Happy Mother's Day 2010

I have a great husband and kids! I hope all mom's are having a wonderful Mother's Day!!!

The New Bay Window - before & after shots

Well....It was a huge chunk of change, but we finally bit the bullet and put in a bay window. I felt like I was deconstructing a little part of Grandpa though. But when G&G built this house they put in all wood windows. This was ok for them because G-pa would sand and refinish the sills every spring to help protect the wood from the condensation that built up over the winter. Well....we don't have either the time or the energy to be doing that. So, we paid for it....literally. Unfortunately ALL of the windows will have to be replaced. They simply are not holding up to the good old Iowa winters. We thought we would rip off the band-aid starting with the BIG window (a.k.a. most expensive). I really LOVE IT!!! Enjoy the pictures!!!!

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!!!