Fine Art Gala Prep

This year, instead of my traditional spring concert, I decided to put on a Fine Arts Gala at our school with the help of our amazingly talented art teacher and band teacher. If we were going to pull this off, we needed lots of artistic preparations. Here is the stage design that the kids did and the 5th grade puppets, and the progress on the art panels. It is going to be a lot of work, but it will be great for the program and for the community.  More to come on the Fine Arts Gala later

Puppets!

 

Art panels! The kids are so talented!

Babysitting

On Wednesday we kept out friends daughter Taylor. She is the easiest kid in the world! She is so portable. We kept her and D.O.G. while Jim and Shannon had a date night out. They just had their “wedding”/ vow renewal, and they haven’t had much time together without family in town in a while. Actually, the pups were more difficult than Taylor was. She is such a cutie!

 

Coloring with Jason is so much fun!

Caught red handed! We like blackberries!

Tormenting the puppies!

Frederick Half- Marathon

On Sunday, I finished my second half marathon. This race was the Frederick race and it was fun to do a home town race. This one was much smaller than the Baltimore race with only 9,000 runners. Since it was in a smaller town traffic was a huge problem and I only made it to the start line 2 minutes before go time, which was unfortunate since we left an hour and a half before the race started. Not too much time to warm up and get ready. I finished and it was a lot of fun.I felt a lot better in this race than I did at Baltimore.  I definitely think I will be doing another in the fall.

The start line.

Home stretch!

Waving at Jason during the last tenth of a mile.

DONE!!!!

Will’s Birthday Party

On Saturday we went out to Leesburg for Will’s birthday and to see my cousins, Geoff and Kathy. My cousin Suzy was also in town from Florida and she is newly engaged, so we had to see her too. Will’s birthday was at a really fun kid’s horse farm and petting zoo in Leesburg.

A little Cinco de Mayo Action  with the sombrero!

Yummy cake time!

Let’s Go CAPS

Since the caps have made it to the second round of the playoffs we had to show a little caps pride in our house before the game. Yes…that includes Flash. Ridiculous… I know.

Jim and Shannon’s Wedding

Yesterday, Jim and Shannon finally got to have their wedding. They got married 3 years ago in Japan when they were both in the Navy. Their story is actually pretty funny. When you get married in Japan, both people don’t even have to be there. It is kind of like the DMV where you go up to a window when they call your name, they fill out the paperwork, and then say “congratulations, you’re married” and they give you green tea.

As a Christmas gift for Shannon, Jim decided to throw a wedding for Shannon. He planned the whole thing so they could renew their vows (or actually get to say their vows) and have a wedding with friends and family. It was beautiful!

Shannon’s hair piece and that I made with her veil.

Jim with their daughter Taylor the flower girl.

What a pretty family!

Painting Projects

After our visit to Charleston, I decided to paint our kitchen and our living room during the rest of my spring break. Jason wasn’t very happy when he came home from work and I was climbing on the counters and the refrigerator, but, someone’s gotta do it.

We were very happy with the way both rooms turned out. Our whole main floor looks different. We sanded, caulked, and repainted all of the trim, baseboards, and painted both rooms, which was quite a job.

Red Kitchen!

Living room