Oh my little ladybug shined!!!! We sat in the front row so she would not be nervous and she did so good!! They had such a little awesome performance. The cam in to Pomp and Circumstance and then did their whole show. Kendall's lines were "D is for dance, we love to dance with Ms. Tinkerbell" and "O is for outside, OH how we love our outside time." She came up and said them great and people giggled at how cute she was :) The received diplomas from Ms. Lori and medals from Ms. Shannon. Ms. Courtney addressed the parents and the class and she started crying which made me cry, again. Kendall and Natalie started to tear up too, but she noticed it and sat down. We took TONS of pics and then went out to Ginger Cafe for dinner with Granny and Paw Paw. It was a great day!! I was so proud of my baby. I reallyyyyy need to download pics...maybe tonight.
Friday night I got to babysit my friend Laura's 2 day old baby, Sebastian. He was so super snugly. I am in love. It stormed like CRAZY that night but when I got home we watched "Princess and the Frog" with K. It def ranks up there with Aladdin and Little Mermaid as one of my all-time fav Disney movies! I LOVED IT!!!!!!!! I finished all my school work for my online class (I am 110% finished with school) and then packed up my scrapbook stuff!
Saturday I finally got a pedi for my sad little toes and then went to an all day scrapbook crop. It was so great. I am really behind in my scrapbooks. It felt like such a great accomplishment to finish 2006. I have plans laid out to hopefully finish through 2009 by Jan 2011. Then I will only be a year behind :). Then I am going to start "All About Me" books for Chris and I for Kendall. They are slow and not time crunch crisis at all so we will see :).
This week is a slow boring and relaxing week. K has a field trip on Friday to Chuck E Cheese on Friday. That is also her and Kayli's school party. Liana is going to take cupcakes and cookies to school in the afternoon and take some pics for me :) I so wish I could go!! But, there is that pesky little thing called WORK.
Saturday is K's b-day party at Bella Beads and Sunday is Kayli's party. Monday is their b-day and Tuesday is the Taylor Swift concert! I can't can't can't wait for this weekend!!! I can't believe my little monkey is turning 5. I can remember her birth like it was yesterday. Maybe I will share that sweet story on Monday :)
Remember, Love is all you need!!!!!
Niki :)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Almost time!!!
So much has happened this week!!!
Mother's Day went great! I woke up and was treated to breakfast and coffee in bed and cards and presents. I got a home made card from Kendall and a store bought one from Daddy and Kendall - I got my new running shoes that I wanted for my marathon training (YAY) and I got beautiful flowers (tulips and stargazer lilies). It was such a good lazy morning! Kendall also filled out a form at school that asked stuff about your mom and one question was what does your mom smell like? Her answer was cupcakes!! It was so sweet. It totally melted my heart. We got ready and my mom picked us up and we went to see Little House on the Prairie at the Hobby Center. It was fun! Kendall loved it. We came back to Atascocita and met up with the boys at Christopher's for some delicious dinner and then we went back home and did nothing! I had a nice lazy Mother's Day!! It has to be my fav day of the year aside from K's b-day!!
Wednesday was my last day of school! Also, Kendall had her dance recital. It was cute. They did an 80's theme, but she got so freaked out she did not do one dance move in either song. I was so sad for her :( That evening I had my last class and I got my cert showing I completed my PPR class. I don't really feel like a teacher yet. I won't be certified until after my first year anyway so until I get a job nothing is official right?? But, it feels great to be done. I have to do my final for special populations and my field service packet and I am DONE DONE DONE!!!! YAHOOOOO!!
Tonight is Kendall's pre-k graduation! I know I am going to cry :) I can't help it! I am a sucker for these things. I hope and pray that she does not have another stage fright incident and not be able to say her lines! She has two individual speaking parts so we will see!!
I will try and post the outcome of tonight's events tomorrow along with a pic. She got a new dress and new flip flops :)
Remember Love is all you need!!!
Mother's Day went great! I woke up and was treated to breakfast and coffee in bed and cards and presents. I got a home made card from Kendall and a store bought one from Daddy and Kendall - I got my new running shoes that I wanted for my marathon training (YAY) and I got beautiful flowers (tulips and stargazer lilies). It was such a good lazy morning! Kendall also filled out a form at school that asked stuff about your mom and one question was what does your mom smell like? Her answer was cupcakes!! It was so sweet. It totally melted my heart. We got ready and my mom picked us up and we went to see Little House on the Prairie at the Hobby Center. It was fun! Kendall loved it. We came back to Atascocita and met up with the boys at Christopher's for some delicious dinner and then we went back home and did nothing! I had a nice lazy Mother's Day!! It has to be my fav day of the year aside from K's b-day!!
Wednesday was my last day of school! Also, Kendall had her dance recital. It was cute. They did an 80's theme, but she got so freaked out she did not do one dance move in either song. I was so sad for her :( That evening I had my last class and I got my cert showing I completed my PPR class. I don't really feel like a teacher yet. I won't be certified until after my first year anyway so until I get a job nothing is official right?? But, it feels great to be done. I have to do my final for special populations and my field service packet and I am DONE DONE DONE!!!! YAHOOOOO!!
Tonight is Kendall's pre-k graduation! I know I am going to cry :) I can't help it! I am a sucker for these things. I hope and pray that she does not have another stage fright incident and not be able to say her lines! She has two individual speaking parts so we will see!!
I will try and post the outcome of tonight's events tomorrow along with a pic. She got a new dress and new flip flops :)
Remember Love is all you need!!!
Friday, May 7, 2010
Another Friday!
I can't believe it is Friday again! These things are rolling around too fast! Time needs to slow down a tiny bit!! Well, Wednesday I went to the clinic and I did not have strep but I had an infection. I got two shots and two prescriptions. Feeling much better today.
Had a job interview yesterday at Northeast Christian Acadamey. I think it went ok. They are wanting to make a decision fairly quick. So, I jhope to know soon. They told me they would let me know either way. So, if I don't get it at least it is an interview and I gained experience from that. I am praying all the time that the right job finds me. Kendall's school has a few positions that might come open and I have thrown my name in that bucket several times. SO... keep praying friends!
I am so excited to get started running! The training for the marathon is still two months away, but I am ready to get in the gym and start getting into some shape for the time trials in July. I really don't think I want to be in the slow group LOL. My goal is to run a mile inder 10 mins by July. We will see :)
Mother's day is this weekend. I got myself and my mom something. I ordered us each a cute collage poster from the bunny pics that Kendall took back before Easter. They came yesterday and they are SO adorable! I can't wait to give mom hers!!! She is going to LOVE it. Also, I can't wait for Mother's Day for myself. It to me is better than my birthday. I get pampered and Kendall is always so awesome. Plus, I have a great hubby who takes care of me and makes sure Kendall gets a chance to pick out great prizes and cute cards for me! I also can't wait to see what she makes me at school this year! Last year was my awesome necklacs (pic above) and the year before that was a super cute foam frame with her handprint on it and a cute pic of her in it. I love homemade gifts so much. I will report back on Monday with the details of Mother's Day.
We only have 17 days left until my baby turns 5. It just does not seem remotely possible. Pre-K graduation is in 6 days, dance recital in 5 days, and her party is in 15 days. We have such a busy May, but at least school ends next week for GOOD! I don't want to see the inside of a classroom as a student (other than professional development) for a VERY long long time :)
Chris is officially done with UH and is graduating cum laude. If now I could only get him to walk at the darn graduation ceremony!! GRRRRR Can you tell this is a huge thorn in my side LOL! I am working on him all the time to get him to go but so far no luck. We shall see.
Hope you all have a GREAT weekend and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!
