Hallelujah! It's finally Spring Break!!!

March 22, 2009

1. You know you are old when…
Your daughter goes to a decade dance and comes out dressed looking exactly like you did in the 80’s. Oh dear!! She did look adorable though- I will post some pics. She danced with a friend who went as a Neanderthal. Some very creative kids.
She started her rehearsals for Les Miserables and started on the tennis team this week. She is going to be one VERY busy chick this month! We will find out soon what tennis team she will be on. She has practices during Spring break as well.

2. Twilight Mania:
Kayla is only a few pages from finishing Breaking Dawn. She has flown through these last few books ( I blocked out a portion of the last book for her though- I think she should wait til she is in HS to read that). We bought the movie yesterday and she is EXTREMELY excited about her “Twilight-themed” birthday party this week. Happy 13th Birthday to Kayla this week!! She is officially a teenager!
She had her band solo last week. Her Battle of the Books team came in 2nd place in the whole school. It was a close match. Kayla also starts on her tennis team the Monday after Spring break. She is looking forward to playing.

3. I was bitten:
Tyler hasn’t been up to anything new, but he and Bob found a show they really like called “I was bitten”. However, the episode last night freaked Tyler out and he was very worried about being attacked by a brown recluse. Yet, he and I watched Sea Beast and it didn’t even faze him.

4. Craving to rearrange:
We spent Friday afternoon and a good portion of yesterday organizing and rearranging Kayla and Alayna’s room. (I blame you, mom and dad, for my constant need to rearrange everything!) But the room looks so cute and much more spacious.
Alayna also had a fun Class Primary Party Friday night. They had pizza, practiced their skit for sharing time and then played the game “fruit basket”. They presented their puppet show during sharing time today.

5. Basketball and possibly the Worst Week Ever:
Bob has had to log in extra hours at work until further notice. They are letting him do those from home which is helpful. Yesterday, he went to play basketball with our ward for the stake tournament.
I had a terrible week this week. Sometimes I wish I could crawl back into my comfy bed and stay there for a very long time. The week before last week I survived 2 days of parent conferences 5 hours each night. Glad those are over with. I have to say I am already looking forward to June 8th! You have no idea...

Other news:
All the kids have their blogs up now. (We are getting Alayna’s up today) Bob is also working today to make their blogs accessible from our website. If you have any questions about it, let me know.

The weather has been gorgeous!! So we have the bikes up and running and even went to play tennis one day. The sunshine and warmth never felt so good.

Bob rocks!! He found me a 2000 piece puzzle of the Neuschwanstein castle for us to work on this week. I need something to work on that will calm me and my elevated stress levels.

We are getting excited to put in our garden. We are going to make two more raised box gardens.

Clarinet CO2 car

Clarinet CO2 car

Alayna being "Harry Potter"

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. - Doug Larson

March 8, 2009

One day this week when I ran the seminary carpool, Marisa came out twirling and spinning around (exactly like Julie Andrews in the sound of music) with a humongous smile. Why? Because the sun was up and it was warm!! Actually warm! It got up to 73 degrees that day and it was absolute heaven! Tyler and Alayna were able to go to school without a winter coat, gloves, hats , scarves, and snow boots. It was a great day!

Bob got everyone’s bikes up and running and had the first family bike ride of the year. Alayna was excited to be riding again and her goal this summer is to learn to ride the bike without training wheels.

I subbed three days this week and am now down with a miserable head cold. I predict a long week ahead. Spring Break cant come fast enough!

I am pretty sure we have the worst EVER luck with cell phones. This week Tyler accidentally dropped Marisa’s phone and now the screen doesn’t work. Ugh!

Kayla made a CO2 car in tech the past couple of weeks. They actually cut it out using the machines, sand it down, spray paint it, etc. She made her car in the shape of a clarinet! So creative! Then they get to stick a CO2 canister on it and race them. I will attach a pic of her with her car.

Upcoming this week:
Kayla has her band solo on Tuesday night
Parent conferences
Teacher/parent conferences for me with my students (10 hours total over two nights)

tyler and his cake