Thursday, May 21, 2009

Max is Spelling Bee Champ!

Max was in his first spelling bee today. He was awesome! Won third place out of about 100 second graders. #1 boy speller. He impressed me the most with his calm nature, confidence and sweet attidtude. Here is a little snipit of the spelling bee.

Swans May 2009

April 14th the swan stork(Mike Mechaley) delivered 4 baby swans and three eggs still to hatch. We had given up on any of the last three eggs to hatch but the boys were convinced we had our own little happy feet and if we would just give him time he would stamp his feet and come out. Well much to our surprise 3 days after the first four had arrived one brave little swan hatched. Now we had our very own little "Happy Feet" plus four! Now that is not to say that "happy feet" did not come into this world a little more special than the others. His eyes are a little crooked and his beak does not quite line up and he is much smaller than the others but he is doing great and holding his own. We did lose one of the first four so now with "Happy Feet' ther are four surviving swans.....

Baby Cannon September 2008




Cannon and his big brothers

BabY Seth July 2008




Baby Seth and his Big Brothers!

Butterfly Garden May 2009

Kidd's sculpture for the boys school Butterfly Garden.

October 2008

Little Astronauts Jake and Isaac
Isaac and Kenna enjoying treats

Snow White, Harry Potter and Skeleton boy baby Seth


Boys are getting in the Halloween spirit... barn party!








Six ... count them, six Grandsons! Can it be any better than this.





Ok. So it has been a year. But what a year. July 2008 our chickens laid their first eggs that was exciting but not as exciting as the birth of Seth! August was a crazy birthday month. September we had hurricane IKE and that was amazing but not quite as amazing as the birth of Cannon. Then came October and the Great "Granny Bash" this was a great year. Then the holidays and winter. Well I am back, the garden is planted, baby swans are swimming and a cow is on the way. Max was the best boy in the spelling bee at school. Seth is learning to crawl and Cannon is growing like a weed. Jake and Spence are graduating from Kindergarten and Isaac will prepare for preK. What an amazing year!