ARGH! Pirates Ahoy!

The Mallonees came up for the annual Pirate Daze Festival...the kids enjoyed snow cones as well as cotton candy, funnel cakes, and elephant ears over the course of a couple of days! They love to get booty during the parade (beads & candy) and search for the perfect sword (which will break before we get home) at all the booths. L-R: Charlie, Jack, Liz and Zach.

Happy Father's Day!

Zach & Liz with their daddy. They got him a smoker & we had smoked ribs, cole slaw, corn on the cob and cornbread. Yum! Poppa & Meme came over and Chris, Mandie, Emma & Jace came down, too.





"What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories." ~George Eliot

On The Fast Track!

This is Zach's extra credit project that goes with his Cheetah report that he did at school. The first graders choose an animal to become an expert on and do a power point presentation! Of course Zach chose a cheetah because it is the fastest land animal, and Zach takes pride in being the fastest in his class! He loves to run! He made his cheetah by tracing it onto poster board, then gluing torn paper until it really looked like a cheetah! Mom tore all the paper for him, because it was hard to tear! My fingers were sore for 2 days afterwards! But Zach did the rest and did quite a nice job! He called it Duma, after the star of the movie, Duma.

Hey, Batter, Batter!!!

Zach has been in a catcher's stance pretty much
since he was about 9 mos old so it is only
natural that he is the catcher!

Here Zach looks for a pitch.

Catching while the pitcher warms up.
This kid doesn't let much get by him!
Watching my baby play ball makes
me well up inside! I truly love to
see him out there trying his hardest
and having a great time!

Dance Festival

Here are my children with their teachers (Mr. Swiergula & Mrs. Braun) on the night of the 57th annual dance festival. They are 3rd generation dancers! I hated being in the dance festival when I was a kid - I didn't want to have to get too close to any of those stinky boys! However, they better never quit this tradition - if I had to do it, so do my kids!!! This years theme was "Disney" and 1st graders danced to The Bare Necessities (Jungle Book) while 3rd graders danced to I'll Make A Man Out of You (Mulan). I think the kids' favorite part, though, was eating ice cream out on the lawn afterwards!