Easter Art Project

Katherine and Sebastian are taking an art class at the Hurst Recreation Center on Wednesday mornings.  The first couple classes before Easter they each made a paper mache egg.   They called them ostrich eggs as they were rather large.

Kilgore City Park

Back in February the kids and I spent a couple days visiting my sister in Kilgore, Texas.  One evening I took the kids to the city park where I experimented using different settings on my camera.  The kids were willing to pose for a few shots.  Here are a few...

 *Remember I was experimenting and learning different settings, so these aren't the best quality.

Is Anyone There?

The Kenney's have not fallen off the planet!  We're just busy learning and living, and I haven't taken the time to blog.  I've got some pictures to post and maybe I'll get around to doing that sometime during the next month, but if not just know that we are still alive and doing well. :-)

Valentine's Day

Our family celebrated valentine's with an excellent dinner together.  Wes served us grilled steaks & German sausage with fresh asparagus and mashed potatoes.  It was delicious!  Here are the kids with their valentine treats from their dad:

They're so cute!

Kate's Artwork

SWBTS Homeschool Valentine Party

For the party I volunteered to make 2 batches of rice krispy treats and bring wheat thins with ranch dip.  Katherine was sweet enough to help by preparing the ranch dip and helped with the rice krispy treats.   She also assisted me in gathering the craft supplies I volunteered to bring.  Sebastian helped by staying out of our way.

At the party there were between 30-40 kids plus adults.  There were two areas set up for crafts.  One table where the kids could make a valentine craft and another table set up for the kids to make valentine cards for the children at Cook Children's Medical Center.  There was a bounce house set up for the kids as well as plenty of snacks for everyone.  Some of the kids exchanged valentine cards while others opted out.


Katherine and Sebastian had a great time with their friends, and I enjoyed visiting with several of the moms. 


Sorry, no pictures this time around.  :-(

January Recap (Updated)

~ We spent the last day in 2011 cheering on our Texas Aggies as they beat Northwestern University.

We enjoyed the game with my brother, Dean Jentes, and Uncle Jim Whitacker before driving back to Hurst, where we would ring in the New Year with those in New York's Time Square via the TV.  :-)
~ We watched the last of the 2011/12 college football games, and we're ready for the 2012/13 season to begin.
~ Wes and I celebrated our 16th anniversary. Katherine & Sebastian brought us breakfast in bed (french toast & bacon), and they sang us a song they'd written just for us.  We are so blessed and have the best kids EVER!!!!
~ The first week of 2012 the kids and I eased back into a school routine.
~ The kids and Wes got new bicycles, and we began riding together as a family.
~ Katherine began an 8 week art class at the Hurst Recreation Center on Wednesday mornings.
~ Katherine's 2nd semester of piano lessons began.
~ I attended the Lifeway Amazing Wonders Aviation 2012 VBS Preview Event in Fort Worth.
~ Katherine & Sebastian began an 8 week homeschool P.E. class at the Hurst Recreation Center on Mondays. Since attending these homeschool classes we've made new friends and found a local homeschool group that meets at the park on Mondays when the weather permits.  :-)

~ We had a family photo taken for our church directory, and Sebastian wore his first full fledged suit.  He wasn't as thrilled about it as the rest of us were.

~We were back at the American Airlines Center to cheer on the Dallas Stars as they played the Detroit Redwings.

~Wes and I were blessed to have a date night when some friends volunteered to have our kids over for a movie night at their house.  :-)
~ Wes began his 2nd semester at SWBTS and is currently in Jacksonville, Florida, at a pastors conference, which is also three hours credit for this semester.  :-)


Next month the kids begin children's choir at SWBTS.  They will also each be participating in a different activity offered at SWBTS Recreation Activity Center (known as the RAC).  Katherine will be in Ballet, and Sebastian is going to learn Tae Kwon Do.  I'm looking forward to some reading time while they're in choir practice each week and a little personal exercise time while they're in Ballet & Tae Kwon Do.

This is all the news/updates I can come up with, so enjoy your last weekend in January 2012.

* On the last Saturday of January 2012 the kids and I took the TRE (Trinity Railway Express) to the Americian Airlines Center, where we saw the NASA Orion Spacecraft before going inside the AAC to see the Harlem Globetrotters.

 We enjoyed watching the Harlem Globetrotters, but my favorite part was seeing my kids have such a good time.  It was a great afternoon!

Writers Block

It's twelve days into 2012 and our family is getting back into our normal routine, which is really anything  but normal. ;-)

Katherine asked me the other day when I was going to post something new on here as she has this blog as her home page on her computer.  My answer: "I don't know." 

Each time I've sat down to write a post I find myself with writers block,  so that's why nothing new has been up since Christmas. 

I'll get back to it once I'm over writers block.

Give me a week or two, but stay tuned....

Kenney Christmas 2011

Here are a few photos from our Christmas at church, at home, in Marietta, OK, and in Muskogee, OK.  Enjoy.

Sebastian as a shepherd as the kids reenact the Christmas story as Dr. Bob Pearle reads from the Gospels.

Katherine as an angel on Christmas morning at Birchman Baptist Church as Dr. Bob Pearle reads the Christmas story from the gospels.

Katherine & Sebastian on Christmas morning at our home in Hurst, Texas.

Taylor, Wes, and Claudia Banks (Wes's Granny) in Marietta, OK.

Roy & Faye with Katherine & Sebastian at the Christmas celebration for Granny Banks (Claudia) at the nursing home in Marietta, OK, on December 23, 2011.

Granny Banks

Wes, Granny Banks, &  Billy

Kyle Martich, Sebastian & Katherine. 3 of Granny's great-grandkids.

Roy, Faye, Katherine, & Sebastian

Billy, Taylor, Katherine, & Sebastian

Wes, Roy, Faye, Taylor, Billy, Debra, Sebastian & Katherine