Another Weekend Gone

We had another busy and fun weekend. I'm so tired I'm just getting around to posting about it!
Friday at 9am, Rhett graduated from Kindergarten!! Me and Gracie, and Daddy and MeMe all got to go. It was held at the Har-Ber High Performing Arts Center (not sure if that's what it's actually called... but that's what it was.) He looked so handsome and I fought back tears the entire time just thinking about how grown up he has become since school first started. He was right in the middle-front and center- of the group on the stage and he sang every single word and did every single motion. To say I'm proud of him would be an understatement.
Here he is before school: Daddy and Gracie Rhett getting his certificate from Mrs. Wiegel Daddy and Rhett Mamma and Rhett Here's a video of the kids singing and signing God Bless America. Talk about holding back tears. I had goosebumps. Those kids did such a great job. And the music teacher...wow. That whole group of kindergarteners sang many songs and they all had motions. I just can't believe how great they did. I am so proud to have my kids at their school. It is so wonderful. This is as far as my camera would zoom...Rhett is right in the middle in the black pants, light shirt and red striped tie. Kind of right above the teacher's head.


Saturday was football....er....mudball games. Here's Rhett after his game. He was like a little pig- rolling around in the mud.
I didn't get any pics of Braden. He had spent the night with a friend on Friday night and he was tired and just not into the game much. He played the whole game though, and hung in there. We decided to give Rhett's team 1 more try and they were much better. We actually almost won the game instead of it being a blow-out for the other team. Our fans sat on the opposite side of the field, so we didn't have to worry about any verbal altercations. The coaches did a much better job of staying positive. We'll see how it goes for the rest of the season.

We were at the football field for almost 5 hrs and then we went home to eat a quick lunch and let the kids rest for an hour and then we were up getting ready for church.
Jason and I were on the schedule to teach, so we had to be there at 4:40. After church, we went to Denny's (kids eat free night!) for a nice "brinner" as Braden calls it. That means breakfast for dinner:)

We had plans for a nice surprise for the kids on Sunday, but we didn't let them in on it until late on Saturday because Daddy and I didn't know if we were up to it. But, we decided to do it and worry about being tired later.

So, we got up early and headed to Tulsa on Sunday morning to take the kids to the zoo! Our season passes are good until next May, so we plan to get as much use out of them as possible. This is already our 3rd time to go since March!




In the rainforest:


There were real bats hanging above the fruit bat cage. Ewwww...


I took several nice flower pics. It was just the most gorgeous day ever. 72 degrees and sunny with a nice breeze. Couldn't have been a more perfect day.



I always love seeing the giraffe.

As we were leaving the last exhibit for the day, Braden sweet talked his Daddy into riding on his shoulders because his legs were hurting. I'm pretty sure this will be the last time this ever happens. Braden weighs around 90 lbs now I think! Sure comes in handy to have a strong husband!


We had a wonderful day. We didn't hurry at all and we saw everything we wanted to see. We left home around 8:30 and we were back home by 5:30 or so. Just a perfect way to spend a beautiful day.

On the agenda for this week is: PACKING! That's right.... we're getting the house! We even worked it out so we can close this Friday morning instead of waiting until next Tuesday. So, this very well may be the last post for a little bit. I've got so much packing yet to do and then we'll be moving... I'm glad it's a long weekend!!
Here's a sneak peak of the house with more pics to come later. I started working on a post of pics but haven't ever finished it yet!