End of the year stuff

So Daesha and Jerrick are now finished with coach pitch and softball ! Daesha had a double header on Thursday and her team ended up winning the trophy! Way to GO Geckos!!!I think she had a good time and she says she wants to do it again next year. John says she has improved a ton! Jerrick also finished off his games and he enjoys all sports. Today we took Shadow up to the school for Jerrick's pet show and tell! We couldn't take cutie because there would have been great chaos if she was there! Shadow handled the children pretty well and he even let some of them ride him(Shandra). After we came home Daesha went to her room and went tosleep which is very odd, so I checked her and she had a temp of 101. She has been sleeping all afternoon and evening! Hopefully no one else will get sick because they only have 3 days of school next week . Daesha did her Chatauqua on Helen Keller on The 21st. She did a good job! I was a little nervous because we had just lost froggy the night before and John told all the kids in the morning. Can you say great example of bad timing! Anyway you would think Daesha lost her best friend the way she carried on! Hopefullywe will never lose Shadow or Cutie! Well 3 more days till summer break!! Yeah!!!

Memorial Day Pictures

So we took a trip to Kingman Arizona and had a good time visiting with Toni, Frankey, Chick, and Roxy. We had a nice 3 hour stop in Laughlin to play and have a bite to eat. The kids and John took a walk along the river and then went shopping for some much needed toys(haha)! We had dinner at the buffet and Jamie and his wife joined us then headed down to Kingman. Sunday we put flowers on grandma's, JE's, and Dennis' graves, then went back to the house and hung out had pizza, watched a video and played a game of phase 10. Toni even got in on the action! On Monday we had to play the game again and it got a little tense because I was winning, so I was so nice and decided to let Frank win!!! Next time I will beat for sure!!!! We had a nice breakfast at Golden Corrall, so John was in heaven. While there I taught my children the great soon trick that you can only do at restaurants! They had so much fun with that! Hope everyone had a great weekend! Only 7 days left of school!!!

Shan's 6th birthday

Well our baby girl is growing up! She turned 6 on May 14th and we had her fun "beach party inthe desert" on the 17th. We started the day with Jerrick's final ball game at 10 am and boy was it already hot! Jerrick did good and he is an awesome little ball player! I am so happy that baseball is over though because I think it has to be the longest lasting sport, well except golf! We had Shan's party in Moapa at the community center and the splash pad at the park. We started off by playing in the water because it was so so hot and the water felt very good! After getting wet we had a nice lunch then played some games. We started off with the limbo and it was cute because all the kids are so little that they can bend pretty far and they all ended up winners. Next we had a ring toss on to an octopus and that was a little challenging for the kids, but with a little cheating thay managed to get some rings onto the tentacles. Then of course we had to have a pinata, which is a favorite for all especially since John throws out extra candy on the floor when the pinata is broken. Shandra was able to open her presents and she got a lot of fun toys from her friends, and finally we had a very cool ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. I love getting the cakes from them because they decorate the cakes so nice and Shan's had a cool beach scene on hers. Very Cute!! We ended the party by playing freeze tag in the water and sent everyone home exhausted! Then at 6 pm we wnet to Daesha's game and she was very proud of herself because she hit a homerun and hit in one girl and she scored too. It was a good day for all! Thanks to Mom and Dad for helping out and for carpooling all the kids home! Thanks to Kayla and Kaysen and Shasta for coming down to clebrate Shans day with her! I hope everyone had a blast!!!

May Day 08

Every year Grant Bowler Elementary School holds a May Day Dance and every grade performs a dance for the audience. It is very cute and a fun tradition that has been going on for a lot of years! The night started with the 5th graders braiding and unbraiding the maypole and doing a tinickling dance.

The cute little kindergarteners were next with their parachute dance. Shaney was cute she was trying to hide behind a classmate while walking onto the dance floor. It was a windy night but none of the parachutes or kindergarteners were blown away! The 1st graders were next, they had animal hats and tails and danced to "I like to move it, move it!" Jerrick was totally not in his comfort zone, but he was cute! After the 2nd graders, Daesha and the 3rd grade class came on skipping with their partners and performing a square dance to "cotton-eyed-joe" ! It was funny because they all complained about having to dance and hold hands with a member of the opposite sex. I will be very happy to remind Daesha of this fact in a few years! The night ended with the 4th graders jiving to "Stayin Alive" !! It was fun for the whole family, but especially for me because I just had to sit and record and take pictures. John and Jerrick went on a father/son campout on Friday to Saturday and the girls and I watched movies and had a girly night with the neighbors. Saturday Daesha had a softball game at 6 and it lasted forever!!! I think softball has to be the most boring sport ever and very slow!!! This week starts teacher appreciation week at the school so I will be busy all week washing teachers cars, feeding them lunch, and helping with their classes! Tomorrow I officially take over my PTA duties, and I don't know what I got myself into, but hopefully it won't be too bad once I get the paperwork and list of duties. Shandra's 6th birthday is coming up quick! She is having a beach themed party on may 17th probably around 1 or 1:30 because Jerrick has a softball game at 10 am that day! If you can make it come have some splashin' fun with us!!!