Water Ballet

Well, it has been a while since we have updated our post, and I'm hearing about it! We have been very busy with the kids activities. Two weeks ago Raquel performed in the High School play, Wizard of Oz, and this weekend, she is performing three shows of water ballet. After this it should slow down a bit . . . . although, Friday's backpacks had information in them for T-Ball!!

February and March are always my busies times of the year at work . . . . and I'm feeling it! I can hardley wait for one week from now when our City audit will be complete! The City also has a big election coming up . . . which always presents the possibility of change!

Mateo was so happy today - he finally "found the grass"!! He has been questioning what happened to it ... . and even said he will be so happy when it comes back! He is anxiously awaiting his 4th birthday next week!! Hard to believe how fast the last 4 years have went!!

Vanessa has been fighting off a bad flu bug . .. and hopefully she finally is rid of it. She missed two days of school last week, and probably should have stayed home more. She would usually do ok during the day, but in the evening her fever would spike, and she couldn't get off the couch.

We are getting ready to go pick Gavino up - he spent the day with his dad and Grandpa in a crow hunting contest. We can hardly wait for the stories . . . they have a stratagy that they use - they tie a string to the foot of a live crow . .. . . to lure other crows to them . .. . . . . for the hunt . .. . although they try this year after year, it never seems to be sucessful!! They hunted from day break until 3:00 p.m. and had one crow!! (must be the one they tied the string to . . .)

DJ is counting down the days until graduation. She is all set to begin basic training on July 1st in South Carolina. Once she is finished with her 9 week class there, she will immediately go to Sam Houstan Texas for her medical training. She is on her third weekend with the National Guards, and is enjoying it! Last month she had to lug around a "really big gun" on her back . .. . needless to say - that was quite a challenge for her 100 lb body!!

I'm not sure how good the video will look . . . . but hopefully you can enjoy the show!!

Happy Valentines Day!!

Guess how long this chocolate heart lasted . .. . . . you're right ... .. not long!!

The boys got Valentine race cars!!

Raquel's didn't last long either!

This is how Mateo travels with his favorite cars . . . . these cars have more miles on them than my van!!

Tired boy

Gavino was doing so good - reading his book to me . . . .and after he was quiet a few minutes . .. this is what I found!!! He takes after his mom to only get through a few pages of reading without falling asleep!!

Still cold and snow in Wisconsin

Last weekend it got into the 30's - so the kids thought it was warm enough to not wear jackets . . .

Visit from Ben, Maria & Chet

Can you tell they are boys . . . . . nothing else in the world mattered but the TV!!

Ben & Maria came to visit on Wednesday with Pizza Hut~!!

Tracs Trip - Raquel's friends

Front row left to right - Kennedy, Kenna Back row Larissa, Kayla, Brooke, Raquel

Front row left to right - Raquel, Brook, Maeghan Back row Kennedy Kayla Larissa

These are some fun pictures Raquel took at their 6th grade tracs trip to Rose Bowl Lanes in Marshfield. From the pictures - it looks like they had more fun taking pictures than actually bowling!! In the first picture - one of them is is the teacher! Can you pick her out?? She is on the right of Raquel!

BABY EVAN'S BAPTISM

Baby Evan was baptised a few weeks ago! He is the newest addition to the Severson side of the family!

DIEGO & DAMION

Miriam visited us last weekend with her boys! We always love visiting with them - the boys are growing up so fast!!

NEW DOO's

We haven't been doing a very good job - keeping up with the blog!! Here are some pictures of the girls new hair styles!! DJ got highlights and got several inches cut off~ She figured this will be easier to keep up when she is in her guard training! Vanessa has been begging for weeks to have her hair straightened. I'm not sure I can get used to this - as she has had curls since she was a baby. After talking with our stylist - she assured me that I could handle a straight perm at home! Vanessa is sure happy . .. . . and now Raquel wants a curl perm!!

Here is one more picutre of the boys on horse back!!

The bottom picture is of Nancy! She is Adrian's sister . . . . she lives near Mexico City!

FROM MEXICO!

Jimmy's niece, Nancy just sent over some picutres from Mexico!!! The first picture has Jimmy's sister - Julie in the background!! We miss her so much - she has been living in Mexico for the last 3 year . . .
Gavino has developed a love for horses . . . . he can't say enough about how much fun he had with the horses! The second picture has a picture of Jimmy's oldest brother, Cresencio! Can you tell they are brothers!!!

Cabela's

On our way home from Chicago - we found a Cabela's store near Rockford, IL. I had never been to one of these stores . . . . although . . . . .we have helped support them via the catalog/Internet stores! As much as stores like this give me an immediate headache . . . . we did enjoy looking at all the mounts they had. It was more like a museum than a store! The kids also loved the aquarium!

Grandma & Grandpas

Here are some fun pictures of the cousins from this weekend!!

Baby Evan will be one month on the 12th . . . he is sure growing fast!!