Kaci and Bailey's school on the news....

http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/local/21910-Round-Rock-Students-Duct-Tape-Teachers-to-Wall

Turn away from sin and be faithful to the gospel. Mark 1:15

Today is Ash Wednesday. It is the first day of Lent and occurs forty-six days (forty days not counting Sundays) before Easter. It falls on a different date each year, because it is dependent on the date of Easter; it can occur as early as February 4 or as late as March 10. Ash Wednesday gets its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of the faithful as a sign of repentance. The ashes used are gathered after the Palm Crosses from the previous year's Palm Sunday are burned. This paste is used by the priest (or minister)
who presides at the service to make the sign of the cross, first upon his own forehead
and then on each of those present who stand before him at the altar rail.

We went to church at St. Thomas tonight to receive our ashes.
Kaci and Bailey want to participate again this year by giving up something they love for Lent. Kaci is going to give start by giving up Mario Cart for the first week and then follow up each week by giving up something else she loves. Bailey is going to give up drinking Diet Coke It could be a very long 40 days! ha But -I am very proud of them for trying!

Last year I gave up Mountain Dew- but have decided this year to give up ALL soda! WOW!
This could be a tough one...but I am determined to do it. Who knows...maybe drinking more water will become a habit for me! It would be a nice one to have!

As we were leaving the church- Bailey said, " I sure wish Dad was her to celebrate this moment with us!" So sweet....Clint is out of town on business.

We celebrated afterwards by going out to eat at Lubys! The kids loved it and 2 hours after our meal...Kaci's blood sugar was perfect! Yeah for us on guessing the carbs in her meal!!

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.- Roosevelt

We finally did it...We finally bought a Rainbow playsystem! We figured if we were going to "bite the bullet" and spend all that money, we had better do it while the kids would still get plenty of use out of it! So- here it is!! TA-DAAAAAAAAAAA! Our Valentine presents to the kids! I think it is AMAZING!!! - 2 swings, a slide, monkey bars, rock wall, view finders, ship wheel and a picnic table underneath! Now we just need warm weather and green grass!

Here is Bailey smiling at the picnic table!

Here is Kaci ...spying on the neighbors! j/k!

At the top of the slide!

Enjoying an after school snack with PaPa!

After we finished snack and came inside...Kaci got a stack of color books, crayons and her blankete and went back out to work in the "treehouse" She is in love!

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision.- Hesburgh

Over the past 2 weeks - Kaci has been working on stuffing MORE school walk envelopes for JDRF! This time she took on the job of stuffing 1, 100!!! With a little help from PaPa, Uncle Chad, Dad and Mom she has finally finished! I am so proud of her. She never ceases to AMAZE me!!!!

TA-DAAAAA!!!

"You never know where you are going to find love!"

Kaci found another heart in her food! This time it was one of her Lays chips at lunch!

You just never know where you are going to find love!

Happy 10th Birthday, Reagan!

As our tradition goes....you MUST have your picture taken in the birthday hat on your birthday!

World Thinking Day 2010!

The theme for World Thinking Day 2010 is girls worldwide say “together we can end extreme poverty and hunger”. This ties directly to our Global Action Theme (GAT), which is linked to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in particular MDG1: ‘Eradicating Poverty and Hunger’.
So- this morning as part of the project - we all got together at Mrs. June's and Blayne's house to work on our swap pins. Troop 2549 is representing Russia, so their swap pins were made of red, white and blue beads to help represent their flag.

The girls worked really hard and made 100 swaps in just about an hour!
Way to go girls!!