Mileage Club

Drew & Ian joined their first school club. They signed up to participate in the Sundance Mileage Club and have enjoyed meeting every Tuesday and Thursday after school. The club starts with a short lesson on health and fitness, then the running begins!
As the boys run around the track, they collect popsicle sticks every quarter of a mile. The goal is to try and collect lots of sticks. They add up all their sticks and convert it into how many miles they run and are then awarded with prizes. The boy's have received frisbees, shoe key chains, and pedometers.
The boys have run over 20 miles!
The best part about the club is that they encourage family participation! Our whole family had fun taking part in Mileage Club. Next year the boys want to join art club too. I'm hoping that they will also try Sundance Singers, but that might be a push. I love the great clubs that Sundance offers!

Ouch!

We just suffered our first broken bone. With four very active kids, ages 7 and under, we're happy we made it this long! Owen was trying to keep Ian from coming in Mya's room and pushing with all his might to shut the door. Ian is twice Owen's size and pushed a lot harder, resulting in Owen being pinned up against the wall and door. Owen started crying hysterically and told me that his arm hurt. I yelled at both boys for messing around and gave Owen's arm kisses. We went on with our nightly routine and he didn't use his arm much, but was still running around tormenting his older brothers. It wasn't until a couple of nights later, when Owen fell off his bike and started screaming again about his arm, that Kenny decided to take him to the clinic for x-rays.
Kenny took a look and decided he better send it off to his good friend Dan, who just happens to be an orthopedic surgeon. Lucky us to have connections! Dan informed us that Owen had a buckle fracture and told us that it would be best to have it casted for 3 weeks.
The next day, my favorite doctor put a cast on Owen!

Owen thinks the cast is pretty cool and has had fun having his friends sign it. We told him he needed to be carful not to hit anyone with his cast because its very hard and could hurt somebody, his response, "What about Ian?" I told Ian to watch out around Owen because he is seeking revenge!

Uh-oh!

Owen teaching Mya all that he knows!

Princess Please

Mya is really starting to like dressing up. Some days its in her brothers super hero costumes and their pajamas, but she is also loving her new princess costumes!!!!

Mya was adamant about me putting on Owen's Spiderman pj's over her clothes.

Bella and Mya

I had a tear in my eye as I watched her go from superhero to princess, finally my little girl is doing girly things!!!


Mya and Luana

Now we need some high heels and purses!

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish......

I was so excited to join Drew on his field trip to the Aquarium of the Pacific. I wanted the bus ride to be fun, so I packed along UNO cards, a tic tac toe board, and paper. We had a great UNO game going with 8 kids playing and Drew won! The 2 hr bus ride was fun, but I forgot how loud a bus full of 2nd graders can be.


We have been blessed with Amazing teachers for Drew. He loves his teacher Mrs. Griffin and has even said to me, "I wish I could stay with her."

Drew's 2nd Grade Class



Drew touching Sea Anemones

Drew loved the Sting Ray

Drew with his buddies, Girish & Gavin

The aquarium was lots of fun and I'm so glad I was able to go and see Drew's excitement for all the cool fish he was able to see and touch. He came home with an octopus from the souvenir shop and said that he liked them and the sharks the most.

I am also grateful for my wonderful friends, who watched my little ones, so I could go and play for the day. You are the best!

Doc for a Day!

As Ian climbed off the bus he said, "I had the best day ever!" He had just returned from his field trip to the Loma Linda Children's Health Fair. He was excited to show me his big bag of goodies that he received and to tell me all about his day.




He immediately came home and dumped out his "Treasures." He"s rockin in his new shades!

He told me that his favorite part of his day was when he got to go into the hospital and give his stuffed monkey a shot. However, he quickly changed his mind and told me that riding in a police car was his favorite thing to do. I asked him what he wants to be when he grows up and he still wants to be a police officer, so that he can carry around a gun!

I thought this was darling! He wrote out a prescription for his dad.

I'm so glad that he had his best day ever! I love seeing my kids happy. Tomorrow Drew and I are off for his field trip. Good Times this week!

My Mother's Day...

I LOVE being a mother! I have been truly blessed to have four beautiful, healthy, exuberant, little ones to call me, "Mom!" My morning started off great. I was able to sleep in this morning, waking up at 6:45am to Mya squealing, "Mommy!" Kenny jumped up to get her and brought her back into my bed for our morning snuggles. Owen, Drew, and Ian quickly followed behind her. Loves and back rubs for everyone and a quick reminder of why I am grateful for our king size bed. Kenny reminded the children that it was Mother's Day and the boys jumped up and went and gathered their homemade gifts for me. They brought them to me in bed, and I gushed over them, like any good mother would. Instead of breakfast in bed, I was presented with licorice and mini packs of M&M's, which came from their Easter buckets. Owen exclaimed, "Mom I have cocklate (chocolate) for you to share with me!" I am always happy when my morning starts off with chocolate!

Kenny had early morning church meetings, so I was left to tackle breakfast and getting ready for church on my own. The morning was running smoothly, until I stepped out of the shower, and Mya peed down my leg, soaking my new slippers. As usual, I had to battle Owen to get dressed and then as I'm yelling that we're late for church, we were greeted with a stray dalmatian dog in our garage. We walked in late to church and my boys led us to the very front, center, pew in the chapel. Kenny gave me this look, like I was crazy to be sitting there, but I really didn't want to make a scene and move everyone. Mya pooped during church, which made me realize that I had left the diapers and wipes at home. I mouthed to Kenny, who was sitting up on the stand that she pooped, and he came down to sit with the boys, while I took Mya to change her. I had to stop and grab diapers from a friend as I exited the chapel.

Kenny complained to me later how crazy our boys were during sacrament, and I replied, "Welcome to my world!" I can't remember the talks, because I had little ones, whining and whispering to me the whole hour and a half. I kept saying, "Its Mother's Day, please just be quiet!" They obviously didn't remember that the day was to be one of peace and relaxation for me!

Kenny made up for the morning by letting me take a 3hr nap! That was the best gift ever! We spent the rest of the day watching movies and dining on popcorn, cheese slices, and apples. My friend's kids, surprised me at my door with cookies, which was the perfect dessert following my Mother's Day feast!

As I kissed my little ones and tucked them in their beds, Ian asked me, "Was this the best Mother's Day ever?" My answer was, YES!

To all you mother's out there, I hope you had a happy day. I received this text this morning and I think it sums up motherhood perfectly: I have carried a child within my body, I have comforted a baby upon my chest, I have kissed boo boo's, mended broken hearts, been puked on and peed on, I have been woken up in the middle of the night by a feverish child and more. BUT I wouldn't have it any other way. I know that I'm no super model, but when I look in the mirror I see a strong, loving, nurturing, hard working mother and there is no greater blessing in the world than that!

***I love you Mom and Clarissa! You both have set such a great example for me on how to be a mom. I wouldn't be the mom I am today, without you! Happy Mother's Day!