May 23, 2005

May 23, 2005
This has been such a very busy week. Where do I begin? Well,
Bob had a car accident on the way home from work on Tuesday. He calls it a fender bender. He pulled out by Rockwell and didn't see another car coming and it hit him. It is a hard intersection where you can't see oncoming traffic. Thank heavens it missed his door and smooshed the door behind him. The side of his face hit the window so his jaw and neck hurt for a day or so. It worried me to death. I felt like Debra did on the last Everbody Loves Raymond! Plus Marisa was ticked that the car she gets when she can drive just got a huge dent in it- JK! Oh well!
On Thursday, it was Marisa’s birthday and she turned 11!! She also had 5th grade track day at school. For her, the fact that she survived it was a big deal. She had an enjoyable day and we even let her open a few fun presents. Then we finished "Phantom". The kids think it had the worst ending ever. I think I must agree.
On Friday, Corey and Hal arrived and Bob took the day off. We ran around for hours getting errands run and fixing things around the house. We got a great new patio set and grill. SO, we had a fun barbeque that night to try it out. Hal cleared our plot for our garden. We got a lot done!! We even went on a bike ride with grandma and grandpa. It was fun to have them along and it was a beautiful evening.
On Saturday, it was Kayla’s last track meet. She ran the 60 meter, the 100 meter, and the 200 meter. She did a great job and grandma and grandpa Hart got to come see. She has decided however, that it is not her thing. That’s ok, that’s why we try everything. On Saturday, it was also Marisa’s birthday party. I had been asking her for weeks if she wanted anyone to come to the party and she said "No- just family". Then all of the sudden on Monday she came home saying she wanted lots of friends to come. I wanted to throttle her. However, I said ok and she invited all the girls from her church class. 7 girls came which was so great. We had a big pizza lunch and then all watched "National Treasure" in our special entertainment room with surround sound. Amazingly enough, none of the kids had seen it yet, so it was so much fun. I HIGHLY recommend that movie. It was so awesome!! Then we had a giant birthday cookie (she preferred that over cake) and opened presents. She had a perfect birthday which made me happy too!
After the party, we went back to work with projects around the house. We put in two cool shelves in Tyler’s room to display his dinosaur collection and put in a bookshelf so he could keep his special books there. We ran errands at Menards. Bob and Hal fixed the door handle on the dented car and the navigation system in the van. It was a busy evening!!
On Sunday, in the evening, Corey and Hal gave us this fabulous slide show presentation of their trip to China. It was so cool. Then I made homemade guacamole and kid friendly margaritas and taught the kids how to make homemade tortillas. It all turned out so yummy!! Then grandma and grandpa had to leave. They are headed to L.A. this week. We love having then so close now.
In other news, Marisa was nominated for the People to People Leadership Conference in Washington DC. It is way too expensive, but she was still excited to be nominated! Alayna has started throwing tantrums. We all ignore and walk away which makes her more angry, Hopefully it will curb that behavior before it starts. She has been a handful, but is communicating really well now. She can almost sing her A,B,C’s. Thansk to Dora most of her singing is in Spanish!
Well, I guess that’s it. Our love to you all!