June 14, 2009

• Oh wow, I have been one busy little bee since my last post.  There’s so much to cover.  The kids are out of school.  Lexie won her Reading Counts award at school.  She had a total of 305 points.  That is great for a first grader.  The kid who won the award for the 4th grade had 160 some points, so that should give you an idea of how well she did for a FIRST grader!  I was so proud of her.  I teased Kaleb because Lexie had a lot more points than he did.  He still won an award for getting over 100 points (he had about 160 or so….)  Anyway, we went to both of their awards’ assemblies on the last day of school.  Lexie won the reading award for her class, as well as the Reading Counts trophy for her grade.  She also won the art award.  I was surprised at that.  Who knew she had artistic abilities? lol  Not me.  Kaleb actually won more awards than Lexie did.  He got an award for having 4.0 all year.  He also won a sportsmanship award in PE, a music award, the Reading Counts medal for over 100 points, and one other award….maybe it was the math award…I can’t remember now.  Here are a few photos from their assemblies:

  

  Lexie with her trophy:

  

  Roxie had to have her picture taken with Lexie’s trophy too:

  

  Lexie in her classroom with all her classmates:

  

  And the girls in the class:

  

  Then after the assemblies, I gave them their gifts.  I had promised Lexie I’d get her an American Girl doll that she wanted if she won.  So I kept my promise.  I had told Kaleb I’d get him something if he won too, but since he didn’t I got him a gag gift. lol  I went to the dollar store and got some cheap little thing and wrapped it up.  Here are both kids with their “gifts” lol:

  

  

  My mom surprised her and got her an American Girl doll, too.  So she ended up with two.  She was so excited:

  

  Jamie said that was mean of me to do Kaleb that way, since he had done exceptional in school this year too.  But I like to tease him, so it was all in good fun.  Don’t worry, Pappaw and Mamaw made up for me torturing him.  They bought him something themselves….I think it was a game for his DS.

  Also, Shannon has moved now.  We went together and had pedicures and lunch at Red Lobster one day before she left.  Here’s Shannon finishing up with her pedicure:

  

  Her fancy toes:

  

  We had pizza and singing at Bob and Donna’s the night before they left.  Everyone brought a little going away gift for Emma and Joseph:

  

  

   

  Some people played pool:

  

  Here’s me and Shannon on our last Wednesday night out together:

  

  And here we are on Sunday night at the Hayes’:

  

  And us with my sis-in-law, Lisa:

  

  We also made a quick trip to Indiana for Lucas’ dad’s memorial service.  We got to see Jess and Dustin and the kids while we were there.  Here are some pics at the mexican restaurant in Bedford.  First, Cambree, with her mexican food face:

  

  Jess and Dustin:

  

  Kaleb and Josiah:

  

  

  

  Lexie with her dolls at the hotel:
  

  

  And just this past week I found out I’m having a baby GIRL!  Jamie was disappointed.  And Kaleb was REALLY disappointed.  He told my dad, “Papaw, I’m moving in!” lol  Now the name argument has begun.  I have a name that I am set on, and I’m trying to talk Jamie into it.  I think he’s slowly starting to accept it.  haha  As soon as I get him to agree, I’ll tell everyone what it is.  I really like it.  It’s really pretty, and I have never heard it before, and that’s what I like about it.  I am tired of common names, so I want something different.

  I did a big cake for an 80s themed birthday cake for Mary’s daughter, Michaela.  She turned 16 and had an 80s themed party.  Here are some photos of it.  (I had to take pics from every angle, because it was different all the way around.):

  

  

  

  This week, we are going to Lexington to see Celtic Woman.  It’s a group of women from Ireland and England that sing Celtic songs.  Jamie and the kids LOVE them.  Roxie calls it “girls songs”….We have a DVD of them that my mom brought us when she saw them a few years ago, and Roxie is always asking if she can watch “Girls Songs.” lol  So they are all excited to go see them in person.

  Kaleb’s baseball season is almost over….but after that he will probably have All-Stars.  If he makes the all star team, we will have to take our vacation between the end of the regular season and the beginning of all-stars.  There’s about 2 weeks between them.  I think we have decided to go to Carlsbad Caverns and the Grand Canyon.  That’s what Jamie wants to do.  He is all for big road trips. lol  We like to take our time traveling, and stop along the way if we see something fun to do.  So that should be an interesting trip.  It’s like a 24 hour drive from here to the Grand Canyon, and Jamie has come up with several little side stops he’d like to make, so that will add to our travel time, I’m sure.  Pray for me. lol

  We took the kids to see Up on Friday evening.  They really liked it.  Jamie embarrassed me to death (as usual) with his uncontrollable laughing.  When will I learn NOT to go to the movies with him???  After the movie, I was craving chocolate-dipped fruit, so we stopped at Edible Arrangements and bought some.  The kids got more of it than I did:

  

  

  

  There are now three of us at church who are pregnant.  (If you are having feritility issues, come drink from our water fountain.  I think it works.)  We compared belly sizes this morning:

  

  I think Amanda is currently in the lead, but I am not far behind.  Brittany just found out that she’s pregnant, so she’s still normal size.  I told her to stick her gut out so we wouldn’t look so bad, but I don’t think she did it.

  

  Notice the little “Gloria” hippo Amanda is holding.  Some mean person got her that as a joke.  I won’t say who. lol

  Jamie found a big ol’ moth outside yesterday when he was mowing.  The kids were amazed with it, even though it was dead. lol  Here’s Roxie’s hand next to it so you can see how big it was:

  

  Then Kaleb brought out one of his little men to fight it. lol:

  

  I plan on trying to have a yard sale this weekend, if I can get all my stuff ready.  If not, then maybe I’ll do it the next weekend.  Now that I know I’m having a girl, I’m getting rid of all the boy stuff.  My house is full of junk I don’t need, and I am ready to clean it out!!!

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