I just thought I should record my thoughts on this story for posterity. If you know Wes you will really appreciate it...

So, in April, we went to a banquet for one of Wes's attending physicians who was receiving a big award-this was an event at a country club where the society page of the newspaper was literally there. So, we sit through the dinner and the program, then as we are about to leave, someone goes up to the mike and says something completely muffled. It was impossible to understand. Upon hearing the miked announcement, Wes walks back over to the table and picks up the incredible centerpiece. I was like, "what are you doing?" He was like "They said to take home the centerpieces." I looked around and saw no one else was taking any centerpieces. So, I was was like, "Um...I don't think so." He looked at me, gestured toward the next table and said, "Hey, go grab the one off that table." I didn't. but we still left the country club with this...

I am still not sure about the announcement, but no one said anything, and they were BEAUTIFUL in my house!! See guys, Wes gets me flowers sometimes! :)

(I should probably add for Wes's sake that in retrospect, he probably did hear the announcement better than I did, and could potentially have been right about the "take the centerpieces" thing)

Life Cycle of a Butterfly...

This is Solace's last family project of Kindergarten. She had to do a project about either the parts of a plant of the life cycle of a butterfly. This is what she came up with, and we did together as a family. She quite literally drew up the plan for this and told us what she wanted it to look like and say. She was very confident and sure of the project-the big real tree leaf was a design feature that she based the whole project on. Originally it was designed a bit more complex with an actual moving and growing caterpillar/butterfly, coming out of the egg using simple machines such as pulleys. When she came up with this idea, Wes was all for it and excited to do all that. Sadly, he was on a bad work week, and was not home for the actual execution, so mom (me) streamlined the whole thing and the motion/machines part was booted. Even without that, Solace's teacher was really impressed and it was the most creative, and best project in the class...Here is the final project.

Eli's family visited

On April 26th, Eli & Trieste and the girls came for a fun visit. It was far too short, but we had fun. I got a few pictures, but they only turned out ok...here are some...

The day they were coming, Ender woke up early and fixed his own hair...

That's right, folks, he LOVES Mohawks...in fact, that is why he did not want to buzz his hair for so long...(it is buzzed now)
My 4 kids.

3 oldest

About a week before they came, Armour and Ender had a run in with Army's tooth and Enders "hard spot" on his head (that is what Ender says). Army's tooth died...you can see it at it's darkest in this picture (it has significantly lightened).

They came! (and played Wii while we waited for Wes to get off work).

Wii

The babies, Mariah & Kindle

MariahThe big girls, Madison and Solace. They are only about a month and a half apart.

Eli wrestling with Ender...hopefully getting his boy fix in! :)

Brynne was not going to miss out on the wrestling action! (notice Army watching in the back-that cracks me up!)

Ender & Brynne...Ender is a year older than Brynne.

Eli & Ender

Cute Brynne

All kids but Mariah.

Ender & Brynne (he is being the prince)

After the princely kiss...

Fontenelle Forest

On April 14 (my parents anniversary-happy anniversary late), I took the 3 youngest kids to playgroup at Fontenelle Forest while Solace was at school. Here are a few fun pictures to enjoy!

I have like 20 things to blog about, complete with pics...I will try to begin the insanity of catching up...