Dance Recital

Bethany was beautiful in her recital - she was so excited to get flowers from her Daddy.

Bethany's Birthday

Wendi's bad day

So I started out my day with a call from the school nurse...FYI you never want the call from the school nurse.  This is how it went, "Mrs. Fitzwater, I am sure you are aware your son, Drew, was on a field trip today.  Well, he and another student collided and Drew has a pretty deep gash in his eye / eyebrow area.  I wasn't there, but I think it was the other students tooth.  We need you to go to Temple immediately to decide if he should go to the hospital or clinic for stitches."   I grabbed Bethany, my keys and was out the door.  Unfortunately, while I was on the phone with the Belton Clinic, I failed to pay attention to my speed and was stopped by a police officer.  Yep, I got a ticket for speeding!

(After going to court, I did get the ticket thrown out.)

Apparently, before they even got off the bus one of Drew's friends (Phoenix) fell into him and his tooth cut Drew's eyebrow.  The doctor said it was "through and through" and used superglue for the stitches.  (The picture is a week after the cut)

Then to make matters worse, I was at a stoplight that night and the guy in front of me decided he had gone too far into the intersection and backed into me!  It buckled the hood and busted the bumper - Really, I just needed for the day to end!

Happy Mothers Day! For the first time in a very long time, Mom celebrated with all 3 of us.

Happy Birthday Bethany

I can't believe my baby is going to be 5! For Bethany's birthday we decided that she and I would head to Dallas (with Ella - her American Girl doll) to shop at the American Girl store and have lunch in the Bistro. For the special day we bought matching outfits for Bethany and Ella.

Bethany also wanted to have matching hair! I used several rubberbands to make this hairstyle for each of them!

Have you ever let a 5 year old loose with a digital camera? This picture shows the outfit that she bought for Ella - I will not show you the other 50 pictures she took of the entire store!

This was one of my favorite displays in the store, it shows the doll of the year for the past five years.

Lunch at the Bistro, if you haven't done this it is quite an experience. They have high chairs & menus for the dolls (you need to make reservations). It is a pricey experience but the food was wonderful and we had a good time. I think we will sit at the counter next time and just enjoy dessert. We were one of 4 tables dining and each had a little girl celebrating her birthday.

"The girls..."
Dreaming of the future. This is the doll Bethany wants for Christmas - I gave her the choice of the doll or the Nintendo DS for her birthday and after careful consideration she said the doll could be for Christmas! The doll has green eyes and brown hair, just like Bethany.
I felt like the total tourist taking pictures all day, but I was so glad when I got home and could share them with Mark and my mom. It's really a good thing that Bethany took so many pictures, they could see much more than I would have had.

Ella and I in front of the Dallas Galleria Mall - Bethany was standing in front of American Girl when she took the picture.

Bethany Ballet & Tap Portraits

Bethany has enjoyed this year at Lisa's Dance. Her recital is this Saturday! We got all dressed up for the dress rehearsal last week and then Mark took these great pictures. Hope you enjoy them all.

Dance Recital Portraits

Band-o-rama

For those of you not from Belton, the final spring band concert is BAND-O-RAMA it is a fund raiser for the band and every junior high and high school band performs on that night. The picture to the left is Jacob's entire sixth grade band.

There are several kids who play percussion, but occassionally Mr. Dudley, their teacher, will also join their performance. Jacob is playing the cymbal here. (Mr. Dudley, Ethan & Ben are to his right)



During this song Jacob is playing the bells, he doesn't have a solo but because of the part he is playing (melody, I think) he was a stand out instrument! Great job.
The left half of the band, directed by Mrs. Nalley. We have loved the entire band experience for Jacob. He auditioned and earned a place on the Wind Ensemble next year (the top junior high band).

The Texans

Announcing Drew Fitzwater, 1st baseman for the Texans After a great hit, he is waiting to run home to score!
I love our camera! You can see his entire facial expression as he catches the ball for this out.

Another out in action at 1st base! Drew is having a great season. His coaches are more focused on learning the skills and are very encouraging to the whole team.

State Bible Drill

We are so proud of Jacob - he did a great job at State Bible Drill. He was able to complete all 24 calls in the time allotted, however, he stepped out once and realized he had the wrong page. He stepped back and corrected the page before stepping out again - all in time, but that is considered an error. To us he scored "Perfect", but he finished with a "Superior" rating.

Attention, Present Bibles, "the Faith Chapter", Start

Found in 12 seconds ... or less!

CONGRATULATIONS SON! We couldn't be more proud of you!

How does your garden grow?

How Does Your Garden Grow? Sparta Spring Show 2008

What a cute show - the kids did great with all the songs and dances. This program is 2nd and 3rd graders. Drew was a vegetable for the program - at the rehearsal he was an eggplant and for the actual show he was a pumpkin. When Jacob was at Sparta they did this show too - I think he was a crow? Both boys were devastated that they couldn't be the Rappin' Weeds.

Rehearsal ...

Afternoon performance, Drew & Robert Pyle saying their parts

All of the vegetables - You can see the Pumpkin costume that Drew was that night.

What a cute eggplant!