Field Trip: Discovery Place

Carter's 3rd grade class went on a field trip a couple weeks ago to Discovery Place. I tagged along with him as a parent chaperon. It's been a long time since I've been there and a good bit has changed but still it's a pretty cool place to visit. We wished we'd had a bit more time to explore the exhibits and play but we were able to do most of it.

Spring Break, Part 1

We didn’t think that spring break would ever get here. I mean, we’ve not had a day off of school since January and everyone was more than ready for a break. We spent the first part of the break at Mimi & PawPaw’s. The kids had a blast there as usual and I got to spend some quality time shopping with my Mom, just like we used to do. Here’s a run down of our week…

Carter killed his first bird with a BB gun… he was so proud.

The kids slept in the tree house with PawPaw 2 nights. He even rigged it to where they had a tv in there & got to watch movies before bed!

PawPaw built a tire swing for the kids too and they loved it!

Tire Swing

What can be even more fun than a swing.... a tire swing.... right in our own backyard. Yes, folks, this simple leftover tire from a van that I had over 5 years ago, has brought much pleasure to my kids. Who knew?

Crazy Spring Weather

Seems like the past few years we've skipped spring & fall. We go straight from summer to winter and from winter to summer. I miss the 60's & 70 temps around here. I go from sweaters to shorts. I guess I'll chalk it up to global warming or something like that.

You don't typically think of spring being tornado season. And, well, I don't really think of our area being tornado prone either. But for the past 3 weekends, we've had some crazy weather with severe thunderstorms, hail & even tornadoes. Last weekend, April 9th, we had about 4 pretty strong weather systems to move through Cleveland County. The first one kind of blew over our house but the last 3 produced some nasty wind, downpours and hail.

See...

If this is gonna keep up, I'll forgo my 60 & 70's and take just plain ole thunderstorms.

Easter Parties

Ahh... it's spring break week at the Haneline household and a much needed break for everyone. We celebrated on Thursday and Friday with parties at the kids school. Here's a few pictures...

Kensley's Easter bag she made at preschool

Chandler's 5th grade raw egg toss... ick!

Egg Relay race


Carter's Egg Hunt

Much more festivities coming up this week. Hopefully I will have time to blog about them.

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Hello dear blogger friends. Have you missed me? I did feel the need to stop in for a quick post... I mean really quick. I'm up to my eyeballs in logos, wedding programs, wedding invitations, PTO forms and the list goes on. I am SO very thankful for the work, but I have no time to do much else. I'll be back soon. I hope. For the time being, I'll leave you with this funny nugget...click here

Girls Weekend!!!

(me, Cheryl, Stacy, Joy & Leslie)

I had the pleasure this weekend to spend some much needed time away with some of my best girlfriends from college. We headed to Myrtle Beach for some R & R and that's exactly what we got. It was so much fun! The drive down Friday afternoon went by so fast because we all were talking the entire way. We went out for supper, stayed up really late both nights talking, dipped our toes into the freezing ocean, sat in the hot tub, talked, took naps, talked, ate some more, watched movies, talked, slept...you get the point. My only complaint is that the weekend went by too fast. But that's what happens when you are having fun.

We all had a fabulous time as we reminisced about our college days and all the funny & stupid things we did. We've grown up but nothing has changed between any of us. We were missing a few ladies... (Heather, Linda, Janet)... but still had a fabulous time together. This will definitely be a yearly... maybe even more... event. I love you girls!!!