State Champion, Baby!

A few weeks ago Katherine went to the TAPPS 4-A State Fine Arts Contest at Concordia University in Austin. And, she did really well. She won 1st Place in the Seek & Sketch competition, and 2nd Place in the Onsite Drawing competition. She was awarded her medals tonight at the GPA Awards Banquet at Dallas Baptist University. Her drawings are shown below.

The Catch Up Post

It's been awhile since I've been able to post, due to both general busy-ness and Blogger's lack of cooperation in uploading pictures. I'm happy to report that it is cooperating well tonight.

It has been a busy month in the Holmes household and since I'm three weeks behind in posting events, I thought I would share briefly from each event.

Basketball Banquet

Seniors recognized with a poster of their season.

We don't look alike at all, do we?

Rebecca ran in the Texas Relays at UT Austin.

Spring finally arrived.

We tie-dyed (literally) Easter eggs from men's silk ties.

Great idea, Barb!

I finally spent my spa gift card and had the

best pedicure I've ever had.

Abigail played "Superior" at the Solo & Ensemble Festival.

Katherine went to the Grace Prep Masquerade Prom.

Rebecca celebrated her 15th birthday.

Katherine attended a second prom.

Abigail, in a moment of questionable sanity, jumped

in the "still very cold" pool, in the rain, in her clothes.

Seniors were recognized during the

final softball game.

GPA Academic Awards Banquet at

Dallas Baptist University.

Well, that's all we've been doing the last three weeks. I didn't include the three track meets because I didn't have pictures. We're looking into slowing down, sometime in the year 2015 after Abigail graduates from high school. Yeah...that's not long. Not long at all.

A Small Pictorial of My Current Life

We Have Several Problems As I See It

1. Blogger is once again not cooperating with the uploading of pictures.

2. My life is not my own. It belongs to my calendar.

3. Allergies are going to be the death of me, if my kids don't do the job first.

4. Jeff is out of town.

5. I'm not sleeping. (See #4.)

6. Obama and his government cronies have ruined my summer vacation.

7. Did I mention pollen and its best friend, the wind?

8. I have a gift card to a spa. I received it in December. Need I say more?

9. I am currently planning/working on/attending about 12 major events before the end of May, the biggest of which is my oldest child's graduation from high school. I hope I live to see it.

10. I ate at McDonald's last night. Clearly, I am in a weakened state of mind due to problems one through nine.

I hope you have a nice day. I'm going to try and explain those french fries to my WiiFit trainer.