Troy's Necklace from Children's Church Today

Troy's Artwork He Did at Church

Troy's artwork he did at church today. They also discussed prayer in his class.

Thanksgiving Artwork Troy Did at Church!

Front of Troy's artwork.



Back of Troy's artwork.



Troy's artwork fits right in with the Thanksgiving decorations in our kitchen! :)

Teachers Gifts from Troy

Today, Troy decided to take gifts to his teachers to begin the school year. While his homeroom teacher got a card, a decorative frog (as she loves frogs), and a sticky note stacker (with sticky notes) in a gift bag, she and the other teachers also got bookmarks that were printed and laminated by Troy (with the help of his parents). :)

Photos of the bookmarks and Troy's note to his teacher (on the inside of the card):







While they each have many teachers, Troy's 6th Grade Home Room Teacher this year is Mrs. Deb and Breann's First Period 8th Grade teacher is Mrs. Perrigan.

I think they have great teachers and I really hope my kids have a great school year! :)

Sock Snowmen!

Here are the snowmen we made out of socks.  :)   From left to right: Breann's snowman, mine, Justin's, and Troy's.  



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Pumpkins the Kids Decorated

Mother's Day 2013

Mother's Day was great!  The kids and Justin got me a touchscreen laptop, Troy made me a card and a frame, and Breann paid for Mother's Day lunch.  We went to Church and I got a gift basket there.  During the weekend we also visited my Mom and Justin's Mom.  The weekend was great, the gifts were great, and the time with family was a blessing!  :)



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My Husband and Son...

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My Mother's Day 2012!

This weekend was...blessed!  I was able to visit my Mom on Friday and we also visited my Mother-in-Law Friday evening as well.  On Saturday we (my husband, our kids, and I) went out to eat for my Mother's Day dinner, at an italian restaurant.  Today we went to church, where the church that we go to gave us moms a card with a CD with Christian music on it and then the kids in Children's Church made bookmarks for us moms.

My kids also made me these great cards (better than any store bought ones, in my opinion)!

Troy's card (first the front, then the inside and then the back):

Breann's Card (front, one side of the inside, and the other side of the inside):

Kids Spring Break 2012!

Well the kids had Spring break beginning Easter weekend and lasting through last week.  We had so much fun, from playing games to going to the park, to making Easter treats and celebrating Easter, it was great!!

I even surprised them by buying them these cupcakes that read Happy Easter on them, they loved them!

 

And...the kids made me these Easter cards, I love them!! :-)

Troys Message

Today we were walking out of the school as I was picking up the kids (where I was waiting patiently on both of them...and it honestly didn't take that long for the kids to come to where I was waiting) and Troy told me he was sorry it took him so long to come to where I was picking him up at, he then said the reason it took him so long was because he was making me this. A simple yet great message that made me smile...it said "Hi I Love you." :)

Troy's Snowman Drawing!

The other night, after putting up the Christmas tree, Troy asked what I would like for him to draw me, I told him I would like a snowman.

And...his drawing...

Isn't it adorable?!?

Say Hello to...

Mr. Gallon.  Troy made him at school and Breann even did this in an earlier grade as well.  They both say that he helps them to remember gallons, quarts, etc. so much easier.  Wow!  Who woulda' thought?!?

Troy's Pyramid

Troy has been learning about different countries in his class and one of his assignments/projects was to make a pyramid.  His dad helped him make a super looking pyramid!!

Christmas Gathering 2010

Justin's sister from Illinois, Krista and her daughter Grace and Justin's brother and his wife and stepson, Clinton, Becky, and Luke and Justin's Mom, Linda all came over and had Christmas with us on the 30th of December this year as Krista got in a few days after Christmas and it just worked out better for a lot of the family's schedule to do it this way. 







Oh! And...if you remember I said in an earlier post Troy got the Real Construction woodworking kit...well...with some help from his Dad...he made...this car!!











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Twas the Night Before Christmas At Our House...

And the decorations have been up (for awhile), the presents are wrapped, and the letters to Santa are written.

Troy's letter he wrote for Santa:

It says:

Dear Santa,
I like Rudophs nose it is so cute. I wold love a dirt bike or a wii game a hunting a hunting adventure play kit! Or a grate big truck! Mostly a big real construction kit!



Troy's other letter to Santa (a project that his class did) made the newspaper!!



Troy's letter to Santa that made the newspaper says:

Dear Santa I wold love a dirt bike, 10000000 legos and real construkton.  Why does roodof have a red nose?  I want a art kit, hunting and fishing for a Wii, computer, pony pupy, remot control car, The end

Love,

Troy



Breann's

This year, Breann's is like a card...

The front of the letter/card:

The front of Breann's card says:

To: Santa Clause
From: Breann
Open Up with and arrow pointed to Rudolph and it says Rudolph.









The inside of the letter...

Dear Santa,

     All I want for Christmas is for my mammaw to be better.  Maybe you only can bring us toys but...You can also pray for her.  I hope you do pray for her cause God can answer peoples prayers and he can make her better because he is God and he can do anything.  God Bless and Merry Christmas.

From,

Breann


The bottom half of the inside:

It says:

P.S. I hope you enjoy your milk and cookies!

It has a Christmas tree and cookies and milk on the table with an arrow and labels pointing to each.

Awww...

The other day Troy decided he was going to give me a note.  Sometimes he gives me notes in different ways...he will make them into paper airplanes and fly them to me...he may even lay them outside of mine and his dad's bedroom door before he goes to bed at night so that we will find his note as we go to bed.

Such as one night as we were going to bed we found a note laying in the floor outside of our bedroom door.

To Mom or Dad, it read.  Please no waffles in the morning.  Then below what he wrote he had marked a X beside of waffles and made checkmarks next to eggs and bacon. 

Oh...our little guy, yes, he does have a way of getting his point across, and I especially liked how he gave me this note the other day telling me he loves me.  What a great point to make to ones mother, right?  Sometimes we can learn so much from a child...like you can never say I love you enough...whether it be with words or actions or even a simple note...it sure made my day and I love him dearly!!