Happy February and beginning of March! While my blog completely missed February, it was a spectacular month and March is off to a good start. Since I only take pictures of about 3% of the things I do this catch up session shouldn't be too terribly painful!
This first picture is of Mrs. McCall, Abby's delightful first grade teacher, on the day of our Valentine's party. Being room mom is a real treat since I get to me there for all the fun stuff. I helped organize a gift from the class which came complete with a giant group hug. Super fun day!
This is Abby super sick. What? Don't you take your kids out of the house and have them pose for pictures atop cement rabbits in public places when they're running fevers? I just can't tell you how EXTREME my (and Abby's) cabin fever is, especially when it is nice out. I know that it's my style of parenting that causes world wide pandemics...next time, I'll disinfect the rabbit after and maybe then I won't feel so guilty.
The color runners!!! These are my friends Brityn, Max, Nick, Kylee and Lindsay They were kind enough to join me in a little fun 5K race in downtown Las Vegas. At each kilometer, you are pelted with various colored food coloring. It's a festivus of rainbows, unicorns, and all of the crazies you can imagine who take rainbows and unicorns seriously. While we had to wait more than an hour to start running, and even though we all rainbow boogers for days, and even though Lindsay's van almost got towed...I still think it was a success!
The Valentine's party again! Who's the best room mom in the whole wide world?
Abby during her music and academic performance night. She was in the middle on the bottom and was seriously cracking me up. She took this performance VERY seriously and if any other first grader started screwing around (like 95% of them) she'd get her stern face on and point at them and mouth correctional directions their way. Needless to say her pointer finger got quite the work out. I sure love my obedient, bossy, adorable, vocally gifted little munchkin!
You'd think all I do is stalk Abby's class all day long...which sometimes feels like the case. Here we are on our field trip to the secret garden at the Mirage. Oh Vegas...my child's field trip was to a hotel/casino...I try so hard to love you Vegas but sometimes it's just so, so hard. However, the secret garden really is awesome. We had lively tigers who were fighting, flipping dolphins putting on a show, and a tour guide who let the kids pet a real lion's whisker. I think I was the most enthused patron. I had a fabulous time! And I got to go for free!
Have I told you my kid is a hip hop sensation? She puts the f.u.n. in funky! While I put Abby in hip hop dance for exercise and because she seems to like it, I had no idea that she would take off like a sparkle booted rocket ship to the land of Getting Down. It's really fun to watch and I'm looking forward to the recital. She's lucky enough to have her friends Abbie and Sienna in there with her. It has been delightful!
This picture is like a knife to my heart. Here is the woman who dumped me and left me alone. This is Brityn Smith, the former first counselor in the primary presidency, on her last Sunday in our ward. She up, bought a house, and moved on from me. I am having serious readjustment pains.
This is my nephew Parker. I am lucky enough to get to watch my nieces and nephews every Monday afternoon while Brinley (another niece) goes to physical therapy to work on correcting and strengthening the motor skills and muscles damaged by her brain tumor. I am happy to do it but I was completely unprepared for how much I would enjoy it...especially this kid! We have become really good buddies
This is a plastic yellow bucket, on a table, in a dark room. It is also the only representative picture of a super fun night out with friends. Our friends Nick, Arcy, Thomas and Dominic treated us to a night out. We went to a fabulous show called Recycled Percussion. Everybody got some type of trash (pots, pans, buckets) and a drum stick to play along with the show. It was so loud it made you sick to your stomach and that is how I like my music. It was a great time.
I sold a lot of my furniture and am, again, in the process of redecorating my house. Since this is always true, lets move on...
The posse rides again! well, at least three of us. My great friends Carrie and Katie came down for a girl's weekend and we had a blast! These two are supremely fun, talented, intelligent, gorgeous women who have shaped me and helped fill my life with hilariousness This picture is in front of the Bellagio. We asked a slightly inebriated Irish man to take it. He said "Sure" and then told us to smile and say "Sausage." Oh my sweet innocent friends...you are smiling like he asked...those of us hardened by the mean streets of Vegas are giving the camera a "Really?! Sausage? How cliché" look.
Other notables:
- Brandon got a STELLAR annual review and a nice raise. We're RICH!!!! Ha! That is so funny! If I were to really celebrate it would be We're NOLONGERINSOLVENT!!!
- Abby had crazy hair day at school. I tried to give her rainbow hair using chalk and a flat iron. Totally thought it would work because I saw it on pinterest and it linked me to a dog grooming website, so totally reputable...I about made her bald.
- Sold girl scout cookies. Ate a lot of girl scout cookies.
- Had a fabulous Leavitt super bowl party. No one ever knows what's going on in the game but we eat like it's our last meal.
- My good friend Aspen came to town and we lunched.
- Chad graduated with his MBA and we partied with Mexican food and crepes. The Leavitts have tasty celebrations.
- We got a new air conditioner. It's a freakin' Cadillac of air conditioners. I have never been more excited for a home appliance in my life.
And that's all I can remember off the top of my head...
Oh! Except....my friend Becky shared this video that I have to share with you. I about peed my pants.
