The Greenes

Goodbye to Blogger?

2011-05-15T12:06:00.000-07:00

Well, I knew this day would come sooner before later! I have completely run out of space on this blog for any more picture uploads (that's why the Shock post wasn't complete). I'm on the fence right now whether to start a new blog, either on Blogger or a different domain, or to maybe even to stop blogging. With Facebook, blogging seems a little redundant now (and FB takes way less time!).... but I do enjoy the creative aspect of blogs. I'll let you know what I decide!

We Will... Shock You!

2011-05-15T00:12:00.001-07:00

The Keeneys were nice enough to hook us up with some cheap seats from Joe's work.... so off to the Shock game we went! Their season has been a bit shaky so far this year, but you'd never know it from last night's game, we stomped 'em! It was hard cheering against Dallas, but I managed.....

Apparently I'm a rookie again? This pic is totally out of focus, but I couldn't delete it!

Yeah they did!

Carnival 2011

2011-05-14T23:18:00.000-07:00

Last night was our last major PTO function of the school year, the Carnival. It's a huge event that is always loads of fun.... and work! Every year that I've been on the board, we've lucked out and had beautiful weather for it and this year was no different. It was a gorgeous day and although Trav, A & I worked our butts off, we thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a little bittersweet, seeing as its our last, but the only thing constant is.... (you know)

The masses, starting to arrive
Our snack table

Our food table, we had some crazies working that, I tell ya! lol

Our principal's car!

The Car Show entries starting to show

Austin wanted to pose in front of the Jeep "for Grandpa Phil"

Some of A's classmates, trying to show the boys how it's done!

Always a big money getter for our auction. I had two photos in it as well from the WSU field trip that actually brought in some decent money too ;)

Kyle and his precious new little boy

Gavin Bear!

A picking his duck

Bren can even fish one handed, he's that good

Mrs Utecht "passing on the radio" to our soon to be new principal

My auction win for the night!

A Look Back

2011-05-09T17:17:00.001-07:00

Thanks to my awesome Dad & uncle, I've finally been able to get some of my family/childhood pix. The last couple months, I've been uploading, labeling, identifying and editing the ones I could. I now have them done! It's been so cool looking back and learning about my family. My ancestral pix are ones from my mother's side of the family......

I couldn't find a date for this one, but it's of my great grandmother, Essie (far left), and her brother & sister
My great grandparents, Essie & Alpha, on their wedding day, Dec 1914

My great grandfather Charles, left, and his brother

My grandfather, Ted

My grandfather, Ted with his sister

My grandmother, Rose. The one we went to visit on the coast last month!

Grandma Rose again, such a looker!

My grandparents, Ted & Rose, with his sister and her husband. I think this is my gparents' wedding, but I'm not sure

One of the only pix I have of my dad's parents. I put this "collage" together for him

1978-Me! Wow, I have a huge cranium!

1980-w/ my dad's mother. She passed shortly after this

With my dad, chilling with the TV trays!

Daddy's girl

1981-w/ one of our rats

Easter 1981

1982-On our friend's pony

1983-One of my fav pix of me, I look like such a nerd ;)

Rockin' the side pony, you know you're jealous!

1985-For a couple years, I was the "mascot" for the mounted drill team my mom was in. I had to be the mascot b/c I wasn't old enough to officially ride in the parades!

I think this is the 4th of July parade in Fort Worth

1986-Awkward! HATED the dressy dresses!

1988-80s in full force!

Can you find me? Austin did!

1991-One of my fave sports pix

1996-Senior pix

1996-My senior prom w/ Trav. We were babies!

Arrow of Light Ceremony

2011-05-04T12:02:00.001-07:00

Last night was Austin's emotional Arrow of Light ceremony. For those of you who aren't familiar, the Arrow of Light represents the boy's completion of Cub Scouts and their transition over to Boy Scouts. It's a huge deal, showing how much work each boy has done. I can't believe Austin is all done with Cubs! He's worked so hard all these years, we're so proud of him!!

