outings

Yea for Spring! We are loving this warm weather.

Last week I enjoyed two field trip days with my girls. Soren's GT class went to the 6th Floor Museum and learned about Kennedy. Reese's kindergarten class took a trip to the zoo. Both were great outings.

Pete and I are starting week 3 of the Lakeview Circle boot camp. Two full weeks of waking up at 4:45 am to workout with the neighbors; pretty cool. We have 6-9 people daily and we are actually enjoying ourselves! Pete is doing an awesome job of bringing something new each day which keeps it interesting. We had a cop drive by VERY slowly on Thursday when we were all in the garage doing yoga. I am sure it looked odd to see 8 adults in a garage at 5 am doing the downward dog!

This weekend was the German Fest in Muenster. Pete was on call, so the girls and I met Grandma at the festival and they played while I took in the incredible scenery on the bike rally. With the recent rain, the wild flowers were amazing. It was a great day to be out on a bike.

We are into the last 6 weeks of school with summer plans already stacking up. Soren is back on owl call, this time as the weather girl. She found out last week that she made a perfect score on both the math and reading TAKS tests! We are so happy for her successes.

Enjoy the pictures of our outings!

Pete and I met Pops and Nana on the Trinity Trail for a ride during swim team one evening. Nana was able to try out the tandem!

Mrs. Terry's Class

the coolest socks at the zoo...

check out the size of that python!

and the Cobra!

Now it is a tradition. The girls have their hair done this way when they go to the German Fest!

After the festival we headed up to Grandma's to spend the night with a stop near Lake Texoma to see the wild flowers

We walked down by the lake near the boat ramp and Reese discovered the biggest water moccasin I have ever seen! She stepped right over him on the rocks. SO SCARY!

Wow. Three snake pictures in one blog!

a little sweeter reptile, a baby toad.

Main Street Arts Festival

We are trying to do more things as a family (aside from swimming, biking and running). Pete and I realized that we have not taken advantage of all that Fort Worth has to offer so we have been trying to take part in some of the local activities. This weekend provided a great opportunity with the Fort Worth Main Street Arts Festival. The girls each invited a friend and we enjoyed a day of play downtown.

Pete gives the girls a lift to see the amazing Chinese acrobats!

there's nothing like some good festival pizza!

Soren and Riley show off their face paint and sand art

there was actually something FREE! The kids got to paint on these tiles. Soren did a beach scene.

Emily and Reese get started on their tiles

Easter 2010

We enjoyed another blessed holiday with lots of family. The girls and I started our holiday weekend by taking a fun trip to Canton with Grandma. There was no school on Friday so we were able to go out on Thursday and come home Saturday which gave us lots of hours to shop!

After church on Sunday the Parker clan headed south to our house and we had a day of playing, eating (obviously) and running the Burleson 5k (of course!). Runners included Pops, Nana, Zach, Jodi, Avery, Alissa, Pete, Sara, Soren and Reese. Granny, Granddad and Uncle Dan supported on the sidelines. Everyone had a good run and worked up an appetite which we had no problem quenching when we came home and fired up the grills. Nana brought the eggs for the kids' hunt and after all of this the day was gone. Thank you to everyone for making the trip down. It was a great day.

Cosmo is getting bigger and faster! I think Pre still has a leg up on him though...

I love this one of Granddad and Pre.

Pops' A$$. For as long as I can remember my dad has wanted a donkey; it is his favorite word (NOT donkey, the "other" word). When I saw this in Canton, I knew I could not leave without it.