Ready...OK...

Mallory has been taking gym/cheer with Carrie McElroy since the fall. Today was her last class. Carrie spoke with me afterwards and wants Mallory to join her competition cheer squad (East MS cheerleading) . Mallory is so excited! She is always doing flips and jumps. She can do hand stands, cartwheels, round offs, backbends and back handspring (with someone spotting her). She is very limber and can do splits left and right...jump up into a split...makes me cringe when I see her do it! One day she may be wearing maroon and white and cheering on the sidelines for the Bulldogs...GO STATE! :~)

Central District tournament

Mackenzie's U10 rec. team (MYSO Rage) played in Brandon over the weekend. They played tough, had fun and ended their season with a big win 8-1.

Gator time...

Our trip also included a tour of an alligator ranch & hatchery. We learned that they gather all the alligator eggs from a nest, keep them at a constant temp of 89 degrees, raise them to 4ft and release them back in original location. If it weren't for these folks, there wouldn't be many alligators because only 6-8 eggs out of 100 would make it in their natural habitat. It was a neat experience.

1st grade field trip

West Lauderdale Elementary 1st grade students went on a field trip to Louisiana. Our first stop was the Global Wildlife center. It was a bit chilly but it didn't stop the kids from having fun. There were so many animals (variety of deer, camels, giraffes, geese, ducks, bison...and more). They followed alongside the wagon trains to get food from the kids. Some animals even took the food cup out of the kids' hands!

WLE Art Show

The West Lauderdale Gifted Art students (2nd-4th grade) had their art show at the Meridian Museum of Art. Mackenzie's man and woman dancing won 3rd place at Arts in the Park. We're so proud of her! She's a talented young lady! :~)

Mobile visit

We had a great visit in Mobile. Hayden had his 8th birthday party at Flip Zone. All the kids had a blast! On Sunday Hayden had his 1st communion. The kids are growing up too fast!

Purple Parrots

Spring soccer season comes to an end...Above is a picture with Anna Kate and Purple Parrots showing their trophies. It was Mallory's first year in this division and she did really well. The girls had a fun year.

Crowning the winner

Brandon Andreachio and Mallory were the winners in the kindergarten beauty review last year. They were recognized on stage and Mallory crowned Harper Bryan most beautiful. Her twin brother Eli won most handsome.

WLE Beauty Review

Lolo and Lola, Papa and Mimi, Lorrie and Mikaela were all on hand to support Mallory today. We're proud fo our little princess! Maybe next year Mackenzie will join the beauty review too! :~)

West Lauderdale Elementary Beauty Review

Mallory participated in the WLE 1st grade beauty review.
1st picture: Mallory and Kenleigh show their pretty smiles while waiting backstage.
2nd picture: Mallory during judging
3rd picture: top 10 girls
We were excited when contestant #17 Mallory Howell was named 2nd Alternate. There were 28 girls and 10 boys in this year's beauty review.

Downings visit

Spring break in Meridian :~) May, Harrison, Hayden and Hallie visited us a couple weeks ago. They got to see Mac and Mal play soccer. Hallie turned 6 months old today (4/5).