Ellisor's Family Math Night

The annual Ellisor Family Math Night was a big hit for our family! Katie and Emily were able to volunteer - Emily was in the animal room helping with all the animals. The pig was a big hit! 

 All the teachers brought their classroom pets for the kids to look at. This is the bunny from Bex's classroom named Gucci.

Matthew and Jacob checking out this lizard 

In the gym were a ton of math oriented games to play - Matthew breezed through them all! 

 Stacking cups was Matthew's favorite

In the music room, the math games were geared more towards the younger children. Bex and Jacob enjoying the moon sand! 

 At the end of the evening, we found Katie manning her post on the 1st grade side of the building!

She showed Rebecca how to blow the most air into the bag the fastest 

Matthew in the 5th grade classroom with goggles and a growing water worm 

Matthew is blowing air into his bag too, but without instruction he did not do it the fastest way! 

Bex was able to compete against Matthew's full lungs 

Katie was so proud that she had helped Rebecca beat Matthew! She showed Bex that by blowing air from a slight distance away, the bag filled up more fully in one breath than putting the bag up to your mouth like Matthew did. Way to go Bex!

Happy Valentine's Day at Ellisor 2017

 We didn't tell the kids Dad was coming, so Bex was surprised when Daddy came into her classroom to celebrate V-Day with her!

Here she is with their classroom pet bunny Gucci 

Busy running around to show us everything! 

Loving her little brother 

Such a toothless beauty! 

Goofing off with her friends in the teacher's chair 

After Bex's classroom party, we headed over to surprise Matthew 

Sharing his candy 

Matthew was definitely a big hit with his younger siblings! 

Loved watching him share his chair with Bex 

So many Valentines for this handsome boy! 

Matt was always on his toes, keeping Jacob out of everyone else's candy!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

It's Always Fun When Grandpa/Grandma Comes!

With the kids in school, Jacob and I entertained Grandma and Grandpa at The Woodlands Mall. Of course we had to stop and pet the patrol horse - my parents thought that was so awesome to have police horse monitoring throughout the parking lot! Don't see that everyday up in Seattle! 

Downtime at home has Jacob sharing his Grave Digger truck with Grandma 

Grandpa looks ready for a nap after keeping up with Matthew that evening! We were all stuffed after eating at Rancheros mexican restaurant! 

The next day, we picked up Sam from his shop and took mom and dad out to some real southern cooking! Mel's Diner is one of our favorites! 

 We got my dad to eat chicken fried steak and I shared my fried okra with him! Delicious!!! I think they were impressed with their meal!

 When the kids got home from school, we headed to the movie theater to see the new Trolls movie! It was very colorful with tons of happy music! I don't think my parents have seen a movie like that in quite a long time! They were troopers and the kids had a great time with their grandparents this visit! We were sad to take them back to the airport the next day but love the memories made!

Confetti at the Long's

 My mom and dad came down to visit this week. So on Sunday after church, our family headed out to Amy's house. Jacob and I walked in the front door to this beautiful showering of confetti!

To help celebrate mine and Jacob's birthdays earlier in the week, the whole family sang happy birthday while confetti was dropped from the 2nd story of their house! 

Such a sweet surprise! 

Here are a few of the confetti tossers! 

And the rest of them! That was so much fun!!! I wanted to walk outside and have them do it all over again! But after cleaning the mess, we decided once was perfect! 

We can't have a family gathering without piano duets with Grandpa and Aunt Amy! 

It was fun to visit with everyone! Parker has only been home from his mission for such a short time, but Jacob warmed up to him pretty quick! Always fun at the Long's house! 

Jacob's New Hiding Place

This little boy cracks me up! This is the table we use for quick meals and watching TV in our kitchen. I was sure surprised when I found Jacob had climbed onto the shelf below and was just hanging out while I did the morning dishes. What a funny boy! 

Content laying right on his tummy and kicking his feet out the backside while watching mommy work in the kitchen!

Visiting Mr. Shaw's Farm

One of Sam's old friends lives in Magnolia and has some livestock that we were able to visit today while daddy worked on Ray's truck! 

Jacob was shy and did not want to pet the horses or ride the pony - maybe next time! 

 But he did like the pig! 

And ran away from the roaming pony  

He found a new friend 

After petting the pig and pony, Jake says, "They're dirty!"

I think he will eventually love farm animals and all of their dirtiness one day! 

Happy Birthday Mom!

I was so surprised when I got home from my long day at work and walked in the front door to this awesome sign in our walkway! The kids wanted to celebrate my birthday and this was the best way I could imagine! I love their thoughtfulness and creativity in making this sign for me! Totally made my day! Thanks kiddos! Best Birthday Sign EVER!!!