Pre-K Field Trip

Every year I take my Pre-K class on a field trip to Star Nursery and then we go to the park for a picnic. It's an easy fun field trip, but it sure is stressful! I think it's stressful because of the responsibility I have for all of the kids. I know it's only 11 and 2 our mine, it's still worrisome. Anyway, all went well, thankfully!

It was nice having Joshua's mom join us!

 The girls!

Cub Scouts

Had our last Cub Scout Pack Meeting last night until the fall (besides day camp). Max received his Bear award, gold arrow and 3 silver arrows. He is now a Webelo Scout. He is growing up to be such a good example to his siblings and to those he associates with.

We are so proud of you Max!

Cute Girl

I just got these colorful rubber bands and I did Daisy's hair so fun with them! Her hair looked so much longer with it this way. Isn't she a cutie?! I wondering if she's not smiling because she thinks her smile looks weird? The other day after she saw the dance pic of her with Hanna she said to me, "My smile looks weird." I told her that I think it's cute! Sadly, she is only 4 years old and already criticizing herself. You're beautiful Daisy!

BB Gun

Max has had his BB gun for almost two years now and we had our first accident with it yesterday. The #1  rule that Max has to follow is to ALWAYS empty the bbs when he's all done with it. Rule #2 is to put the bbs away. Well he did follow rule #1, but not rule #2. Van and Walt decided to try it out and loaded the gun. Walt pointed the gun at our babysitter behind the window, (thank goodness) and pulled. Danny was still home at the time. Thankfully no one was hurt!

Ballet for Daisy

Sweet sisters ready to perform!

Daisy with some of her friends from dance.

Daisy in the back doing a terrific job!

Glad Dee Dee could come watch the girls perform,
she even brought them flowers!

I love these daughters of mine!

Daisy's class danced to "Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast. 

They were adorable little princesses!

Jazz for Hanna

Sweet sisters ready to perform!

 Hanna with a group of friends from her Jazz class.

Hanna with her friend Ashlyn.

Performing on stage (back row), doing a fantastic job!

It was so nice of Dee Dee to come out for the girls performance,
she even brought them flowers!

I'm so blessed to be the mother of these two beautiful daughters of mine!

Hanna did a great job! It was so fun watching her!
Their dance was titled "Million Bucks".

Hanna's Story

Hanna won a class writing contest for this story she wrote back in September 2012.  Everyone in the school had to write a story with this same title. She just brought it home last week.

Class Pictures

Max with 4th Grade Class

Hanna with 2nd Grade Class

Happy Mother's Day

I have done these cards with a cute hand print and poem for my class Mother's Day gift since I started here in Pahrump. When my own children do the card I have Danny ask them the the questions. It's funny to see how young children don't understand age. Walt actually did really well, but usually kids are stressed about the age question and tell me they don't know and I just tell them to guess for fun and they give me a number close to Daisy's. Walt laughed at Daisy's answer, he knew she was wrong for sure.

I think they did a pretty good job! I think Walt was trying to say Pasta here, which is true.

Danny wrote Boo eyes, because that is the way Walt says Blue.

Here are the answers:
35
Blue-green
blondish brown (just like Daisy and Walt said, "like mine" and "kinda brown")
Pasta (if cooking it. Indian if I'm eating out).

I did get a few other cute homemade gifts that I keep in the kids boxes/folders.

Poor Danny had to go get an emergency root canal done on Mother's Day, so he said he will make it up to me next week.

I feel so blessed to be a mother to these amazing children of mine!

Max at Sea World

When Max was just 2 years old Grandma Susan told him that when he turns 10 she would take him to swim with the dolphins. Well, Max turned 10 last week and grandma was able to accomplish her goal! She took Max and his cousin Zachary to Sea World for his 10th birthday and they had a blast!

 Max walking the dolphin.

 Max got to have the dolphin jump over him.

 Max and Zachary had a great time together!

 Besides going to Sea World they stayed at Baxter's house one night and the beach house the next. They had so much fun! A big thanks to my mom! Max will always remember this special weekend with his grandma!

Clark

Since baby's grow-up so fast, here are a few updates on Clark's life...
-He is just over 14 months old now.
-Height is 31 and a 1/2 inches.
-Weight is 25 pounds
-Stopped nursing around 13 and a 1/2 months old.
-Still sleeps in our bed most of the night.
-Can climb out of bed and open the door when he's done with his nap.
-Understands everything I say.
-It's fun to watch him follow every direction I tell him.
-Favorite food is bananas.
-Climbs on everything; chairs, tables, ladders...(he had his first bad fall off the office ladder the other day, poor baby).
-Loves his pacifier!
-He is a fun loving, easy going baby boy!

We are so blessed to have you in our family Clark! We love you so much!

Happy 10th Birthday Max

Since we will be going to Disneyland this summer for all the kids birthdays we have been keeping it simple.

I made pumpkin muffins for breakfast, which he loves.

I sent cupcakes with him to school, since I couldn't make it this year.

We had Chinese Food for dinner, his request! Teriyaki chicken, dumplings, and chow main.

It's hard to believe that it's already been 10 years since we started this sweet family of ours. 

What a blessing you've been in our life Max, we love you!

Happy 35th to Me!

I was pampered good this year! My mom watched all 6 kids for the entire day so Danny and I could celebrate my birthday together! He has been super busy with work lately, so it was really nice to reconnect without too many interruptions.We ate at India Palace for lunch, my favorite. We shopped at Town Center and picked out a couple cute new outfits. I got some other stuff done, while Danny worked a little bit. We ended our night at the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. It was a wonderful day!
I learned 2 new things about myself this year...
1) I just realized I love Non-Fiction books!
I read 2 books in less then a month! My goal is usually to read 4 books a year. Not sure why it took me 35 years to figure this out, but I should be able to up my goal now.
I read Proof of Heaven by Dr. Eben Alexander, which was so neat to read about his experience. And I just finished reading Stephanie Nielson's book Heaven is Here, (it took me less then a week to read it) it was so inspirational! She is truly amazing!
2) I can crochet!
Which I would say is kind of on the crafty side, right? I've always said that I'm not crafty. I guess I'm living proof that we can change at any age of our life.
Here I am wearing this cute headband and flower I made. I haven't worn it in public yet. I keep planning on it, but then I chicken out. I've also always called myself Plain Jane. So maybe one day that will change too.

Here is a close-up of the flower. Isn't it cute?! I really enjoy crocheting these flowers and headbands, I have made lots of different colors now.