Sunday, April 27, 2014

Spring Break 2014...Tucson here we come!!!

On the flight to Tucson
We were lucky enough to go to Tucson for spring break this year! My aunt and uncle have a house there and invited us to fly down! We had the very best time. It was my aunt Pam, Julyn, Emily, and myself for five days of sunshine, relaxing, fun, laughter, and LOTS of LOVE!!

Of course, I can't forget the dog Ella. Emily LOVES her Ella and I must say, Ella loves Emily right back!

We only had a few minor distractions on the way. Our first full day there, Emily woke up crying about her ear hurting. So off we went to urgent care to find out, yes, she had an ear infection, BUT, she could still swim during our trip. THANK GOODNESS because that was our main activity while in Arizona!

Our second day there, we came home from the pool only to find that Ella had gotten into my carry on backpack and eaten 5 packs of gum and an entire roll of Sweet Tarts...wrappers and all! Needless to say, Pam had to take her to the emergency vet, where Ella had to stay over night, and Pam had a HUGE bill the next morning!

The third day Julyn had to go to urgent care as she thought she may have strep throat. Luckily it was just allergies, but it was kind of humorous after day three to see what would happen next!

We did lots of swimming, some very good shopping in Tubac, AZ, and went to a VERY GOOD production of Beach Blanket Be Bop. It was great! Emily loved it as did we!

It was great just to relax and really not have to do anything at all!! Thank you Aunt Pam!! We miss you and LOVE you so much! Can't wait till Sun River in July!
Kathy




Selfie on flight to Tucson

Only there 10 minutes and she has on Anna her costume holding Oscar the cat!

My girl does LOVE to swim!

Yummy popsicle

Wait a minute...is that Cousin It??

Ella waiting for bubbles to catch

Delicious Mexican food!!

Cutie Patootie

Heading in to see the show

Sweet girl

Pam's backyard

Is that the Lone Ranger and Tonto??

Fun

Cutie

Emily loves Ella


Mommy, Emily, and JuJu

Emily took this one all by herself

Beautiful swimmer

In Pam's friend's pool


Waiting for dinner to come

Her new favorite book

Relaxing out in the backyard

Ahhh...such is the life

Mommy's little shopper

Emily got to drive Aunt Pam's golf cart!! Too funny

Aunt Pam and JuJu

Emily and Aunt Pam



Family fun



St. Patrick's Day 2014

Well, that silly leprechaun visited our house again this year! This time he left green sparkly shamrocks all over Emily's bedroom, wrapped all around the dining room chairs, and a note to Emily about where to find her pot of gold! He also left behind his wee tiny hat that Emily just had to try on before heading off to school that day!
Enjoy,
Kathy



Still in Jammies after finding her gold

All ready to go in and wake up JuJu and show her what she got
Modeling the Leprechaun's hat he left behind...

Grandparent's Day 2014 King's Way Christian School

Since Grandpa and Grandma were in Palm Springs for Grandparent's Day this year, Emily was lucky enough to have JuJu attend with "Grandma" Becki from church.

They got to see Emily's classroom, art work she had done, go to an assembly in the sanctuary, and listen to the teacher, Mrs. Fix, share stories the kids had written.

Just a couple pictures from that special day!
Kathy


Grandma Becki and Emily

Emily and JuJu

Emily showing off on the playground

Emily's Story for Grandparent's Day...sweet

Valentine's Day 2014

Dear Friends and Family,

My oh my has it been a long time since my last post.  Life just seems to happen believe it or not! We have had many special occasions since our big snow event!
I will begin with Valentine's Day and go from there.
Emily had a very fun day at school with her friends in Kindergarten and exchanging cards. That evening she got her Valentines from Mommy and Auntie JuJu!
Love filled the air that day, as it does every day!! :-)

Kathy


Happy V-Day baby


Enjoying new Princess books

Mommy and Emily exchanging Valentines


JuJu and Emily exchanging Valentines

New Princess Anna costume from JuJu

Sweetie

New Elsa doll





Sunday, February 9, 2014

Snowmaggedon...

Emily and one of her snowpeople...
We are currently on day four of SNOW................Can anyone say cabin fever??
After being sent home 2 hours early last Thursday, we have been home. Although we think the snow is beautiful to look at, now that there is ice on top of it, we wish it would all just go away. We want to get back to normal!!

We have had LOADS of fun though, don't get me wrong. Emily has had a great time each day we have been stuck at home playing outside...that is until today. Now it is not fluffy and soft, but hard and crunchy snow topped with ice! Yeesh!

We have played games, watched lots of movies, baked some REALLY good oatmeal raisin cookies, played inside with toys, played outside in the snow, did our taxes, and worked on Emily's homework assignment...decorating her Valentine box for school.

Enjoy the great photos from the past few days! Hope you all have stayed safe and off the roads!
Love,
Kathy



Sweet girl

What a great snow angel!

YIPPEEE!!!

Doing her hand prints

Our street on day 2


Yes...past her ankles

Cutie Patootie

So pretty

Who knew bathtub toys were great in the snow

Emily's snow castle

She made these for over forty minutes

Every post of the fence had one too

Great job baby...

Icicles...Emily ate many

Eating icicles even in 20 degree weather

Our street day 3

Day 3

Contemplating her next move

Hi Mommy

Mommy's message for Emily

So much snow!!!



Darling girl

Amen for the snow!!

Emily and our snow family...Mommy, Emily, and JuJu

Our family

The classic photo

JuJu's turn to pull

PRETTY



Emily's homework box

Great job babe!

Having fun!

Happy girl!

Ahhh...such is the life