This Is It

05.23.11 to 05.29.11

[M] 05.23.11 - mom's birthday... we spent the early morning in body pump... grocery shopping at trader joe's... i re-used my paper bags and got to fill out a paper to be entered into a drawing (don't know what the prize is - but i will be bringing my bags again)...  

 [T] 05.24.11 - spin... jodie's house for meeting... 

[W] 05.25.11 - body pump... went to max's class... the kids took turns reading to me in the hall... max was first... he handed me his pocket knife that he brought with him to school... that he was told not to bring for the past two days... after all the kids read (i was almost asleep) i came in and watched them finish up a butterfly story/craft... then they went out for a short recess... came back in to start a story and then it was time to leave... we ran home to grab our lunch and met amy, brandy and kristin over at the park across from the colonnade. max had a blast on his first playdate with brooke, christian (brooke's brother), collin, austin (collin's brother) and travis... they played at the park and then in the sprinklers... then back to the park and the sprinklers once more... it was pretty warm out... madi had dance tonight...

[Th] 05.26.11 - spin... we went to jodie's house for another meeting... jen was finally back from germany... mackenzie's friend, catelynn, came out to the car after school with her... we went to golden spoon (kenzie's school had a fundraiser there all day)... then we came home... madi and max were on their worst behavior... because kenzie had a friend over... we took her home around 4:30... 

[F] 05.27.11 - elliptical + track... max got to eat lunch in the school cafeteria today... to practice for first grade... we met jodie and grandma (and eventually jen) over at babies-r-us to do some shopping... then sweet tomatoes for lunch... darric and i watched unstoppable...  

[Sa] 05.28.11 - body pump for me... bike ride for darric... that afternoon, the girls and i went to awburn's BABY shower... it was a POP theme... pop tarts, popcorn, cake pops, ring pops, pop music trivia and lots of girly baby clothes (and gifts)... the boys went to see kung fu panda 2... that evening we went to the dayton's... we enjoyed some yummy mediterranean food (including baklava)... the kids went swimming... and then we watched the ufc fights... 

duke is wearing madi's first hat made with her loom.

[Su] 05.29.11 - went to target to get my rx... then to michaels to get madi her loom and kenzie thread for friendship bracelets... the rest of the day was a lazy day... we watched lion king and the girls kept busy with their new crafts...  

05.16.11 to 05.22.11

[M] may 16th - body pump. max's class got to take turns reading to the principal today. his teacher told them they were getting giant candy bars, so max was expecting 3' of chocolate. it was about king size and he was pretty excited about it. when he got out of school, we went with grandma to sign her up at lvac. max picked teriyaki boy for lunch. then we came home and he read grandma half a book and we played a super long game of chutes and ladders.

[T] may 17th - spin. kenzie had her orchestra concert tonight.  i made madi go with me. they sounded a lot better than they did at the beginning of the year. (no photos)

[W] may 18th - body pump. madi had her third and last knitting class today and dance at 4:30.

[TH] may 19th - spin. kenzie had volleyball practice at 5:00 tonight, up at henderson international. darric took her.

[F] may 20th - no gym. madi went on a field trip with the other gate kids to the adventuredome. she went on most of the rides, even the twisty, turning upside-down ones. after school pick-up, we drove over to get snow cones. kenzie and i tried strawberry and mango this time. the mango was really good. max and madi usually get weird combos now. i discovered you can get a half for only $1 and max finishes all of it. while we were there, kenzie was arranging a get together at markela's house, so we dropped her off there (and she ended up spending the night). while i met up with millisa at red rock casino for dinner and a movie. we ate at cabo (mexican), then hurried over to the movies. we were going to see bridesmaids, but when we got in there, it had already started and the only seats available were in the very front. no thanks, we went over to something borrowed and found some seats on the top row. i'm glad we saw it. i liked it. but, i have to go re-read the book because i couldn't remember any of it. (me and millisa read those books together)

[S] may 21st - darric got up and went bike riding with brian and brought me back a black tea. everyone but kenzie went over to home depot. darric needed new yard clippers and i wanted to grab some paint samples (madi and max grabbed a bunch too) we picked up port of subs. kenzie got home, after just having breakfast at crepes and waffles. she had a game at 1pm, up at henderson international. then after, we went and dropped her off at her volleyball swimming party. we came home and piper, beckam and quincy came to hang out with us. kenzie's party ended at 5pm. she had a lot of fun.

