The Art Walk

Last weekend was a festival called Holland Happening in our town. They have a parade, craft vendors, and a carnival. They also had the Art Walk the same weekend. Which is when all the schools pick Art done by the kids at their school and display it downtown in shop windows. That week I got an email from Gabe's former teacher, we are now homeschooling, to inform me that one of his pieces of Art was picked for the Art Walk. I was kind of surprised that they would still allow him to participate even though he wasn't going there anymore. They picked the art before I started homeschooling, but I still think it was rather nice of them to use it anyway. So here is a picture of Gabriel and his MASTERPIECE that was displayed downtown for all to see.

Our first Family Bike Ride

A couple of weekends ago we decided to try to go on a bike ride with all of the kids. It started off as just a short trip to the park in our neighborhood, but we were having so much fun we extended it. Gabriel was a real pro with his bike. We rode down to the commissary first which is down a rather large hill. After that we headed down town and looked around in the shops. Then rode over to the park beside the beach. It has a nice walking trail around it and we wanted to give Noah a chance to ride his bike too. This was a good spot for him to ride because it was all flat. Most of the way Noah rode in the trailer with Abigail, but we kept his strider strapped to the back of the trailer so that he could ride a little too. We were so excited that Gabriel is finally old enough to go on long rides like this, and he was pretty proud of himself too. At the end of the day we were all so tired and we still had to bike up that big hill to our house. When we got there we just couldn't do it so we ended up pushing our bikes up the hill, but it was still such a great time.

Easter Egg Hunt 2010

Yes it is May and I am just now getting around to posting Easter pics. Sorry Mom!! I also have to apologize for the lack of pictures, I forgot to charge my battery the night before and only had enough battery life to get a few pics of the easter egg hunt. I know, I know... BAD photographer. That and these kids are just so darn fast I couldn't get a decent picture of them during the hunt.

Apparently Abby had some issues with this Gold egg. This was one of the special prize eggs but she didn't want it. We kept trying to get her to put it in her basket but she just didn't want that egg.

This is Abby before the hunt started waiting IMPATIENTLY!!