Showing posts with label Just For Fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Just For Fun. Show all posts

Saturday, March 28, 2009

A New Discovery!

Facebook has been around for a long time. However, it is a new discovery for me. What a discovery!


I have been able to reconnect with old friends as well as keep in touch with my older children. Plus, it has a lot of fun educational games that both Alex and I enjoy playing.


It has memory games . . .


. . . geography games . . .


. . . and several vocabulary building games.

It even has several groups for homeschoolers. For anyone who hasn't signed up yet, I would highly recommend it.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Springtime in Lomas

Normally when you think of Spring, you think of tulips . . .


. . . and ladybugs. . .



and butterflies.


In Mexico, we have scorpians . . .


. . . and chinches . . .


. . . and God only knows what.


It is not as warm and fuzzy. Although, I guess it would serve for an entomology study.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Halloween

A big perk of being in the U.S. in October is Halloween. We have a pseudo Halloween where we live in Mexico, but it is just not the same. So this year, we did it up right. We carved pumpkins.


We put on costumes.


We went to parties to see old friends.


We rang a lot of doorbells and got a lot of candy.
We had a great time.

Haunted Corn Maze

Although we lived in Maryville for a long time, I never got to go to the haunted corn maze at Maple Farms. I really wanted to go this year. So, my parents, my brother, my neice, Alex and I headed out for a spooky time. Below is the design that was cut into the cornfields. We entered at the bottom left-hand corner went all through the maze and exited again at the bottom left-hand corner. We had a blast.



It takes a very secure man to get behind a tractor cut-out and stick his face through the hole . This is why we love you brother.


Alex wasn't too sure of things once we entered the maze.


He had good reason to be concerned.


Kayla, however, wasn't bothered by a thing.


Toward the end of the maze some masked man with a chainsaw surprised us. I went to hug Alex to assure him that everything was alright only to find that Alex was no longer with us. He ran out of the maze and dove under the ticket table as if he was sliding into home. People applauded. I unfortunately will never get that red clay out of those khaki pants.

Fall Festival

Alex and I went to Tennessee this Fall. We were fortunate enough to arrive in time for the Fall Festival. We love to go, but after seeing the sign below I wasn't sure how much fun we were going to have.


Alex started with the climbing wall sponsored by the U. S. Army.


He liked it, but I think that he like the freebies more, dog tags, pens and book covers. We have been receiving recruiter information ever since. He is too young guys; you can't have him yet.


We moved on to a dog training exhibition. It was truly impressive. I can't even get my dog to stop relieving himself all over the house.


Alex decided to try bull riding next.



It is not as easy as it looks.


Alex's cousin, Demi, wasn't interested in the bull riding. She decided to have her face painted. I think that she looks fantastic.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Eating Out

Something about eating out makes my children very silly.

Why is Alex laughing?



Just ask Tiffany!

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Washinton, D. C.

We had a great time in Washington! We did some site seeing.


We ate American style.


We went to the zoo.


And we went shopping.

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Acapulco

Tiffany had some friends visit from the States and we took everyone to Acapulco.


Alex was very happy to be one of the "big" kids.


When we all hit the beach, Alex decided that the "big" kids were boring. So, he and I played in the ocean while . . .

the others worshiped the sun god.

Later, the girls went dancing while Mommy prayed . . .
. . . and prayed . . .
. . . and then prayed some more.

We all had a great time!

Monday, February 26, 2007

Happy Birthday Tiffany!








Tiffany had her birthday party this weekend. She had a great time celebrating with her friends.
Happy Birthday, Princess!