Our Week (03/17 - 03/23)

 Owen at the Windermere spring carnival with his friend Noah:

At the San Antonio Zoo with his friend Adam:

Ward Easter party at the church:

Making brinner with Roxy:

School awards assembly:

Each teacher got to pick one student to receive the principal's award. William was excited.

Painting cookies at our Relief Society activity:

The Relief Society donated several dozen cookies to four different fire stations in our ward

At the petting zoo:

Bunny

Chicken

Guinea pig

Turtle/tortoise

Skink

Hedgehog

Bearded dragon

Another bunny

Emily got to make fancy soap with two Relief Society sisters. Emma helped put stickers on the packing:

Library storytime:

Heidi loves the new baby chicks:

Liz's meds got left at trek, so we drove back to Lampasas the next morning to pick them up:

Scott got to visit his dad in AZ:

Our Week (03/03 - 03/16)

 Chickens!

Our hens laid two eggs on their first day.

Mobile chicken coop for the hens

Our neighbor, Leigh, gave us the coop, two hens, and a bunch of other gear in exchange for dogsitting

The baby chicks will hang out in a pen in the garage for a few weeks

	Silver-Laced Wyandotte	Golden-Laced Wyandotte	Light Brahma	Olive Egger	Easter Egger
Origin	American	American	Asiatic	AOB	USA
Purpose	Layer/dual	Layer/dual	Layer/dual	Layer	Layer
Comb type	Rose	Rose	Pea	Single	Pea
Egg color	Brown	Brown	Brown	Olive	Green & Blue
Egg size	Large	Large	Medium	Large	Medium
Rate of lay	208/yr	208/yr	156/yr	208/yr	160/yr
Leg style	Clean	Clean	Feather	Clean	Clean
Mature male	8.5 lb	8.5 lb	12 lb	6.5 lb	7 lb
Mature female	6.5 lb	6.5 lb	9.5 lb	5.5 lb	4 lb

We picked out the chicks with Leigh's help at Callahan's:

Baby ducks

Baby goats

Rabbits

Leigh also gave us a tour of the UT nursing school, where she works:

Movie theater:

Lunch at Sam's Club:

At the park with friends:

Volunteering at the food pantry:

The dish detergent (among other things) was donated by the Church

This was the other week at the Primary activity:

The other week at Young Women's (service project at Backpack Friends):

Pizookies for Pi Day:

Emma playing with playdough at Ingrid's house:

Playing videogames with friends:

This was the other week at the wrestling tournament in Bryan:

Our Week (02/25 - 03/02)

 Heidi and her soccer team at the high school's "Middle School Night." They got to watch the high school soccer team play and were presented on the field before the varsity game.

I came home Friday night to find Emma sleeping in a box:

I told Owen I'd take him out to a restaurant to celebrate his participation in regional science fair. He chose McDonald's:

Big Mac, fries, and shamrock shake

A valentine treat from Grandma and Grandpa:

At kindergarten open house: