Aubree's 4th Grade Program

 Her book that she made

 Her bowl

 Her picture is the very top thats very orange!

Her good friend Bryn Squires. Out of 11 girls who tried out for soccer, these were the only two who made it!




I thought I was going to watch a short presentation! Boy was I amazed! They must have been working on this all year! Aubree was a little tickled pink that the boy she thinks is really cute asked her to be his partner in the square dance.

Aubree Had A Great Game!!!!!!!!

Aubree had another great game!! Since this was their last home game I was asked to take a team picture. They won their game 10-0.

Juliet Book Review

Juliet by Anne Fortier

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Loved this book!!!! Loved the characters and loved all of the twists. Definitely a keeper on my bookshelf. Its a fiction novel about the ancestors of the characters behind Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Their was actually 2 stories going on at the same time. The author would go back and forth between present and past stories which I think helped me keep my attention (my attention span reminds me of a 3 year old)



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Aubree's Soccer Tryout!

So again I am kicking myself for not filming!!!!
Aubree tried out for a different comp team today and did awesome!!!!! David and I loved to watch her and were amazed at her skills.
So did she make the team? She sure did!!!

Addie's End of the Year Program

He's Back!!

 Addie's purse (that I will be borrowing!)

 My favorite gift he brought back was an old book in French. It looks perfect on my bookshelf!
  BELOW: David said the necklace cost him almost $100 Euro's! I think he got scammed, but whatever, its from PARIS! The lotion and soap were from a tour they did at a factory that makes make up and things like that (part of the business side of the trip) and then the soap, which makes me want to redo my bathroom and then something he just picked up at one of the market stores. He also brought home some chocolate which I can't stop eating. Oh why can't they make chocolate like that here!!! One of the tours was a chocolate factory (and he said that I would be bored when they had to visit business because of the MBA trip...ummmm a make up factory and a chocolate factory?! I think I would've been okay.

David FINALLY got home yesterday and I have been following him around like a little puppy. His timeclock is totally off. He went to bed at 8pm and was up at 2am. And then he left for work this morning before I was even up.
Since he didn't take any pictures on the trip, I took some pictures of SOME of the things he brought home. He bought Austin a comic book in French along with some others things, Aubree a soccer jersery of one of the french teams along with jelwery and a bunch of other things. Addie he brought home a purse, jewlery and candy.
So yes I wish I was downloading pictures from France (with me in them!!!) and making a scrapbook on OUR trip to France, I will decorate our house with HIS souvineers and plan for the day, when someday I will go somewhere and actually have pictures to post!!....and a scrapbook to make.....
But I am soooo glad he is home and I can't believe how much I missed him.

Brianna Boulter

Excuse the horrible pictures, but my scanner is not working.
I lost a dear friend from high school over the weekend due to cancer leaving behind 4 kids. I have been thinking about her all weekend remembering our fun times. Brianna, I always thought was in that "popular" group at school, but she was friends with everyone. She was always good in sports and was master of the tether ball. One time for some weird reason I wanted to play. Most of the "mean girls" (and you know who I'm talking about. Theirs at least 5 at every elementary school!) anyway, the "mean girls" would immediately beat me as soon as it was my turn, not even giving me a chance to play. But Brianna would always let me play for awhile and then eventually beat me, but the fact that she would let me have a chance to play was a big deal to me. I remember in high school on New Years Eve me, Brianna, and Allison drove around in her van looking for Bri's latest crush trying to catch him making out with Michelle. I thought it was pretty cool hanging out with Bri the "Homecoming Queen" for that year (she won every year!) and it was just the 3 of us hanging out. Bri would always call me for a ride to the church dances and one time I didn't have room but I told her yes anyway because she was just someone you always liked to be around. I remember showing up at her bridal shower and she seemed so excited to see me. Thats just how she was, she loved everyone.  She seemed really glad that I took the time to come.  She had a beautiful smile and was friends with everyone. We will miss you Bri!! You have touched my life with your friendship and will truly be missed!

More Tulips

 I have these tulips underneath all of my trees

My kids think its SUMMER!

It finally hits 70 and my kids think its hot enough to break out the waterslide! I hooked up the hose to the hot water tap in the garage so they played until the hot water ran out.

Golden Spiral Book Review

The Golden Spiral by Lisa Mangum

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I liked this, but didn't love it. I thought the conflict was a lot more interesting, but the villian didn't scare me. This book mainly leads up to the 3rd one as all 2nd books do. Their were some things in the book that didn't even make sense to me, but towards the end I couldn't put it down and will buy the 3rd book.



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Tulips In The Backyard

The tulips are finally starting to bloom. The purple ones were my newest addition. I'm waiting for all of the tulips out front to bloom before I take any pictures.

Austin's new cape

This is a little late, but thanks Grandma Jensen for the cape! (It has the Incredibles symbols on the other side)

Aubree's Soccer game

I somewhat caught her goal on tape. She was on the other end of the field so I had cropped it in too close. Oh well. And then I got all excited and forgot I was taping.

WHILE DADDY'S AWAY THE KIDS WILL PLAY

I was going to take them to Disneyland but Aubree and Addie are testing all this week so we went to Lagoon instead.

My sob story

So this is where my husband is right now....I am not.
He is there on a school trip for graduate school and will be gone 10 days and I am kicking myself for not fighting to go. My kids are old enough to take care of themselves that long right?! I heard a lady left her kids home for a week while she went to California and left them a big bowl of cereal on the kitchen table. I could totally do that right?!
Point being, David hates to travel. Anytime we go anywhere he's good for about 30 minutes. Doesn't matter if its the beach or Disneyland he wants to go after 30 minutes. So after this 10 day trip and 10 hour flight, ya think I'm going to get him back on a plane to go to Italy or Ireland?!?!!!!!
Its never going to happen. I might as well buy a book all about Italy because that is the most I will get out of "my trip".
I really should stop the crying. Its not like everyone gets to go on their dream trip before they die.
And the funny thing about David is he's not even taking a camera!!! I asked him if he was planning on taking my camera and he said:
"Why would I do that?"
He's in Paris without a camera.
So I am going to take advantage of this situation and put the kids to bed early, get out the chocolate, and have a all-the girlie-movies-I-could-never-watch-with-David-athon....for 10 days.

Spring Break

We had horrible weather for spring break!!! I had rented a bounce house and had to cancel it because of the rain and snow. So we tried to find things indoors. We went to Kangaroo Zoo which has every bounce house you can and went to the indoor pool (which I hate!!!!!!)

Hour Glass Door Book Review

The Hourglass Door by Lisa Mangum

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


The first half of the book I would rate it 5 stars, but once it hit the climax it was almost like the author was trying too hard to make a big deal out of it. But I liked it enough to buy the 2nd book.



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