Enjoying a little Pizza Hut before the big night! We've got such a great group of boys
Trav, myself and the rest of the den wanted to show James our appreciation of all his years of dedication to our boys. A friend of ours created this beautiful walking stick specifically for James. It even has the Cub Scout logo on it. We also put together a Photo Book chronicling his years as Den Leader. You rock James!

The ceremony begins

You can't see him, but that spot of blond hair next to A is Gavin :)

A being called up

Our Webelos II

(thanks Marg for taking some pix!!)

Removing their Webelos neckerchiefs

A receiving his Arrow of Light... arrow

Our leaders being recognized

The mother's pin

A's Arrow of Light patch

Getting de-Webeloed!

All marked & ready to cross!

There he goes **sniff, sniff**

Being welcomed by Troop 448

Let the ceremonial smoke begin...

Gavin & Garrett getting in on the celebration

The new Troop 448!

A having a one on one with the "Chief"

Thanks Keeneys for supporting A (like you always do) :)

Grant's "Mini-Session"

2011-05-01T19:57:00.001-07:00

Danielle twisted my arm and asked me to take some pix of Grant while they were here...

I love the expressions he makes!

Doing some bonding :)

(I didn't want to put all gazillion on here, but there's lots more on my FB page)

Centennial Trail

2011-05-01T17:37:00.001-07:00

Today I had the pleasure of watching Grant while Danielle, Nadine & Tasha did Bloomsday. We had a little mini-photo session (pix to come!) at home, then we hit the Centennial Trail. It was a BEAUTIFUL day and a whole lot less crowded than downtown!

The Grant-man's all ready!
We are so lucky to have the Spokane River here

Austin was getting a kick out of pushing the stroller. He would have made such a great big brother

Baby blues

Poor kid, I can't pass a cool wall by!

Love this one, that's my boy!

The Bloomies! Great job girls!!

((I've changed where I do my picture titles due to the crazy spacing probs of Blogger.. sorry!)

WSU Field Trip

2011-05-01T15:09:00.000-07:00

Friday was the day Austin's been looking forward to all year.... his WSU field trip. The profits from our Stinky Teacher BB game are used to fund this awesome trip. It's an ALL day deal, the buses left at 7:30 and got back at 5:00. Luckily (?), Trav and I were also able to come along to help out. All we (the PTO) actually pay for are the buses and the lunch, everything else, the college provided free of charge. We started off by attending a Chemistry "class," then headed over to check out the stadium, had lunch, attended a Physics "class," saw the library, their 'CUB', got a tour of the rec center, then finally headed home. The buses were pretty cool too; they were tour buses with TVs, comfy seats and even bathrooms. Whew, I'm exhausted now.......

75 5th graders and they're all paying attention! Wow...

Learning some Chemistry
It totally looks like Kyle is getting "taught" lol

Yep, that WAS a balloon!

Fake smile

Buds

Martin Stadium

Crazy kids!

I. Am. The. Man.

RUN!

I love the look of utter joy on Kyle's face

Wow, that's a big group!

Mrs D's daughter's dorm room. See her waving?

The Dining Hall

YUMMY!

Physics time

I love all the cameras!

A with his girls.. lol

The library ceiling

Looking down on the library!

Butch

We had a fantastic time, but we were all VERY happy to see these guys!

Our ride (really mine, since T & A were with the group on the other bus!)

McTeacher Night

2011-04-30T15:06:00.001-07:00

Thursday was our annual McTeacher Night for our PTO. It's such a great event, we receive 20% of all the sales during our allotted time. The kids (and us parents!) love it also b/c the staff work there! They help with orders, manning the grill and cleaning up. Such a fun, not to mention, money making.... time!

I love the look on Sandi's face :)
Ronald himself, always entertaining, although sometimes scary....

Gorgeous Jess, growing up so fast

Darren "working hard" lol

Bridget and Darren, such great sports

Hey, there's my kid

Ashton & his sis enjoying some grub

*sniff, sniff* Eileen's last one!

Happy Easter!

2011-04-25T11:26:00.000-07:00

The Easter Bunny sure hooked Austin up this year!

