This Is It

the morning smell

this morning around 5:00 am, i was smelling this very awful smell. in hopes that darric was awake i ask "was that you?" it wasn't. but, he smelled it too. we got up and walked around the house sniffing. then got back into bed. when the air conditioner came back on (yes, we have our air conditioner on) we could smell it again. we both got up again and walked around. i looked outside to make sure the air conditioner wasn't on fire, he opened the back door. we turned the news on to make sure something crazy didn't happen. the smell died down a bit. i took the kids to school and ran to get my breakfast. and as i was heading home, getting ready to turn onto spencer, i see this in the road...

i had to get a picture to send to darric. i thought it was pretty dang funny. (i do feel bad for mr. skunk - but dang, he stinks) and now we don't have to worry that there is some gas leak or poison killing us slowly in our sleep tonight.

 

in and out (of the car)

7:30  in the car to take the kids to school and run to walmart for a few things including grape tomatoes which they still didn't have. 

8:00  in the car to get my breakfast at einstein brothers and back home to finish my chores, eat and work on some stuff. 

9:30  in the car to run to costco to get something i printed.

10:15  stopped at cvs for snack size bags that i forgot to get at walmart.

10:30  pick up max. he got a ten today.

10:35  we run home to get madi's knitting stuff she forgot. drop it off to her at school then came back home.

11:20  back in the car to go meet grandma, quincy, beckam and piper at the park.

(he can go all the way across the monkey bars now)


(beckam wanted to hold someone's hand. he wasn't too thrilled with max's)


(miss piper went down this slide probably 15-20 times. she'd go down and say "more"

1:06  we get back in the warm car to grab a quick lunch and head home.

2:10 go pick up kenzie. then back home.

3:10 go pick up madi from school (she has knitting class) and back home.

4:10  off for a starbucks and madi's dance.

5:30  in the car to head home and we stayed there this time. we tried a new recipe for dinner, crock pot santa fe chicken. kinda blah. and kenzie made rice krispy treats for dessert. darric could not stop raving about how perfect they were. :) 

 

 

lately...

+ saturday, the girls got a package from grandma roberta. she sent them each a doll from her collection. madison's doll talks and we think it's michelle from full house because she says "my name is michelle" and "you got it dude" along with 4 other sayings. the girls were very excited.

+ kenzie is now a part of the mile club in P.E. she finished in 8:51. she also got picked for student of the month in P.E and got to have pizza and ice-cream at lunch time. 

+ madi had a carnival at the end of the school day friday... for finishing up their crt tests.

+ max got 10's in class everyday for two weeks. he wasn't there on friday because he had a stomach ache though.

+ kenzie had her first volleyball game for this season saturday. grandma becky came to watch too. their team has improved. they won all three games.

+ kenzie and i went to the bookstore and got 2 new books. she got "the year i turned 16" and i got "the happiness project".

+ our dishwasher was getting nasty because of the hard water and the dishes were coming out all nasty. i remember my cousin derrick talking about some lemon stuff, so as soon as he text me over a photo, we went out and got some. after 2 uses, my dishes are coming out sparkling clean again and the dishwasher is looking better after every wash. i highly recommend this stuff.

+ sunday we went to the bertrand's for a bbq. the kids went swimming (in the heated pool) and then rode bikes/scooters/rollerskates in the front yard. and then back to swimming again. it was warm out, but chilly once the sun went down. i was tempted to get in the pool just to warm up. oh... and i got to baby hog their neighbor's baby. 

phone photos

madi making her purchase at walmart with some of the birthday money she had.
 

lunch with mom and dad at weinershnitzel after meeting with the principal. 

sunday brunch... slurpees and donuts.

tuesday meetings at jodie's consist of jimmy johns, sonic drinks, sometimes chocolate and a little planning (the kids get corn dogs).

working on my next blurb book while i enjoy one of my last white chocolate mochas of the season. notice the new green sleeve?

madi is taking a knitting class after school on wednesdays for three weeks. she caught on very fast.

go rebels!

madi's in the choir and the choir got to sing the national anthem at the unlv game tonight. we went. dave, christi and chase went too. madi sat with the choir after they sang. we had pretzels, hot dogs, nachos, popcorn. max saw his teacher and went to say hi. when it was time for the teachers to throw goodies into the crowd, she came over and threw stuff to max. mrs. m came and threw him some stuff too. he had a good night. yelling "go rebels" so his dad would pay him and dollar. and running around with chase and his friend. kenzie tried to act super cool all night. ;) 

and on the way home we picked up a real dinner. (well, not really, it was del taco - but it was better than stale pretzels)