Love is all you need!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Oh swollen gland in my throat how I loathe ye
I am not happy. I very sensitive glands in my throat and today the one on my right is hurting and I don't like it. It is making me cranky and I don't feel good either. Plus, Kendall is still coughing and has a runny/stuffy nose and Chris is coughing his head off.
Yesterday I took bug to go register for Kindergarten! Like the luck that I always have, they had my appt. time wrong. They were saying it was for today. They let me do it anyway, but I don't think they liked it. We pulled up to the school and she asked if it was Daddy's school. I told her it was a school, but not Daddy's. She asked me then "Is it my kindergarten?" When I said yes she got sooo excited! I went in and filled out the three required forms and gave them a copy of the rest of the paperwork. The made copies and checked the shot record. We were good to go! I didn't even cry!! It was AMAZING! I was just all smiles and I think because she was so excited. She told a lady in the hall how she was going to go there for kinder and the lady was so nice. From where we were you could see the cafeteria and she thought that was so cool.
Also, last night Chris finished his last thing for UH. He took his last test!!! Now all he has do do is wait for grades! I am so proud of him for finishing!!!! It was great! He was not as excited as I thought but that is ok - I am proud of him enough for both of us :)
I also got a call for an interview! I am not telling anyone yet because in case I don't get it I don't want 1000 questions. I know I don't have to worry about posting it here because I don't think anyone reads this anyway except for one person who will pray so hard for me :0)
Other than that, just trying to get through the last remaining things that are left for the ACP program - there is a lot to do in a week and a half UGH!!!!
Have a great week and remember, Love is all you need :)
Niki
Yesterday I took bug to go register for Kindergarten! Like the luck that I always have, they had my appt. time wrong. They were saying it was for today. They let me do it anyway, but I don't think they liked it. We pulled up to the school and she asked if it was Daddy's school. I told her it was a school, but not Daddy's. She asked me then "Is it my kindergarten?" When I said yes she got sooo excited! I went in and filled out the three required forms and gave them a copy of the rest of the paperwork. The made copies and checked the shot record. We were good to go! I didn't even cry!! It was AMAZING! I was just all smiles and I think because she was so excited. She told a lady in the hall how she was going to go there for kinder and the lady was so nice. From where we were you could see the cafeteria and she thought that was so cool.
Also, last night Chris finished his last thing for UH. He took his last test!!! Now all he has do do is wait for grades! I am so proud of him for finishing!!!! It was great! He was not as excited as I thought but that is ok - I am proud of him enough for both of us :)
I also got a call for an interview! I am not telling anyone yet because in case I don't get it I don't want 1000 questions. I know I don't have to worry about posting it here because I don't think anyone reads this anyway except for one person who will pray so hard for me :0)
Other than that, just trying to get through the last remaining things that are left for the ACP program - there is a lot to do in a week and a half UGH!!!!
Have a great week and remember, Love is all you need :)
Niki
Friday, April 30, 2010
Friday Ramblings
HEY!! It is Friday!! Yay! I am so happy for that! Things have been going well for me these past few days and that makes me happy. Everything that could be a proposed problem is working out to not be a problem at all.
So, me and a good friend have decided that we are going to do something that is a HUGE adventure/challenge. We are going to train to run a 1/2 marahon. We are only doing the half this year and next year we will do the full. We start training in July. We train for 28 weeks and then run the race the last weekend in January. I have told a few people about it but not too many because what if I fail?? Then I will get a hundred questions. I am not planning on failing and I am SUPER excited! I have always wanted to do this and a tri-athalon so here I go. I have at least one friend running with me and most likely a second one :) That will help keep me motivated. We meet every Sat morning and run together and then during the week we run for assigned times on our own. I have already looked at this awesome heart rate monitor/calorie counter by Garmin and I can't wait to order it!!!
