Paper-link Chain for School Days Left

Ashton has been asking to make our yearly paper chain.  It's nice to be able to rip off those links and see how much more we have.  Al-most done!!!

Cameron Band Concert

Cameron performed his final concert with the Arroyo Seco junior high Advanced band last night.  So proud of him!  The band will be performing next week at Disneyland.

Birthday #42!

I had a wonderful birthday!  Lots of cards and a fun dinner out with my hubby. 

Mother's Day 2016

After such a busy week, I spent Mother's Day getting caught up on details around the house and I LOVED IT!  I was treated to coffee and flowers and then Derrik and Cam headed to a galaxy game.  We met up later with the parents at Olive Garden and I got some photos with the guys!  A great day!

Crazy pics we don't share usually -

Cam at StubHub center in Carson, CA - Galaxy game

Love these boys!

SMART Conference LA

Derrik and I headed to LA to see Dave Ramsey and the group of speakers he had join him.  We heard talks on money, parenting, marriage, boundaries, time management, etc.  A full day but lots of fun!

One of my favorite authors - Henry Cloud

We sat next to a guy that was
sketching during all the talks.  He was
kind of enough to include us in his work!

SHS Band/Color Guard Banquet 2016

Junior medal!

We celebrated Ethan and the marching band and color guard on Friday night.  The band's director, Robert Gibson, is retiring after 27 years.  It's sad to see him go but we're happy that he gave Ethan a chance two years ago and put him in band even thought Ethan didn't know much about drumming.  We had a great night!

Ethan with Mr. Gibson

 

 

Teacher Appreciation Week

SCE celebrated teachers last week!  Ashton had to bring in different gifts for his teacher each day.  Flowers, candy, school supplies, a written note and gift cards.  I received a great poster and lots of love from students.  It was a great week!

Ethan Transformation

Ethan got a haircut this last weekend!  Hurray!  He and Derrik also did some street driving and Ethan learned how to fill the car with gas.

Grandmother Jean bracelet

I finally found a way to remember Grandma Jean that is special to me!  I found a etsy store that creates jewelry out of handwriting.  Love it!

Chimes Performance

Ashton and I performed the chimes tonight in the kid's choir concert at church!  Ashton did great and had a nice opportunity to share with the family his new skill!

Soccer Tournaments: Ventura and Santa Clarita

This is his stance -"just come and get one past me!"

Backpack with tournament pins

Brothers supporting on the sideline

 

Medal

The last two weekends have been insane with soccer tournaments back to back.  Last weekend was in Ventura.  Cam played great!  His team can be easily intimidated by bigger players and had trouble getting very far.

This weekend was local, which was nice.  Cameron did a nice job and the team came in 4th place.  He got a shirt, medal and pin!  We get a little break and then we'll have another two tournaments in May.

Sunburned keeper

Super windy weather!

Chosen as captain for game 3

Great job, Cameron!

Musician's Institute Visit

We visited Musician's Institute in Hollywood on Saturday with Ethan.  He's looking at attending there following graduation next year to pursue getting certified in Audio Engineering.  We certainly live in the right place to get trained in that!  It was a great visit which got all three of us thinking.

Bouncing to the Beat

I was finally able to use this curriculum that I bought last year - incorporating music and basketballs!  Bouncing to the Beat from my friend in Nebraska.  The kids loved it and performed it at our Awards Assembly on Friday.

 

 

 

 

Harmonica Assembly

 

The 5th graders at our school had a very musical week!  Our school got a visit from a professional cowboy harmonica player and the 5th graders all received a harmonica!  He taught them to play several songs on it.  We'll see if I can keep them interested in it for a few more lessons in my classroom!

Spring Break 2016: Friday

We had a movie night and watched the new Star Wars at home!

Spring Break 2016: Thursday

Thursday we did some bike riding and then headed to Scooter's Jungle to bounce!

 

Cameron's Home!

The highlight of the week was getting our boy back home again!  His family (including his pups) missed him terribly!

Our Spring Break 2016: Wednesday

Wednesday was a pizza and library day!  Then I took Ashton to chimes practice and got to jump in and play a few chimes for missing kids.  It was fun!