Las Vegas March 2018

 Matt and I made a quick trip to Las Vegas to see Jerry Seinfeld. Man, he never gets old. I just love his act so much. I laugh my head off. We stayed at our favorite hotel (Bellagio) and just spend time together.

All dressed up for a night on the town in Las Vegas!

The beautiful Bellagio hotel - the lobby is so pretty

Had a fascinating and delicious meal at Bazaar Meat

Too pricy for me - I don't need to go back!

The glass by Dale Chihuly is always stunning

The buffet at Caesar's Palace is simply amazing. 

Had to take a pic in front of our favorite nightclub, OMNIA! :-)

ACS 4-6th Grade Mother-Daughter Lake Weekend

This was our third annual Mother-Daughter ACS Lake Weekend. I have to say I didn't do a great job hosting. I think there were so many things going on right before we left that my heart wasn't in it this year. The girls love it. And we were supposed to spend the night, but I cancelled the sleep over since not that many moms were staying overnight anyway. Sigh . . . I hope it goes better next year.

No matter how cold it is the girls get in the water! BRRR. This is Claire Scott.

Emmy and Anna

Claire and Mia

Brandee, Cici and Katie

Mia and Anna

Meanwhile the boys were at Mezger Ranch having a great time!

Kate and Alivia

Still cannot believe they get in the water!!!

Caroline in the kayak

Update on ACS Happenings

Gosh, homeschooling is hard but I am so glad I have the opportunity to do it. I have essentially stepped away from my job as a doctor to focus on schooling the kids during these intensive years. I hope to return once all the kids are reading independently and there is a little more breathing room on our homeschool days. I sure hope it is worth it. . . I sure love Austin Classical School though and believe in what they are teaching. Our kids will be armed with the truth when they graduate.

Johnny-Cakes likes to do homeschool shirtless and in his PJ's. Why not?

Alivia wore this toga for a fun presentation at school.

The first ACS MATHLETES! They did great!

Anna and Caroline both placed and Anna even scored high enough to go to the state competition!

So proud of this team.

Alivia has really bonded with her DCOMM group (Discipleship Community). I am thankful to the Austin Stone for encouraging real friendship.

Sigh. . . my house is a MESS while they were getting valentines ready for friends at school. 

Field Trip to the Witte Museum in San Antonio. It actually was a lot of work without much payoff. Not sure that was the best choice for our group. But John had fun hanging with Teague!

Ongoing GREAT reports

This is Dr. Chao! Mimi's oncologist in San Antonio. He is very kind and spends so much time with us when we see him

Alivia's 12 year WCC

Height: 62.5 inches
Weight: 113.8 pounds

Basketball for John

This is John's second year to play basketball. This year we joined a better organized organization (Town and Country) and had Coach Foshea and Coach Kinslow as our coaches again. It is so fun to share this experience with so many friends. John improves every year!

We were on the same team as Weston, Blake, Boone and Sam!

Happy 6th Birthday Matthew!

Happy 6th Birthday to my baby Matthew. You are a joy to raise because you love people and have never met a stranger. You bring light into the room and reach out to anyone with your outgoing personality and inclusive spirit. You are sensitive, emotional, and care deeply about being included. You try so hard to keep up with your big brothers, but also have other interests like drawing and creating stories. You remind me so much of your Daddy. I love you!

Donut cake celebration at Mimi/Grandpa's house. 

Mimi is letting her hair grow in naturally - I love it!

More presents back at our house.