New Store

I just had to stick in here that Karsen officially has her after school job already set for her for high school. This week we closed on the store that Brandon has been working at and as of yesterday, we are the new official owners! We are very excited and thankful that it all worked out!

Report Card, Soccer and the Flu Formerly Known as Swine

Karsen got a PERFECT report card this week. We were so proud of her! She got to pick dinner Friday night which was McDonalds (ick!) and we watched the movie Bedtime Stories together as a family since leaving the house with the kids is out of the question right now...
Stupid Flu!
So I am sooooo trying not to panic over this stupid thing, but newborn baby + school age child + 2 parents with jobs that interact with people all day long = near panic. Especially since one of the girls I work with just had her doctor send her to the hospital to get her son tested for both influenza A and B. Ugh! Thank goodness she was away from work most of the week!!!
Soccer season ended last week and the girls really did great! Karsen scored once and had a terrific season! We are hoping to get to send her to a couple of soccer clinics this summer and are talking about this really cool week long golf camp. Her summer already sounds fun!

Frenectomy

Today Karsen had 2 bottom baby teeth removed and a frenectomy. That is where they cut the skin the holds the upper lip down. Karsen's came down between her front teeth so they cut it back and cut some more tissue that was holding her lip down... I had to look at the wall the whole time, it was pretty gross when they were cutting and stitching... She was so brave the whole time. She never cried once. I was so proud of what a great little patient she is!!
Now she gets to eat ice cream and pudding and stay in bed and watch tv all day!

WEEDS...

Karsen had her first grade play on Thursday. They were all so cute. Here is a little clip from one of her little routines. Karsen is on the far right with the 2 french braids in front of the sign language teacher.

Karsen's Goal

Since Tate was home from the hospital, Karsen's #1 goal has been to be able to hold him standing up and walk with him. I have no idea why this is something that is so important to her but it is. She finally got to do it today. Here is proof that she reached her goal. Here she is holding Tate fresh out of the bath!

Karsen's #1 FAN!!!!

This was after Karsen's game on Saturday. The girls won with both teams only having 6 players each!!! His little onsie says GO KARSEN! and has #13 on the back. Brandon made it for him to wear to her games. Its cute!
Speaking of making shirts, Karsen had something kind of cool happen for her at school. Every year the school has field day and there are always t shirts for it. This year the school had a shirt design contest where the kids got to enter a design for the shirts. This year Karsen's picture won the back of the t shirt! The kids can wear any Stonewall Jackson t shirt including Field Day shirts to school on Fridays instead of their uniforms so this was pretty cool for her! She entered 2 so I can't wait to see which one of them won!!!

Soccer Seasons Starts Again!!

Karsen had her first soccer game of the season this past weekend. They played well, but sadly lost 3-2. Tate got to go on his first outing, not including the Dr. to cheer his big sister on. We're looking forward to another fun season!

Best Bis Sister!

Karsen loves soccer

Last night Brandon turned on the USA/Mexico soccer game and Karsen really got into it. We were in the kitchen making dinner and we heard Karsen talking to the TV and instructing the refs. It was so cute, because she would get so excited when they would score and just talk nonstop.
I love that she will sit down and watch sports with him.
I love even more that she is taking after him with her yelling at the tv...
I love that he yells at he TV too because it reminds me of my grandfather who used to yell cajun jibberish at the TV.

Miss Thing...

Here is Miss Karsen all dressed up... to go to Kroger. I straightened her hair and she got all of the accessories together so she could priss around the grocery store. Too cute!

My Little Starfish Girl

One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed
a girl picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.

Approaching the girl, he asked, “What are you doing?”

The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean.
The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.”

“Young lady,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish?
You can’t make a difference!”

After listening politely, the girl bent down, picked up another starfish,
and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, she said…”
I made a difference for that one.”

Karsen was baptised this past Sunday at my mom's church in Hurst. Her aunt gave her that story with a starfish necklace for her baptism. I thought it was a neat story and a cool present for a cool little girl.

Karsen, Finley & Louis

Karsen got to spend a day with Finley and visit Louis, her Aunt Kim's horse. The girls got to feed him and lead him around and brush him. Karsen really enjoyed it a wrote about it in her journal at school yesterday.

At work with mom

KAT had to come to work with me today. She was supposed to be at her father's house this whole weekend but they are all sick. So, she is working with momma and this is what she thinks about it! I am just so lucky to have such a flexible job that I can take my kid in to work! Plus she is the BEST assistant!!!