Must have more...books!!

I finished my book today...and the next one doesn't come out until August 24th!! Yes, it's the Hunger Games series. So, now I need some summer reading...any suggestions?!

I have been blessed...

...to have been born to such a wonderful Mom

AND

...to have the opportunity to be the Mom of 3 amazing kids!

She's Been Busy

Kya has really grown up in the past few months and we are learning more and more about her personality. One the I have learned is that she LOVES just about everything and she wants to DO just about everything...which keeps her pretty busy.


Here's a poster we made for her teacher for "teacher appreciation week". Her teacher loved it so much, she just about started to cry. It said: "Ms. Mangos, Thank you for the "mounds" of work you do. I have learned "good & plenty" in 1st grade. I think you deserve an "extra" "payday"! I just wanted to tell you that I "skor"ed having you as a teacher. Love Kya
Here's a picture of Kya with her science project. She did an experiment to see which of 7 balls bounced the highest. We took pictures of her bouncing them all on the trampoline, then measured the heights. It was a lot of fun!
Here is Kya (and Tyson) helping me make lemonade! She is such a good little helper:)
When she's not working on all this fun stuff, she is at tee ball, ballet or swimming! She also tells me how she wants to do gymnastics, figure skating and pottery class. If only there were more hours in a day...and more money to spend:)

Did the Diddy

We finally made our way to Diddy Riese!! We have been hearing about this place since we moved to LA and it definitely did not disappoint! You get to create your own ice cream sandwich...the kids thought it was the best thing EVER...and for only $1.50, who can resist?

If you look close, you can see Mike made it into the picture too!

Jordan had M&M cookies with Rocky Road ice cream

Tyson had M&M cookies with strawberry ice cream
(Tyson was the only one who couldn't quite finish his sandwich!)

Kya had one choc. chip and one M&M cookie with cookies 'n cream ice cream

I have ISSUES!

I am having major anxiety about my kids growing up! I am sure it's tied to the fact that my "baby" is starting Kindergarten in the fall. Why does it all have to go so fast? I am just not sure I can handle this!! I love my kids, I love watching them grow and learn and turn into their own person, but at the same time it is SO HARD!! I never thought it would be this hard:(

This was NOT that LONG ago!!!!
(November 2005)

Our Little Star

Jordan has been in piano lessons for almost a year now and loves it. She had her first recital last night and did a great job. Since I didn't get a chance to video tape her at the recital, I recorded her playing the same songs at home:) We are so proud of Jordan!

Jordan all ready to play at her recital
Playing her songs:0)

After the recital we went to Jordan's best friend's house for some treats!

8 Weeks!!

No, I'm not 8 weeks pregnant:)

After 8 LONG weeks, Jordan finally got to change her earring!

Things I learned in Vegas

1. Even though it took 4 and 1/2 hours to get there, it can take 6 hours to get home!!


2. When you walk down the strip with three kids, you don't get handed as many flyers with naked people on them...although you still see random guys holding snakes.


3. If you're going to drop $30 playing carnival games, you're going to win some prizes.
(I think each kid got 3 stuffed animals)


4. Swimming in 72 degree weather is fine, but when it's WINDY you NEED a heated pool--thank goodness we had one:)


5. Staying at a castle is quite exciting, even if it is a casino.


6. The girls LOVE water slides!


7. The Tournament of Kings is a great show...and who knew they had straws in medieval times?


8. Spending time together as a family is awesome!!