Seinka, such great company to all the magical creatures.... the Easter Bunny, Santa, the Tooth Fairy.... lol

Time for the unveiling

Legos, of course

These are such cool books

There's a real smile!

First things first!

All done

Trying his new Snuggie on for size

The Keeneys have arrived! They came over later in the day for some egg dyeing and dinner

Not too old for egg coloring!

Excuse my reach Cuz

A helping Gavin out

Garrett having some fun posing for Marg. Silly kid

This one's my favorite :)

Matching smiles!

All tuckered out... notice his chapstick? lol

2011-04-24T00:18:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to apologize for the crazy spacing issues on my blog! They aren't there when I'm editing the postings; I go back to delete them & they just reappear! Grrrr.....

Greene Family Easter

2011-04-23T21:03:00.001-07:00

The Rigbys took one for the team and were nice enough to host this year's Greene family Easter. And man, we couldn't have hand picked a better day! After what seems like years of dreariness and wetness, today Spokane enjoyed a gorgeous day! Thanks Tonya & Todd for having us all over, it was a beautiful day!

Garrett sure understands what an Easter egg hunt is this year!

Tyler felt that he was too old for finding eggs, so he decided to hide them all for the younger kiddos. Thanks Toad!
Austin found one!

The Keeney boys are off!

Pretty Tiff

On the hunt for the "Jackpot" camo egg

Nice reach Gavin!

A thinks he found something....

Found it!

A showing off his "Jackpot." A green toilet filled with sugar. Awesome....

Checking out their haul

Gavin was a little excited to receive this egg in his bag from Tonya

Tyler, getting so darn grown up!

Troy checking out his stash. We did learn, however, what sun does to chocolate. Apparently the sun's been gone so long, we forgot! lol

Trying to show me his full bucket

"My favorite"

Wow, could she be any cuter?? Nope

"I have THREE!"

I love the look on Garrett's face

Silly kids

Crazy (he was licking the toilet... nice)

Oh Todd, you make me laugh...

Grandma's turn to spoil the grandkids

Mom's cupcake creations. Very cute

The boys heading up to Todd's new property.

Time for some outside-time!

The local grandkids

Walt's Visit

2011-04-09T16:48:00.001-07:00

Walter was in town for just the day yesterday so we took as much advantage of him as we could! Him, Katie & their girls came over to our house, along with Margo & her boys (I was at work :( ) and then headed to the park where Mom/Dad Greene met up with them. I heard it was tons of fun! When I got off work, we all met at Twigs to take over, I mean eat dinner. The Rigbys were also able to make it to the dinner, so it was all of us locals! Whenever we all get together, it's a crazy time, but still a great time :)

Bella posing for Trav in Austin's shades. What a ham!

Could she be any cuter??? Nope

Such a sweet pix ((sorry it's out of focus and poor lighting... TRAV! lol))

Garrett, sweet smile

Gavin, love this expression he's doing lately! It's so funny the stages they go through

Cheese!

Check out Bella chillin' in the background! lol

The "whole" gang (we missed you out-of-towners!)

Katie's Visit

2011-04-02T19:33:00.000-07:00

Us local Greenes are so excited b/c Katie and her girls are in town for two whole weeks! They stopped by last week for a visit, along with Margo, her boys and Tonya with Troy and Tiff. It was so great to be able to sit and chat. We miss those guys so much when they go back home!

Emma and Chloe, so darn cute

The boys were all downstairs playing in A's room, so the girls decided to do their own thing in our bedroom (I love that Tiff is totally posing in the background!) Gotcha Emma!

Silly

Girls are soooooo different than boys!!

Love the expression

Margo & Chloe

Love the look on Emma's face

Bella just chillin'

Saying goodbye......

......But not before some more goodies are eaten!

West Side Trip-Album #5-Museum of Flight

2011-03-27T11:44:00.000-07:00

Since we were going to be in Seattle only for a short, whirlwind trip, we let Austin pick one thing he wanted to do. He picked the Museum of Flight just outside of Downtown Seattle. We'd been there when he was about 18 months old, but of course he doesn't remember. It was so fun seeing all the planes and flying memorabilia from times past & present.....

