"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
May 28th, 2012 by leigharev2
The boys received a sweet surprise in the mail from Antee Sara. She sent them pancake molds in the shape of star Wars characters. It was her birthday in a few days and she asked them to make some pancakes and eat them in her honor. So, that’s just what we did!
May 28th, 2012 by leigharev2
My mom came down for 10 days. We spent the time re-doing the boys bed and bath. Something that should seem so simple takes about four times as much time, between the shopping runs, prep, and execution. We are still working on it and am excited to see it completed.
My cousin Katy came up and spent the night with us. We had a nice time visiting and playing games. It was over too fast.
The boys are so good with their 3 month old ….ummmm….third cousin?
May 28th, 2012 by leigharev2
Nearby is a neat little exotic animal rescue/wildlife museum organization called Star Eco-Station. I took the boys on a day when we were feeling a little bit of school burnout. It was a nice, yet informative, break in the day. ‘A’ is looking forward to when he turns 14, because this is when he can be a volunteer.
The guide talked to us about the difference between a tortoise (land animal) and a turtle (mostly water animal), and the difference between male (concave underbelly), and female (flat underbelly). Guess why…
She brought a small tortoise out for us to look at closely, as well as feed mealworms. ‘R’ was fascinated with the mealworms and spent more time playing with them than the tortoise…
The reptile room was full of iguana, lizards, and snakes. This organization is always taking in abandoned exotic pets. They recently brought in six exotic pets that were abandoned at the local Thunder Valley casino parking lot. They had all spent the night on the lot before being rescued. These animals need heat and it was a rough night, but they all made it.
This snake is called “Sugar”. She is very old and has arthritis. They will be taking her off display pretty soon so she can live her remaining days in quiet. She used to belong to the rapper/music producer, Suge Knight. All of his animals were sent to different rescue agencies when he was arrested (don’t know when or why).
This snake is taking a bath to help it shed its skin. There is some sort of soap-lotion that assists in the process….
The boys liked this little guy because he looked like Jabba the Hutt. He also loved the mealworms they fed him!
There are two large bird rooms. Since many of the animal have been neglected to varying degrees, many of these birds are nervous, feather-pluckers. But, there are some that are very social and want your attention. They are also very smart. At Christmas time, one bird sings “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”. Another brilliant bird has to have a padlock on his cage because he figured out how to open up the three-digit combination lock. The staff kept finding him out of his cage and one day they witnessed him manipulating the lock with his claws. I think the whitish cockatoo is the one.
This room was made to represent the sewer system. Our guide talked about the items that we should not pour down the drain and other environmental impacts.
Final room was all about fresh and salt water fish…
May 28th, 2012 by leigharev2
One day, we arrived to class pretty early. the “Little Rangers” class was in place, and the instructor decided to pull the boys into the class to demonstrate a few moves. They were both thrilled to be able to show off their skills to the little ones. 🙂
May 28th, 2012 by leigharev2
May 28th, 2012 by leigharev2
May 28th, 2012 by leigharev2
OK, so maybe she took the long route (10 years…), and she is now working on getting into nursing school, but Crystal graduated from William Jessup University with a Bachelors degree! We would not miss this special occasion…
WJU President Jackson…
Keynote speaker, Regent University President, Carlos Campo…
Crystal, with John Jackson and Bryce Jessup
Our soul bro and sis…Eric and Crystal
The after party! Crystal rented an inflatable for the kids!
Lovely Mama Shirley and Crystal 🙂
This is our graduation gift to her.
May 28th, 2012 by leigharev2
May 28th, 2012 by leigharev2
My friends and I run along the Miner’s Ravine Trail. The trail runs alongside a good size creek. Lately, mid to late afternoon, we have enjoyed hanging out and catching creek critters.
May 28th, 2012 by leigharev2
Every year, our boys love to go to our church’s Vacation Bible School, called Breakaway. It’s three hours a day for five days, of music, games, and Bible lessons. It is one of their favorite things to do, and something they start asking about at the beginning of the year.
This year, our church will not only have Breakaway on our campus, but will also sponsor and provide a Breakaway for kids that live in downtown Sacramento. The kids at our church collected change to raise money so that any child that wants to attend, can.
