Tired Tuesday!

It is Tuesday and I am tired!! This last weekend we got to "Spring Ahead" and I really miss that extra hour! In addition to losing an hour I have gained a cold! I am feeling much better now, but I still really miss that extra hour.

Last Sunday, March 6, The Ugandan Orphans Choir came to our church and performed. They were really good. This is not the best picture of them, with the glare in the back. After church was over, we had a lunch with them. They got to eat and play. My girls and Lauren were the only other children there. It was neat to see my girls interact with them. Even with the language barrier, they had lots of fun together! The Ugandan children LOVED the camera! They would pose and ask me to take their picture. Then they would come over to me to see the picture on the screen! You should have seen their face when I showed them a video of them! Priceless!!

This is the birthday boy! He enjoyed his birthday cupcake :) He was very dainty when picking off the chocolate. Not so dainty when trying to get it too his mouth! He just ate the chocolate off the top of the cupcake. I helped him eat a bite of the cupcake, but he didn't like it so much.

March 9, 2011

Doesn't she just look like a math geek? Or maybe more like a monkey!

Busy week last week! It will take me a while to get back in the swing of this blogging. I will try not to let too long go by between posts. :)

Saturday (3-5) was a busy day! We dropped Alexandra off at Mt View School to ride the bus to the Math Olympiad County Championship competition. We followed along behind her and met her at the college. Stacy and I knit while the kids were doing math! (I think we had more fun!)

Jay took McKenzie to her game at 12:10 and were back in time for awards. Alexandra didn't place individually, but her team came in 10th!! She was sooo excited!

McKenzie and Emily after their soccer game!

McKenzie's favorite outfit to wear is her hot pink jersey and socks with her red shorts! She says pink and red go together. Look at Valentine's Day! :) Crazy girl.

This is the sweater that I knit for me!

Apple Yarns knitting store had a February knitting challenge. You had to sign up, buy your yarn at their store, and cast on in Feb. When you were done (before Feb 28) then you brought your sweater back in and they gave you a $20 gift certificate!! Stacy made me do it! :) I had a great time doing it. It was a little stressfull at times. Before this sweater, I had knit 3 scarfs and maybe 3 or 4 hats. I just learned!!! I am very proud of this sweater! If I do this pattern again (and I probably will) I will make it a little longer. I love, love, love the deeep purple alpaca yarn it is made of! It is soooo soft!

March 3, 2011

Mr. Aiden at Build a Bear. He is wearing Build-a-Bear sunglasses and riding in the Build-a-bear car! He is soooo cool! :)

This was at McKenzie's birthday. She went to the mall with Emily (and her family). We all went glo-golfing in the mall and then the girls went to Build-a-Bear to spend their Christmas gift certificates. Alyssa and Richard and Aiden met us at Build-a-bear. Aiden was the perfect size to try out all the cool stuff!

Today is my Friday from daycare and tomorrow is my Monday at work! Somewhere I am missing the weekend.....

Lately I have been thinking about my job situation for next year. I do this at about this time each year. Do I want to do daycare another year? OR get a job and have to find daycare.

I have daycare kids growing up and going to kindergarten, more of them going to preschool, and I don't have any for sure's signing up. We shall see what the next month or so brings...

This is Alexandra and her team at the Math Olympiad cometition in Ferndale. They are going to county competition on March 5! After that.....maybe state! This team took 1st place again this year!

March comes in like a lion..

It is super windy out there! It is a pretty warm wind, compared to some of the colder days we have had.

So if the saying is true, March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, then we are in for a couple of crazy days, but it will get nicer!!

We were at the school this morning dropping off the girls and I jsut had the four younger kids with me. I told them to stand still while I unlocked the van and opened the door for them. Next thing I knew they were about 3-4 feet away, looking back at me to see if they were in trouble for moving!! It was soooo windy and they were so little that the wind was blowing them!! It blew me around a bit also!

Mr Aiden with his football. He loves balls. All kinds of balls. Big balls. Little balls. Soccer balls. Footballs. Basketballs. He loves to kick them. Throw them. Carry them. He calls them "da"

I love this outfit that he is wearing! I bought it for him and it says Mommy's little monster on it. Even the monster is wearing camo!

These are a couple of pictures of McKenzie birthday party.

Happy 9th birthday McKenzie!! She picked a soccer cake and an iceskating party! Two of her favorite things to do.

Here are all the girls that she invited. They all had lots of fun. A couple of them were not very sure on the ice at first, but by the time the party was over, all of them were skating on their own without the "skating helpers"

Have a great day!

ps. Happy Birthday Dr Seuss!!! He would be 107 today!

I'm Baaaaaaaack!!

Cousins & aunts & nephews & nieces!!

This would have been a shorter title if I had just said "family"

This was on Thanksgiving 2010. Alexandra, McKenzie, Derek, Katherine, and Alyssa

Love the boots Katherine! :)

Did you miss me? It has been quite a while since I have updated this blog. Lots has happened since last time.

Highlights:

September: Alyssa turned 18!!

School started 4 days late because of a teacher's strike

McKenzie is in 3rd grade with Mrs. Galbraith as her teacher. She is loving it..

Alexandra is in 5th grade with Mrs. Wickham as her teacher. Her class is a 5/6 split full time Aiming High class. She is loving it!

Alyssa is a Senior this year. Her last year of high school. Graduation is in June!

Alyssa and Richard also got married, which makes me a mother-in-law! Crazy!

October was Alexandra's 11th birthday! She had a scavenger hunt birthday at the mall!

December was McKenzie's 9th birthday. We held her birthday in January at the Sportsplex. We went ice skating.

February was Aiden's 1st birthday! I can't believe it has already been a year!

Those are some highlights....I will post some pictures and try to be a better blogger!

McKenzie building her snowchair at Grandma's house on Thanksgiving Day. We had TONS of snow (for us) on Thanksgiving day and the next day the rain came and melted it all away!

Swim lessons

The girls have been taking swim lessons at the Arnie Hanna Aquatic Center in Bellingham. I have really enjoyed how the lessons have gone. More importantly, the GIRLS have enjoyed the lessons. Last month, McKenzie was barely dipping her head in the water for bobs. She does not like to get her face wet.

NOW........

This is McKenzie!!!! She is swimming with her face in the water!!! AND enjoying it! (mostly)

I am sooo proud of her! She is doing so well. Now my job this summer is to keep taking her swimming so she stays comfortable in the water. I don't want all of this progress to dissapear!

This is Alexandra diving in the dive pool. She was pretty excited! They did standing dives, sitting dives, kneeling dives. They treaded water and swam. She is a really good swimmer. She catches on pretty quickly once she is taught what to do. I am pretty proud of her too.

We have really loved the lessons here. I like how they take a little time each class and talk about water safety. In the pool, in the lake, on the beach, where ever there is water around, they teach them how to be safe.

We are not fair weather fans!

WE love going to the Bellingham Bell's baseball games. You can find us there most home games. The stands are usually not all that full and we do have "our" spot where we like to sit. I consider us the players "good luck charms" :)

Usually the weather is pretty nice. Sometimes a little windy....and it does get colder when the sun goes down.

But this particular game..... it rained! For about 10-15 minutes, it was an absolute downpour! They let everybody sit in the grandstands where they would stay out of rain. The girls and I went for about 10 minutes. We didn't like the view (we felt too high up) and thought the players would miss us. So back to the stands we went! We had our pick of seats. Nobody walked in front of my camera. Nobody stomped up and down the stairs. Nobody yelled in our ears. We had the stands to ourselves. That was fun! That is what summer memories are made of! :)

GO BELLS!!!