Scrapbooking Weekend

My mom has friend in her ward that hosts a scrapbooking weekend twice a year. I have been able to go 4 times and I get so much accomplished. My sister Becky(2nd from left) and my Mom (back left) have been a few more times and my sister Tina(front left) came for the first time this year. (The woman in the picture with the Christmas page, is another friend from my mom's ward.) We generally stay up too late and eat too much on these weekends but we have a great time! Plus we do get a lot of scrapbooking done. I finished 22 pages this weekend!

Here is my cropping area. I am usually a little neater when I crop, but not this time. I just didn't feel like it. I am now caught up to July 2007 and I'm looking forward to next year's crop.

Fall Break

Almost every Fall Break, I hit the road and head to my parents home near Detroit, Michigan. The kids love to visit their grandparents. This year was a bonus since Tina, my sister from Hawaii, brought her four girls for the same week. We hadn't seen her family in about 18 months so it was fantastic to be together. My oldest niece, Katie, had her wisdom teeth taken out. I don't know how much of a vacation she had. Nothing too exciting happened except that my mom's purse was lost/stolen from Sam's. We did visit the zoo and the polar bears showed off for us. We also had a night at Chuck E Cheese that was fun too.

Jacob's 7th Birthday

Today is Jacob's 7th birthday. He had a party at a glow in the dark mini golf. He loves to golf. I think this is the third time we have celebrated his birthday with golf. Jacob told us that this was the best birthday ever! He had a great time with his friends.

A Night Out

Mickey was invited to a dinner party for work last night. I was excited to have a reason to get dressed up and go out with my husband. (The kids were excited to have a babysitter!) We got to eat dinner under the Saturn V in the new Davidson Center. I have seen these rockets for years, and I was even awed by the size of the rocket. Mickey teased me enough that I didn't take any pictures. As you can see, Mickey just loves it when I take pictures. Here is a picture of the rocket that is outside the Davidson Center. Imagine it turned on its side, suspended from the ceiling and us eating dinner under it. It was amazing.

Bespectacled

Last week, Beth was trying to read a flashcard when I realized that she couldn't see the 2 inch numbers! I was horrified that my baby has been unable to read anything that was far away. I got her into the optometrist a few days later. He concurred with my observations so we were off to pick out her first pair of glasses. Of course, Beth was so excited to wear glasses. She went straight to the Hannah Montana glasses and picked these out. I think she looks adorable. But best of all, she can see!

Fun Run

Yesterday was the annual Fun Run put on by the local hospital. Last year, Jacob was our only child who wanted to run. It happened to be unseasonably hot that year and it just about killed Jacob off. I thought he would never want to do it again. Well, I guess it is like childbirth for me..he forgot and wanted to do it again. Luckily, the weather was fantastic! Beth and Jacob were excited about running again. Plus, Emma decided that she wanted to run too. Beth didn't want to wait for her age group so she ran (or should I say walked) with Emma's group.

Jacob's group was first and he did it all by himself. Mickey had run with him last year, so I was a little worried about him out there by himself. I met him at each turn and found him running well. He cut about 5 minutes off his time from last year. He told me that a guy in a yellow shirt ran with him and kept him going. (They have high school aged kids out in the race to run with the kids.)

Then we went on to cheer Beth and Emma (and Mickey too)! I figured that Emma would be tired at the first turn. We saw her coming and she was running and having a great time. Beth was concerned because Emma had fallen and cried for a minute. Emma on the other had was fine and didn't care! For the last 50 yards of the race, parents cannot run with their kids. At this point, knowing Emma, I thought she would throw a huge fit and stop running. Then I spotted her,without Beth, running toward the finish line. She was doing it! Beth enjoyed her stroll and finished 2 minutes behind Emma.

They all had a great time. They each got a participation ribbon and t-shirt. Emma cracks me up! She keeps telling Beth that she was fast and Beth was slow. Beth continues to amaze me. This kind of teasing would irritate me. Beth just smiles and says encouraging things to Emma.

Emma also holds onto her ribbon and says that she won. Whatever makes her happy! We had a great time and we are looking forward to next year's run.

First Day of Preschool

Emma went to her first day of preschool yesterday. She was so excited to go. I was worried about seperation issues but I had no need to fear! She got out of the car and went straight in. Of course, it helped to have her friend, Riley already there.

I helped Emma put up her backpack and then said goodbye. I don't even know if she noticed I left. She was so happy to be there.

While I was gone, I admit that I was worried about Emma the whole time. Did she miss me? Was she upset? Was she crying? Of course, when I went to pick her up, she was having a great time on the playground. When she finally realized I was there, she ran to me just beaming! Once we got in the car, she couldn't stop talking. She told me everything that she had learned that day.

It was a fantastic day! I am already looking forward to the next preschool day. :)