Celebrations

We start each year of family celebrations with Charlie's birthday in mid-March.  This year he got to celebrate it in North Carolina with his cousins.  Great Uncle David and Aunt Dolly joined in on the fun and it was a perfect family trip!!!  --- SO SORRY TO MISS OUT ON THE FUN. 

Easter weekend we celebrated a wonderful resurrection service at Redeemer Covenant with Bethany and Mat and brunched in their lovely outdoor dining room.

Bethany's birthday came shortly after. . . .

Her 3 kiddos decorated her cake . . . 

May 3rd we celebrated Calvin's 2nd birthday and 

Mother's Day weekend, Campbell was baptized by her Pawpaw at Redeemer Covenant.  The perfect way to celebrate Mother's Day by her giving her life to Jesus.

Clara wrapped up her gymnastics with a trophy . . . 

Charlie received the Eagle Award at Oklahoma Christian for his kindness and scholarship.

Jack received the Trojan award the last day of school.  His service to others is noted by all.

Campbell was chosen to speak at her 4th-grade Graduation at Jenks Southeast.   Next year she will be at Jenks Intermediate for 5th grade.

June 11 Campbell and I celebrated our birthdays before the 3 Goodletts headed to Camp Kanakuk. Campbell celebrated hers at Camp on Monday 6/14.

Spring Projects

With an open teaching schedule for Terry during May thru mid - June - we decided to tackle the backyard.  It all started way back during Spring Break when we were not able to travel to the family vacation in North Carolina.

Terry moved our firepit -- we love it for burning fallen limbs and roasting marshmallows with the kids.

At the same time, Terry redesigned the back gate to resemble something he saw online.  Power-washing the old boards brought them back to life.

We had been saving for a new driveway for some time and decided it was time to finally do it.  We parked at the neighbors for 3 weeks -- and walked through trenches. . . the final result was well worth it.

Another Spring Break project:  The little bridge at the back of the yard was falling apart and Terry rebuilt it with permanent decking boards repurposed from Mat and Bethany's deck a few years back.

 

Then Terry looked around and decided the Hosta bed needed help

and proceeded to transplant, put down weed barrier and remove all the stones bordering the Hosta bed

That done, Terry decided that the stones on the path needed to be uprooted -- weed blocker put down and then a bed of mulch covering the 3 layers of weed block.  The stones then framed the path in a naturalistic way.  We painted the trellis Banner Red to match the bridge

We repurposed a fountain from Marshall's Denver yard to the perfect flower planter.

Last night we decided that the season of replanting, repurposing and recreating has brought refreshing and relaxation from a long season of teaching for Terry and a fun way to begin retirement.

Spring Sports

EVERYBODY DID THEIR THING!

                                                            Charlie played soccer . . . 

Clara did gymnastics

Campbell played LaCrosse . . . 

Sydney played Soccer . . .

Jack played T-ball

 And Golf