School Carnival

Yesterday was also the school Carnival.  I wasn't going to go.  I am not a big fan of these things.  However, despite my intentions, I couldn't ignore the kids' pleas. 

The kids were all VERY good!  They had a lot of fun!  And the rain stayed in check.  It was overcast all evening and I was certain it was going to start raining on us, but it never did.

Wish I had better pictures to share!  I thought I had taken a picture of Katie with some of her friends, but it must not have saved.  Oops.

Kindergarten Graduation

Congratulations Justin!!

Yesterday was Justin's graduation ceremony from Kindergarten!  It was such a cute little program!  The kids showed off art they had done and sang songs they had learned through out the year.  Then the teacher awarded them with "The Favorite Student Of The Year Award" (which every student got!  But it was cute cause she'd say a little blurb about each kid and why they were her favorite!) and awarded each child with a certificate in an area on which they shined.  Followed by a slideshow.

It was really cute and Justin's sweet shy "don't look at me" smile was adorable!

I love you buddy!!

PS- I can't even begin to tell you how "UNFAIR" Katie thinks it is that Justin is done with school!  LOL

(Although, he does have a state test he has to take on the 1st - but that's just a half hour appointment!)

Justin's Last Kindergarten Fieldtrip

Ciara and I were able to tag along with Justin and his class yesterday for their last fieldtrip.  They followed a "map" and walked to a nearby elementary school and played at the park.

The kids had lots of fun!  Ciara always enjoys being with "the big kids". 

PS- The slideshow isn't showing for me.. ::grumble grumble::  Please let me know if you can view.

The time has come....

To let go of the baby stuff.  ::sniff sniff::

We are going to get rid of all of our baby things, including the crib, toys, jumpers, clothes, etc.

If you know someone who is having a baby and may be interested, please let me know.  If not, these things will probably make their way over to Big Brother Big Sister.

Thanks!

Random CiCi Pics

I hate putting up pics of just CiCi, but I just couldn't resist these!  One of her favorite things is getting her picture taken while waiting to pick up the kids.  So here are just a couple from the last few days...even with her messy messy hair!

You just gotta love this face!!

She sure loves the sun roof! 

And I just thought this one was funny.  We got her a new car seat a few weeks ago and she loves it because she can unbuckle herself!  Here she is, having fallen asleep right before she was able to unbuckle.  You can tell she wanted to soo badly!

10 Years Later...

(Bad pic - I know.  It's a pic of a pic! LOL)

I can't believe it was 10 years ago that we ran through that casino - running late for our own wedding!! 

It seems crazy to me!  I can't believe how quickly the years have passed!  And yet, I'm more in love with my husband today than I was back then!

We had a wonderful weekend together - I'll keep the details to myself.  ::wink wink: 

AND I got a new ring!  My finger has been bare for so long, I was almost afraid I wouldn't like the way it would feel.  I had nothing to worry about.  It's almost like it's been there the whole time!

I love you, Baby!

TGIF

Update on RJ and Mandy

As of yesterday, they are no longer San Diego residents!  They are in the process of moving to FLORIDA!  They are very excited!  New home and soon to be new baby! 

We love you guys!  Please send the new address soon!!  Oh, and PICS!!

Happy Mother's Day

I had such a wonderful weekend!

Saturday was spent with my Mama and my Nana!  We enjoyed each other's company, a movie and some pizza!  It was really nice!

Sunday I woke up to a dozen beautiful pink roses, a handpainted vase by my Katie Lady, a sweet hand print poem from my Jutt Butt and a NEW PORTABLE DVD PLAYER from everyone!  Woot woot!

For those that don't know, I use a portable dvd player in my bedroom EVERY NIGHT!  I know...awful.  But that's how I go to sleep.  It's been giving me problems the last few months but if I smack it around a little, I can always get it to work.  That is, until I smacked it around a little too much.  It finally was sick of the abuse and gave up on me last week.  So I was VERY excited to get a new one!  And it's red!  How cool is that!!!