 

green day

max's shirt is green and madi has green stripes in her tights, along with some green silly bands.

breakfast for everyone (except darric)... lucky charms.

we had a kinda-sorta meeting at our house today.
max was still wearing his hat from school. a leprechaun ran around in his classroom, leaving footprints and gold (candy).

for dinner, the kids wanted green eggs and ham. i did the green eggs part, but no ham. french toast instead. and madi made green jello for dessert.

enchilada party

{derrick was showing us his flips}

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it started out with my cousin carrie inviting herself over to sandy and steve's house for enchiladas when she returned home from reno. i invited myself too, hoping when the time came, i'd be a part of the festivities. well, when the time came, not only did i get an invite, but the ENTIRE family got one too. and you know what i like more than food? family get-togethers. so this saturday couldn't get any better. steve's enchiladas and the whole family. grandma dee, rex, heidi, mason, andrea, donny, david, cindy, derrick, rayann, kayla, brody, carrie and her two nieces, sandy, steve, calie, ryan, kyle, sophie, coda, cade, jennifer (eli's fiance), mom, dad, jennifer, dave, their kids, jodie, matt, their kids, me, darric and our kids.

we ate (and ate). played some ping pong and basketball, some jumped on the trampoline, and we had dessert while we visited. and of course, the kids had a blast playing with all of the goodies in the backyard.

p.s. i think we've all decided that enchilada day should be a new tradition. now we just have to talk steve into it. ;) 

03.12.11

random

one - all of max's jeans have holes in the right knees - he's ready for shorts

two - i'm tired of jackets hanging on the kitchen chairs

three - my flip flops are calling my name (and my feet are calling for a pedicure)

four - saturday was awesome. we had an enchilada party at sandy + steve's and everyone came. david, cindy, derrick, rayann, kayla, brody, andrea, heidi, mason, rex, donny, grandma dee, carrie, her nieces brittany and chelsea, calie, kyle, coda, cade, ryan, sophie, mom, dad, jen, jodie, their kiddos and spouses, darric and our kiddos, mary h, jennifer (eli's fiance). the food was great (thanks steve) and it was the best to get to hang out with all of those people that i LOVE.

five - kenzie's going to disneyland with orchestra. she didn't think i'd let her go. but, we decided she could. and that's all we have heard about from her. "did you know on the matterhorn, the left side is faster.... i think we'll just eat something quick for lunch.... who's going to be the fourth person in our group..."

six - i just started listening to pandora and i'm liking it. especially the christina perri radio that i usually have on.

+ the three of us girls did some shopping this week. madi's been hanging on to her birthday money/giftcards and was ready to spend them. the first night, we hit up target and madi insisted on getting some dry erase board cleaning spray. along with a new lalaloopsy, a mini lalaloopsy, lip gloss and a puzzle for max. the next night, we went to walmart. she got the other new lalaloopsy doll and 2 of the mini dolls (without the furniture).

+ madi has had a loose tooth in her mouth for a long time now. we've all kinda forgotten about it. but this morning, just before school, it came out. i think she just touched it and it fell out because it was so ready. she was very excited.

+ max didn't go to school today. he wasn't allowed until we had our meeting with the principal. which was at 11:00. darric came with me. we met with the principal, his teacher and the school counselor to discuss fixing his behavior in class. before we went back, his teacher brought him out a puzzle to work on while we all talked. eventually, he was brought in and his teacher explained to him what we were going to do. on our way out to the truck, max said he was about to cry, but he held it back. i think that was when he was in the office waiting, because then he told us "that was great... i want to go back in there right now." he was in such a good mood. i think he was excited about the rewards at school he can earn. hopefully he'll still be excited about them on monday. 

TEN on TEN

thought i'd try the 10 on 10 from a new blog i came across.
take 10 photos on the 10th day of the month. 
so here is march 10, 2011 (thursday) 

01  i ate breakfast (einstein bagel + diet coke) while i roamed around on the internet

02 madi's lalaloopsies left out from the night before - i think they were watching some kind of performance

03 tropical spice oil burning in my new burner

04 laundry - the second load just before i folded it and put it all away

05 max figured out the puzzle - he was the first one and it was a hard one

06  yeah, i got a call from the school to come pick up my boy

07 dinner - chicken with dijon cream sauce (and mashed potatoes and mac+cheese)

08 enjoying the last of my black tea - notice the new design on the cups

09 max was giving massages - they hurt like heck - especially the elbow

10 wrote in my one line a day book just before sharing half of my nothing bundt cake with darric (yes, it's fair that i got the bigger half) and just before watching weeds