How Great Thou ART

Emily has been working hard in her art lessons.

Here are her latest masterpieces in charcoal and oil pastels.

Easter

Here are some pictures from Easter.

Crazy hair day

Today Emily had crazy hair day at school. She decided to use Sarah's idea and look like a Who from Whoville. Her friend forgot it was crazy hair day but thankfully we had a few hairbands and we put it up right before the bus came. Emily could not believe the reception see got form the kids on the bus. As she started to walk onto the bus all the kids had their faces pressed against the windows and they all stood up as she walked down the aisle. I don't think she was expecting this reaction. Here are some pictures and BTW if you are wondering how we got it like that. She has a water bottle under all that hair.

Spring in Her Step

This is Sarah's first year running track and she is proving to have some speed in those long strides of hers. Her events are the 100m hurdles, 200m sprint and long jump. Here are a some clips from her first couple meets. Hope to get some video of her running the hurdles but so far I haven't made it to the meets in time. The running is definately better than the camera work!

Trick or treat

Last night was trick or treat. The girls wanted to find matching costumes like ketchup and mustard but they settled for Greek Goddesses. They had a blast collecting treats and as always it is never enough candy. They run for 2 hours to see if they can get more than the year before. They achieved their goal and accumulated 5 large bowls of candy. I think Brian enjoys it more than the girls.

another horseback video

This is Sarah during her Flat class that she won first place in.

Horseback Show

This was Sarah's first Hb competition of the year. This was her first time competing in jumping over crossrails. Her first day she was very nervous for jumping but our goal was to finish the course without falling or being disqualified. Our goal was met. That afternoon she placed fourth in the flat class. The next day she placed fourth in jumping and got first place on the flat. The weird part was the lottery draw. The girls draw randomly for which horse they will ride. Sarah got the same horse for jumping( his name was bud) and the same horse for the flat( her name was Star). This is unheard of when you are picking from so many horses. She did great!