School is almost done. Chris has one test left for UH and he is DONE! A college graduate. I am so pround of him and I am so proud of us both. We can set a good example for Kendall now. I feel so accomplished as a family. In our teaching cert classes, we just have two weeks left and a few mini assignments. In the Special Pops class we are taking we have a TON left to do in two weeks, but it is because we are procrastinators. We have to do three movie reviews each (2 pages long for each one), a small 3-5 page research paper each, a few discussions, and summaries of our internal hours. We will do this all this weekend. I know boring! All that is left after that is to summarize all our observations and get them turned in to the teaching office and we are done!! I can't wait!!!
Then all we need are JOBS!!!!!! Please continue to pray for us that we get teaching jobs for the fall. All I have ever wanted in my life, aside from being a super mom and wife, is ti teach. I love children and teaching is such an honorable proffesion. I want to teach right now more than anything on earth (besides health and happiness for my family and friends). SO, please keep us in your prayers that it happens for us.
We go register Kendall for Kindergarten on Monday!! I am going to cry FOR SURE! I know, it is just registration, but man that is a HUGE step in my baby's life. The next week is her spring dance recital on Wednesday and her pre-K graduation on Thursday! More tears!!! The next weekend is her b-day party and the 24th she will be 5 already! Does not seem possible at all. Time flies!!!!
Hope everyone has a great weekend! I know I will!!!! Talk soon!!!
<3 Niki - Love is all you need!!!!
So, me and a good friend have decided that we are going to do something that is a HUGE adventure/challenge. We are going to train to run a 1/2 marahon. We are only doing the half this year and next year we will do the full. We start training in July. We train for 28 weeks and then run the race the last weekend in January. I have told a few people about it but not too many because what if I fail?? Then I will get a hundred questions. I am not planning on failing and I am SUPER excited! I have always wanted to do this and a tri-athalon so here I go. I have at least one friend running with me and most likely a second one :) That will help keep me motivated. We meet every Sat morning and run together and then during the week we run for assigned times on our own. I have already looked at this awesome heart rate monitor/calorie counter by Garmin and I can't wait to order it!!!
School is almost done. Chris has one test left for UH and he is DONE! A college graduate. I am so pround of him and I am so proud of us both. We can set a good example for Kendall now. I feel so accomplished as a family. In our teaching cert classes, we just have two weeks left and a few mini assignments. In the Special Pops class we are taking we have a TON left to do in two weeks, but it is because we are procrastinators. We have to do three movie reviews each (2 pages long for each one), a small 3-5 page research paper each, a few discussions, and summaries of our internal hours. We will do this all this weekend. I know boring! All that is left after that is to summarize all our observations and get them turned in to the teaching office and we are done!! I can't wait!!!
Then all we need are JOBS!!!!!! Please continue to pray for us that we get teaching jobs for the fall. All I have ever wanted in my life, aside from being a super mom and wife, is ti teach. I love children and teaching is such an honorable proffesion. I want to teach right now more than anything on earth (besides health and happiness for my family and friends). SO, please keep us in your prayers that it happens for us.
We go register Kendall for Kindergarten on Monday!! I am going to cry FOR SURE! I know, it is just registration, but man that is a HUGE step in my baby's life. The next week is her spring dance recital on Wednesday and her pre-K graduation on Thursday! More tears!!! The next weekend is her b-day party and the 24th she will be 5 already! Does not seem possible at all. Time flies!!!!
Hope everyone has a great weekend! I know I will!!!! Talk soon!!!
<3 Niki - Love is all you need!!!!
Monday, April 26, 2010
Kickapoo Kamp
All I can saw is WOW! We had an amazing time!!! Kendall and I went on a mother/daughter camping trip this weekend. We went to Kickapoo Kamp for girls in Kerrville, TX. It was so amazing!!
