SPRING BREAK AT MT. NEBO

We went to Mt. Nebo for Spring Break. Nora loves it there. On our last trip we rested so well there. We were in a different cabin this time. We couldn't see the view as well from inside the cabin but from the patio we had a wonderful view. We had great weather and it was so nice and warm but not hot. I have so many pictures and will continue to post them as time permits.

Nora being brave and approaching the edge.

Nora is afraid of heights so this was as close as she got and worked her way this far on our last day there. I'm glad I didn't have to worry about her getting too close to the edge of the cliff.

Del and Nora enjoying the view

Del and Nora behind the waterfall

Waterfall

BABY SHOWER

LeAnn and Caleb have a baby due on April 15. Adrian gave her a baby shower last weekend at Angie's house. Caleb got called out to work and had to leave. I didn't even get a picture of him. The rest of us had a great time and ate too much. This is a picture of LeAnn. Doesn't she look great.

LeAnn

Adrian and Yuli

Adrian made the cake.

This is LeAnn and Brent (soon to be a big brother)

Josh

James (Yuli and Isaac's son)

Isaac

Brent hiding under a table

Gammer with Abby (Yuli and Isaac's new baby)

Lisa and David

Me

April

Logan, Hannah and Amanda

Gappy and Isaac

Nora, Brent and James eating fish

James

Angie, Isaac and Dan cooking fish

ROCK STAR DAY

Nora's teacher gives the children rocks to put in a jar when they do something above and beyond expectations. When the jar is completely filled they have a rock star party. Everyone get to dress like a rock star. Today was ROCK STAR DAY! I took pictures of Nora before school. She thought she was so cute. She asked if she could pose the way she wanted to for the photos. I let her and this is what I got. Where she learned this I don't know. The things we watch on TV doesn't have people posing for pictures like this.

TUMBLING

Nora loves tumbling class. She tumbles every Monday afternoon. She looks forward to it all week. She is also very good at tumbling. Today she was doing a near perfect round off and her instructor said they were going to work on a one handed cartwheel. I thought "Oh No" but Nora did a beautiful one handed cartwheel on her first try. I was stunned. Her instructor came out of the class and told me Nora was doing an amazing job. At dinner tonight Del asked her if she wanted to be gymnast. "No. It's to sweaty." was her answer. We laughed at that. Nora loves to play and loves tumbling but she hates to sweat. She says she wants to be a designer. She loves designing clothes for her Barbies.

RECOVERED

Nora has had pneumonia but is now fully recovered. This is the first real illness she has had. She has had colds and a couple of times has had a low fever but never been really sick. This is the first time in her five years that she has needed antibiotics. She went back to school last week and did very well. She caught up with everything she had missed and made great grades on both weeks works. She did get a little tired at first after being still for a week but was so happy to see her friends. Her first day back I told them not to let her go outside and play and she was very unhappy with me that afternoon. The next few days it rained and all the kids stayed inside so that was OK with her. She loved being there for Valentine's Day. She made everyone in her class a card and also gave them cards we bought so she had two cards for every child in her class. Nora loves making things. She is very much a craft lover. We're all glad things are back to normal around here.

DINOSAUR VS BARBIE

This is Nora's favorite Christmas present. She took this for show and tell at school (we asked Ms. Charlynn first). Ms. Charlynn said everyone enjoyed the dinosaur. They invited other classes to come in and watch the dinosaur and invited the office workers too. I think the dinosaur put on quite a show.

BATH TIME AND CHRISTMAS

GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN

SILENT NIGHT

NORA'S FIRST SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

Nora had her very first ever school Christmas program. All the girls were angels except Nora. She was Mary. She was very disappointed she didn't have wings but did an excellent job as Mary. We were so proud of her.

Nora holding hands with Caleb

(Caleb was Joseph)

Happy Birthday Jesus

MORE ZOO PHOTOS

A BUSY WEEKEND!

Nora has a week off from school and we decided to spend the weekend before Thanksgiving having fun. We picked Nora up from school at 1:00 on Friday and headed off for some kid sized fun. We went to Santa Land on Friday night and saw beautiful Christmas lights. Then on Saturday we went to Caldwell Zoo. It's not a very large zoo but it's very nice. We had seen all Nora wanted to see in two hours and she was ready to go back to the hotel and swim. All Nora wanted out of the trip was a hotel with swimming pool and an elevator. I took lots of pictures at the zoo and will post more later.