Blake's 1st grade Art Show

Blake's 1st grade art show was pretty impressive! I can't believe the teacher went to all this work. The kids did art projects all year long, and here they are all displayed at the 1st grade Art Show! There are three other 1st grade classes and Blake's was the only class to do this.

The kids each made paper mache shoes with the junior high kids, somehow Blake's got lost, so he had to decorate a real shoe.

Wassily Kandinsky

Mixing Colors

Piet Mondrian

Georgia O'keefe

Self Portrait

Ansel Adams

The teacher had each of the kids take a picture of something around the school grounds that they liked. Blake's is the picture of the tree with a bird in it.

Jim Dine

Claude Monet

Joan Miro

Dr. Seuss

Vincent Van Gogh

Jason Pollock

Dale Chihuly

Tall Painting

Kasen, Blake and Mrs. Packer

Dallin, Kasen and Blake...the best of buds

Gone Fishing!

We finally have been getting some sun shine these days, so Jared took the kids to a lake to catch some fish! Allie caught the first two fish! These are some pics he took with his phone! Looks like they had fun! I got to have some nice quiet time with baby TY!

A new cousin!

My sister, Kristin had a baby boy the day after Ty was born! My Mom came to Vancouver to help me with my kids and the new baby and told Kristin she had better wait until she got home to have her baby! But nope, she went in for a regular check up on May 3rd and they measured her amniotic fluid and it was too low, so the Dr. said they had to induce labor right away. We are excited to finally get a cousin on my side of the family, and are so happy that he is here! He cheated and came 18 days early! He is sure cute as a bug, and I'm so excited that TY will have a little cousin his exact same age! You don't get closer than a day apart!

BRODY TAYLOR SMITH

6 lbs 7 oz

20 inches long

Baby Ty, 10 days old!

He is here!!!

Baby Ty, born Monday May 2nd! We are all adoring him!