Christmas has come and gone already if you can believe that one. We had a wonderful Christmas and Santa was very good to each of us. The tree and decorations are put away and the house is all cleaned up. We are ready to start an exciting 2010! I hope everyone had a beautiful Christmas and has a safe New Year!

Spirit Week at LSMS! Day 1 mix & match day - I say she accomplished that one Day 2 Character day - mighty cute Rudolph Day 3 Pajama Day - nice & warm Day 4 Sports Day - Oh Yea that's my girl Day 5 - School Spirit Day - she will be in her cheer uniform.
They have a big assembly that she is putting on with her Leadership class & then a talent show that she also gets to run w/ her leadership class. She is gonna have a fun & busy day.
Miranda is excited cause it is pajama day & movie day at her school. She will also be having an all school sing a long. What a fun fun way to start Christmas break!

Look who is 14! Wow the year just flew by. She had a fantastic day. Flowers delivered at school, friends over for dinner, bunch of friends met for the movie & shopping all day the next day!

What a great time we had at the Be the Difference Benefit dinner & silent auction. The kids worked so hard & did amazing. We raised over $1300! I am so blessed with how many amazing people I have in my life. A BIG thank you to Nonie & Dave Gonelli; Jennifer & Scott Loutzenhiser; Rodney & Lori Lemke; Jonny; Missy; Ryan; Tyler; Kyle; Jana; Cali; Liz Smith; Toni Smith; Zach Smith; St. Paul's Church; Father Jerry & a HUGE HUGE thank you to the St. Paul's Boy Scouts.

What a great time we had at the Be the Difference Benefit dinner & silent auction. The kids worked so hard & did amazing. We raised over $1300! I am so blessed with how many amazing people I have in my life. A BIG thank you to Nonie & Dave Gonelli; Jennifer & Scott Loutzenhiser; Rodney & Lori Lemke; Jonny; Missy; Ryan; Tyler; Kyle; Jana; Cali; Liz Smith; Toni Smith; Zach Smith; St. Paul's Church; Father Jerry & a HUGE HUGE thank you to the St. Paul's Boy Scouts.

We had a great time in Washington for Thanksgiving. We did get to go to Forks & LaPush on Friday. Instead of shopping I was looking for Edward! :)
It was great being with everyone. We had a table that sat 24 and every seat was filled. What an amazing holiday. Thanks mom & dad! Time went so fast we did a little shopping on base and then off to the airport early Sunday morning to come home. Now I need to get ready for Christmas. After my benefit dinner on Friday I will get the house all decorated and festive.

Happy Halloween 2009











It has come & gone just like that. The girls had an amazing night. Great friends and lots of candy. Can't go wrong with that can you?! After taking Miranda & Cali trick or treating we headed to the Attaway's for a fun party. There were 25 teenagers there WOW glad it was at their house! hahahhaahaha just joking they are all amazing kids. I hope everyone had a great & safe day.

School is in full swing now! The girls are so enjoying their classes & friends. Miranda even got some new glasses that she loves & looks absolutely adorable in. Last weekend Mikayla's cheerleading had a Mom/Cheer Zumba class. OMG Zumba & me hmmmmmmm Yea I have no rhythm. But it was great we had to match mother/daughter & this is what we came up with. Mikayla's shirt said "She is NOT my mother" and mine was "That is SOOOO my cheerleader" hahahahahha we did win best outfit w/ 2 other mom/daughter's! =) Yea it was fun. It is a great start to a wonderful year. I look forward to many football & basketball games to see Mikayla cheer. I look forward to all of Miranda's Girl Scout adventures. We are going roller skating for a Girl Scout night next month can't wait!

1st day of school has come & gone!
Both girls had a great day. Miranda is a 3rd grader and Mikayla is an 8th grader.

Summer

WOW hard to believe that the kids start school next week. Where did the summer go? We had lots of fun - swimming-lake-outside movie nights and of course lots & lots of friends.

What an amazing Spring Break!!!!! Can anyone say TWILIGHT?









I took Mikayla, Miranda & Ryan to Washington to see my mom & then we headed to Forks & LaPush!!! It was sooooo awesome! We are definitely going back this summer. The girls are excited to get back to school to brag to all their friends about their trip! We also did go to Seattle & Ikea of course had lots of fun.

Big Day for Troop 31! They got to go & meet Mayor Tom Dale and

watch him as he signed the Proclamation for the City of Nampa to celebrate Girls Scout week.
Each girl got a City of Nampa pin & they were able to ask him questions. And leave it to my little one to ask..... "How do you get a law?" Mayor Dale was Wow great questions. As you can see from the the picture above she loves Politics & is obsessed w/ Abe Lincoln as if no one knew that. I am thinking I will have a president someday! :)

The 2009 Treasure Valley Cheer Competition!









LoneStar did AMAZING! They placed 3rd out of the 5 Large squads. They nailed every lift & did not miss a beat! We are soooooo proud of them. They had a fantastic time & can't wait until next year to do it again. The stunt group did place 1st so that was incredible also. Wow cheering competitions is something to see. We stayed to watch the High Schools & WOW they are fantastic. The lifts they do & the stunts is crazy. Mikayla is already thinking of what she will do for next years stunt team that she plans to be on! I am proud of her for her commitment & enthusiasm for cheering. It is nice to have a break from it but it was worth it.