Friday our friends Jaime and Makayla picked us up about 1pm and we were on our way. We stopped to get gas and go to the bathroom about 10 miles outside of Shulemberg. After getting back on the road, Jaime's car was making a terrible knocking sound. We pulled over in Schulemberg and we looked around at the tires. On the front passenger side there was a HUGE bubble on the inside of the tire. Someone told us about a Firestone on the other side of the freeway so that is where we headed. No luck. Those guys looked at us as if we were STUPID. The did not have a tire that matched Jaime's and were not even willing to put the spare on. They sent us to another shop a few blocks away. When we FINALLY found that one at 3:50, they advised us that they close at 4 on Friday's. URGGGGG!!!!! OK, next idea - the lady at the second shop told us to go back to I-10 and there was another tire shop on the feeder. HUH?? Isn't this where we came from?? YEP!! It was diagonal under the freeway from where we initially stopped. We pulled in and the man was sooo old!! At least in his 70's. But, they had a tire and that is all we cared about at this point!!! He put the new tire on. This took a while because in the mean time he was pumping gas for some people older than him and ringing up sales. OK, no problem! Once done, back on the road. We finally made it into San Antonio and were following the directions. OH WAIT, in SA, the freeway splits into upper and lower levels! HEY!! Or printed directions did not say ANYTHING about what level we should stay on. We got a little lost in downtown SA but finally made it back to the freeway. Once again, on our way. We were running pretty late by this point and knew we were not going to make dinner at camp so we stopped for some Subway and headed back out. We got to camp about 7:45 or 8. We checked in and then played bingo. Kendall played the first game, but then got bored and went to look for bugs. Our cabin did not win any bingo games :( Oh well. Off to the cabin we went. We unpacked and made beds. Teeth were brushed and the girls were having a BLAST climbing onto each other's bunks. It was like their own private space. Lights out at 10:30 per the request of campers Laurie and Nicole. No problem with me. Oh wait, there was one. Kendall wanted to sleep with me...ummmm the bed was not even a TWIN!! How on earth was that going to work. Then it stormed and got cold cold cold. We made it through the night, but not comfortably and Mommy did not get a lot of sleep!
Saturday! The alarm bell rang at 7:30 and we had until 8 to get to breakfast. We had breakfast tacos, yogurt, and cereals to choose from. I had a taco and cereal and Kendall had cereal. After breakfast we had a few mins to kill before our hike. We finally got going on the hike but the first bridge we had to cross over a river was flooded because of the previous night's storm. Everyone changed into water shoes or flip flops and then waded through. Not me - I am a camper. I left my shoes and socks on and carried Kendall across. That water was COLD!!!!!! OK. through the river. down a long flat trail to the other side of the mountain and then on our way up. It was pretty steep going up after the halfway up mark. Kendall did SO great. Once at the top we stopped in a clearing almost at the top and heard the story of how and who founded the camp and the story of the Kamp for Life weekend (raising awareness for ovarian cancer for one of the founders daughter's). It was really inspiring and then the girls all got to ring the bell. It was so cute! We hiked down and went back to the cabin to rest a bit before lunch. Lunchtime arrived and we ate chicken patties, macaroni and cheese, salad and rolls. And rice crispy treats for lunch. It was soooo yummy. After lunch we had some time before our next scheduled activity. We decided to go canoeing. We canoed with Gina and Laya. It was great fun. I think we did great except for crashing into the banks a few times and then Kendall dropping an oar that we had to rescue. After this, we went back to the cabin and got ready to ride the water weenie!!! That was SOOOOO fun!! We could ride at 4/5 at a time. they pull you around the lake on this giant banana looking thing. After we all finished, the girls wanted to swim. Let me remind you how cold the water was!! WOWSA!!! So, I suited Kendall up with a life jacket and an inner tube. She started off ok and then the wind started blowing her away and she panicked! She would not focus one ounce and as I was about to go jump in, a lifeguard jumped in and saved her. Now she is telling people she almost drowned. We sat out by the lake for awhile to kill some time. We did not have anything scheduled until 5:30. We finally went back to the cabin and changed into our riding clothes. We got down to the horse ring and tehy started loading us up onto horses. We all finally got on after what took forever. They initially were not going to take us out but changed their minds and we all got ready to get going. A few of left the ring and they were going to have some riders with walkers to make sure the littler ones could handle it. Well, one of the horses was acting a tiny bit crazy to they people decided not to let us take the trail after all. We all came back in and dismounted. There were a few minutes left before dinner so we got to pet and brush them for a few minutes. It was time for dinner now. We had tacos and cake for dessert. After dinner we had mother/daughter relay races. The two that Kendall and I did were the critter toss and the potato picker. On the critter toss you had three rubber animals that you had to throw into a hula hoop. I did not make one. Kendall decided that she did not want to play this one so Makayla played in her place. The other was potato picker. You had to put a potato in a chair, sit on it, and shimmy to a bucket and drop it in. Kendall was able to do it but not me!! After the relays we just went back to the cabin and relaxed before lights out at about 10:40.