[SU] may 22nd - darric got up early to go do his run. he did it 4.5 minutes faster than the last time. at 9am, the whole family went out to red rock rock with the ausmans to hike. kenzie did not like the creepy crawlers she encountered (a stink bug and a couple lizards) max had fun leading the group on the trail and madi was just having a great time. the five of us went and had five guys for lunch. it was darric's first time and he is a big fan now. he says it's lived up to all the hype.  

05.10.11 to 05.15.11

[T] 05.10.11 - max had his kindergarten promotion/graduation pictures taken today. i can't wait to see them. i love how they turned out. :)  kenzie had orchestra practice after school and that night, me, jodie, jennifer, michelle k and carol m met across town at on the border for a book swap dinner. jodie, somehow spilled her water across the table and all over michelle. leaving a puddle of water under the table too. it was a bit entertaining.

[W] 05.11.11 - kenzie had honor society rehearsal, then we picked madi up from knitting and shortly after took madi to dance. she got to try on her recital costume. it took her forever to get it on. her teacher stood up mats for them to change in.

 

[Th] 05.12.11 - madi and i went to kenzie's junior honor society induction. very proud of her.

[F] 05.13.11 - darric went in to work super early again, so he got off in time to have lunch with me and mixter. burger king for him, port of subs for us. after lunch max and i went to watch madi at field day, some how max joined in and participated in 6 stations. after school, we drove over to get purple penguin (photos to come)

[Sa] 05.14.11 - gym, cleaned kitchen (including the fridge), went to kenzie's volleyball game, had teriyaki boy for lunch, that evening, i went with jodie to a photography shoot. suzanne and jeanna put it all together for the students of jeanna's photography class. we were excited to get to go. jen was bummed that she was missing it. (i'm sure she was fine with it once she was in germany) everything was beautiful. we tried to take some pictures and we did some visiting too. heather from whipperberry was also there. jodie and i went to five guys burgers and fries for dinner. it was my first time there. oh-so-very-yummy.

[Su] 05.15.11 - darric was on call and worked most of the day. i took the kids to michaels and target. then we picked up port of subs on our way home. darric got home a couple hours later.

Field Day [may 13]

madison [and max's] field day. 
it was an all day event this year (with a break for lunch).

 



madison led max around to every station. they had so much fun together. and max did better than some of the fourth graders (like the ball bounce).

after school was out, a trip to purple penguin was a must!

the week's randomness

+ monday madi went on a field trip to the springs preserve. she kinda forgot about it that morning while she was picking out her clothes. (white shirt and skirt - it was a little chilly) she had fun and enjoyed going out to see all of the animals.

+ monday kenzie had an interview for the junior honor society. (she eventually got the letter that she made it)

+ tuesday madi went to the UNLV to perform with the choir. when they got back to the school, they had pizza.

+ kenzie also had pizza at school on tuesday. for getting straight A's.

+ wednesday madi started the knitting class again. this time it's intermediate/advance level. she's learning the purl stitch right now.

+ wednesday kenzie took the day off to go visit dr truman...

and got braces on her top teeth. they'll need to pull those up before they can put some on the bottom.

+ max has still been doing great with his reading tests every thursday. he's on list 14 now, which includes... that, high, when, were and was

+ when max is taking care of business in the bathroom, he likes to make conversation with anyone who can hear him. the other day he asks "how do you know if a baby is a boy or girl? they're both bald?" i started to explain how each has different parts (without going into too much detail). and he stops me "oh... ok... i know... alright... " and he was done talking.