My fave plane of all time. In fact, my dad used to work on them!

Where's Maverick & Goose??

Austin checking out his plane

This dude's legs have got to be tired! He was up here last time too! lol

Doing some of the simulators

Same guy???

A up in the "control tower"

Nice!

Pretty cool story

On the road again.....

Snuggling up

I think we wore the poor pup out!

West Side Trip-Album #4-Downtown Seattle

2011-03-27T09:56:00.000-07:00

You can't go to the West Side without stopping in Downtown Seattle......

My uncle had an exercise ball out that Austin fell in love with. He was pretending this stone ball was one. lol

Don't know what this is, but it's cool!

Trav's favorite place for Chowder, he swears it's not because of the name

Austin's favorite store in, like, the whole world

Yep, we're in Seattle!

Austin with Pig #2

LOVE Pike Place!

For some reason, this dude's shirt made me laugh

My boys with Pig #1

Will he catch it?

Yep

Heck ya, I totally made him pose with dead fish, cuz I'm cool like that

"Help me"

Pretty flowers

This little guy was so ugly, he was cute. He's probably pretty bummed he's dead though.

All A needs is a furniture pad over him & he'll totally fit in

I'm not a fan of coffee, but I think it's pretty cool that Starbucks started their whole empire from this tiny little shop

Austin & his huge c chip cookie, mine was peanut butter!

For some reason, T thought this was cool. He's a little weird

T with his chowder and A with his huge cookie

West Side Trip-Album #3-Auburn/Des Moines

2011-03-27T01:41:00.000-07:00

Wednesday happened to be my Grandma Rose's 93rd bday, so it worked out perfectly that we were in town! We picked up some flowers and paid her a visit at her new nursing home that morning......

Austin with the rose he picked out for her

Going through her goodies A reading her our card

Cute!

Wow

You're beautiful Grandma!

After the visit, we stopped by the Des Moines waterfront.....

T, A, and my uncle. He & my aunt were so good to us, putting us up, feeding us, the whole nine yards! Thanks soooo much!!!!

My cousin made this beautiful cake for Grandma, but unfortunately, she didn't get to try it. When we went back to her nursing home for her "party," she was completely asleep. We didn't want to wake her, so we had to take the party back to the house :(

I love the look Stacey is giving Austin! Sorry Stacey, he totally butchered your cake!

We had to remind him that he could lose a Whittling Chip corner for attacking a harmless cake! lol

I think all our talking wore him out!

Stacey and her wonderful husband, Doug. It was great visiting with you guys!!

West Side Trip-Album #2-Fort Casey

2011-03-27T00:31:00.000-07:00

You can't visit Whidbey Island without stopping at Fort Casey!!!

Some cool driftwood LOVE this lighthouse

Hmmmmm..... lol

The old men taking a breather

My three boys

View of the fort from above

A working up the courage.....

"Cheese"

Heehee

Don't know what this is, but it looks cool!

Silly kid

Maybe he wouldn't make the best lookout....

Run, Austin, run

Typical guy

All you can see of Seink is his mouth! lol

West Side Trip-Album #1-Whidbey Island

2011-03-26T22:21:00.000-07:00

Just by random chance, I happened to receive 3 days off of work in a row during Trav's latest vacation..... so we decided to take a drive to the West Side. My grandma Rose hasn't been doing very well lately, so now was the perfect time. We took Austin out of school and headed over. We stopped by Whidbey Island first, to do some sightseeing (I lived here for about 7 months when I was in 7th grade).......

These windmills seem to have popped up everywhere recently. I thought they looked so cool, esp with the blue sky contrasting with the whiteness. They're huge! I'm sure I looked like a moron hanging out of the window as we zoomed by, but oh well! Anything for a picture ;)

Coming up on the pass

Seinka checking out all the scenery

At the Mukilteo Ferry landing, crossing over to Whidbey Island

On the ferry's bow

A totally dug the ferry rides (he didn't remember the last times he had been on them)

If only!

