5-11-09

Happy Mother's Day yesterday! Hope moms got some relaxing time - Jim was sure good to me, let me sleep in (in between all the work calls :-) and he and the kids made cards and brownies and let me have some alone time - it was just what I wanted :-) This past week the work van was in the shop again - we're ready to change mechanics, the problems are just not getting fixed. Also, Gwen went to a food storage class at the cannery and John hung out with daddy and they got Reagan. Tuesday Jim had Elder's Quorum night and Gwen and the kids went to Pack Meeting. It was pretty chaotic and then home to bed. Wed we had something but I can't remember. Thursday was John's jumping beans class - only 3 boys showed up so we built towers with foam blocks and destroyed them over and over! That afternoon we spent time at Cara's house and then Gwen had Roundtable that night and afterwards went for ice cream with her old Webelos partner. Friday morning Reagan's class had a tea party for all of the mom's. Reagan picked out pretty clothes for each of us and we had cake, punch and the kids sang and showed us a few things. It was fun and Reagan was so excited! Saturday Jim cleaned the church and spent the day mounting the tv above the fireplace. It sure looks good, a little different to get used to. Gwen did a cub scout orientation and that night the kids had a babysitter while Gwen and Jim played games with other couples in the ward. Sunday was a busy phone day for Gwen, church, and that night the Petersen gang and Thornley's came to dinner. Hope everyone is well, starting to look forward to all the exciting summer events. Too bad it's getting completely hot here!!!

5-3-09

Welcome to May! Monday and Tuesday we waited for candy orders in the morning. Jim took John on work errands (John made friends with a dog that is at a supplier's business) Tuesday afternoon we went to Cake's house and the kids played while Cara dyed Gwen's hair. Tuesday night the kids played with daddy while Gwen had primary leadership meeting. Wednesday was pretty mello, except Gwen scurrying to get company quarterly reports done. Thursday we had John's little "jumping beans" class and he loved doing tumbling that day. In the meantime, Reagan played in the rec center's "kid's club" and she enjoyed dressing up there. That afternoon the kids had friends come play and they had alot of fun. Friday the kids played with different friends and then John went with Jim and Rusty (single guy in our ward) to Father's and Sons. They drove up, had dinner, hung out and came home around 11:30pm. They had a really good time and next year they might even spend the night :-) We had girls night with Cara and we went to the mall and did each other's errands together and then had dinner. Gwen did some cleaning and then watched a girl show. Saturday was more errands, we bought a sink and faucet for the kitchen and then had another single guy over for dinner and the girls were off to a wedding reception for Gwen's friend that cuts the kids' hair. Sunday was full of meetings and now it's time to wind down to begin another week. Only three more weeks of school for Reagan and then let the summer activities begin! John's new thing is changing clothes 2-3 times per day and being VERY opinated on what he wears (dirty or not). And Reagan is reading! She is doing very well at reading the little booklets sent home. Reagan also lost her second tooth on Saturday! And she got in the pool - it's too cold for the rest of us but she was loving it!