Katelynne's 1st Cast

Katelynne got her first cast this past Friday!
We went in for her 2 week follow-up with the air-cast from hurting her foot at soccer practice - they took additional x-rays to see how it was healing and decided a cast for the next 3 weeks would be best so that it could stay perfectly still and heal correctly.
Katelynne was THRILLED! Her air-cast couldn't be signed and so she was extremely happy to have something that her friends could sign. (That's why she's smiling in these pictures - her foot still does hurt, despite the smiling) :)


Here she is heading off to x-rays.

She's started bringing her laptop to doctor appointments because it takes a long time and she wants something to do while we wait.

Here she is getting her cast on. This part is the cushioning to protect her heel while she walks with the walking boot.

All set and ready for signatures!

Pfun Pfishing in Pflugerville with Pfamily

These guys were put to good use on a fun morning fishing trip with the crew!  

Gramps was awesome and helped the grandkids (and big kids!) with everything from fixing poles to putting the worms on the hooks (ew)!  Thanks Gramps!

Everyone had a great time even though we were only able to catch one. Thank goodness we were only doing catch and release. 

{Nat}

{Trev and Nat} 

{Sam}

Sam and Trev, fishing

We spent a lot of time on the little dock and nearby rocks.  It's a great local park with fun little docks for fishing fun -   We can't wait to go back again!

Hoppy Easter!

The Easter Bunny gets water and lettuce and a carrot - this year he tried a yellow bell pepper :)

He brought some super fun games (Banangrams and Star Wars Trouble) and new swim suits. We love the Easter Bunny :)

It was really fun to dye eggs - it's also fun to see the adults get even more into it than the kids do!

We were invited to a friends house for an egg hunt - everyone had a ton of fun and time with friends is always great!

Trevor went around looking for eggs in the motorized jeep with Bivy, only stopping to gather eggs when he saw one. :)

We also had an egg hunt the next afternoon with Gramps and the Workman Cousins in our front yard.  

PS Every night this week, Mommy & Daddy have been staying up playing Star Wars Trouble when the kids go to bed. 

Springtime in Texas

We got to soccer practice about 15 minutes earlier than the team so we took the chance to grab a few impromptu photos in the bluebonnets.  Katelynne & Trevor loved having Chloe and Bootsie with us for most of the shots. It was fun trying to get everyone to look at me :)  Overall though, a lot of fun - and funny!  The backdrop for Old Settlers Park was lovely.


Trevor may or may not of picked some bouquets...

Chloe posed beautifully...

Boots was much more interested in what Trevor was doing and would freak out if he walked away (as usual) :)

Happy Spring from Round Rock!

4th Grade Field Trip!

The 4th grade went to the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum this week!  Everyone around the bottom of the star is Katelynne's 4th grade class with their teacher.

Here is Katelynne's group!  Katelynne is holding the little slip of paper that has me listed as their chaperone and who is in the group. They each made a little booklet that had questions to answer throughout the museum that they filled out before & after watching a movie on "The Story of Texas".  The museum is filled with lots of reading and is not an interactive museum but lots of learning was going on :)

Here are the girls after lunch, they ate under the awnings behind them and if you look in between Audrey and Katelynne (2 middle), you might be able to see the top of the Capitol dome. They (and we!) learned at lunch that The Goddess of Liberty was replaced a few years ago to extend a few feet so that Texas would be taller than D.C. - Go Texas Pride :}

Here are the girls with one of their chaperones after we are done!

This is Katelynne and Audrey's shared pet. They take him everywhere.

This is the other chaperone - Aunt came!!  

Thanks for enjoying us there Katelynne, we love you!!

Roses Is Red.....

Katelynne, holding the finished product, at Fedex where we shipped it off :)

Daddy's good friend (and partner at work) had back surgery so we put together a care package to send him while he recovered. It was really fun to put together as a family. The primary reason for this post though is Trevor's first poem that I wanted to remember:
 "Roses is red. Violets are blue. I love you. Love, Trevor" 
 Katelynne wrote a great card with a sweet letter too (You can see them in the photo collage, just click to enlarge)  

Great job guys!!

Pump It... UP!

Katelynne and Trevor had tons of fun with Sam and Natalie at Pump It Up! Katelynne left with a sprained wrist (that is doing great now) and Trevor still has a scab from rub-burns but they are just badges of a fun spring break :) They had so much fun and can't wait to go again, thanks Aunt!!

Spring Soccer!

Soccer Season is in full swing...er kick!

 Katelynne's team name this season are the (Green Apple) Jolly Ranchers :) For the first time in a few years they don't have red uniforms and Coach Andy was able to get a fun Kelly Green color. 

The girls are having fun together in their last season together after so many years. Next year most of the girls will move to  Select (Club) Soccer and since they have to try out for that and are placed according to skill level, they won't all be on the same team again. It's been a FUN few years with a fantastic group of girls from all over the city and different schools and the best coach who is so kind to the girls and coaches with positive reinforcement - we lucked out big time when we were placed on the team the very first season that she played!

Thanks to Gramps, Grandma Mary and Grandpa Willie for driving up for the big game on Saturday!

The girls loved "winning" their zero minute game due to forfeit but it was still really fun to see everyone on such a beautiful spring day!

Go Jolly Ranchers!!!

Friendship Bracelets!

 

Katelynne was able to host her friends from church for Activity Day girls for the Friendship Bracelet activity! Kassadi's Mom came to help too (Thanks Chelon!!) 

I remember making them and using safety pins to pin it to my jeans but I wasn't sure how that would work for them so I tried tape on the tile floor.  We used tie-dyed duct tape :)

The girls seemed to have a lot of fun and some of them were able to make more than one!

I love that everything that we loved as kids is coming back 'in style' - go 80's! :)

Katelynne had her Writers Camp at school the week before the TAKS test and she really loved it!  There were tents put up in her classroom and they "camped" out all week. On Friday afternoon, parents were invited to come and listen to the stories that the students in class had worked on all week. You can see a picture below of the tents and how they turned the classroom into a campground for the week.

Katelynne wrote about when Tyson, our boston terrier, died a few years ago (he was 13). I'm so proud of her sharing how she felt that day and writing such a beautiful story! She's a fantastic writer who has always given lots of 'sparkle words' to keep you engaged throughout the story.

Here are some photos of Katelynne's friends in her class, presenting their stories:

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At the end of the presentations, everyone had s'mores!

I'm so glad that I got to spend some time at the school with Katelynne for a fun activity!

Science Fair!

Trevor and Mommy went to the Science Fair to see Katelynne and Audrey's project because Katelynne was home sick with the flu with Daddy.  {Trevor and I came down with the flu the flu 2 days later}

You can see the red ribbons hanging on their project behind Buddy, they got 2nd Place for their project!!  Their project was "Does Active Breath Take Dog's Breath Away". They found that active play does take their stinky breath away (who knew?) :)

Mostly though, they had a lot of fun playing with the dogs and putting their project together. Way to go!!