KIDS SAID I HAD TO

So, my blogger kids informed me the other day that my blog needed updated. I am not sure what they think there is to update because most of what we have been doing is packing and cleaning. What fun huh!!!
We are looking forward to having mom here to help us with all the madness. You know how you usually have to stress about getting the house cleaned up for company--bonus--we don't have that stress. In fact, we are in the middle of a pretty good mess. Sorry mom.
I am sorry, we just have nothing going on. We will close on our house on the 30th of July and paint and move that weekend. After we get settled, I will post some pictures of the inside. Until then, we are all good and we still miss everyone.

The Next Big Adventure

So, Philip and I decided its time to grow up and catch a piece of the "American Dream"...We put in an offer on this house and the seller accepted our offer. We are now in the process of doing all the stuff that needs done to go way into debt. (ha ha). We are awaiting the inspection, the appraisal, and all of that good stuff. We should be able to close on the house on the 30 of July and move in the first weekend in August.
It is a pretty good house. It is 4 bedroom, 3 bath two car garage with a good sized back yard. It was built in 1966 and reflects it in some of the decor, but nothing that can't be fixed with some renovation. Everything works now, so we will just deal with it until we can update. It is about 2300 sqft. We are pretty excited about having our own place, and if you refer to the kids websight later on, you will read all about thier rooms.

Just Hangin' Out

I realized that it has been a while since I have written so, as uneventful as life has been, I will write something.
First I will send a note to Letisha--we are not going to make it to your place in July. We had some things come up and will not be able to travel until our trip to Idaho in October. I figured it would be okay since you have mom there until July, Misti coming in August, and then you having a wedding to plan and all. We will probably see you and your family in April when Grandma Jensen has her 90th birthday party.
I am doing well in my recovery. I am able to do more and more each passing week. Grandma Webb has done really good to check up on me. She calls at least once a week to make sure I am okay. What a sweet lady!!
Anyway, I will not bore anymore.
Hope everyone is enjoying life.

NOT MUCH TO SAY

I guess tis the season for not much going on. We don't have much happening here. Adrienne and the kids have enjoyed their time together and Philip and I have thoroughly enjoyed having her here as well. They have been shopping, camping, shopping, resting, going to the movie, swimming, shopping, playing the WII, and, oh yea, shopping. It has been fun for them all but not so much for mom and dad's pocket book (hehe). I have been getting better--good days and bad days, but that is expected.
So, that is about it. Boring I know, sorry...maybe life will get more exciting when I can actually drive again.

Did You Blog About Our Awesomeness???

This is the question I get from my kids. They are just teasing for the most part, but they are very proud of the accomplishments they achieved this school year. So, I am going to take this opportunity and brag them up...
The school holds an awards assembly and these are the ones that the kids got...

Nikole:
"8th grade MESA Outstanding Student" (for this, she also received a calculator)
A Participation Award for competing in the Battle of the Books. She also got a letterman patch for this.
An "Outstanding Attitude Award" for her Gifted Literature class
For her participation on the soccer team, she also got a letter like one to put on a letterman jacket.
Plus, for being in the Junior Honor Society this year, she got to present Meganne for the Junior Honor Society for next year.
The school had a reading incentive program where the kids had to read 9 books of different catagories (fiction, non-fiction, etc.) and they had to fill in thier tic-tac-toe board. If they did this, they got a spaghetti dinner hosted by some of the teachers at the school. Nikole qualified for this dinner. It was YUMMY!!!

Meganne:
She also got a "7th grade MESA Outstanding Student" award (no calculator for her)
A "Most Improved in Pre-Algebra" award
An "A List Award" for maintaining an A in science
And an "Outstanding New Mexico History Student Award" for maintaining an A in her history class.
For her participation on the soccer team, she also got a letter for a lettermans jacket.
She also qualified for the Junior Honor Society for next year.
Meganne didn't qualify for the spaghetti dinner by reading, but the ones in charge of it invited the advanced orchestra to seranade us. So, by default, Meganne got to attend also.
We are very proud of both of them.

Philip and I also got awards for "Outstanding Parent Volunteers". Go us!

The pictures are of the Junior Honor Society Induction Ceremony. It is a formal event so we had to get dressed up. It is kind of fun.

A TRIBUTE

I can't let this day pass without paying tribute to the greatest mom ever..
Thank you for the love you always have for us. Thank you for the words of encouragment you always give. Thank you for the way you can lift our spirits when we talk to you. Thank you for the example you are.
I love you and am grateful that you are my mom.

A NIGHT OF CULTURE

True to school tradition, we had the end of the year concert last Tuesday. Orchestra is a class that Meganne has thoroughly enjoyed and hopes to continue on with it. Her teacher keeps telling us that she is a natural and he is amazed at how fast she was able to pick up not only playing the instrument, but also the musical concepts. As you can tell by the middle picture, there were a few "sour" notes. But overall, it was pretty good. We are very glad that she enjoys this so much. The violin would have been a bit easier on the transport thing, but I guess that is where the truck comes in handy. For those that don't know, Meganne plays the bass cello.