I'm sure it is very easy, but I left these two pics out of order and can't figure out how to put them in the middle. Oh well. Here's
Halle's party. She got an early start on the cupcakes.
"You didn't see that did you?"
Spring break the kids went to Fire Safety Camp at one of the Edmond fire stations. They had a blast. The first day they came home. I had to get the ladder out for Jacob and I to check all the fire alarms to make sure they were working and develop an escape route for the family in case of a fire.
Halle Jane turned 1! As you can tell, she's so excited!
Maw-maw and Paw-Paw came in town for
Halle's Birthday, so Jacob and Audrey made a cake for Paw-Paw's Birthday.
We had lots of family members at her party, yet mom didn't get any pictures of anyone else. One track mind I guess!
"Get this thing off my head!"
She was my daintiest of eaters. Didn't want her fingers to get too
messy.
"What a great picture frame, Jacob!"
Big girl in her chair!
The "best" picture we could get of all of us on Easter. Right after this Jacob and Audrey show up with a fever. We forwent E
aster egg hunting. :( Luckily they hunted on Saturday.
Brian spent many hours building a swing set for the kids recently. I was
crowd control, so he mostly did it by himself. The kids enjoy eating lunch out there. Even though it is not huge, it has become the hang out for the kids on our street.
Last week we had the mother/son western barbecue at the church. So much fun! Jacob was really looking forward to it since Audrey already had her father/daughter event.
Digging for gold.
Roping a calf.
He was so excite to drink root beer from the boot cup.
A real cowboy from our church did a roping show for everyone that was great!
50 foot rope!
Callon and Jacob.
We couldn't leave until he got to ride the
real thing. It was dark and we were about the last ones to ride, but he didn't care.
Audrey had a program at the end of school. We got some good video footage, but our pictures were lacking. These are post program.
Thank you for the treats and for a great year Ms. Olivia and Ms. Natalie!
Jacob graduated from Pre-K! We loved Mrs. Hail and Ms. Amy! They were the best!
Jacob and Emily. Great friends!
An actual picture of the whole family! Very rare!
Bunny came to celebrate. Congratulations Jacob!
That same day in the evening, Jacob had a graduation from Mrs. McBride's pre-K class at church. She actually taught me when I was in pre-K at Memorial Road. What a ministry this precious woman has!
This is the start to our summer... a trip to Saint Louis! Brian wanted to show the kids where he grew up. So, we took Jacob and Audrey to Collinsville, IL and did sightseeing in St. Louis for 4 days. The kids had a blast and we got to see some great friends of Brian's and family too. The first outing was Grant's Farm. Above are the An. Busch Clydesdale horses.
Jacob was chosen as a volunteer at the animal show with a ferret. He was so excited!
You would not believe these goats! They will attack you for some milk! 
Oh my! Do you like my blue tongue?
The next day was the Arch which the kids loved! Jacob decided he wanted to try a new smile that day as you can see in each picture of the kids. 
There was a long wait from when you buy your tickets until you can actually go up in the arch. So they have a neat mini museum where you can learn about "the gateway to the west" and a lot of history.
Enjoying the tiny "elevator" taking us up to the top! Mom got a little claustrophobic!
Enjoying the view!
That night we enjoyed a great time at the Cardinals game! Great seats in the outfield. And, the kids actually were engaged the whole game (not expected)! We had a ball! Of course we left the game broke from the food and souvenirs wanted by two little ones, but it was worth it. :) And we were blessed by a cool front the came in just before the game!
