Mother's Day

This morning a got one of the best surprises. Allison and Ashley made me breakfast in bed.

Kevin and Madison were out of town so this was the last thing that I expected. I can't believe that they did this all by themselves. I love my little girls so much. Thank you for making this day special for me.

Moms and Muffins

Today I was invited to Ashley's Kindergarten class for Moms and Muffins. Ashley was so excited she has been talking about it all week. She woke up this morning and wanted to look her best. She picked out one of her favorite dresses and I did her extra nice. She was ready for our special day. The kids started out by singing us some songs about moms.

After the songs the kids then brought us our gifts but we were instructed not to open them yet.

Ms. Moodie knew there was going to be a fire drill so she wanted us to be ready to head out when it happened. The kids were so cute. They exactly what they should do.

They lined up at the back fence facing away from the school. I don't understand why they faced out. After the fire drill we headed back in to eat and open our gifts.

Once we were done with that the kids were supposed to show their moms what they favorite things to do at school were. Ashley took me out to playground to show me how she can go across the monkey bars.

I am so impressed that she can make it all the way across. I tried so hard to do that when I was younger and never could. She showed me a few other things she liked to do on the play ground. She was showing me how she could hang from the parallel bars, she let go and was just hanging from her legs.

I feel so bad because I didn't realize that her hands had slipped and she was in trouble. She ended up fall off onto her head. She bounced right up and wasn't hurt to badly. I just couldn't believe I didn't recognize that she was in trouble. I had a great time with Ashley at school today.

Idaho History Bee

Allison competed in the 4th grade Idaho History Bee today. She has been studying hard for 7 months. She was so excited last night she said she had a hard time falling asleep. The bee started at 1:00 so the kids left school at 11:00 so they could enjoy lunch together before hand.

Allison has had a great time with these kids(Andrew, Allison, Allyssa and Rylie). These kids made a big commitment when they tried out for the team. They used their lunch recess on Tuesday's to study together. Since March they have been studying Tuesday's and Thursday's lunch recess. I met Allison there. She was a little hyper. I think she didn't know how to deal with her nerves so she chose to be hyper.

I reassured Allison that she was prepared and that she didn't need to worry. The kids were ready to start.

I was amazed at the questions that they had to answer. This was serious stuff. The kids did so well. At the half way point they had only missed 2 questions. The winner was determined by who made it to 44 correct answer first. Cole Valley the winning team answered all of the questions correct. They kept asking questions until 2nd and 3rd place was determined. If they would have taken it on to 4th, Chaparral would have got that. Allison was bummed that her team didn't place because if they wouldn't have erased two of their answers before challenging the judges they would have been in the running for 3rd. It is a bummer but they were clear not to erase your answer till you were told. I am proud of how far they did make it. There was a lot of hard work involved and they should all be proud of themselves. We were all proud of Allison and her commitment to studying. We took Madison out of school early so she could support Allison. Nana drove up so she could be here.

Miss Dawn also joined us to cheer Allison on.

Allison worked so hard. We are so proud of the commitment that she made and of all her hard work. We could not be prouder of our Allison.

New addition

Kevin and I have been talking about getting a dog for about a month. We have been in contact with the breeder that Kevin's mom got her dog from. We have just loved to dog sit for her dog and the girls are wonderful with her. Jasmine is the best dog and we just knew that the girls would love to have one. The breeder contacted us on Sunday to let us know that the puppies were born and there was a white and chocolate little girl. The pictures of her were just adorable and we knew that we needed to get her.

Originally we were going to keep it a secret but have since changed our minds. Madison has known all along because she walked in when we were talking about it. Allison and Ashley had no idea but since we changed our mind about telling them, we let them know tonight at dinner. I showed them a picture and they just stared at it. Ashley really didn't know why I was showing her this picture. Allison stared at it for a minute and then started saying We're getting a dog over and over again. Getting louder each time. Ashley was starting to understand what she was saying and why I was showing her a picture of a dog. The look on her face changed from confusion to pure excitement. I am so happy that they are so happy. I can't wait till June when we can bring her home.

Another tooth gone

Ashley lost another tooth today at church. I didn't even realize that this tooth was that loose. The permanent tooth has already started to grow in so I don't know why I am surprised.

I love her new smile. It is so cute. It is also sad because she is growing up so fast.

Tournament.

Madison participated in her first tournament this weekend with her new team Idaho Flash. Idaho Flash is a traveling basketball team that plays all year long. Madison enjoys playing basketball and we have found that to be competitive Madison needed to join a more intense team. She has been practicing with them since the middle of March. Kevin takes her to all of her practices so I hadn't seen them play together till this tournament. I can't believe how much she has grown. She is so much fun to watch. I am glad that she is having fun with this. Her team took third. I am so impressed that they played so well their time in a tournament. It is going to be fun watching them as they get used to playing together.

Ashley's 6 year old pictures

I finally got around to taking Ashley's 6 year old pictures today. I had about 20 minutes while Allison was at piano lessons to get them done. I decided to take her where I took Madison and Allison's. When we got to the train tracks it started to sprinkle and the wind started to blow. I thought it was just my luck. Ashley wanted to head back to the car but I really wanted to get it done so we stuck it out.

The wind was really blowing and I wasn't sure that I was going to get anything. Thankfully it died down and I got some great shots.

I can't believe how much she has grown from last year. She is an amazing beautiful little girl. We are so blessed to have her in our family.