YAY!!!

Brielle's last day of school was today and Katie's is tomorrow.... 

we are almost officially on summer vacation!

Brielle finally got her cast off!!!

They sent us to get more x-ray's and everything is healing just GREAT! 

I sure hope that she stays cast free for the rest of the summer her life;)

and the Paris' got internet!! The girls have been on skype almost every night. Its so nice to see them "together" again! Thank goodness for modern technology.

Coyote Pride

Both Katie and Brielle earned their Coyote Pride awards this year.  

To earn the award they have to pass off certain things for each grade. 

For example in Kindergarten they have to be able to tie their shoe, know there address and phone #, recognize all the letters and sounds etc... 

In 2nd grade they have to read a list of 200 words in 3 minutes, skip count by 2,3,5, count money etc...   

Brielle and Mrs Nelson

Katie and Mrs Marsden

Brielle Kindergarten class (that earned their awards)

Katie's 2nd grade class (that earned their awards)

 

I am so proud of both girls for their accomplishments this year- its been a success!  

the day to day...

Nothing exciting has really been happening around here but the day to day things.  Thought I would share some of my favorite moments I captured this week.  We are looking forward to next week. Brielle is getting her cast off on Tuesday and the girls last day of school is on Friday! YAY for summer!!!

Oh ya, and then there was this... someone got 2 new teeth. Its been a joy! 

Paris Fam in San Fran

Exactly 9 years ago we met the Paris'. They moved in 2 doors away and when Jen knocked on my door and invited me to bunco, we quickly became great friends.  They had a cute little 9 mo old baby Addison, and 6 months later I had Katie. Her and Addison were best friends from day 1.  Jen taught me so much about being a Mom and helped watch Katie while I went back to work part-time.  We watched every episode of 24, Lost, and Heroes together. We planned a large portion of our summer vacations together and have been on many camping trips and Disneyland vacations together. Our kids are more like siblings then friends and I love her kids nearly as much as if they were mine. Jen is my best friend, she is a great friend to everyone, in fact I think many people would say the same thing about her.  We were so devastated when they told us that Marty was taking a job in California and that they would be leaving but I never imagined how difficult it would be to see them go!  

 

Music and The Spoken Word

We took the activity day girls to temple square this morning and watched the live broadcast of Music and The Spoken Word. It was a perfect beautiful day - I just wish we could have walked around temple square a little more. 

2nd grade fieldtrip: Hogle Zoo

Greg rode up to the Zoo on the bus with Katie and her class and then the rest of us met them there. We had a lot of fun with our little group (minus 1 little boy peeing his pants- Yikes!) I did ask them numerous times if anyone had to use the bathroom.  It was a beautiful day, perfect zoo weather! A huge portion of the zoo is under construction and the new exhibits open on June 1st- so we easily got to see everything there in a short time. 

 We met up with Katie's cute little friends Kylie and Macady at lunch. 

 We wore out the baby! She loved the animals and just watched them with amazement.

 Then after the buses took the kids back to school. Me and the girls stayed a little longer with our friends the Hyte's and enjoyed the fewer crowds.

Spring

I love spring! (I hate allergies!) My yard always looks the prettiest in spring. All my favorite flowers are in bloom (my peonies) and new flowers have just been planted that I haven't had time to kill yet.

Happy Mothers Day ♥

I am so blessed to have the opportunity to be these cute girls mom! Being a Mom is hard work, sometimes I feel less than adequate to raise them.  I fear that I am not doing enough, but then I worry that I may do to much... but it is rewarding and I am so grateful for what they teach me and the memories that we create every day. When I look at my cute girls and see that they are happy, sweet kids I know its all worth it! And I never imagined that I could possibly love anyone as much as I LOVE each of them! They all have their own personalities that make them so unique and special. 

 (Katie wasn't sure this jaw-breaker was going to fit and once she got it in her mouth it kindof freaked her out!) Jessie is just cute as always, and the best baby. I can't imagine my life without that smile!

 We got to spend the day with some of the great Mom's in my life.  

My mother-in law, me, my Mom, Holly, and Julie- Happy Mothers Day!

Up with Kids Musical Theatre Academy: Rapunzel

 Last year Katie and Brielle starred in the production of Alice in Wonderland.  This year Brielle did not want to do do it again but Katie has been practicing all year to star in Rapunzel. She did such an amazing job and even earned an Academy Award for her performance. I am so proud of her!!! 

All the cousins came to support her- ♥ them all

And of course she was thrilled to be in the same class as Addison this year. Cute girls!

In the first scene Katie was a princess at Rapunzel's birthday party. She participated in the princess pageant and sang the birthday song "this little light of mine" with a few other girls while all the princesses danced. 

 The second scene she was in she was a viking at the Snuggly Duckling. This picture is her mean viking face- so cute!  She had some speaking lines, and she did such an amazing job with all her lines. I am so proud of her! 

 The finale: such a GREAT show! 

Slow down!!!

I can't believe how fast this little girl is growing right before my eyes! She is just 8 months and is already showing signs of early walking. She cruises around the furniture and now she is walking behind her push toys.  Before I know it she is going to be walking and talking and driving! Oh my!  I wish I could freeze time and enjoy her being little for a while.  I look forward to each  milestone and new phase but at the same time I feel a loss for things I can't get back, and at this point it looks like she will be our last baby. It is just going too fast!

Life is good!

I get to look at all these cute faces all day- Life is good! 

Little Monkeys

After a week of having a half cast/splint Brielle got her hard cast! It is so much better because I don't have to worry so much about her injuring her arm being so crazy... However, now she thinks she is indestructible! I just hope we make it for the next 4 weeks without breaking the other arm, or a leg. The girls new favorite thing to do is climb the trees in our front yard.  I'm hoping we don't have any more emergency room visits this summer for either girl (cross your fingers!)