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! :)

Whirly Bird Wed

I do not watch the news, but today was fun. The kids at Jadyn's school were so excited to have the Whirly Bird come out! :)

Lucky...

to have these beautiful ladies in my life! xo

Puffy

Our newest pet....Puffy, the Bearded Dragon ;)

He or she is very sweet and suprisingly friendly and cute. I feed it fruits and veggies and David is in charge of mealworms and crickets. It eats a lot of food! The girls have wanted one since the nice Sea World worker told them all about how cool they are. I hope they are ready for when it gets big!

School Father/Daughter Dance

Jadyn got the attend the Father/Daughter Dance at school this time. Since I was helping the PTSA, Gianna got to come along. She was not too excited at first, but had fun running around with the other girls. She is bigger than a lot of the 1st graders there, so she blended right in...haha. I had someone ask if Jadyn was a 4th grader. Umm...no, please do not rush it! Looking at these photos does show me how tall and grown up she has become. She is so mature beyond her years. Both girls are. I am so lucky to have them as my daughters!! :)

I am....

Missing some type of normalcy in my life(whatever that is..ha!). This was the first week in months that has felt almost normal. I took Jadyn out of dance this year at first since she had the not so nice teacher and then never put her back in with all the craziness and family not doing well. I sign her back up next week.
Gianna is going to play soccer...until she turns 5 and can play basketball. My cousin is pretty excited about that! :)

I am slowly finding how to get back to life and enjoying every second since this year has really flown by. I will be registering my "baby" for kinder next month. They have grown too fast. I thought I may want a baby (for 30 seconds) to fill the pain of my kids growing up too fast, but Gianna gave it to me straight. I told her she was getting too big and I needed a baby to hold again. She said, "you know that kid will just grow up too right, mom? " Love her.
I am also looking forward to this summer so I can see my girlfriends and their cuties again...I miss you ladies! Playdates will be a must!
Ok, back to planning girl scout lessons...:)
xo

Jadyn's 8th party

Jadyn chose Castles N Coasters this year for her party. I thought this photo was so funny of them before the drop :)