The booming metropolis of Coupeville, the town I lived in for a blink

My middle school

Our old house (it's gotten a little run down since :( )

The Coupeville wharf

A was such a great sport for my gazillion pix

Starfish! Do you see Gary??

The "waterfront"..... obviously the tide was out!

The best ice cream ever! We come here every time we come to Whidbey

My dad's old stomping grounds. Notice the OPEN gate? Crazy

We went to a really cool restaurant in Oak Harbor called Flyers. The whole place was dedicated to pilots & planes. Much of the deco/artifacts were those of the grandfather of the owners. This was one of the art pieces. Too cool!

Walking the beach in Oak Harbor

A's first find

Drawing a Jolly Roger, duh

All done

Crazy kid

At least he's a little cute....

Skipping some rocks

Pinewood Derby 2011

2011-03-19T15:56:00.000-07:00

Believe it or not, last night was Austin's last Pinewood Derby. Sniff, sniff.... No that's not me crying, that's me trying to get rid of the sweat! lol.. In all seriousness, all three of us will truly miss the PWD. It's such a great family event, one we look forward to every year. Last night was wonderful, and it was even cooler that the Keeney boys were able to join in on the fun.

Austin & his Red Steeler, all ready to go!

Gavin & Garrett's cars in the pits
Justin's car, was by far, the best dressed! lol

Austin's

James' Da Tank. Of course it's fully movable, has interchangeable guns and comes pre-duct taped!

Wow, aren't they awesome???

Garrett's up!

Getting it on the track "just so"

One last high five

Gavin's turn

Waiting so patiently

Austin's turn

Nice!

Bren giving Garrett a wave

What a cute kid, I must say

Mark telling James, no, he can't use his remote control!

Vaughn keeping an eye on things

Brothers racing head to head! Garrett's like, "Man, I'm so going to win!"

"My, what big teeth you have..."

So cute....

Em getting her car all ready

"Get off me Dad!" Gotta love it

How do you spell nuggies?

Austin receiving his 3rd place award out of the two Webelos dens. Awesome job A!

I love the look on Bren's face!

James and our Webelos 2 boys-great job guys!

St Patty's Parade

2011-03-12T22:48:00.001-08:00

While I was hard at work today, my boys took off without me to the St Patrick's Day Parade in Downtown Spokane! WTH??? Just kidding.... it was a GORGEOUS day for a parade and they had a lot of fun. They even ran into our friends, the Kettlesons, while there. Happy St Patty's Day everyone!

My Alma Mater..... Go Highlanders!

A & Ashley up to no good, I'm sure

Wow, the things people do to their animals!

Scoring some candy!

Uhm, I guess you had to be there? There's a guy on a toilet??

Stinky Teacher 2011

2011-03-05T18:02:00.001-08:00

Last night was Broadway's annual Stinky Teacher Game. Every year, the fifth grade teachers and us PTO put on this awesome basketball game to raise money for the fifth graders to go to WSU on a field trip. The staff plays each other and man is it fun to watch! We have a concessions stand, lots of games/prizes, dance teams, choir and jump rope performances. Once again, our players rocked the house and I couldn't be prouder to say my son goes to Broadway Elementary!!!

Ms Lilly showing off her skills

Mrs D's turn
Dunk #1 of the night!

Our wonderful choir singing the Nat'l Anthem

Mrs Polley greeting the crowd

Here they come!

Hello Ms Ferris!

Silly Lilly

Don't touch his nose girls!

Ennis the Menace

Mrs Cook making her entry

Ron with his game face on

Down low 'cuz Kyle's so short! lol

The Hoeky Poekey showing us what it's all about

Tip Off!

Dunk #2.... but did he make it????

Nice shot!

Aidan's showing us his skills

heehee

Kristen proudly displaying to us one of the offerings from the concession stand

Behave Mrs D!

What two gorgeous girls!

The Swishers! (sans Kyle... sorry!)

The jersey game... always a crowd fave

Aren't they cute???

The Bombers

Cute smile from the Jake-ster

Keith contemplating his options

Nice form Kailey!

Who's that superstar???

The OTHER dance team!

Great moves Leslie!

What a great turnout!