Love to all and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

Big Girl!

So I am sure you are thinking that this is going to be a story about Ciara or maybe Katelynn, but nope.  It's me!  I'm a big girl!!  After over 3 years, I finally bit the bullet and went to the dentist for my check up! 

I hate the dentist.  No...hate is too nice of a word.  And it's not that I've ever had a horrible experience either.  Infact, my dentists have always been really nice.  I just get this horrible pit of anxiety in my stomach at the sheer thought of laying in that chair and having strangers pull out their tools and put them in my mouth.  Just thinking about it brings shivers down my spine!  Ugh!!

But I did it!  I went for my check up and guess what!?  Everything's great!  No cavities and I don't have to go back for another 6 months.  That is, if I don't find an excuse to cancel my appointment.

You see, that's how I haven't gone for 3 years.  I've made several appointments, but I found a reason to cancel every appointment.

I almost had an excuse yesterday too!  Rob came over to pick up Ciara.  He and his friend were going to take her to cut up some fire wood at his friend's house.  Ciara was all excited to go with Pumpa until she realized that his friend was coming too.  That was a no go for CiCi. 

I joked with him that I could just cancel my appointment and he gave me that very fatherly look and said no.  So I said I'd just take her with me.  I wasn't sure how it would play out with Ciara sitting on top of me in the dentist chair, but I'd try.

I brought some books and a couple ponyville ponies and we were off.  When I got there she went into the little kid room and sat down to watch Nemo.  There was no wait and they were able to bring me back right away.  The receptionist said Ciara was welcome to stay there and watch the movie.  I was reluctant, but my chair was just a few feet away and if I pulled out my "mom vision" I could keep an eye on her.  She stayed there the entire time!!!  She'd go back and forth between watching the movie and checking out the fish tank.  What a good girl!!

After my appointment, we went to Walmart - that's another story all together, but I did reward her with a little ride on Pumba!  She was so excited!

Tuckered Out

I just thought this was cute!

Immediately, upon coming home from school, the kids ran to the backyard to play outside.  They played for a couple of hours (I even let them eat their dinner outside on a blanket) until it just got too cold.  At about 6:30 they all came in and cuddled on the couch.  Within minutes, my little Justin was out.  He stayed asleep the rest of the night!

Sorry for the delay!

I have been in training all week at work so I haven't had many online opportunities.  hehehe

So here are some updates and pics I wanted to share!

Last weekend we spent a lot of time at my parents!  We had a wonderful time!

Friday night was the Bruin Bash at the college so I went with my mama to celebrate her unofficial 4.0!  Way to go Mama!

There were lots of lines and kids, and since I was kid-less, we didn't stay too long!  We did get an opportunity to watch a hypnotist though!  That was pretty fun!  And we followed up the night with dinner and chatting!  That's always great!!

Saturday, I brought the kids over and to my great luck, my dad had made a Thanksgiving style dinner!  Gotta love popping in on those days!  The kids had a great time too!  Katie made her way downstairs with Grandma DeeDee to learn how to use a knitting loom and Justin figured out that he could play video games on Grandma's computer!  So those two were set!

We also got to see NapNap, Dut, Bear, and Evie girl on the webcam!  I think I had permi-grin the whole time!  It was great...even with the weird delay!

Shawn had signed the kids up for a woodworking club and we got our first shipment over the weekend!  So we spent Sunday putting together thier race cars and playing with them!  The kids LOVED it!  It was so much fun for them to use their own tools and build and paint something all their own!  It was really great!

Monday, Katie's class was invited to do their little dance at the Taste of Kearns festival at Kearns High School!  Katie was pretty nervous about dancing in front of ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE, but she did great!  And of course, she was beautiful!!

So those are my updates for the past week!  I love you all!!

PS- I have TOTALLY forgotten all about the Eclipse QOTD texts - so you will be getting multiple texts to catch up the next few days!  LOL