekend we had the Abingdon tumbling meet.  Lexi did amazing!!  She had her highest scores yet to total 39.4    She got a 9.8 and 9.9 for both passes.

She ended up getting 2nd place because the girl that got first place scored a 10 for one of her passes.  She had so much fun and is looking forward to her next meet in Monmouth in a couple of weeks.  She finally moved up from third place and we couldn't be prouder of her hard work.  

these are her high scores..so proud of her

   

Vasco Da Gama

Hunter had a social studies project on Vasco Da Gama.  It was a pretty easy project.  Mostly googling pictures and typing what had to be on the poster board.  He then practiced presenting it so he was ready for the class.  Of course the 4th grade boys are into pink so it had to be pink poster board :)

Bourbonnais Meet

Once again we went up the night before for this meet.  They had a later start time but it was almost a 3hr drive.  We didn't do anything special.  We let the girls swim in the pool then went to a nice dinner.  Lexi did great and got 3rd place.  We were so close to Chicago I wasn't sure what the competition would be like.

the girls made tents with blankets in the van

pool time

Popcorn

Peanut decided to cook her own popcorn.  Since of course she is too short to reach anything she improvised :)  I just love this lil girl and her creative mind.  She managed to get the package open and in the microwave.  I then took over since the bag was hot.

Game time with the kiddos

We finally had a low key Monday night.  Lexi had tumbling, we had dinner and there was no homework so we had free time.  They chose to play a game of pool.  We had so much fun and we hadn't done it in awhile.   I finally got a picture of Hunter!!  Yay 

Maquoketa Meet

 For the Maquoketa meet we went up the night before and spent the night.  We had such an early warm up time so in order to get the girls up and hair done and on the road we would have had to leave at like 5 am.  Didn't want to wake the monster that early LOL.  Lexi did a good job and got 3rd place!!  So proud of her because there were some girls that did amazing and she held her own.  We went shopping and then after the meet we stopped at Build-a-Bear.  Such fun.

ready for awards

3rd place

waiting to watch Addysen do her passes

Build a Bear         

4th Grade Basketball 2014/2015

I love watching Hunter and the boys play basketball.  It makes our schedule for the week hectic with 2 practices and then 2 games every Sunday but we love it.  This year our boys were undefeated!!  I can't wait to watch them grow up playing together.

Daddy and Peanut giving me the best picture they would...uggh these two.

Hunter shooting his free throw

break / snack time between games

Into the Woods

Tina and I took the girls to see Into the Woods.  It was a cute musical but a little too much singing for me.  The girls loved it though so that is all that matters.

Easy Bake Oven time

We got a wonderful desert with our dinner because Lexi made us cupcakes all by herself!  I have to say the Easy Bake Oven stuff isn't half bad.  I forgot how small everything was and it is so cute.

mixing it up

look how cute these are

frosting the cupcakes

done and getting ready to serve

finished product and they were yummy

Hunting with my buddy

Outdoor are the things I love to do most with my kids.  Since we can't fish/camp in the winter we deer hunt!  Usually Hunter hunts with Daddy but today I got to spend quality time with him and loved every minute of it.  We saw plenty of deer but none within shooting distance.

  

we love our deer tent selfies.  This is the only way to document our memories

Hunter hiding in the brush

Peanut and Snowball

Peanut loves Snowball to pieces!!  I came home one day to find her playing with her best friend on the bed.  This has got to be the snuggliest bunny ever!!  She loves to cuddle up in my neck when holding her and I love it.  She never bites and always stays right on her blanket when playing in the livingroom.

Canton Meet

Lexi had her 3rd tumbling meet in Canton this past weekend.  Her and Emma got 3rd place and we couldn't be prouder.  It was the biggest meet so far with 4 groups of 7yr olds.  All of the Jumpin J's did a great job!

WalMart Angel Tree

This year I had Lexi pick an angel off of the tree at Walmart.  She was so excited to pick out the stuff on the list.  We picked a 4yr old girl.  Afterwards we had a talk about some kids being less fortunate and that it is always good to help when you can.  Good life lesson and the smile on her face was priceless.

Another Winter Program 2014

This year our winter programs were actually winter songs :)  Hunter's program was "Frozen" which I loved.  I only got a picture of Peanut because Hunter hardly lets me take his picture anymore :(

New Flooring

We finally got the wood laminate flooring and started putting it in.  We spend the whole Thanksgiving weekend getting this done...just so I could put up the tree LOL.  Scott was a great help to Dirk and we couldn't have done it without him!!

It looks great!!