East Texas Egg Hunt

Today, we went to Diboll for a big ham lunch with the family. Esther prepared a wonderful lunch.

After lunch, Meme and Pobby had planned an egg hunt for the kids.

Here Bailey is checking out what goodies were in the eggs.
Great picture of the four of us.

Wonderful day with wonderful people!

Easter Egg Hunt at AUMC

This year instead of the tradition egg hunt, they had stations with games or tasks to complete to earn your eggs. This one Bailey is trying to eat a peep without touching it with her hands.

Then the kids tackled the rock wall!

Posed for some pictures with the Easter Bunny.

Then finished the day with a slice of pizza.

We had a great time!

MWF Open House

This year's WLC Open House theme was Dr. Seuss. Here is a picture of all the 4s teachers dressed as Thing 1 and Thing 2. Below is a poem and pictures from the evernt. Ms. Michelle wrote the cutest poem to direct the parents around the room. Some of the items were things we did in the past and a few new ones we found on Pinterest!WELCOME to WHO-Ville!
How do you do??…
Let your little Star
Show you what all they can do….

First, Thing One and Thing Two are all over the place!!
Can you guess what makes up their body and face?
Ten Apples! Ten Apples!
All up on top!
I had to make them and count them
Before they all DROPPED!

I’ve heard there are great Places
I will go here and there….
I’ve made my own balloon
That will float through the air
Green eggs??!
Can you Imagine that??
Now look a little closer…
You can’t eat that??!!

A lot of counting, mazes, and patterns to do
Games with my friends while learning some too!
One Fish, Two Fish,
It doesn’t really matter
Especially when we get to eat them
Our tummies get fatter!

Now to the iPad
You can see all we do
All of my friends and I
Are playing and learning stuff too!

Finally, My Journal
A book of my own
I started it the first day
Can you see how I’ve grown?

Thanks for visiting My WHO-Ville,
I hope you had fun!
This is my special class
Where my learning journey has just begun!

We had a GREAT turn out and everyone LOVED the shirts we made with the bleach pens.

The Cockrell Butterfly Center

Took a trip to the HMNS to the Cockrell Butterfly Center.
Here we are in the large butterfly habitat. Grandma and Bailey.

Grandma solo.

Bailey and Jack on a huge caterpillar.

Had lots of fun!

The Lorax

We took in the movie "The Lorax" today. It was cute.

The kids really enjoyed it!

Kitchen Reveal

We recently had a plumber come out and he had to cut holes in my ceiling. This turned out to be a good and a bad thing. The bad was that I caused the water leak with my amazing shower caulk work. The good news was we had a contractor, Rhema Renovators, to come out and fix the holes. In addition to that dry wall work we also had them remove the soffit that separates the kitchen from the eating area. Here are the before pictures.

During....

Here is the end result! We had them hang a factory cabinet on the wall.

The contractor even used some of the old dry wall/wallpaper to fix my boarder. I was very pleased with the work that was done and would highly recommend the guys who did this work. We plan to remove the wall paper and paint. Can't wait to see it!

Christmas 2011

Look who we caught on film putting out presents!

We left out cake balls this year and Santa ate them all up!

Jack and Bailey checking out all the gifts Santa left under the tree.

Here is a picture of the four of us.

A shot with Pobby, Meme and the kids.

We had a great Christmas. The kids big Santa gift was a DSi XL.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Cake Balls

Here is my first attempt at cake balls! I used chocolate cake and chocolate frosting.

I make these out of desperation. Gena bought me a cake pop pan for Christmas and I over filled it. It left me with a cake mess. I remembered that Family Circle had a cake pop recipe in the Halloween issue and it uses a whole cake crumbled.

Here is the recipe for Cake Balls

1 18 1/4 ounce box cake mix
13 x 9 x 2-inch cake pan
Large mixing bowl
1 16 ounce container prepared frosting
Large metal spoon
Wax paper
2 baking sheets
Plastic wrap
Black edible-ink pen
Directions
1. Bake cake as directed on the box, using a 13 x 9 x 2-inch cake pan. Let cool completely.
2. Once cake is cooled, get organized and set aside at least an hour to crumble, roll and dip 4 dozen cake balls.
3. Crumble cooled cake into a large mixing bowl: Cut a baked 13 x 9-inch cake into four equal sections. Remove a section from the pan, break it in half and rub the two pieces together over a large bowl, making sure to crumble any large pieces that fall off. You can also use a fork to break apart any larger pieces. Repeat with each section until entire cake is crumbled into a fine texture. (If large pieces are mixed in, the cake balls may turn out lumpy and bumpy.) You should not see any large pieces of cake.
4. Add 3/4 of the container of frosting. Mix it into the crumbled cake, using the back of a large metal spoon, until thoroughly combined. (You will not need the remaining frosting; if you use the entire container, the cake balls will be too moist.)
5. The mixture should be moist enough to roll into 11/2-inch balls and still hold a round shape. After rolling the cake balls by hand, place them on a wax papercovered baking sheet.
6. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for several hours in the refrigerator, or place in the freezer for about 15 minutes. You want the balls to be firm but not frozen.
7. If you're making a project that calls for uncoated cake balls, stop here and proceed to decorate the cake balls, following the project instructions.
Tip - The cake balls will be easier to roll if you wash and dry your hands periodically during the rolling process. Dry your hands completely each time, and make sure you don't get water in the candy coating, as this can make it unusable.

This saved the day and everyone loved them. I would definately make them again.

AUMC Snow Day 2011

Today was the annual snow day at AUMC. Here the kids are eating pizza.

Then it was onto sledding in the Texas "Snow". First together.
Jack's turn solo.

Now Bailey's turn.


Here my snow bunny Bailey posing for a picture.
Jack cheeses for a picture too! Everyone say "CHEESE"!Gotta love the Texas "SNOW"!

Christmas with the Barger's

We did Christmas with Christian's side of the family on the 17th. Here is Pobby with his two oldest grandchildren, Bailey and Jacqulyn.

Jack is waiting patiently before opening presents.
This picture didn't turn out, but it was the only one I took of all the cousins.

Great picture of Jack and Christian!

New hats for Jacqulyn and Bailey.We had such a great time. It is so nice getting to see everyone.

Merry Christmas