Ana Turns 8...

Gotta love being woken up on your birthday...

 Donuts for breakfast, by request...

Surprise!!

What 8 year-old wants a snake for her birthday?  Ana Clark...

  The newest member of our family, Regis, the ball python...

    Balloon rocket races...

  And mini volcanoes...

Fun was had by all...

Spring Time Means...

The bikes come out of storage...

 Slingshot practice...

We start our outdoor adventures.  The wildlife refuge... 

 Hayden treed his first coon...

Poor thing was so scared...

It was probably the most exciting day of Hayden's life.  Literally...

Rat Dissection...

I totally lucked out in my internship this semester and got to be there for the 

rat dissection in the biology classes...

 It was so funny, the boys were way bigger babies about it than the girls...

 We found out that the small intestines were a meter long when stretched all the way out.  Pretty sweet...

 These boys were so funny.  They didn't even want to touch it in the beginning...

 But by the end they decided to try to get the brain out...

It was such a great day :) They all really enjoyed it in the end...

Family Time...

 Ana's Baptism was a great excuse for some fantastic cousin-time...

 Sister-time...

 

Hair-time...

And a lot of Gomer-time...

Final Attempt... Fastest Car...

This was Hayden's last year participating in the Pinewood Derby for cub scouts.  He and his Dad were determined to have the fastest car this time...

 

   

 And they did it! Hayden's car went undefeated in Pack 704...

 

He even had a cheering section.
(Thanks to the Derby being on the same day as Ana's baptism... crazy, fun-filled, tiring day :)

Beautiful Baptism Day for Our Beautiful Girl...