a sleep over ..

cash is spending the night at Granny's ..

just 1 night ..

he has packed a bag for monkey monkey and  camo bear 

no bags for him though ..

the couch ..

this in ginger ..

sleeping on the top of the cushions on my couch ..

no .. she is not allowed on the couch ..

ginger ..

oh ginger ..

yes she says ..

get off the couch ..

field trip to the pool ..

the kindergarten classes went to the pryor pool for their end of the year field trip ..

ellie and jodie tagged along ..

the girls spent the week taking the standardized tests ..

i figured they could use a brain break .. 

nothing like jumping off the diving board and splashing around in a pool to relieve test stress ..

see .. test stress gone ..

cash .. he was just showing jodie how to do the pencil ..

it was a great time ..

after the pool we made a trip to the cherry berry in pryor ..

stopped off at walmart for a few things ..

and then had dinner at chilis ..

it was a perfect afternoon ..

and i am happy to report that the test stress is all gone ..

scenes from scipio ..

this past weekend cash .. granny and grandpa all loaded up in the rb

and headed to scipio to race ..

scipio is by mcalester .. for those of you that are geographically challenged ..

he wears his go pro so that jeff and i can watch the race when he gets back .. 

cash also likes to tell us about the "big" jumps that he does and the huge mud puddles ..

cash is in the red chest protector and grandpa is to his left in the orange sweat shirt and black hat ..

if this pic doesn't warm your heart .. i'm not sure what will .. 

the very muddy start line ..

cash reporting his race results to his dad ..

the camp site ..

love the hands on the hips ..

first place ..

second place ..

the race has been over for some time now ..

you will notice that the other boys have changed out of their muddy dirty motorcycle gear ..

not cash ..

he stays in his gear until the absolute last minute ..

like time to take a shower and go to bed ..

he most likely ate dinner in his boots !!!

it's all about the racing now ..

there are 5 races in the pee wee black jack enduro circuit ..

at this time cash is the points leader .. just by 2 points but he is still the leader ..

his next race is in may .. 

happy birthday daddy ..

we celebrated jeff's birthday tonight ..

we made him love cupcakes ..

and got him all his favorites ..

except the deodorant .. he needed that .. 

and because he wouldn't wait until everyone was served cake ..

the minute his plate was in front of him he dove into my mom's chocolate sheet cake ..

he only had room for 1 candle ..

happy birthday !

egg hunting .. 2 ways ..

on easter sunday we went to aunt mary's .. 

it was a beautiful day to be outside ..

after lunch it was time to hide eggs so the kids could hunt ..

cash was "not" watching the egg hiders ..

he was "thinking"

this is jake .. he is about the sweetest little boy .. 

he has grown 18 inches since i saw him last at christmas

he approached egg hunting is a slow and meticulous way ..

looking around for just the perfect egg to hunt .. 

this of course is cash ..

he has also grown 18 inches since christmas ..

that is why his pants are about 8 inches to short ..

he approaches egg hunting with a fury and swiftness that i have not seen ..

he will run you over if you are in his way ..

jake finds the perfect egg and gently places it in his bucket ..

cash scoopes the eggs up while he is still in motion and tosses

 them into his bucket while running onto the next egg ..

egg hunting is serious business ..

the dog and the snowball

ellie got a dog .. finally .. she has wanted a dog for at least a year ..

her name is ginger and if she would hold still long enough for me to take her picture ..

i would tell you all about her .. 

until then ..

a few sundays ago when it snowed ellie thought that it would be fun to go outside

 and play in the snow with "her dog" ..

bundle up i said ..

she made snowballs ..

and threw them way up into the air .. 

to see if ginger could catch them .. 

catch no ..

but pounce yes !!

they were outside for at least an hour ..

they both came inside very happy and cold .. 

thank goodness jeff had made a very warm fire ..