Clydesdales

The boys were off of school for President's Day and Jake was lucky enough to not work until 6:00PM so he was able to spend the day off with them. The Clydesdales were in town from the Daytona 500 and were making a special appearance at the Tanger Outlets in Daytona so the boys were able to meet them and take a ride!

Adventures to Melbourne

For Christmas Jake's parents got our family a year membership to the State Parks. With boys who love to spend time outside this was the perfect gift for us.

 

We woke up Sunday morning and decided to venture south. Our first place on the agenda was Erna Nixon Park in Melbourne. Although it was beautiful, the trails were short and the park was small. We ended up having a picnic lunch there, walking the 3/4 mile trail and getting in some good pictures.

Our next stop was even more south. We visited San Sebastian Inlet. It was a beautiful place but more on the beachy side and with two boys wearing boots and us all in sneakers we felt out of place. There was limited trails but a beautiful dock and pier that we got to walk out on and view the water.

And well the ride home was long and loud. Ben decided to serenade us with his voice most of the way. All the other boys got a nap in but Brayden...this kid never naps!

Art and Science Fair

The older boys had an art and science fair at school in which they were all to make an art project and do a science fair project.

Aiden did a social studies project with his Aunt Layla about the Gold Rush. Brayden did an ipad themed project in where it was named iAmerica and had applications of landmarks and symbols of America.

Bransen and Brayden did an art canvas made of masking tape. They put masking tape in different locations on their canvas and then painted in between.

Brayden also did the spelling bee at school. I was so proud. For someone who was so shy just  a few years ago to see him on the stage brought me so much pride. Even his former teachers coulfn't believe how far the shy little boy had come. And even better news he was the last third grader standing. It was between the third and fourth grade classes!

Superbowl Weekend

We had a great week together and SuperBowl ended it with a great win! Don't tell Jake I said that! :)

We spent the weekend together doing our normal family things....running errands and FOOTBALL! No wins coming home from the Barrette boys this weekend but they both played so really good ball.

And to end the weekend we went to a SuperBowl party at one of Jake's co-workers house. The boys had a blast playing with eachother, with Rex the K9 and I had a great time watching the Patriot's lose!

What better way is there to end the weekend than that?!

And to start the week off it was the 100th day of school which meant Raylan go to dress up as a 100 year old!