5!

Yesterday Gianna turned 5! It is surreal that she is already that old. We started the day with breakfast at Ihop...she had never eaten there, but ate a whole Belgium waffle! haha We spent the whole day doing whatever she wanted and then dinner at Red Robin....(healthy food day! haha) We had cake with friends and family that completed her special day. Last weekend we spent the day celebrating with a party at Wet n Wild...she had so much fun! I cannot believe in June she was only 47 inches and by July she was 48 inches! She got a green wrist band and could ride anything at the park. I am in awe at how much she has changed over this last year. She is excited about Kindergarten, loves to read, draw, math, puppies, swimming and soon will be playing basketball!! Love my Yanni girl :)

July 23rd

6 months to the day after my Grandma Archer passed away, my dad's mom (Grandma-ma) passed away as well. Sad day when you do not have anymore grandmas. :( She lived in Ohio, so I didn't get to see her often. We luckily were able to get the girls out to see her a couple years ago. I will miss her warm hugs, homemade cards, and funny songs. She was a sweet, loving lady and will be so missed. RIP Grandma-ma! xoxo

Summer!

I love summer time. Hope this one drags on and on....not ready to have a 3rd grader and kindergarten. xo

San Diego

San Diego was so much fun this last week. We went to Sea World...lots! Hung out with friends, hit the farmer's market, ate ice cream everyday, played on the beach, went to Disneyland for 2 days and then came back to enjoy SD some more. 10 days of living it up! Back to reality, but I will have some fun photos to post soon as I finish unpacking...lol! :) Here is one photo that this nice guy offered to take for us. He works at Costco, but takes photos too on the side and it was so sweet he offered to take our family photo when he saw me chasing the girls around. Thank you Dave from San Diego!! :)

School's Out for Summer!

So excited summer is here!! Yesterday was a happy/sad day all rolled in to one. Jadyn's teacher is moving to San Diego for one year, so all week Jadyn has been teary. Yesterday, it looked like a funeral afterschool. About 15 of the girls in Jadyn's class were huddled around the teacher just bawling. It was so sad. Good news is since we will be in SD in June, we hope to see her there. She was the most amazing teacher ever!! Hope everyone survived the last day of school. We are ready for playdates!! :)

May

Well, May has come and is 1/2 over already! This year is going sooo fast. Gianna had an ice cream social....so much fun. She really still wants a pig. Trying to think how we can make that happen. We have too many pets right now...lol.

Jadyn had her Bugz play too! She was the Monarch Butterfly...she did so well. All the kids did....it was an amazing play!

We survived teacher appreciation week...I was in charge of Coffee day and Candy day. The teachers loved it. Next year I think I will just take care of one day though.

Finally...Mother's day was a nice day. Brunch at our house with our moms and then swimming with my girls and the dogs through the afternoon. :) No photos since if I do not take the photos, there are none to share...haha. Only a couple more weeks to finish out Girl Scout meetings, class DVDs, class water days and the last days of school. I am sad to see this year come to an end. It has been so much fun, but we are ready for all the fun we have planned this summer too! Hope everyone had a great Mother's day! xo

March and April

have been a blur... we went to San Diego over Spring break...so much fun!
We even saw Jadyn 's teacher at Sea World!

My "baby" cousin turned 25!

My mom had a birthday....age undisclosed...

We made a PSA for girl scouts...see it here.
Met up with girlfriends that I miss seeing...

I finally got to see Wendy too!

I am not sure what else....there were too many things!

April has been equally busy and fun...
We dyed eggs with cousins!

We had Easter celebrations complete with an egg hunt!

Cousins were in town! We celebrated Lila turning 5 and Amelia turning 3...

I had moms night at Gianna's Pre school...my nails were painted and my legs were "shaved", well mainly my feet...lol.

We had a cousin night before Hayla and the two little girls headed back to WA.

Last, I planned a girl scout camp day that had to be cancelled due to SNOW! We still went up to Prescott and met up with some of the families that are our good friends. We made model magic bowls and snowmen, made friendship bracelets and cootie catchers, ate snacks, played in the snow, went out to a great dinner and had a game night in our condo with 8 adults and 9 kids after most of the families left. It was a fun filled day and night! It was so cool seeing the snow actually falling!

In between all the fun, I got to take lots of photos of amazing people including my Dr. and her boys. She delivered Gianna and she is so sweet, it almost makes me want another baby just so she can be my Dr. all over again...well, almost! :)
I am looking forward to these last weeks of the girls having field trips, class parties, planting a tree for girl scouts, fundraisers for the school, the carnival where I will face paint, and lots more exciting days to finish out through May.
I look forward even more to summer for vacation and a time when I can see my friends and their kids and maybe enjoy a lazy day or two?
I am ready! :)