Mother's Day

Lauren's beautiful Mother's Day flower she made at school :)

 

Mother's Day Card

 Emma planted these beautiful flowers in a pot she decorated! :)

I also received these beautiful Lily's from my second Mom- 

my wonderful Mother In Law. I just loved them 

and the girls are excited to plant them! 

I absolutely adore being a mom. There is nothing else on earth that makes me happier. The first time I held Emma I knew I finally had a purpose in life and that miracle was repeated again the first time I held Lauren. But along with that joy comes so much anxiety, the constant worrying if I am doing what is best for them, the worrying if they are okay, worrying if I am doing my best as a mom. I look at these two and wonder how I got so lucky to have these two amazing girls hand picked from God for Jason and I. I can only do my best and trust that he is there right with me, guiding me to do what is best. That being said, I was raised by the most amazing mom ever. She has always been the most unselfish and giving person. She always puts others before herself and makes sure everyone is taken care of. She also lives with a wonderful Christian attitude towards life! I had an amazing role model to learn from! I also have an amazing second mom- my mother in law. She has always been such a generous and giving person. She also loves helping others and taking care of others. I am so thankful for both of them and  I am so thankful my children have such wonderful grandmothers! 

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God upon every remembrance of you. Philippians 1:2-3

Trinity Track Meet

Each year Trinity holds a track meet for the students where they compete against each other and students from other schools. Each student picks which events they would like to participate in, and Emma was the fastest person in Second Grade so she also participated in the All School Relay. This is where one person from each grade runs a relay together against the other schools- Trinity won again making it our 6th year in a row! 

Emma started the day off with the Wheelbarrow Race with her partner Alaina

Here they are getting ready to race

  The video

They Won! First Place

Next up was the 3 Legged Race 

And here is the video

They took 2nd Place!

Softball Throw

Throw #1

Throw #2

First Place :)

Friends!

Trinity All School Relay

Trinity Placed First!

Standing Long Jump

Jump #1
(I'm not sure what happened to the video?)

Jump #2

First Place!

200 Meter Run

Way to go Emma-1st Place!

In his grace God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability....do it gladly. 

Romans 12:6-8

Letter of the Week-D

Describe

pretty. beautiful.purple.seed.water.grows.god gives to us.

(I had Lauren describe a flower to me.)

Making Diamonds

Dots

Remembering Fun Times with Daddy

Finding a D on the Postcard Grandma Billie sent from Arizona

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them-yet not I, but the grace of God was with me. 
1 Corinthians 15:10

3rd Grade Outdoor Classroom

Emma's class participated in Outdoor Education Day at Don Williams sponsored by Boone County Conservation. Local professionals presented on a variety of topics and their class was able to participate in many hands on activities. 

Looking for Wildlife Clues in the Wilderness

Deer and Squirrel

European Starling Nest

Fox and Robin Feathers

Bald Eagle Feather

Animal Tracks

Beavers

Owl Feather

Weather

Journal Time & Scavenger Hunt

H2O

Cohesion and Adhesion

Water walking the tight rope

Balance Beam

Dropping water on a penny to see how many 

drops you can get before it drops off the side

*Emma got 16 drops on the first time

 *Emma got 18 drops on the second time

(The heads side of the penny seemed to allow more drops!)

Back Float

They took a plastic fork, a paper clip and a tub of water

and tried to get the paper clip to float on the water 

and not sink to the bottom-this was very tricky!

Pole Vualt

They took a full cup of water and added as many pennies 

as they could before the water spilled over the side

Raptors

Lunch Time

 Reptiles and Amphibians

Snakes

 Prehistoric

Geological History of Boone County

Demonstrating the size of a Wooly Mammoth

Bats

   Always be full of joy in the Lord. 

I say it again- Rejoice!

Philipians 4:4