It was a "close" game!

Austin and his Mrs D, such a great teacher!

Blue & Gold Banquet

2011-02-23T14:34:00.000-08:00

Last night was Austin's last Blue & Gold Banquet. For ever! It's crazy how super fast his Cub Scout "career" has gone. In just a few short months, he'll be crossing over to the Boy Scouts! Wow.....

Hard at work on HIS cake

I'm so proud of him. Most of the other boys' moms made their cakes for them, some even bought them. But A did his completely by himself. It turned out great and tasted super yummy!

Some of the other cakes

I love this one! It's the Hellmann's and since Trevor is a Bear.... it's bear poop! Awesome :)

James helping Luke do the calling

Austin getting ready to post the colors

Austin & Bren leading the opening

Gavin showing his Cub Scout sign

What a cute kid..... as long as you disregard the Doritos teeth!!

Awwwww

A doing some entertaining

Shhhhhhhhh

Wow, I. Am. So. Proud. lol

Heehee

Eating some of A's delicious cake

Thanks Keeneys for supporting A! Like you do constantly :)

Dad Greene

2011-02-19T19:58:00.000-08:00

This afternoon we stopped by Mom & Dad Greene's for a little visit. I've been wanting to snap some pix of the boys, so today was my chance :)

3 generations of Greenes!

Dad G's got such a great natural smile!

Their cat was thoroughly enjoying the flowers that Tonya had gotten them! She was too funny

Monster Jam

2011-02-19T00:22:00.000-08:00

I think this pix is so funny. It totally looks like the RC car is challenging the big 'uns. A'la Wheelie in Transformers!

The drivers

Presenting THE colors

Grave Digger is our all-time favorite, but this Monster Mutt was awesome. I love the ears, tail & tongue!

Crunch

He hurt his butt!

I think this one is my fave :)

Awwwww

Uh-oh, he needs a tow!

Megasaurus

Trav testing A's ear protection

Love the flying ears!

Who needs a butt to fly?

Autograph time

Thanks to my guys for a wonderful night!!

Goodbye Room 116

2011-02-18T23:51:00.000-08:00

The Ladies of Room 116
Them showing how sad they are that I haven't left yet.....

Austin & Trav joined us for my party!

A reading to some willing kiddos

He would make a great teacher someday!

I have to tell the story on this particular goodbye gift.... The child's mom told me that he specifically picked out each individual flower. He was very confident in what he thought I would like. She'd make a suggestion, and he'd say no, she'll like this one better. And the most sweet thing of all.... he said he didn't want to get me a bouquet because the flowers die and he wanted to get me something I could have forever and put in my garden! Remind me again why I'm leaving these guys???? :)

My Goodbye Dinner

2011-02-17T21:58:00.000-08:00

Tonight at the Olive Garden, Sally Field's speech kept coming into my head, "You love me..... you really love me!" OMG, the love I was shown today & tonight was mind blowing. I am so darn fortunate to have been surrounded by these awesome people for the last four years! I made it though the night without sobbing, but no promises for tomorrow! Simply put, you guys rock! Thanks so much for everything! You humble me....

Amers, Me & Tate - my girls!

Mags, Noriko, Theresa - no double chins here!
We don't look alike, we don't talk alike, but we're a family!
(Even when we're apart???)

Theresa - "I am not a crook??"

Virginia, Naseem - What two gorgeous girls!

Mom (She had no choice, I've forced her to adopt me! And Margo (she was asking for you Marg!!)) & Bobbi - I'm not going to cry.....

Virginia, Naseem, Martha, Bobbi

Naseem, Tate

Me & Tate

I was completely spoiled (the photo is one that Tate's dad took & blew up for me. Isn't it breathtaking?!)!!

My wonderful gift from Bobbi, Suzanne & Misty. Words can't do it justice, thank you girls for making saying goodbye so darn hard! ;)

**Bobbi, Suzanne & Misty - I meant to get a pix of you guys!!! Tomorrow!!!!**

The Change is Upon Me!

