Spring Break Day 4

Spring Break Day 4:

We started out our day again with the daily hour workout. I was bookin’ it today and we finally have Marisa with us! . Marisa brought us some sweet souvenirs from Florida. It was super sweet of her to think of us.

Then Tyler went to his friends house, I deep cleaned the house, Marisa unpacked, and Kayla and Alayna practiced their cake decorating skills. They made some beautiful mini cakes.

Tennis finally!

The weather was GORGOUS today!! So, we went and played tennis for an hour and it was so invigorating. Marisa starts official team practices tomorrow. Kayla starts Monday.

Movie Recommendation:

We saw the movie “Martian Child” as a family. It was such a sweet touching movie and we HIGHLY recommend it!

Spring Break Day 3

Another beautiful sunny day!

We started out with our hour walk/bike. Actually the kids ride their bikes while I walk and jog. It works great. We found a perfect route around the neighborhood that is exactly an hour.

Then Kayla and I went to do the grocery shopping. How come we always spend too much at Wal-Mart? We did notice though that my tulips are coming in! Spring is on its way! Hoorah!

Me being trendy?

Then I went to get my hair cut. I am including the picture, but keep in mind that I can never get it to look the way it does when my hair stylist does it. So, I have to try it out on my own this week. It takes a while to straighten it to look like this, so I may alternate with it being curly. Apparently this is me being “trendy”…lol!

Petit Four Practice:

Then, we spent the evening practicing and experimenting with Petit Fours for Tyler’s business fair next week. Um, we found that we are not so good at it. I trying to frost the edges with a knife. After several hours and many flops, we came up with a plan B. I pray it works. We will post pics of that plan next week.

Take 1: Flipping a cake over right when it comes out doesnt work…lol!

Take 2: Success

Final products

Marisa came home!

Almost midnight and just picked her up. She had a fabulous time and will post pics this weekend. She is super tan and super tired. That’s when you know its been a great vacation!! We are happy to have her back home!

Alayna texting Marisa wondering when she will be home.

Spring Break- Day 2

We took the kids down to Wasserhabn for the day. It’s an indoor water park. They had a great time and played for over 4 hours. I spent most of my time in the hot tub and just “gelin’”. Is that even a word? Alayna and I still have head colds and now our throats are starting to hurt. Not fun…but We got potato pancake mix for dinner. Whoohoo!

Report from Marisa: She is having the time of her life. Yesterday they got to go to a really cool surf shop, spend 3 hours at the beach, go to a BBQ, and spend the rest of the afternoon and evening at downtown Disney. She is exhausted but says its all worth it. I hope she will take time to post pics and blog all of her week when she gets back. They board the buses late tonight and should arrive here really late tomorrow night. Our spring break is slipping away…

Spring Break Day 1

 

Walk/run/biking outing:

Playing in the backyard: Swings, basketball, etc.

A surprise for Marisa when she returns:

Football with dad:

Puzzle I started on Saturday, finished today!!

We are Singing in the Rain

March 14

We are Singing in the Rain

It actually warmed up enough (44 degrees) to melt all the snow! It’s the 1^st time the snow has melted since the first snowfall over 3 months ago. We can finally see the grass. Whoo-hoo! We also had our 1^st thunderstorm of the season. It was spectacular. I almost grabbed an umbrella to run outside to do a dance and “sing in the rain”, but I have a suspicion I am a lightning magnet, so I refrained.

(Look!  No SNOW!!)

The Report from Orlando

Marisa left on Thursday after school for Orlando. They had 5 or 6 huge luxury motor coaches (buses) and they drove straight there. She said they are staying in an amazing hotel (and Sarah Palin is staying there too so Marisa has been keeping her eyes out for her!) Yesterday they spent the morning at “Animal Kingdom” and the afternoon at the “Epcot Center”. She said it was the best place ever! She got to eat crepes in France! This morning, her orchestra did a clinic (in a recording studio I think?) She is spending the afternoon at “Magic Kingdom” searching for some hot princes.

http://parklink.disney.go.com/parklink/dis/pi/missionspacevideo/2010-03-13/31af8aa548812910

Alayna, Alayna, Let down your blond hair

Alayna auditioned for and got the part of Rapunzel in the 2^nd grade musical. She worked super hard on learning her lines and the music. We went to see it on Tuesday and she was fantastic! Singing, dancing, and acting are really her thing. Bob will post some clips from the show.

(Another Rapunzel??)

We also went to her art show. I took pictures of her art so you could see it. One of her drawings made us die laughing. We thought she had drawn our family. She informed us that it wasn’t our family- it was just “a” family that she had drawn. Whew! Guess who we thought they were…

(We thought: Marisa far left, Kayla in the pink leotard next to her, Alayna in the picture frame above her head, me in the turtle neck, tyler in the overalls, and Bob is the stick with a balloon head in the green picture frame.)

And the winner is…

Me! Well, I got 3^rd place in the school staff wellness competition (behind the PE teacher who won) I won $30 and was pretty proud. So, I went out and rewarded myself with some new workout clothes. They are starting another competition after spring break. I may do that too.

Spring Break

We are finally on Spring Break!!!!!! Kayla spent the night at a friend’s house doing an all night Harry Potter marathon. We watched 2012 as a family yesterday and I started my puzzle. Sadly, Alayna and I have started off our break with a bad head cold. Always so fun. We plan to do lots of fun and relaxing stuff!

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

March 7, 2010

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

Guess what?? The sun still exists! We were seriously beginning to wonder. Not only does it still exist, but the temps finally went over 40. We made a record this year- 90 straight days where the temps never went above 40 degrees.

You can go outside?

We were SO excited the temps started to rise! So, on Saturday, when the temp went up to 38, us girls went out to walk/run for an hour. It was invigorating to have the sun shining down on our faces and breathe in the fresh air!

A real Red Robin

We went out as a family for dinner this week. We ended up at Red Robin due to a coupon misunderstanding, but we really enjoyed being out together. While we were eating, the Red Robin came over to say hello. So, we were able to get a picture of Alayna with him with Marisa’s cell phone.

 

Mom’s bragging corner and miscellaneous info

*Tyler placed 3^rd in the school cup stacking finals. He absolutely LOVES cup stacking. I guess I need to get him his own set of stacking cups now. Way to go, Tyler!

*Alayna got 3^rd place for curling in 2^nd grade PE winter Olympics. She was recognized in front of the whole 2^nd grade for it. Way to go, Alayna!

*Tyler now wears a size 10 shoe!! The same size as Bob! When did that happen? No wonder his toes were pushing their way through his other shoes.

*Tyler attended a scout merit badge clinic in Iowa City yesterday. He took some fun classes about chemistry.

*Marisa, Kayla, and Alayna went to go see the high school production of Sleeping Beauty yesterday and they really enjoyed it.