Sunday, January 6, 2013

Are You Serious?

Are you serious? November came and went, now December has come and gone......and Christmas is over...........I'm not sure where the time went or how it all went by so fast!! In November, the three of us headed down to California to visit MeMe and Pops...They had been gone traveling since August, so we hadn't seen them in FOREVER! Jack had a blast shooting his bb gun with Pops, and playing with his bestie Colton......As usual we ate at our favorite Pizza place and MeMe cooked some yummy home cooked meals for us! RJ and I had a Sushi Date Night and Pops came along with us.....Meme stayed home and played with Jack. I got to spend one whole day painting and crafting with my Jessica while Colton and Jack played.....What a wonderful relaxing weekend! Just what we needed......Then it was back to the grind....school, cub scouts, Jack's social calendar...lol...
In December we enjoyed spending time with friends...and getting ready for the holidays!  My girlfriends and I enjoyed our annual gift exchange and luncheon, this year they all came back to my house for dessert and wine.  December also brought a little medical scare for our Jackson.....he got bit by something on his hand(most likely a spider).....and it swelled up to the size of a golf ball. He had to have it biopsy and they discovered he had something called MSSA....which is a staph infection.... and a distant reletive to MRSSA... we now know he also had an outbreak this summer while in California...we took him to the Er in San Diego...they just thought it was a bad spider bite....so this time the biopsy reviled something much more serious.  The poor guy had to have 8 rounds of and antibiotic shot, and then an oral antibiotic for 10 more days.....He's all better now...but we have to monitor any and all scratches and bites he gets in the future.... For Christmas we spent a quiet day at home...my parents came up for California, and we were so lucky to have them here! Jack is in the G.A.T.E. program at school and they have some class pets, a Bearded Dragon, and a Tarantula. Jack got picked to take care of them over the break! So we are having fun babysitting! My mom loves the Bearded Dragon....I thought for sure she was going to take him home with her!  I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! Happy New Year!


Stephanie, Libra, Me, Katie......

Deb and Me......

Me and Sabrina.....she is also Jack's teacher!

Me and Francesca.......

My partner in crime and crafting....Natalie

Me and Tawania......

Jackson making cup cakes for the annual cub scout cake bake contest.....We didn't end of going but had fun making cupcakes!


Excited to open presents!

Happy Boy...

RJ and Indy enjoying thier new down comforter....




Steele the Bearded Dragon.....

Monday, October 29, 2012

September/October?

Well, I am not sure  where September and October went!!!!!!  We have been so busy that I have had not one minute to work on my blog.....this school year started off with a bang......There are so many changes going on in my school district, I feel like a first year teacher again!!! Ugh! The first week was so overwhelming and I was so stressed, I developed walking pneumonia....it lasted for 6 weeks, I missed 10 days of school over the course of the 6 weeks.....I don't ever remember being that sick! As usual we are busy with cub scouts...Jack joined the chess team at school and took some Lego workshops..... we are constantly on the move.....so here are some pictures of our busy couple of months...Enjoy!


                           A trip to the pumpkin patch



      A night at the Springs Preserve with the Brodersen Family.....









 
       Cub Scout Halloween Party.......




      Cub Scout outing to Roos n More Zoo.......








Monday, August 27, 2012

We have a 3rd Grader!

Well...despite not having air conditioning in the building today....and the temp in my classroom was 96 degrees....Jack and I both had a great day! Jack told me on the way home he loves his new teacher and he is so happy that he gets to come to school with me again! ahhhhhh....melted my heart.....enjoy the picture below of Jack flashing the 3rd grade sign...hee hee.....

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Meet the Teacher and Back to School BBQ

On Friday Jackson went to Meet his new Teacher....(even though he already knows her, hee hee)...Every year my school has a meet and greet so the kids can see their classrooms and meet their new teacher...below is a picture RJ took of Jackson and Mrs. Chau.....I was in my classroom meeting my new kids! :)

Tonight we had a back to school BBq at our house with our good friends the Brodersens and the Guerreros.....Can't believe summer is already over!!!! But we are excited to see what the new school year will bring! Jack is going to be in 3rd grade! :) He is still going to be involved with Cub Scouts and is going to start taking Archery and Fencing! Yay!Below are some pictures from our bbq......Everyone was CRAZY tonight!!!!! Kids and Adults....What a fun bunch.....


Sweet Jackson, Mackenzie, Matthew, Bishop and Michael ready for  school to start........


Crazy kids ready for school?????????????????

Now we see where the kids get their craziness from!!!
RJ, Jenny, Jim and Kathy..........

Miguel and Kenzie all ready for yummy bbq!

Monday, August 20, 2012

Camping We Will Go.......

 Last weekend Jack and I ran away from the heat and headed up to Mt. Charleston for his Cub Scout Camp Out.....We had so much fun.....Jack and I love to camp and we had an amazing time! Jack had to work on some skills from his handbook and he chose to Hike, Chop Wood, and Build a Fire.....We had a little scare because while on one of the hikes Jack had an Asthma Attack.....He hasn't had one of those in years! Guess the thin air did him in...of course in true Jack fashion he didn't let it bother him and he carried on like a little trooper....
This is our last week of summer and we will be heading back to school.  Jack will be going back to my school and we just found out last week he will have the most amazing third grade teacher! Yay!... Enjoy the pictures from our weekend camp out!


Hot Dog on the first night
Exploring camp the next morning.......

Cub Scout Master Kathy making eggs......

Master Miguel teaching Jackson how to chop wood.....

Hands on training.....

Getting the hang of it.....
Jackson's 12 man tent.....this became the party tent.....

Some of the boys....Jackson second from left....


They wore Michael out!

Master Miguel needed a nap after helping the boys chop wood!
Getting ready for hike....Jack was in charge of First Aide kit and extra water.....
Going over hiking rules.....

Jackson staring the campfire.....

sweet boy.....

Roasting Marshmallows.....
Yummy......

All the boys hanging out in our tent......

Wiped out in the tent.......
Loading up the car to head home......