Busy...Busy...Busy!!!!

Spring has sprung and so have all of Kaylee's sports. They seemed to have started simultaneously! Kaylee has soccer, volleyball and softball going on right now. Needless to say, I am meeting myself coming and going! So far she likes them all. We also snuck in a softball clinic for two days. One of the videos shows how, amoung other things, they taught the girls how to slide into home plate. There wasn't a kid that wasn't covered in water and mud!

Taylor has been busy with babysitting, practicing her clarinet for her upcoming spring band concert and practicing her saxophone for her upcoming jazz band tryouts for 8th grade next year. She also manages to maintain A's in all of her classes and will be honored, along with others in her class and all of their parents :0), at a "Leading Lancers" evening on Thursday, May 13th.

Taylor & Kaylee - spring pictures

Yep...It's official...My babies are growing up!!!

Our "Student of the Quarter"

I recently attended a breakfast/awards ceremony for Taylor. She, along with a very selected few, won "Student of the Quarter" for third quarter. In order to be selected for this award you have to be a responsible, respectful well rounded teen setting a good example for others. The way the principal explained it the students are voted on by the teachers. If one teacher says that they don't think this student deserves the award, they are thrown out. The above kids represent 4 students from each of the red and grey teams in the 7Th and 8Th grades at North Scott Junior High. We, as parents, couldn't ask for more from a child. I know we all strive to enable our children grow up and become good, kind and responsible people. With this award it gave me the sense that we are doing something right. What an awesome feeling!!! Way to go Taylor!!!

Our Nana...

I have been missing her terribly. I thought I would share some of the photos I was looking at. She was a great lady...a one of a kind in fact...and I miss her each and everyday she is not here with us. Everyone says it will get better with time. I know that to be true, however, it doesn't seem to be making it any easier for me now. I hope you look at all of these photos and remember how truly special she was...she was one in a million.

FINALLY!!!

I know...I know...I haven't kept this up very well at all lately! I am going to try harder on that!

I have one video below of Taylor's first volleyball game. I also have a link below where you can view the other video I have of her during her first volleyball game. Mike was nice enough to help me get that one uploaded to YouTube, however, I can't figure out how to share it other than displaying the link. (Mike, please get with me on how to do this as an actual video clip on my blog site)

Anyway, we have been very busy here with volleyball (Taylor) and soccer (Kaylee) going on. I have been keeping myself pretty busy also. I have starting going to exercise classes at the Eldridge Fitness Center. I think I am addicted to them! So much that next week I am buying a membership because it will costs me more to pay per class than to just buy a membership and all of it will be included. There is about 5 of us going now from work. We don't even go home, we just head straight for the gym after work...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz2FuFuVYDk