+ friday max and i went to have lunch with madi. i got port of subs and the two of them mcdonalds. we ate in the courtyard and then went and did some shopping at the book fair afterward.

+ max and madi took in their teacher appreciation gifts this week. thursday they took in the starbucks giftcards and then on friday, the teacher subway art.

+ friday night we went to the sedillo's to help celebrate mason's 9th birthday. it was a water party, with a lot of boys, jumping on the trampoline, sliding down the water slide and racing down the slip and slide.

+ saturday we all went out to the bertrand's to celebrate jude's birthday/mother's day. the food was delicious and healthy. the kids spent as much time as we allowed them in the pool before it was time to come in so the adults could watch the fight (boxing). the fight was pretty boring. 

+ sunday we all went over to the sedillo's for mother's day linner. we tried to be good and picked up port of subs on our way over there. everyone else had olive garden and it smelled sooo good. after i was full, i was no longer  jealous. ;)

it was a good week. 

my mother's day gift from the mixter. a flower pen in a pot and a cute little mohawked drawing of himself. LOVE it. madi's class made poem books for the moms. each of the students wrote a poem for it. here's madi's....

You're the one for my life,
and everything nice.

Mom,
You are the rose of my garden,
The shine of my sun.
You're the one for my life,
Yes, you are the one.
You're amazing who you are,
my glowing star.
You are the one of my heart,
No one can ever take us apart.
Love, Madison 

LOVE it too!! 

may 1st

sunday...
we were invited to a birthday party at the mini grand prix for vince's little boy, christian. he was turning 5. the kids had a lot of fun and i think the grown kids had a bit of fun too. madi was in line to ride the little kids go-karts, but she was too tall to ride, so she had to ride the big ones. i think she was a little nervous.

here's her BEFORE picture...

here's her DURING picture...

and her AFTER picture... (can you see the smile on her face?)

and everyone else...

we picked up cafe rio on our way home.  no chips and queso.

april 30th

saturday...
madi and i went to old navy and then gap to find her a new swimsuit (found one at gap). then we left and met darric and max across the street at the greek bistro. the food was so good. madi and i left and went back to the mall. i needed to find a shirt. we did a little shopping in bath and body works. they had some sale going on. we looked in several stores with no luck finding a shirt. so we went over to the district and i finally found a shirt in downeast basics. madi ended up getting a necklace and 2 skirts that were on sale for $7 each. we stopped at starbucks and then came home.

that night, me, jennifer and jodie met up with heather and sarah (from whipperberry) and had dinner at the elephant bar while we talked blogs/biggest loser/traveling out of the country and a few other things. i really enjoyed the conversation (and the food too). unfortunately, i had to leave a little early because darric had to go run a call.

i was super energized when i got home, so i picked up the house. then when darric got home, we sat and visited until kenzie called around 11:30 telling us to come pick her up at the school.

she spent the day at disneyland with the orchestra (and the choir too). she had been up since 3:00 this morning, so she was a bit on the loopy side. i think she did more shopping than rides. we sent her with our disney rewards card that had $100 and then $40 cash in case that didn't work. well, she came home with $4 and toys for madi and max, and a candy for each of them too, my favorite cookie, a rice krispy treat for darric, sparkly minnie ears, a mickey head bracelet, part of a BFF necklace (that markela bought for the two of them) and a mickey phone cover. and come to find out, her friend micco bought her dinner (corn dog) because she didn't have enough money. i wanted to kick her butt. ;)

she started out with markela and micco in her group and then the chaperones added more. chase and sydney jenkins, another girl named sydney and jonah. i was so excited to see all of the pictures that she had taken. there were only a few on the camera i sent her with, but luckily a few more on her phone...

 

(markela + kenzie on the left and the rest of the group on the right)

(just some of the treats she brought home)