Kendall slept in my bed AGAIN. It was uncomfortable again and it was COLD so half the night I could not breathe, was freezing, and making ure Kendall never fell off. And on top of that, she was having bad dreams so she would wake up crying. The alarm bell rang again at 7:30 and we started getting ready for breakfast. The only thing we had planned for today was arts/crafts just before lunch. Breakfast today was kolaches, yogurt, and cereals. We ate and then went back to the cabin to finish packing up. We came back down, paid for our billion purchases and then walked around. We watched some tennis and ping pong for a bit and then decided to go to rifelry. Kendall shot the gun 5 times. It was so cool. I shot it too and hit the target all 5 times. It was fun. After that, we went to archery. Kendall had never shot a gun or a bow. It was so cute! She first ones were super short and then the last three were pretty long. Not too bad for a first timer. I shot it a few times and I am the only adult that hit hte target!! Makayla hit it twice on her 3rd or 4th try. She was sooo excited. She had a rough time last year so to do well this year was great. When were were done it was time for arts/crafts. Kendall made a visor and a picture frame. They are super cute. Then it was lunch time and then time to go! For lunch we had chicken strips, green beans, mashed potatoes and rolls with cookies and cream ice cream for dessert. YUMM. We headed home and got stuck in dome traffic just before and just after Sealy. but made is home just after 6.
The puppies and Daddy were sooo happy to see us. We snuggled for a few minutes and then headed to Ginger Cafe for dinner. It was good but I was so tired I could barely eat. Kendall told Daddy all about her fun time and how much fun she had. She is ready for next year and even says at 8 she wants to go by herself to summer camp!!
I am beyond exhausted today, my right side is sunburned, and my right calf is hurting. All in all we had a fab time.
It was a fun way to share the things I loved as a kid with Kendall who also seemed to love them too!
Niki - Love is all you need!!!!
Friday our friends Jaime and Makayla picked us up about 1pm and we were on our way. We stopped to get gas and go to the bathroom about 10 miles outside of Shulemberg. After getting back on the road, Jaime's car was making a terrible knocking sound. We pulled over in Schulemberg and we looked around at the tires. On the front passenger side there was a HUGE bubble on the inside of the tire. Someone told us about a Firestone on the other side of the freeway so that is where we headed. No luck. Those guys looked at us as if we were STUPID. The did not have a tire that matched Jaime's and were not even willing to put the spare on. They sent us to another shop a few blocks away. When we FINALLY found that one at 3:50, they advised us that they close at 4 on Friday's. URGGGGG!!!!! OK, next idea - the lady at the second shop told us to go back to I-10 and there was another tire shop on the feeder. HUH?? Isn't this where we came from?? YEP!! It was diagonal under the freeway from where we initially stopped. We pulled in and the man was sooo old!! At least in his 70's. But, they had a tire and that is all we cared about at this point!!! He put the new tire on. This took a while because in the mean time he was pumping gas for some people older than him and ringing up sales. OK, no problem! Once done, back on the road. We finally made it into San Antonio and were following the directions. OH WAIT, in SA, the freeway splits into upper and lower levels! HEY!! Or printed directions did not say ANYTHING about what level we should stay on. We got a little lost in downtown SA but finally made it back to the freeway. Once again, on our way. We were running pretty late by this point and knew we were not going to make dinner at camp so we stopped for some Subway and headed back out. We got to camp about 7:45 or 8. We checked in and then played bingo. Kendall played the first game, but then got bored and went to look for bugs. Our cabin did not win any bingo games :( Oh well. Off to the cabin we went. We unpacked and made beds. Teeth were brushed and the girls were having a BLAST climbing onto each other's bunks. It was like their own private space. Lights out at 10:30 per the request of campers Laurie and Nicole. No problem with me. Oh wait, there was one. Kendall wanted to sleep with me...ummmm the bed was not even a TWIN!! How on earth was that going to work. Then it stormed and got cold cold cold. We made it through the night, but not comfortably and Mommy did not get a lot of sleep!
