Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Schaeffer Homecoming 2011

Schaeffer Academy Homecoming 2011

Elizabeth had a ton of fun cheering for the Varsity Boys BB for Homecoming. (Lauren T this picture is for you)
After our Tea we rushed over to the RAC for Justin's Tae Kwon Do testing- then it was rush over to Schaeffer for Homecoming.

Here's Ashley showing off her spirit!
And of course Andrew had to get some spirit paint too- (2 days later- he is still wearing it!  "NO don't take off my Schaeffer blue mommy!")
Emily played her flute in the Pep Band- How fun!!!  Here she is showing off her new band shirt.
My beautiful girl!
Showing off the uniform

GO LIONS!

It was an awesome game and both the girls team and the boys team won!
We made it through a hectic but FUN night- WHEW!!

AHG Tea Party

Ashley and I had a very special night at AHG (American Heritage Girls).  Ashley finished her etiquette patch  with a Mom and Me tea party.  It was a lot of fun and Ashley loved having mommy all to herself for the night!  She informed me I WOULD be wearing a dress NO MATTER WHAT!  and it would be just the two of us- NO MATTER WHAT!  
 We ate chocolate cake and drank either tea or hot chocolate.  Ashley added about 8 cubes of "straight sugar" into her hot chocolate- as she says- ka-pow- that really makes it taste good!
 We had a relay race and did a word find too.  
 My Ashley- My beautiful, spunky, wonderful girl!
 Ashley and Katie showing off their toothlessly wonderful smiles!  They are so pretty!  

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Elizabeth Turns 14!

Good Morning to our beautiful 14 year old!  It is a Homme Clan tradition to wake up the birthday girl or boy with breakfast in bed.  This year it's an omelet, bacon, and a precious pomegranate,

 This is one sleepy teen!

 A candy cane theme for our sweet girl.  However- my cake was a flop!  It looks more like a barbershop quartet shirt.  Oh well- I'm no Cake Boss and Liz thought it was cute so that's all that matters. 
 We had a "Polaroid" party for her- clues for each spot and activities for the girls- leading up to a special surprise.  First stop:  a snowball fight at Schaeffer. (thankfully we had a fresh inch of snow just in the nick of time!)  Much to OUR surprise we had to tell them to stop the fun to hear the next clue.





 Time for a warm up:  Hot Chocolate at Flapdoodles- YUMMY!

 Time to make a decision- too many options!

 Go find an ornament at Hobby Lobby - candy canes girls
 Off to Target to try on some FABULOUS shoes- so funny!  Gotta love Emmy's duck slippers in the midst of all these divas
 At long last- to Petsmart to pick out a HAMSTER!!!  Liz has been begging for years and we finally caved in :0)-- How can you argue with her when she points out how responsible she is and how much she helps us and cares for her siblings whenever we ask her to - and that she would be able to take good care of her hamster- she's right!  This reward is well earned and well deserved!
 14 candles- oh my!
 Sorry Liz- no boyfriends yet- phew!
 Gotta have a "craft"- cookie decorating fun!
 Emmy, Kristen and Elle
 Abby and Kaitlin
So Cute

Ashley Sings at Church (and friends)

GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN THAT JESUS CHRIST IS BORN!
 Good job Ashley!  You sang beautifully
 Claire Ekbom singing her heart out
 Joe Cool- I mean Micah Ekbom ringing the bells
 Oh man- that kid is cute! (my Justin LOVES this cutie)
 Addison Dufendach- very debonair
 Linnea Ekbom- um- can we say spunky??  Love that kid- she and Ashley really understand each other ;0)

Andrew Sings Christmas Songs at Church

Smile for Mommy and Daddy!

Too cute for words!
 See the baby Jesus. . . Shh. . . Shh.. . .Sleeping on the hay.. . .shh...shh..born on Christmas Day

 Andrew sang loudest of all and thoroughly enjoyed his time on stage- another born performer.
 Bravo cutie!!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Vader Invades Schaeffer

Join me and we will rule the Schaeffer Academy!

Jay surprised the 7th graders for Emily's Science Experiment on Eye Witness Testimony
Miss Anderle was such a good sport and defended herself against this evil-doer wanting to steal her math books.
A battle ensued. . . But good triumphs evil every time!
"Emily. . . I am your Father!" "Learn your math well- grow in knowledge!"

Oh the things a Daddy will do for the kids he's loves!! Jay was awesome!