Saturday, March 24, 2012

thirty-two weeks


Off to the wedding of one of Jude's fraternity buddies.  Congratulations Eric and Meagan! 
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retro art

Clearing out my Aunt Rose's house, some of the fun finds included these paintings my mom did back in her younger years :)
 
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spidersam

We celebrated cousin Sam's 6th birthday with a Spiderman themed party!
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Friday, March 23, 2012

activists

My friend Amber captured this cute photo of her daughter Isabelle and Leo at our local Rally to Protect Religious Freedom.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

thirty-seven


Happy Birthday Jude!

The boys wrapped their gift and decorated it as an image of the new church.

Their Dollar Tree choices for dad were a glow-in-the-dark sword and axe.  Just what he has always wanted!

We went to the Cowboy Restaurant (Texas Roadhouse) to celebrate and sadly I did not get a photo of Jude in the saddle :( but it was quite a sight!  Joseph made these treat bags to complete the festivities!
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Saturday, March 17, 2012

his and her

I have been wanting to check out the International Quilt Museum, so National Quilting Day seemed like the perfect opportunity to visit.  The boys did well for a little while, then headed across the street to the arboretum with Jude.

After lunch we decided to balance our the day with the Lawn and Leisure show.  They loved the machines, fire and waterfalls!
 
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Friday, March 16, 2012

planting time



Time to plant the cool weather crops: radishes, lettuce, carrots, beets, onions and peas!

 The biggest thrill though, was finding this rock:

The boys speculate that it "is from Jesus' time!!!"
 
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fish fry face painting


Caterpillar

Snake
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off to work

Leo went to work with Jude for a bit.  Here he is coloring the new church design.

Fun times!
 
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Saturday, March 10, 2012

junior acheivement


The kindergarten classes sold snacks to other students to raise money for new listening stations in both kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms.  I helped supervise one of the tables and Leo was an enthusiastic customer!

More friendly faces from our future wildlife photographer!

They raised almost enough during the snack sales, so they made a final push with donuts (generously donated by the Knights of Columbus) after Sunday Mass.  Joseph volunteered to make the announcement.  Here is a photo of him after practicing Saturday-he did great!  In the end they raised $1,579.96!  He said JA was his favorite class, yet another way he takes after Dad :)

Sunday, March 4, 2012

champions


Our Engaged Encounter community family outing to Champions Fun Center!
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Friday, March 2, 2012

silly hobbit

 
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