Saturday! The alarm bell rang at 7:30 and we had until 8 to get to breakfast. We had breakfast tacos, yogurt, and cereals to choose from. I had a taco and cereal and Kendall had cereal. After breakfast we had a few mins to kill before our hike. We finally got going on the hike but the first bridge we had to cross over a river was flooded because of the previous night's storm. Everyone changed into water shoes or flip flops and then waded through. Not me - I am a camper. I left my shoes and socks on and carried Kendall across. That water was COLD!!!!!! OK. through the river. down a long flat trail to the other side of the mountain and then on our way up. It was pretty steep going up after the halfway up mark. Kendall did SO great. Once at the top we stopped in a clearing almost at the top and heard the story of how and who founded the camp and the story of the Kamp for Life weekend (raising awareness for ovarian cancer for one of the founders daughter's). It was really inspiring and then the girls all got to ring the bell. It was so cute! We hiked down and went back to the cabin to rest a bit before lunch. Lunchtime arrived and we ate chicken patties, macaroni and cheese, salad and rolls. And rice crispy treats for lunch. It was soooo yummy. After lunch we had some time before our next scheduled activity. We decided to go canoeing. We canoed with Gina and Laya. It was great fun. I think we did great except for crashing into the banks a few times and then Kendall dropping an oar that we had to rescue. After this, we went back to the cabin and got ready to ride the water weenie!!! That was SOOOOO fun!! We could ride at 4/5 at a time. they pull you around the lake on this giant banana looking thing. After we all finished, the girls wanted to swim. Let me remind you how cold the water was!! WOWSA!!! So, I suited Kendall up with a life jacket and an inner tube. She started off ok and then the wind started blowing her away and she panicked! She would not focus one ounce and as I was about to go jump in, a lifeguard jumped in and saved her. Now she is telling people she almost drowned. We sat out by the lake for awhile to kill some time. We did not have anything scheduled until 5:30. We finally went back to the cabin and changed into our riding clothes. We got down to the horse ring and tehy started loading us up onto horses. We all finally got on after what took forever. They initially were not going to take us out but changed their minds and we all got ready to get going. A few of left the ring and they were going to have some riders with walkers to make sure the littler ones could handle it. Well, one of the horses was acting a tiny bit crazy to they people decided not to let us take the trail after all. We all came back in and dismounted. There were a few minutes left before dinner so we got to pet and brush them for a few minutes. It was time for dinner now. We had tacos and cake for dessert. After dinner we had mother/daughter relay races. The two that Kendall and I did were the critter toss and the potato picker. On the critter toss you had three rubber animals that you had to throw into a hula hoop. I did not make one. Kendall decided that she did not want to play this one so Makayla played in her place. The other was potato picker. You had to put a potato in a chair, sit on it, and shimmy to a bucket and drop it in. Kendall was able to do it but not me!! After the relays we just went back to the cabin and relaxed before lights out at about 10:40.
