Honey Joins the Family

Daddy holding Honey
Trying to hold Honey

Luke with his new pet

Honey's new cage....defintely reminds us of a space ship!

A new pet joined our family on Sunday. Luke was so excited about being able to have and care for a pet of his very own. Eventually we would like to get a puppy, but we settled on an easier alternative for now. He had lots of choices: frog, lizard, turtle, fish, kitten? Which would it be? He chose a hamster just like his big sister. He even wanted the same species....Chinese dwarf hamster. Sunny has been such a wonderful and easy pet, and Luke wanted one just like Sunny. Well, he definitely looks a lot like him, but that's where the similarity ends so far. He is VERY fast! He has not gotten away yet, but he certainly would like to! He literally jumps out of your hands! We will keep you posted on our latest hamster escapes....I mean adventures!

By the way, he named him Honey. It was in honor of my two hamsters growing up whose names were Honey and Sunny. He also has a brownish/goldish color.

Pie in the Face

Here is Sarah with Mrs. Cole, a second grade teacher, who volunteered to get a mouthful of pie at the festival

Oops! Meant to post this a few months ago! I found this clip in the blog archives.

Sarah was picked from a school drawing to be the pie "thrower" at Falcon Fest, an end of the year carnival at her school. Of all the students to be picked, Sarah was probably the least excited (and most nervous) of the bunch!

Our first week

Will it float or sink? (the answer is .......)

Float!

My little scientists at work
Luke's viking ship under construction


Hat on and ready to try out her ship



Here are a few pictures from our first week of homeschool. We learned about Leif Ericcson and the vikings in history, so we decided to make our own viking ships. It was a lot of fun! I found an inexpensive way to create them by using trash! Gotta love the internet....such amazing ideas out there! Sarah could not wait for her ship to set sail down our backyard creek. Unfortunately it did not go anywhere. We are waiting for the next good rain to fall so that the creek will have a good flow. We also did some float/sink experiments in science. Will post more soon!

First Day!

Andrew posing in our "school" room

(really the whole house and yard are considered our school room, but this is our home base) First Day pictures
(Luke is covering up a toothpaste stain he discovered seconds before our photo shoot...too cute)
Sarah- 3rd grader
Luke- 1st grader
(No bookbags in the picture....don't need those this year)

Sarah sharing about "mommy" to begin our biography unit

Luke sharing about his little brother

Celebrated our first day by having lunch at CiCi's Pizza

We have had a wonderful start to our homeschool adventure. Lots of pictures are coming this year to keep you posted on our homeschool journey! Thank you all for your support and prayers. Can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for this year!!

Last Days

Sarah posing with her art work that was chosen for display

Happy face!

Sad face:(

Cake walk time at Falcon Fest!
(Our kids did this off and on throughout the night trying to win a "goody"
Luke won on the very last try....wish we had taken a
picture of the yummy cookies he won!)

Getting off the bus!
(He was SO excited about riding it)

Luke and some of his classmates

Fishing for pond creatures

Found some!

Andrew was a great helper!

singing with friends

Receiving his "good friend" award

posing for pic with Mrs. Christine

Andrew with one of his best buds

The kids are finishing up their last days of school before summer. Here are a few pictures from Andrew's last day of preschool, Luke's last field trip to a local nature center, and the carnival at school called "Falcon Fest." I cannot believe that the kids are finishing up their school year and we are heading into our one year anniversary in NC. Looking forward to those lazy days of summer!!

Gramie and Papa Come to Town

Celebrating the birthdays at Texas Roadhouse together

Present time at the Shaw house involves everyone:)

Yeah! A new watch....thanks, Grandma and Grandad:)

Hanging out with Dad on the golf course

Gramie and Papa came to visit us in April. It was so much fun having them here! We celebrated my birthday and Sarah's birthday by going out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse (Sarah's favorite) one night. I also got a chance to play golf with my Dad which was very special. I have so many great memories of us hanging out together on the golf course growing up! Thanks Dad for investing so much time and effort into teaching, encouraging and loving on me:) I am so grateful that we can share this sport together even now as we get older!! Thank you, Mom, for walking around and picking up my balls.......let's just say I was a little rusty!! Love you, Mom!!

He has risen!

Making "Resurrection Rolls" on Easter morning

Easter Basket goodies

Showing off their new flip-flops

New clothes from Grandma!

Our friend, Lumin, joined us for Easter lunch

Happy Easter everybody! What a glorious day:) We had a wonderful Easter Sunday celebrating our Risen Savior!
"He is not here: for he is risen, as he said." Matthew 28:6