HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL!!!!

Michael turned 12 today!



Michael was ordained a Deacon in the Aaronic Priesthood at church today. We are so proud of him.




Don's parents and my dad were able to be here for this special day.


ALL WRAPPED UP!

It was great to get together after church for a family lunch and party. Can you tell what Michael loves? He is a sports fanatic. He got some great gifts and books. Thanks to everyone for your calls and everything, for making this a great day for Michael!


THE GANG AND THE CAKE



SPORTING THE NEW LOOK


CHECK OUT THE AUTOGRAPHED ASTROS BALL FROM HIS FRIEND - THANKS WILL!

Short Week

For being a short week at school, it sure seemed busy! We got back from Dallas Monday evening just in time for Michael to make it to his first basketball practice. Tuesday Don was keeping the airlines busy, flying back and forth from Florida for work. Tuesday night was Michael's Court of Honor and all of the Scouts in his troop seemed to receive an achievement. Michael advanced to the rank of 2nd Class for all you Scouter's out there who know what that means. It was a fun night. After the Court of Honor, Michael met with the Bishop at church for an interview...good news, he passed! More on that to come :)



Wednesday we had piano lessons. We have had awesome weather this week, and have spent many afternoons at the park while we wait for Michael's school to get out. It has been nice. Thursday Jake & I ran up to the bookstore near the church temple and I had a few extra minutes, so Jake and I went to see the temple. It was nice to have a one on one time with Jake there. Of course, his favorite part was the flowers and the water fountains.





Friday night my dad flew in to visit for the week-end. It was a fun week-end. We missed having my mom, but we are happy she could be visiting out west with my brother Scott & his sweet family and NEW baby boy - congrats guys, he is so cute! We had fun on Saturday together, eating lots of donuts, going to a baptism and a wedding, then we all went out to eat at Fuddruckers to celebrate Michael's birthday that is today. Hurray!

Spring Break Memories

The Mangum Family 2008 Spring Break Recap:

Day 1 - Friday, March 14th
We started Spring Break with some Spring Cleaning, followed by an afternoon at the pool with friends. Don flies home from a long work conference in Vegas.

HAYLEY PASSING THE SWIM TEST


Day 2 - Saturday, March 15th
2 soccer games and a flag football game, followed by our annual trip to the Rodeo. Our family favorites included the pig races, carnival rides, and of course, all the FOOD! (see below post for more details and pictures!)

TREVOR & HAYLEY CHILLIN' AT THE GAMES

YEEHAW!! IT'S RODEO TIME!

Day 3 - Sunday, March 16th
Church and making cookies


Day 4 - Monday, March 17th
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Library fun and off to see "Horton Hears a Who!
HAYLEY SHOWING HER YUMMY SHAMROCK COOKIE SHE MADE
MICHAEL DIVING INTO A BOOK
REMEMBER - A PERSON IS A PERSON, NO MATTER HOW SMALL!

Day 5 - Tuesday, March 18th
We visited the Museum of Natural Science with friends. Favorites were the dinosaur bones, the lions and zebras (Jake...loving the lion chasing the zebra, then later that "ketchup" on the zebra's leg!), the hands on exhibits, and the beautiful gem necklaces (Hayley of course!). Michael and Don ended the day watching the Rockets ending their 22 game winning streak to the Celtics. It was a great game to be at, even with the ending. Michael got these tickets to see his 2 favorite teams play for an early birthday present.


MOST OF THE GANG AND FRIENDS AT THE MUSEUM - 12 KIDS & 3 MOMS...YES WE ARE NUTS!

JAKE, HAYLEY & EMMY CHECKING OUT THE "BABY" DINASOUR

"LOOK EMMY, THE LION IS TRYING TO BITE THE ZEBRA'S BUM!" - JAKE WITH THE ALWAYS ENTERTAINING COMMENTARY

TREVOR SHOWING US HIS MUSCLES, TRYING TO LIFT THE 50 LBS WEIGHT!


Day 6 - Wednesday, March 19th
Piano Lessons and a quiet day of playing games and reading...well as quiet as playing Apples to Apples and Wii can be at our house!

Day 7 - Thursday, March 20th
Hayley and Jake went to play at my friend Maria's house. Michael, Trevor & I meet some friends at the Museum of Fine Arts and went to the POMPEII special exhibit. It was really interesting to see this ancient city that was fossilized after a volcano eruption in 79 AD. No pictures were allowed in the exhibit itself, but I got a couple fun ones outside the muesuem. After the museum I picked Hayley & Jake up & everyone came and played at our house. After a few rounds of Wii, we met up with the other moms at the park where the boys played football and basketball until everyone was tired out.

TREVOR POSING...WHICH IS THE FINE ART HERE?

TYLER, TREVOR, JONATHAN AND MICHAEL

Day 8 - Friday, March 21st

Don took off for the holiday week-end and we drove up to visit my parents. That evening we had fun dying Easter Eggs together. After dying 3 dozen eggs and 1 orange turned blue (Michael's attempt at Fine Art!), the kids were all multi-colored and ready for baths and bed.







Day 8 - Saturday, March 22nd

SIX FLAGS!!!! We went to Six Flags today with Grandpa and Uncle Ben. The other Texas cousins and Uncle Bob & Aunt Cynthia meet us there mid-day...after flying the red-eye back from the west coast! They are amazing! Six Flags was a lot of fun. I had the camera with me & the younger bunch in Looney Tune Land (and yes, Jake made sure it was very looney!). Michael loved the Superman ride and I still don't think Trev & Grandpa have recovered yet from the hangtime on that upside down ride they rode on! After a long fun day, we meet up with Grandma for a late dinner at On the Border before heading our separate ways for the night.
















Day 9 - Easter Sunday, March 23rd

Easter Sunday was a great day. We had a nice Easter program at church, Easter baskets for the kids, a fantastic family dinner, a Easter Egg Hunt for the kids, followed by your traditional snowball fight! Yep you read that right, Grandmommie had frozen a dozen snowballs from their last snow for the kids to have fun with. It was Jake's first time playing with snow and it was fun to watch their reactions to the cold balls of ice! We also tried to sneak in another humorous attempt at getting a good family picture...foiled again by someone's fun personality - see if you can guess the culprit. Before we parted ways for the night, Aunt Cynthia did the big deed - Haircuts!







SNOWBALL FIGHT!!!










FAMILY PICTURES











HAIRCUTS








Day 10 - Monday, March 24th

Back to reality. We said our good-byes to Grandpa and Grandmommie and headed back home. Now it is back to work and back to school. Thanks for the memories!