Catch up Post

Let’s see if I can do a quick review and start posting again…

Jackson finished up a season of spring soccer.

Father/Son Camp out

Planted flowers in memory of our baby boy

Semi-Private Swimming Lessons for the kids (highly recommended)

Plant vegetable garden (which needs some serious attention right now)

Jackson’s end of year gymnastics performance

Jackson graduated from preschool…again.

Savannah had the annual dance festival at her school and officially is advanced to 2nd grade!

My dad had what he calls ‘an episode’ and spent his birthday in the hospital, and after two long surgeries he is home with a 6-8 week recovery. My mom is being a great nurse to him.

Kicked off summer with a trip to the Museum of Natural History which is free the first Monday of each month-they have a great exhibit on frogs right now that the kids loved. I had to drag them out of the museum-my memory card was corrupted, so I don’t have any photos. But we’ll always have our memories!

I organized a neighborhood T-Ball team-18 kids, two teams, 3 practices, 3 games, bought our own equipment, parents coached, charged $5 a kid to cover equipment. I think it went pretty good. (I used to have a policy of not posting other peoples’ kids on my blog, but that went out the window, so if you want your kids’ face blurred out send me an e-mail.) Here’s a group photo minus 5 kids. I thought it was a pretty good idea with these economic times, and who needs another ill fitting t-shirt from the city to play ball?

A friend started a summer field trip group, and every week we do a different fun activity/excursion with our kids. One activity was the Family Day at the Museum of Art-they had an ‘I Spy Exhibit’ Other then the assemble your own bubble wand station it was great. My friend Jessica and I just about strangled the person who organized that station..I won’t explain but it was a parent’s worst nightmare and put a scowl on many kids faces! The Walter Wick photographs were amazing. I had no idea what went into creating his photographs and the twists and turns hidden in the photos.

Where is my husband you ask? That is a good question-he could be sitting in class for 8 hours, or at his desk for 9 hours, in another meeting about Serbia; perhaps he is in Moscow Russia or Caracas, Venezuela. Oh wait, his MBA group called an extra study session this week, so he must be there. Or could be  at an Elder’s Quorum meeting. Sometimes I see a mound in the bed next to me so he must have come home. Most Sundays I do wake up to the smell of cooking bacon and homemade buttermilk pancakes though!

So, there you have it, catch up to about mid-June; at least the stuff I am willing to expose to the world…