Happy Birthday to My Beloved

I know I'm a little late posting this. C's birthday was on Monday. Sorry honey! It's been crazy here. I need more time in the day or less things to do.

C's birthday was great. He had the day off, so we had "date day." We went out for brunch after dropping the girls off at school. My beloved made his own birthday dinner, steak frites. I felt bad, but he enjoys it. Who am I to take away from his enjoyment.

Happy birthday to my beloved. He is my best friend. A wonderful husband and the best father. He may drive me crazy at times, but I can't imagine my life without him. He makes me laugh to the point of crying.

Happy Birthday C. I love you.

CK's Golden Birthday

10 on 10/10!

I can't believe my baby is 10! Two whole hands!

Beautiful, smart, studies hard, loving sister and daughter. She always knows the right thing to say. Helpful.

So grown up.

Happy Birthday CK!

First Day of School

Today my girls had their first day of 3rd and 5th grade! When did this happen? 5th grade!!!! 3rd grade!!!!

They were both excited about school. They are usually both a little nervous. This year CK's 5th grade teacher is the same teacher she had for 3rd grade, so that helped. Before school even starts I'm at school helping put 1st day packets together, so O was able to go and help her new teacher with getting the classroom ready. That helps O tremendously.

Both girls had great first days. O could not stop talking about her teacher and all they did on their first day today. I'm so excited for both girls on the year they have ahead. It's going to be another great year at our wonderful school!

Celebrating Our Country's Birthday

We had a fabulous 4th of July. We started, as always, with the parade and then left town for The City. It was a clear night (no fog!) and the fireworks show was fabulous. We were a bit cold, but it was worth it.

Today we went to see the Picasso exhibit at the de Young. Wonderful exhibit. I highly recommend it. Don't miss this chance to see these wonderful pieces.

Happy Independence Day!

Hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July!

A Special Note on a Busy Day

This past week was very busy, but very fun. I had my niece for the week and the three girls and I went to Girl Scout Day Camp. We also had Patriotic Sing rehearsal. With my husband working Monday and Tuesday night (my two busiest days) I wasn't able to even sit down until 10:30pm each night.

On Wednesday night I found this note from CK on the kitchen island. It was perfect timing.

 

Dear Mommy,
You to me are a treasured gift. You are some light fallen from Heaven.
You mean everything to me. You are more special than gold.
I love you,
CK



Needlessto say I cried when I read this beautiful note. I will keep this note forever. CK always knows exactly what to say and when to say it.

Thank you CK for saying such wonderful things. I love you more than you know!

Last Day of 2nd and 4th Grade

I just can not believe today was the last day of school! This year just zipped by so darn fast!

It was a great year. The girls had fantastic teachers again this year. They both did great in school. We are so proud of both girls.

I am looking forward summer break. Sleeping in, cleaning and organizing the house and spending some quality time with my great girls!

 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 SUMMER VACATION!

Our annual count down on the field on the last day of school.

 HURRAY! Summer Vacation!

Don't let this fool you. Tomorrow CK will be upset because she misses her teacher and school.

I now have a 3rd grader and a 5th grader! Oh my gosh!

Rockin' Out to Brooks & Dunn with My Girls

O saw I posted it and says "How embarrassing!" Sorry my dear...gotta do it. :-)

My Little Swan

Tonight was O's 2nd Grade musical The Ugly Duckling. They did a fantastic job; students, teachers.....they were so cute. O got to announce the play. She did a great job. Nice and loud. Very clear. So proud of her.

The Girls New Cousin - 6 days old

We are all so excited to welcome baby D. The girls have a cousin on daddy's side and are SO excited! We got to meet him last weekend. Beautiful baby.

Congratulations to the new mommy and daddy.

First Holy Communion

I'm behind on posts, but had to post this one now.

My baby received her First Holy Communion today. She has been waiting for this day for two years. She has been counting down the last several days. This morning she woke up so excited "Today is my First Communion!"

O was nervous about messing up with her Communion today. My wiggly little girl who asks every 5 minutes if mass is finished, stood perfectly still, listening to every word the priest said. She did every sign the of the cross and prayer through out mass. She even asked for blessings for my aunt who has cancer (nice and loud for everyone around us to hear). She was perfect. I'm so proud of her.

God Bless my beautiful daughter.

Fun Friday

My girls enjoying some fun in the sun this afternoon.

Can't wait until Summer!

Wordless Wednesday

Tahoe

During our February Winter break from school we took off for Lake Tahoe. WOW! Talk about snow!

We had so much fun, sledding, hanging out, watching movies and just spending time together. The girls even sold Girl Scout Cookies on Walk-About weekend! What a wonderful four days.

I just love the Sierra with her white winter coat.

We totally expected there to be MAJOR traffic. This was our "traffic" the entire drive through the Sierra.

We even made it up in record time. YAHOO!

 Just a little snow. The house is under there somewhere. Had to dig to get to the front door.

Fresh snow from the night before. Our street hadn't even been plowed yet.

This was the view from all the downstairs windows.

 Going down the sled run daddy made for them. My little snow bunnies. They stayed outside for hours. Only homemade peanut butter chocolate chip cookies and hot chocolate would bring them in.

Those are some icicles.

 We visited friends and the girls went down their sled run. Now that was a sled run!

My little Girl Scouts selling cookies on walk-about weekend in the snow!

They even sold a few boxes!

My Baby Turns Eight!

Eight years ago today my beautiful second daughter was born. Our surprise baby. What a wonderful surprise she was.

Happy Birthday my dear sweet girl!