Sunday, March 1, 2009

February Highlights

The kids basketball seasons were in full swing. We have had two basketball games every Saturday since January. Zane has done really well but just doesn't seem that interested in it so I am sad to say that this was probably his last season of competitive (as 3rd grade gets) basketball. Quinnelly's team did really well. I think they only lost one game. This was the first season she played without her friends Tylere and Bailey. It was hard for her to be on a team with girls that she didn't know at first but in the end she adjusted and had a fun season. Her basketball season overlapped a volleyball team that she wanted to be on and it's now softball season. There were two weeks where she was on three different teams playing three different sports. Jeff and I were frantic trying to get her everywhere. Luckily Grandma JoJo is on call to help out and is always willing.
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We took a break on Presidents day and went to the zoo. We like to take our bikes when the weather is nice and ride around the zoo. When we arrived and saw that the parking lot was full we began to get worried that it was going to be hard to get around the zoo with our bikes, but we managed. We had a great time. The kids and I clocked ourselves against a speed detector and Q was the fastest. We stayed for a couple of hours. It was a productive day. The highlights were: Z found a worm, we know how tall we are in horses, getting up the hill on a bike to see the elephants is hard, we saw our cousins Annelise and Jilly-B and the kettle corn wasn't very good this time.
On the Friday before Valentines Day Jeff sent me roses and chocolates to school. They were beautiful. On the actual day we got the kids balloons and a stuffed animal, they were quite disappointed though that they weren't delivered to them at school. That night we went to Rob and Amy's for an Adult Valentine's Day Party. My favorite part was telling what our "adult movie" names would be and then the group had to figure out which one belonged to which person. Mine was "Trampy Vampy" (I was staying true to my Twilight self) Jeff's was "Buck Naked" (I'm not sure where which inner self his came from).
I went on a field trip to the Renaissance Festival with Quinnelly's class. There were a gazillion kids there. It was good to see that they toned down the boob-age for the kids. There were a couple of Queens that had cups between their bosoms that the little boys were very curious about. The joust was a hit and they were all about the crazy, funky, expensive and overrated hats. They all had to get one. It was fun and I am glad that I took the day off to go with her.

Last but definitely not least.... My Big Zane turned 9! We had a fun flag football party for him and his friends. I think that there were 13 boys at my house. WOW! We had so much fun but I was seriously pooped when it was over.

As soon as his friend party ended our family came over and we had Zane and Blue's family party together. The kids played with all of Zane's new toys the adults played Dance Dance Revolution, Shauna kicked booty, and we grilled hot dogs.

February was fun but busy! We are all looking forward to March and relaxing a little during spring break.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Nov, Dec, Jan...











Can I do that? Can I squish three months into one post. Probably not but I am going to try. Ok here goes:



November: I went to Disneyland with the student council kids from the high school, so fun! Z and Q got registered for Wham basketball.


December: Kids finished up their semesters with flying colors. We had a wonderful Christmas. Everyone got exactly what they wanted. Nativity at JoJo's was a success and Nativity at Grandma Sherry's was a success. At JoJo's Zane was a wise man and Q was the narrator. At Grandma Sherry's Z was a wise man and part of the multitude and Q was Mary because nobody else was trusted enough to hold Cutler (our 7 week old baby Jesus). We went to Jeff's holiday party at work. The food was great but we couldn't stay for the dancing, it was the same night as Winter formal at the high school. (Jeff was really bummed...ya right!)

January: We went to Williams to play in the snow and to ride the Polar Express. We went to three different Walmarts trying to find snow shoes and gloves so we wouldn't freeze our patooties off. We go a cute family picture for mom and even saw Courtney, Tate and Danica up there too. Quinnelly won Fifth place in the Higley Invitational track meet. It is a track meet for 6th 7th and 8th graders in the Higley district. She was racing against all of the girls and did really well. We are so proud of her. Basketball is in full swing for both Q and Z. They are doing amazingly well.

That's about it. February is coming up fast. We have a lot happening in our lives right now. I will do my best to update this more than every three months.