Kendall slept in my bed AGAIN. It was uncomfortable again and it was COLD so half the night I could not breathe, was freezing, and making ure Kendall never fell off. And on top of that, she was having bad dreams so she would wake up crying. The alarm bell rang again at 7:30 and we started getting ready for breakfast. The only thing we had planned for today was arts/crafts just before lunch. Breakfast today was kolaches, yogurt, and cereals. We ate and then went back to the cabin to finish packing up. We came back down, paid for our billion purchases and then walked around. We watched some tennis and ping pong for a bit and then decided to go to rifelry. Kendall shot the gun 5 times. It was so cool. I shot it too and hit the target all 5 times. It was fun. After that, we went to archery. Kendall had never shot a gun or a bow. It was so cute! She first ones were super short and then the last three were pretty long. Not too bad for a first timer. I shot it a few times and I am the only adult that hit hte target!! Makayla hit it twice on her 3rd or 4th try. She was sooo excited. She had a rough time last year so to do well this year was great. When were were done it was time for arts/crafts. Kendall made a visor and a picture frame. They are super cute. Then it was lunch time and then time to go! For lunch we had chicken strips, green beans, mashed potatoes and rolls with cookies and cream ice cream for dessert. YUMM. We headed home and got stuck in dome traffic just before and just after Sealy. but made is home just after 6.
The puppies and Daddy were sooo happy to see us. We snuggled for a few minutes and then headed to Ginger Cafe for dinner. It was good but I was so tired I could barely eat. Kendall told Daddy all about her fun time and how much fun she had. She is ready for next year and even says at 8 she wants to go by herself to summer camp!!
I am beyond exhausted today, my right side is sunburned, and my right calf is hurting. All in all we had a fab time.
It was a fun way to share the things I loved as a kid with Kendall who also seemed to love them too!
Niki - Love is all you need!!!!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
So bad but I try
OK, I know I have not blogged in over a month. I have every intention on doing it, but I just get too busy with being a mom, a wife, a student, an employee, a daughter, an aunt, and a sister that I can't find the time! I know, I should take time to just jot some stuff down, but it is so hard!
Chris and I are still mostly dieting LOL! We have both lost some weight, but not too much. School has been really crazy the last few weeks and will continue to be crazy for about 4 more weeks. After that, we are both DONE!! Both will have our Bachelor's and our teaching cert classes done. It is amazing to think that in that short time we will both be done with school forever if we choose to be. Sure, we could go on to get our Masters, and I may someday, but I need some well deserved free time off to just enjoy my family :)
In all the craziness, I have noticed that my temper is a bit short. I try really hard, but when you have sooo many things on the brain and are always in a hurry, it is hard to keep calm. I will be the first to admit that I have a short fuse sometimes and I will also admit that I absolutely HATE the way I feel after the fuse ends. I was reading blogs yesterday and I came across a post that suggested this...30 Days of Gentleness. It is based on this verse - Proverbs 15:1 "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."
I loved this - it is sooo true! SO, today I am starting! I believe that if I can complete this task it may change me as a person and I can learn to not lose my temper and have a longer fuse! I think both my peeps will love this! I love when we are all happy! This morning I did not have one single thing to get onto Kendall for. I think she really responded to it!! I will keep you all posted!!
Other things to note, Easter passed and Kendall got some pics taken with live bunnies. My little animal lover had a BALL!! She did not want to put those babies down! Here are a few pics! We also went to Old McDonald's Farm for a b-day party and again, she could have stayed ALL day! We had sooo much fun! AND, this weekend is finally here!! Only a few more days until we go on out mother/daughter camping trip! I am so excited! Kendall has been talking about this for about 8 months when we found out about it and just plain camping for months before that! She is sad to leave Daddy and the puppies, but I reassured her that they will all be OK! So, look for a post on Monday to see how that went!!!
Have a great week and remember: Love is all you need!!!!!
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