Awards Day

Emily had her award day on the 3rd of June. Her End of the Year Party was before the ceremony. Her class had Chick-fil-a cater lunch with chicken nuggets and fruit. They all had a great time. The students had to pick one of many awards that they were most proud of...Emily chose being a Good Citizen Award as the one she was most proud of. Today, the 5th of June was the kids' last day of school. Emily's report card was absolutely wonderful...she had all As. We are proud of her...so I guess she will be going to 3rd grade next year.

Richard had his award ceremony on the 4th of June. Kindergarten performed a few songs for the parents and did a great job. He was also presented an award, however the teacher choose it. Richard got the Best Friend Award. He also excelled on his report card. He didn't get grades this year...we were just informed if he was keeping up with the curriculum. Naturally he did, but needs to keep practicing over the summer. His teacher has family that live around the corner from us, so she will be making stops over the summer. He will go on to 1st grade in the fall.

Olympic Play Day May 30, 2008

This is the infamous Olympic Play Day that occurs every year at the end of the school year. The kids get to be out of dresscode and compete with their gradelevel. Emily's class ended 6th out of 6, howevever, her class had the best sportmanship. They cheered everyone on, even those who had trouble. That is what we were proud of.

Here is Ricard, midair...pretty good picture if I do say so myself. He had to jumprope 5 times and then trade to the next person. He did great.

Emily doing her jump roping. Because she was bigger, she had to jump ten times. All the girls helped count for each other.


This balloon race, like the egg in the spoon, was difficult. I think Richard had an idea on how to get the balloon across the field faster. The kids had a great time.
Daddy picked them up from school along with Shelley's kids. I guess they all had loads of fun.

Pajama's at School...What????

This is Richard in his Dog and cameo jammies. All the kids got to take a comfort item or two as long as they fit in their backpacks. Richard wanted to leave "Blue dog" his absolute favorite at home so it didn't get dirty.

Here is Emily with a few girlfriends signing their yearbooks. The kids are all lounged out in class.

Emily took her cat and pillow from Ms. Kim's as her comfort items. Very silly what they pick.

Richard trying to get some work done, but who can concentrate when we are all in jammies.

The kids had to read a bunch of books in order to wear jammies to school. Wasn't a big deal to me until I had to do something afterschool in my jammies.

A Day of Fishing with Bampa

Dad and Rebecca fishing off the hull (front) of the boat. We spent Sunday of Memorial Weekend on the boat fishing with Bampa and Rebecca out in Galveston Bay. We put in at Galveston Yacht Basin and went out early in the morning. I told Ricky that I hadn't fished with my dad for at least 15 years. It was really neat to reminince about the old days with Emily, I think she got to know a bit about me today. We caught rocks, an eel (Rebecca) and some croaker, nothing to keep, just a sunburn...all of us. YES we used sunscreen, but I guess not enough.


Richard and Bampa taking a break from fishing and swimming(that would be Richard). We pulled the boat up onto a small shore by SeaWolfe Park. The kids thought they hit the motherlode, because there was a beach and they could swim. I guess we need to do this more often.


Emily floating...she has gotten really comfortable in the water. It is funny...she wouldn't get in the water when we were anchored but would get in the water by the park. She said the water was different. Takes after her mother I guess.

This is a picture of the sunrise at about 6 am. It was so beautiful.

Almost Ready for Summer

We are almost ready for summer. We have been very busy with school and all of our end of the year activities. Richard is walking out of an opera, he got to go and see "The Magic Flute," by Mozart. He really enjoyed the performance...I was glad he actually got to participate in his field trip. This was actually his second field trip for the year, but the first one, he was sick and slept the whole time from all the medication he was on. Of course the highlight of the trip was the bus ride and going on the Beltway over 59 south. They all thought they were on a rollercoaster.

Emily is pictured saying the pledge for the school in the morning on her birthday. This is a ritual they do every year for their birthdays.

The kids also had career day at school, and we want to extend a big thanks to Uncle Keith for attending and talking to the kid's classes. I was told that Emily got to introduce Keith, and practiced by saying he was the "triplet's daddy." Her teacher told her she was supposed to tell everyone what he did and she said he worked for McDonald's, but doesn't anymore and now he is his own boss. Unfortunately I missed the presentation in both classes, but was told that Uncle Keith did an excellent job with the kids and explaining how important education was. I was very sorry I missed it. But anyway, a big thanks Keith. Hopefully pictures will be forthcoming.

On the 23rd, the kids got their yearbooks. I guess I should have explained to Richard what he was supposed to do, Emily of course had her filled all out and signed. It was also Pajama Day at school, so we all just woke up and went to school. We had a good day. Pictures will be coming soon.

Emily's Birthday...8 Already

Well my little girl has turned 8. It is so hard to believe that she is getting so big. I still remember the day she was born...she is one of the most spectacular things ever...along with Richard.

We took her to eat at Golden Corral for her birthday...that is what she chose, because of the ham. Her party was at Pearwood Skate Center...she invited her whole class. She got rollerblades from mom and dad...Richard got her Hannah Montana bath stuff.

We all had a great time skating...mom didn't skate, obvious reasons...injuries.