2011-02-15T21:03:00.000-08:00

I think I'll borrow the chorus from one of the songs I was raised on to start this post..... "To everything (turn, turn, turn), there is a season (turn, turn, turn), and a time for every purpose...."

Most of you probably know where this is going, but for those that I haven't had the opportunity to tell you.... the "season" for me working for Head Start has come to an end. When Trav & I decided to start having children, the plan was always for me to work part-time while our kids were young, then once they got older, I'd return to the workforce full-time. We didn't want someone else raising our children and I wanted to be there for all those little moments only parents are aware of. Obviously, only one child was to be in our future (which I'm totally okay with now!) and he is now an old man of eleven. Shortly after coming to work for Head Start, I realized I LOVED it there! I loved working with the preschoolers and their families, and I adored my coworkers. I started to think this was the field I was meant to be in. Unfortunately, a little thing called money came into play. I started looking into going back to school so I would be able to possibly "move up" in the program and get a better paying job with benefits. But darn that middle class! We made too much for any type of assistance and yet we didn't make enough to afford paying for at least two more years of college. So, I had to really look inside myself and ask what would be best for myself and my family. The conclusion I came to was that I would probably need to return to my prior field of bookkeeping/finance. Not very long after making that tough choice, I applied for a job with Bank of America. 'Lo & behold, I got it. So after 4 years of being part of the Head Start family, I will now say goodbye. My last day is this Friday. Don't get me wrong, I'm totally stoked for this new opportunity.... the people at the branch are wonderful, it's right down the street from our house, I'll love what I'm doing, and the pay/hours are MUCH more. Not to mention full benefits. But saying goodbye.... SUCKS! I'll miss those little people so darn much, but luckily I've taken lots of pix (shocker, right?) so I'll always be able to remember this lovely season that was in my life. (Please ignore the tear stains as I write this! ;-) )

Valentine's Day

2011-02-15T20:30:00.001-08:00

How sweet it is..... Just kidding I won't sing to you. Even in written form. I'm sure even that would be awful ;) Another wonderful Valentine's Day is in the books. This was Austin's last year for a class party, so it was a little bittersweet, but loads of sugar. I mean fun. Every year, the 5th grade classes have a competition with their Valentine's boxes, so A had lots of fun doing his. Any guesses on what he made his out of?? If you know him at all, you'll know! Trav also surprised me with some beautiful roses and let me pick what to do for dinner. Normally we go out, but after the last few crazy weeks, we decided we'd rather stay in, watch a movie & order pizza. I totally won't mention that 2 out of the 3 of us fell asleep. Man, are we getting old or what?! Austin's gift from us was candy (b/c he apparently needed more?) and tickets to this weekend's Monster Jam. Just a hunch, but I'm sure I'll have pix to post of it. HAPPY HEARTS DAY EVERYBODY!

A's Valentine's "box"

Hey, a natural smile!

Brenden's. Is this kid creative or what?! From start to finish, all by himself!

Happy Birthday Kailey!

2011-02-13T10:26:00.001-08:00

Ever since Austin transferred to Broadway (4 years ago!), he and Kailey have been pretty much inseparable. She's such a great kid. I love her sense of humor! Trav and I joke that we totally have them betrothed! On the 12th, she turned the big 1-1. Happy, Happy Birthday Kailey, we love ya!!

Waiting so patiently

There you go!
Hmm... I wonder what they're thinking about? Any guesses?

Time for a little "Just Dance" after all that gift opening.

(Needless to say, Austin was not a willing participant! lol)

Lady Zags

2011-02-12T23:23:00.001-08:00

Yesterday, one of Austin's best buddies invited us all to a Lady Zags game to celebrate her birthday (Happy Birthday Kailey!!). We've been avid followers of the boys for years, but have never really watched the girls play. Why the heck not??? They were awesome! It was a great game, and boy do those girls have skillz! Thanks Sanfords!

G-O-N-Z-A-G-A

I love Spike's tail! lol

Austin, Spike & Kailey

Warm up

Tip Off

Nice!!!

Uhm, Spike, you know you're doing that w/o a net right??

SWEET!

John Stockton!

We had to get some of these pix, of course!