Such a Sweet Big Brother

I went into the bathroom the other day to find Gabe brushing Kate's hair for her. This was so sweet. Gabe has always been such a great big brother to Kate. He watches out for her all the time. Anytime she needs help getting a snack or a cup he's always there to help. She has recently figured out that if the front door doesn't latch she can escape. One day she wiggled her way out onto the front porch and before I could even get up to get her Gabe had picked her up and carried her back inside. He loves playing with her too. He'll get on the floor and chase her around just make her laugh so hard! I really hope they remain this close for the rest of their lives.

Gabe's 1st Soccer Game

Gabe had a great first soccer game. He scored 2 goals within the first five minutes! He got out there and went after the ball. He ran and ran and kept on running! That kid is full of energy. Before the game we told the kids we would give them a dollar if they scored a goal. During Gabe's second game he scored another goal and from the field he yelled out to me, "Now you owe me three dollars!!!" He is so funny!

A Cold Day for Soccer

The boys first soccer games were on one of the coldest and windiest days of the year. And to make matters worse they had to play two games because the week before the games had been cancelled due to the "blizzard". It was cold, but they both got out there and played their little hearts out. Ryan was a little shy to start out. It was like he didn't want the soccer ball to touch him at all. But after a while he got into it and he really started getting after that ball!

Another Snow Day?

We were supposed to have another "blizzard" at the end of March. It ended up being more of a dusting of snow. But it gave the kids one more chance to play in some snow before spring set in.

Kate giving me "the look" because I wouldn't let her go out in the snow.

I Got A New Toy!

I've wanted this camera for so long and I finally got it! It's going to take me while to learn how to use it to it's full potential, but I'm so excited to learn!

Lions, Tigers, and Sharks! Oh My!

Matt came up with a great idea to take an impromptu trip to Tulsa a few weekends ago. We drove up on Saturday morning and started off with the Jenks Aquarium. The last time we went was a couple of weeks before Kate was born. The kids always like going to see all the fish. Unfortunately, the part we were looking forward to the most, the stingrays, was shut down due to remodeling. The stingrays were shut down the last time we went too which kind of stinks! But the kids had a good time nonetheless! Kate loved looking at all the fish, she would just tap on the glass and say "fish" over and over again.

After the aquarium we grabbed some lunch and checked into our hotel. I think the hotel was the boys absolute favorite part! For some reason they just love hotels. That's all they talked about on the way to Tulsa. They were especially excited about swimming. So as soon as we got settled into our room they were nonstop asking when we would go swimming. So we put on swimsuits and headed down to the pool. When we were down at the pool Kate would not go near the water and was crying the whole time. That's when I noticed she was very hot and running a fever. So I took her up to the room to get her some medicine while the boys continued to swim. Since Kate wasn't feeling well we decided to stay in for the rest of the night. Matt went and got us dinner, and he also bought us some popcorn and M&M's so we could watch a movie later. We thought about going home early since Kate wasn't feeling well, but the boys were so excited about staying at the hotel we just couldn't leave.

The next day we had plans to go to Safari's Animal Sanctuary in Broken Arrow. Kate seemed to be feeling better so we decided to go ahead with our plans. I am so glad that we did because it was so much fun! They took us on a tour of all the animals they have. We got to hold a baby kangaroo, feed the monkeys, pet a skunk, and lots more! The best part was feeding the big cats. They have 28 tigers and lions that you can feed. Most of the cats were just huge! And most all of their animals were rescued. These were animals that were purchased by regular people who couldn't take care of them. They told us a lot of stories about these animals but the one I remember most was that a man bought a tiger cub for his daughter so that he could impress his girlfriend at the time. Well, obviously the tiger got to be too much to handle and that's when Safari's came in a rescued it. I just couldn't believe that someone would buy a tiger for their daughter! All in all it was a great weekend away and I'm so happy that we were able to go!

Matt feeding the Liger. This guy was huge!

We love Zebras!

The pigs were so cute!

Q U Wedding

Gabe's kindergarten class put on a wedding ceremony for the letters Q and U. They learned that Q and U "stick like glue". This wedding is quite the production. One boy and one girl from the class are the bride and groom. There is a flower girl and ring bearer and the rest of the students are the bridesmaids and groomsmen. They sent out wedding invitations, the girls carried bouquets and the boys had boutonnieres. I made wedding programs for the ceremony. They had a reception afterwards complete with centerpieces and wedding cake and punch. It was so cute! Gabe was Mr. S, and he got to walk down the aisle with another little girl. They held hands all the way down the aisle, and it was so cute! Gabe was very serious though. I couldn't get him to smile at me through the whole ceremony! He was pretty embarrassed whenever someone asked him about walking with a girl though. So I was glad he actually held her hand when he was supposed to.