Pizza with Parents

Pizza with Parents is Havens school's way of celebrating Mothers and Fathers in lieu of doing something for Mothers day or Fathers day - since FD is after school lets out.

The kids learn some super cute songs which they sing to us.  Then they feed us pizza and the kids give the parents a gift.

So cute!

Neil couldnt make it this year cause he had to pick up J.  But Haven and I had a great time :)

This is the present Haven made for us.  Super cute!!

Havens first Grizzlies game

J has been going to see the Grizzlies since he was a wee lad, but this girl always stayed home with mommy.  But not this year.  Papa gets tickets to Ag night and they have extra fun stuff on this special night.  

 I hear it was a blast.  I got to go visit a friend :).  Haven came home with a smile on her face and a nice big foam finger to help root on the Grizzlies!

Mothers Day

I had a great Mothers day.  My kids each picked out a card for me and signed it all by themselves.  I love that Justus can read now and picks things out that are so great.  Neil got me a card as well.  I also got some new Starbucks to-go cups.  Just what I wanted.  The kids made me some cute stuff at school.  LOVE it all!!

Cards

From J

From H

Then after church we went out to brunch with Gail and Rog.  Neil made us a reservation at Vino and Friends.  They do have very Delicious food.  

J being silly

J and me

H sweet face

Brunch time

Gail and Haven being silly

It was a great day....even if I didnt get all the pictures I wanted :)

Lucky #7

This year Neil and I celebrated 7 wonderful years of marriage.  This was especially special because it was our "special" anniversary as we were married on the 7th :).  Good times!!

So thanks to GG, Neil and I got to get away for a couple of nights and enjoy some adult alone time.  We decided to go down into the Santa Ynez Valley where they have some great wines.  We visited several wineries.  

 We also got to visit the Danish town of Solvang.  I hadnt been there since I was a kid and Im not sure Neil had ever been.  Cute place for shops and that sort of thing.

We even were able to fit in a movie so we've now seen Avengers.

We LOVE our kids but it sure is nice to get away sometimes.

Sparring

Last week J started sparring.  He has been doing Tae Kwon Do since February but I thought it would be a good idea to let him learn some moves before I threw him to the wolves :)

Sitting, all geared up

Getting some instruction

He did pretty good.  I wasnt sure what to expect really, but I was pleasantly surprised that he didnt get knocked down constantly and that he got in some of his own kicks.  Go J!!

Open House x 2

In March we had Justus open house.  I have to say, for all the work the teachers put into it - I know it is A LOT - its just not that exciting for me.  I guess because Im in the classroom on a weekly basis its just not anything new.  But.... I know the children love to showcase their work and it is a good opportunity for the kids to "do their best".  I also think it is a great thing for parents who dont see their activities regularly....ie: Neil. :)

 The other night was Havens open house.  Same thing really.  Love seeing her work, but....nothing too new.

The kids liked playing play dough more than showing us around

How is that for a bad open house attitude ;)  Seriously, I really do appreciate ALL the hard work the teachers put into it.

Camp out!

Last night we had a little camp out in our backyard.  It was a perfect day/night for it.  Neils parents have a real tent so Neil borrowed it for us to use.

The kids have been asking for something like this for awhile.  I have to say, the idea of sleeping on the ground in my backyard when my comfy bed is only yards away is a little hard for me.  But in the name of fun and good memories I included myself in the sleepover part of the camp out.

We had been playing so much then we grilled some hot dogs and had fresh strawberries from the patch.  Then the kids jumped in their jeep and we all went for a walk/ride.  Then it was home for some ice cream and get ready for bed.

Then into the tent we all went.  Neil provided a little movie for the kids on the ipad.  Then it was off to dreamland.  It really was cozy and a fun time - if a little hard on the bones :)