Baby Raines

The new baby is growing so fast. He/She will be here in no time and our family will be that much bigger. The Dr. gave us some pictures of the baby from when we were checking for quantity of kids. Twins is always a possibility, but its just the one. Will try to update with info as I get it.

OSF Children's Play: Sleeping Beauty

This Summer the Children's Theatre with the Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival put on a production of Sleeping Beauty. My Son Braden was a Singing Blue Bird. Above is a video from the last dress rehearsal of the scenes of Braden and his group. The video was taken by my wife Aprill. Enjoy.....

Braden's Dance

Braden's Dance

Like I said earlier.... I could not be more proud of my kids. Braden did two dances, but the second dance was not recorded for some reason. Again tripod died, mother-in-law taping from her seat at the last minute, so the angle is not the best but the dance can be seen. And Braden was awesome.

Lydia's Dance

Lydia's Dance

There was an issue with the brand new tripod I just purchased so I was not able to record the kids dances, but my mother-in-law was able to record from her seat at the last sec. Its not the greatest recording, but it gets the point across. I could not be more proud of my kids. The video above is of Lydia's Dance and Braden's will be on its way shortly. Looking at her you would not know that she said she was scared of being in front of people on the stage. She told me this before and after the recital. Looks pretty confident to me.

Lydia's First Sleepover

Lydia's First Sleepover

This video was taken a while back and I am just now getting around to putting it together. This is Lydia and her best friend Alli, they are both 4 here. I was not prepared for the amount of Girly energy that these two would produce. There was a constant shrill going on through the entire house. They had a good time trying to stay awake, but I had my fill and left it to Aprill to handle. The next time they had a sleepover it was at Alli's house and her dad and mom got to deal with the Girl energy.

The Parables

The Parables - Director Diana Adair

Over this last spring break Diana Adair put on a theatre camp hosted at the Methodist Church in Durant. My son Braden attended this camp along with his friend Jared. The Play was written and Directed by Diana and is over the Parables. The whole things was very much like GOD SPELL and everyone enjoyed the performance. The kids really seem to have a good time. I put video this together for my own records, but thought you all might enjoy it.

-will

LAND RUN!!!!!!

Let the race begin....

This is a video of the Oklahoma Land run at North West Heights. The kids were encouraged to dress up in their cowboy, pioneer, and Indian gear. They were lined up and told to run to one of the many stakes in the ground and tie their ribbon to the stake thus claiming their land. They then got to eat their lunch on their land. In this video there are lots of kids, but the main focus is Braden Raines and his best friend Jared. They were asked to share one of the land stakes because there were not enough to go around, apparently counting is not the strong points of the staff. The kids had a good time anyway. Oh yeah... its was the hottest day of the year so far so that added to the fun of the day. Hope you enjoy.