rosie

 

 

 

reyna's 1st recital

 

i didn't realize just how tiny she is,

 

she was quite content to just stand there and look adorable

I just never know....

 

just what will show up when I load pictures off my camera

mother's day

most of the kids with grandma betty
spent the day grocery shopping, eating lunch at happy joes and grilling for dinner

birthday party with friends

 

 

 

 

held on sunday may 5th,
being 9 is the best Yahaira told me after her party....

cake

 

 

birthday fun

 

 

 

 

 

decorations

 

 

 

 

movies and hollywood
made the menu quite easy...popcorn and movie theater candy
cake and cake pops by candace

9th Birthday

 9 years ago today she entered this world...5 1/2 months later we met her for the very first time. She has from the first time I looked into her eyes inspired me with her strength, her determination, her love of life. She has shown us the beauty of one more day, and the the joy in celebrating one more year.
Happy Birthday Yahaira!

1st band concert

5th grade band

blurry picture of anthony waaaay in the back

bamd director ....Mr. Stordalen

thursday May 2nd, 2013

May 1st

yes that is snow on the ground...
again.

ducks....

in our "pond" in the back yard
this week we had a pair of ducks hanging out in the water that always collects in this low spot in the neighbor's back yards...this is a first that we have visitor's of the duck variety...the kids loved watching them and even a few parents checked in on them each day.

new play space...

this area has long been unused...while browsing play spaces on pinterest I saw
an idea for a road for matchbox cars using paving stones.  I knew that with some tweaking
that idea could work for this space.
First I needed to find the pavers, a rather difficult task.
the calendar may say spring but most stores didn't have much in the way of garden supplies on their shelves finally found these at walmart.  I orignally was going to paint that dotted line but when looking at some duct tape at the hardware store Anthony pointed to the white tape and wondered if that would work...indeed it would the perfect width and all we had to do was cut segments...simple.
I love simple.  So we layed out the road, built in the tunnel filled the area with new mulch and
there it was...a road for cars.  I filled a basket with trees, mushrooms, rocks and cars to the kids can build their own play spaces again and again