Photos of Emily....

Emily was given an award at

school on the last day before

spring break. Her classmates

voted for the classmate who

best represented the character

trait of Citizenship. I'm not sure

why they chose here, but they did.

Here she is with her award! They had pajama day and got

to watch a movie. I sure don't

remember ever getting to do

such things when I was in school!

The entire 2nd grade got to

practice rollerskating in p.e.

for a whole week. I think

Emily liked it best when it

was just girls skate. The

boys were a lot more

aggressive skating. Here

she is with her horse camp

buddy...Rachael.

Emily's Spring School Picture

Emily's school does pictures

in the winter which are

decidedly not school picturish.

Is that a word?

These are the only two

that I liked. I didn't think

they turned out nearly as

cute as I think she can be.

The effects are good, though.

Photos of Michael

We finally took the training
wheels off Michael's and Emily's
bikes. Here is Michael tooling
around the driveway.

Michael loves his suit
I bought for him. Here
he is after church lookin'
pretty sharp!

Professional Bull Riding

On February 17th we were in

Knoxville and decided to go to

Thompson Boling Arena and

watch Professional Bull

Riding. Quite an interesting

experience. I could only watch

until the rider started to lose

their seat then I would quickly

turn away. The kids on the other

hand just watched totally fascinated! This isn't my picture. I

copied it from the PBR website.

It is quite representative

of what we saw, though.

These are a couple of shots

taken before the event.

A Visit With The Easter Bunny

Last Saturday I took off

for the day and went to

Chattanooga. While

away....the kids did play!

They went to visit Mema

and Aunt Sherri at a craft

fair where they were

vendors and got a chance

to see the Easter Bunny!

North Carolina Skiing

On President's Day we drove
to North Carolina from Knoxville.
We were looking forward to
a couple of days of skiing
in the Appalachian Mountains.

Here is Emily working on
facing down the hill. You
want you lower body to
turn, but keep you shoulders
facing straight down the
hill. The pole helps her
not let her arm get behind
her and consequently turn
her upper body.

Same goes for Michael.
He needs a lot more
work on this.

Looking Good!

Cheese!

A Picture From Gatlinburg

We took this photo on

February, 18th. Definitely

shows I am slow on the

upload. Oh well. Guess

you can tell it was a

little cold.....Brrr.

Ripley's Aquarium

We went to Gatlinburg on

Sunday February 18th. We

decided to go to Ripley's

Aquarium. We'd never

been before, and we

thoroughly enjoyed it.In the kids area they had

two aquariums that the

kids could climb up into

the middle of. Here they

are posing for their

mom. At least in this

picture Michael doesn't

have a cheesy smile on.

Look at the big crab
with little itty bitty claws.

There was a huge aquarium
that had a moving walkway
winding its way through it.
We saw fish, sharks, crabs
and other marine life swim
on either side of us and over
the top of us too!! Pretty cool.

Quick family shot before
we left the aquarium.