Road Trip

 Audra's Biggest Birthday request was 

for a day @ Magic Mountain 

with her cousin Morgan & her big brother!

 So off they went, for some roller coaster fun!

 1st though, a little breakfast outside the park 

with little cousin Ike, Aunt Jenise & Uncle John...

That was just a SUPER day!

What a week...

Audra's 12th Birthday 

 fell on the same day 

as her end of the year swim party...

  So instead, we decided to celebrate the next day

 

with a trip to the movies.

Cupcakes & Chocolate Horsey Pops

was the perfect way to celebrate

with these 4 Fabulous Friends!

A Fantastic Ending....

 to another Fun Season of Swimming!

This week we attended the high school Swim Dinner.

Jared received the COACH'S AWARD

for not only being the FAST GUY, 

 but for being a swimmer who MOTIVATES OTHERS

& has helped BUILD a TEAM.

What a JOY it is for ME 

to see my son have great success 

...his effort & attitude certainly are the key!

Jared's Super Smash Brothers Sleepover

These guys stayed up all night playing video games

projected onto the side of our garage...

and then by morning,

had filled every inch of my living room.

Gotta love all those cartoon clad boys!

It's that time of year...

...graduation!

I made this banner for my girlfriend 

& her son (one of my son's buddies).

I thought ahead, using photo corners, 

so she can easily re-use the banner 

for her next child's graduation too.

I  can hardly believe that a year from today, 

it'll be MY son's high school graduation!?!

Crafting & Scrapping like crazy...again...

Here's my most recent projects...

Jared's Eagle Scout Binder

 

 Audra's Girl Scout Memory Box

 I made a laminated scrap paper Tote bag with LOTS of embellishments!

 

and  Our Spring Vacation Scrap Album

Last month was a little crafting of CLOCKS!

 (scrap paper modge podged onto wood)

(love buttons)

 and a little Birthday Party Gift for Audra's Girlfriend!

Finally, this month's craft with my Good Things
gets me thinking SUMMERTIME!

Our Flood...the saga continues...

Part 1~ was a water pipe, under our home,
leaking & filling the crawl space 

(kinda like an unwanted indoor swimming pool) 

back in December.

This resulted in VERY limited/intermittent water usage
over

the entire Christmas vacation,
so lovely!

After structural engineer's report,
contractor's estimate,
& insurance's approval

we can finally start on the repairs...

1st up
is the Flood Specialists 

who are pumping heated air into our crawl spaces,

drying out the foundation of our home...

We're on day 5 of this
...so far, so good!

My Mother's Day Brunch

Louis made us reservations at Slates....

He's so sweet...

 and so were the desserts! :o)

Audra's Activities

One weekend it was attending the Rodeo with Grandma Carole...

And the next, it was performing the National Anthem 

for our city's minor league baseball game.

She gave her Power Point Presentation 

(on her country, Jamaica)

to her 6th class.

And rounded out her 6 years in Girl Scouting,

with a trip to Build-a-Bear.

(where they built, OWLS? not bears!)

Her Troop's Fun, Final Activity ~ Sweet Endings!