Matthew's award ceremony

On Sunday nights, Matthew attends "Master's Club" at church. Last Sunday night was the award ceremony. Matthew received a ribbon for finishing his book.

Matthew's Parent Day

On Thursday, Matthew's class at school had Parent Day. It was an hour of seeing what he does at school. He started the group by leading us in the "pledge" and the national anthem. He also got to participate in other songs and questions. Here are some of the pictures from that event.

Waiting for Parent Day to start.

Leading the pledge

Matthew smiles at us.

Matthew helps sing "I will make you fisher's of men."

Baby shower cake

I was asked to make a cake for a baby shower. Here is the finished product.

Matthew's a Cowboy

Some dear friends of ours passed this cowboy gear on to Matthew. He will be able to grow into it for years to come, and he absolutely loves getting all decked out.

Peru team graduation party

Last night we had a party for our Peru team from last year and our Mexico team. We were celebrating the graduation of 9 of the members. It was a blast. And I was thrilled with the way the cake turned out.




The graduation cake

The nine soon to be grads

Playing "1-100"

Kidnapping

I kidnapped Jim last night. Since it was just for one night, I wanted to stay close. We stayed at a bed-and-breakfast in a Victorian home downtown. We actually had what was called "the Carriage House" out behind the house. There was a jacuzzi out our french doors and a pool, as well. The pool was pretty nippy, but was refreshing after some time in the jacuzzi. (I meant to bring the camera to take some pictures of the place, but it got left behind.) It was just nice to get away from kids and stresses of every day life before Jim starts his second CJ grad class. And, by the way, I am so proud of him. He got an A in his first class.

Fun at the racetrack

Last night we took the kids for a little family time. They had so much fun, especially Matthew.

Matthew and Jim are knocking down the clowns.

Matthew is feeding balls to the dog by banging on the knob.

Matthew wanted to be in the police car.

Amelia had fun in the Batmobile while Jim and Matthew were in the racecar.