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Today is my darling sister, Briana's, birthday! Happy Birthday!
Last Thursday Sierra had her presentation of learning. She did such a great job. She did alot of the work in her group. She is quite the little actress!
Last Monday Ashton got his black tip on his white belt, he gets to test for his yellow belt! :)
Friday Rocky tested for his next belt in Taekwondo and did such a great job! He stayed so focused! He got to break boards at the end of his test. He did it! We all went to IHOP to celebrate.
Saturday Ashton had another basketball game, much better! The team they played against was about equal to their abilities. Our team has improved also. Ashton played great defense, stole the ball and had his hands up the whole time. He is also quite the hussler too, back and forth! :)
Tonight we went to dad and Tori's for dinner.
I have studied alot and still have a lot more to do, wish me luck! This is SO hard! Test on Wednesday!

We made it...

100 days!

Now how many days till summer vacation!

LOVE

The day started off bright and early. I got a shower in and then puffy pancakes in the oven, made lunches, made sure we grabbed everything and headed off to school. But first, we enjoyed our puffy pancakes! and a surprise from mom and dad, chalkboard mugs with heart shaped marshmellows! :)

My adorable little valentine's!

We even did heart hair again!

Sierra heart attacked daddy's car!

I helped in Ashton's classroom, I always do on Tuesdays. We brought a veggie platter to his party. They got to do fun valentine's activities, pass out valentine's and enjoy yummy food.
Sierra didn't get to have a party, I told her to get used to it, they did pass out valentine's though and her play dough was a hit!

We went to piano lessons and got The Habit for dinner. It was a pretty great day!

Surprise!

School is rough! I'm only in 1 class but it's Anatomy and it's HARD! When I got out of the car I was just looking forward to being with my family. When I walked in the house, Jake and the kids were hiding and jumped out and yelled, "Happy Valentine's Day!" and this was what I found on the table...

Ahhh, I LOVE my family!

I enjoyed the early festivities with hugs and kisses, a few pieces of candy and a few cookies! and then we had to finish making valentines.

The kids were off to bed and I told Jake I needed to watch some mindless television. Rushed to get jammies on and then cozied on the couch to watch "Once Upon a Time." :)



First Day

Here we go!

So far...

we have had healthy kids! Not much different has been happening at our house. Not many pictures being taken either. We have 1 more basketball practice to go to, 2 every week + a game. So, we still have all of our activities to keep us occupied. Not having a mutual activity every week to have to go to has really changed our dynamic. My calling as Nursery Leader is much less demanding. This last weekend Sierra was invited to a lateover with Karlie and Chloe. Very different at our house when one of the children is gone. Sierra was gone from 5pm to 11pm so we took Ashton out to dinner, to Chili's, and then came home and watched Gator Boys with him. The next day, on Saturday, it was Sierra's turn to have time with mom and dad cause Ashton went on a playdate with Elijah. So, we took her to get a slurpie, then to Walmart cause I needed latex gloves for my class and then we went to the pet store. Sierra found a kitty that she wanted to take home but, she already has a kitty! :)

Watching our son play basketball is very frustrating!!! Ashton was open several times and could have been passed the ball but these 2 boys just kept passing it to each other. AHHH! Then another boy was just plain being a ball hog whenever he got the ball he wouldn't pass it, just run around and try to get away from the other team so he can make a shot. JUST PASS THE BALL!!!

He has fun playing, but for Jake and I, it is painful/stressful to watch! I don't think we will be playing this sport again, just stick with baseball! Glad we tried it though, cause now we know. :)

Hello February

Ashton went to the dr yesterday and he has strep throat :0! Hold on, we went cause I thought he might have an ear infection and we come out with strep throat, YIKES! He's missing his field trip to Santa Monica Pier Aquarium today, that is sad!

We hope February brings healthy kids!
What else does February have to offer; Vanessa starts school, Sierra has a birthday, Valentine's Day, lots of basketball and karate, Sierra starts sewing class with Grammy, lots of piano practicing!
Goodbye January 2012!