Caden's Shield Presentation

The second big project in third grade is to design your family Coat of Arms and present it to the class.  Caden worked hard to come up with his ideas.  He looked through a book about coats of arms, and he liked a silhouette of a tree they had in the book and the fleur de lis.  He also researched online and found an old Jolly coat of arms that had a yellow and black argyle pattern on it, which he chose to include.  

A pic of Caden during his presentation.

 

A video of his presentation.  The white background symbolizes truth, which is important to our family.  The red cross stands for a Christian family and Christ dying on the cross for our sins.  The blue with a gold fleur de lis is for his French heritage (& because he liked the fleur de lis), the yellow/black argyle is from the historical Jolly coat of arms, the Cowboys star is because we live in Dallas and he loves sports.  The tree with the flags symbolizes his family roots from Scotland and France, and then our family today in the United States. 

 

A picture of his class with their shields. 

 

A pic before church on Easter Sunday. 

 

Annabelle is enjoying soccer this season.  She loves kicking goal kicks.  Here's a progression of one of her kicks. 

 

Caden is still loving baseball.  He loves to pitch, and he is doing great at that.  The second half of the season his batting has improved.  He hit a double and triple in his last game.  Here's a video of his triple from Brian's view as the third base coach.



Grandparents Day 2019

The school's annual grandparents day was this weekend.  The kids love being able to host their grandparents at school and give them a peek into their school days.

Annabelle ready to perform. 

 

Annabelle's first song.

 

Annabelle's second song.

 

Annabelle's third song.

 

Caden's turn to perform. A picture before they recited a poem, "The Ballad of Magellan".

 

A video of the Magellan poem.

 

Third grade singing their song. 

 

A video of their song.

 

Tia, Mimi, Nana, Papa, Caden, and Annabelle. 

 

Annabelle showing everyone some of her work. 

 

Ruby and Clara painted pictures for Annabelle.  She was excited to receive them in the mail. 

 

My winter tennis team made it to USTA City Championships.  I had 5 matches in 4 days.  It was exhausting!  Here's a pic after Friday night's match. 

 

We made it to the finals on Sunday, and we came away with a 5-0 win!  On to regionals in Houston in September. 

Spring Fling

The kids surprise field day was this week. 

Mommy and Annabelle after the surprise.

 

Mrs Kay's class before they headed over to the park. 

 

Mommy and Caden after the surprise. 

 

The boys in Caden's class: Shep, Drew, Liam, Press, and Caden. 

 

Mrs. McLaughlin's class. 

 

Annabelle, Adelaide, and Lily Stewart. 

 

Annabelle's class learning a Hawaiian dance. 

Caden playing corn hole. 

 

Caden and Drew going through the obstacle course.

 

Henry, Caden, and Levi. 

 

Annabelle doing the tug of war. 

 

Lily, Adelaide, Hadley, and Annabelle. 

 

Caden pushing a coconut with his head. 

 

Caden spinning 10 times. 

 

Caden crab walking. 

 

Annabelle waiting for her class picture. 

 

Caden doing the limbo. 

 

Annabelle pushing the coconut with her head. 

 

Annabelle spinning around 10 times. 

 

Caden's class tug-of-war.  

Caden's class picture. 

 

Annabelle doing the limbo. 



Daddy Daughter Dance and Start of Baseball Season

Brian and Annabelle went to Covenant's 1st Annual Daddy Daughter Dance.  They had so much fun.  When I was curling Annabelle's hair before they left, she said, "I am SO excited!"

A picture before they left the house.

A pic from the dance. 

Some action shots. 

 

A group shot of the first grade girls.  Back row: Lily Pace, Annabelle, Ann Elise Goebel, Hannah Ratliff, Gentry Lewis, Lily Stueve, Bailey Shannon, Adelaide Breed, Lily Stewart, Stella Stimson, Ann Holland Crow, and Josie Marie McNutt.  Front row: Anais Arcucci, Audrey Thomason, Hadley Sullivan, Kaylee McDonald, Lily Thompson, and Zoe Seale.

 

Baseball season for Caden has begun.  They've moved up from coach pitch to kid pitch.  Caden pitched in the first game, and he did a great job! 

 

Here's a video of one of his strikes.

 

Annabelle's preschool friend, Cate Purser celebrated her 7th birthday with a science lab party.  Annabelle, Cate, and Belle Hartgrove at the end of the party.  

The girls loved the dry ice. 

We headed to the ballpark for the Rangers' season opening series.  The view from our seats. 

 

A family selfie. 

 

Annabelle's favorite part was the racing bobble heads. 



Nashville for Becky's Wedding

Brian and Laura headed to Nashville for Rebekah and Steve's wedding.  It was great to see them so happy and to have a nice weekend away. 

They had a get together after the rehearsal dinner Friday night.  A Laura and Brian selfie.

 

Laura and Melissa. 

 

Melissa, Brian, Brian, and Laura in the photo booth. 

 

Laura and Becky. 

 

Melissa, Becky, Laura, and another Topeka friend, Caroline. 

 

Becky and Brian. 

 

Laura, Becky, Steve, and Becky's step brother. 

 

 

Saturday morning, we walked around Vanderbilt and Centennial Park.  A picture with the Parthenon in the background. 

 

I headed to the venue early to hang out with Becky while she was setting up and getting ready.  One of her picture boards...the middle left picture is from our high school graduation.

Becky and Cindy before the ceremony. 

 

Melissa, Becky, and Laura before Becky headed down to take official photos. 

 

Brian and Laura before the ceremony.

 

During the ceremony. 

 

Laura, Becky and Melissa during the reception. 

 

Topeka friends: Aaron Grill, Jesse Deister, Melissa, and Laura. 

 

Jesse was one of the first people we met when we moved to Topeka when I was 7.  It was crazy catching up, as I hadn't seen him since 1997.