Why You Driving In Circles?

So today my afternoon did not go as I had planned.  I was hoping to get started on my wall that I am going to stencil.  Instead I get a call from Kim Skinner, the kids violin teacher.  She asks me if I can drive kids to the violin practice today.  Both Hunter and Kiersten are part of the Gila Valley Strings Showcase, which will perform next week at the Safford Center for the Arts.  Keep in mind my kids aren't actually part of the strings group at school...they both are taking private lessons from Kim this year.  I love Kim so I said sure I could drive some extra kids from strings.

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What it actually would involve is picking kids up at 12:10, taking them to the Safford Center for the Arts.  Returning at 1:30 to pick up some of the kids and return them to school back in Pima.  Then be back at 2:30 to pick up my kids and a few more and return the extra kids back to the school.  

Mr. Grant and I did find time in the mist of the running to stop at Denny's and have a very quick lunch with my good friend Rue.  After I picked up my last batch of kids, including mine, and dropped the extras off at school, I checked Logan out early.  It was 2:45 by this time.  So it was back in the car to go to town to take Kiersten to dance by 3:00 and the boys by 4:00.

As we were making the last drive in to take kids to dance Mr. Grant asked me, "Where are we going?"  

I told him, "Back to town."

He replied, "Mom why you keep driving in circles? You lost mom?"

He then went on to give me a lecture about how me driving in circles didn't make sense.  Let's remember he just turned three.  And keep in mind Madagascar 3 was playing the whole time we were driving.  It amazes me how much even the little tikes pay attention to.  I love that he thought it was concerning that we were "driving in circles" because that was exactly what we were doing.

What a guy!

I often feel like I am "driving in circles" and yes I even feel "lost" when that happens.

Thanks for paying attention and for checking to make sure we weren't actually lost..........nope just driving in circles on purpose!

Love You Mr. Grant!

Musical Feet

First off, I told Logan I wanted to take a picture of him and this is how he posed!

What a STUD!

Yesterday morning when Logan woke up he came running in to me.  He was so very excited!  He usually wakes up groggy, but not this certain morning.  No he woke up full of energy!

He came running to me yelling, "Mom, Mom, guess what I dreamed all night about?"

I asked very excited, "WHAT?"

He replied, "I dreamed about dancing!  All night long!"

  He then went into specifics of the dances he learned while he was sleeping!  He showed me some flashy foot work!  I was actually very impressed!

I just love this kid!

He makes things cheerful and fun at our house.  I love that he loves to dance!  He will be ready to impress the ladies at high school dances for sure.  He is a major flirt and he just LOVES the Ladies!

He is excited to start private dance lessons with Rena Dela Cruz.  She is an awesome teacher! 

Another Dance Competition Down

I think I love our weekends at dance competitions just as much as Kiersten does!

We always find time to fit in shopping, eating some place yummy, staying in a hotel.....on top of the competition itself.

Makes for great mother daughter memories!

What a treat it is to be Kiersten's mom!

It was a great dance competition!

Kiersten did a jazz number, tap number and a hip hop number.

Her group received high gold for both the hip hop and tap numbers.  Their jazz number they took a gold.

Kiersten just loves being in company!  This is such a great group of girls!

This competition was held at Higley High School.

We were so happy that Stacy Moore made it to watch Kiersten perform.  She also drug four of her five boys to watch as well.  What a wonderful friend she is!

We were so happy she was also able to join us for dinner.... it was great to catch up with her!

After the competition on Saturday we headed to Olive Garden.....yummy!

I love their hair styles this competition......three bun mow hawk.....isn't it adorable?

We got a lot of complements on Kiersten's hair through out this day.

We made time before we headed home for the weekend to stop off at the mall.  Kiersten had a ball riding this little rhino through out the mall.  You can take it any where on the bottom level.  She was so sweet and made several comments that she wished the boys were with us because she know how much they would have loved riding it as well.

It was a great weekend!

I had a blast being silly with my girl!

I love that we can act silly together and really feed off each other.  Kiersten is a dream daughter for sure!  I hope she stays that way during her teenage years!

Love you Kiersten!

"You Not Mad Right, Mommy?"

Who could be mad when he is so excited because, he did it "all by myself."

When I first walked in the room I must have looked mad because before I could even say a word 

Mr. Grant said, "You Not Mad Right Mommy?"

How could I be.........he is too stickin cute!

Pretty chocolaty chocolate milk but how could I tell him he couldn't actually drink it when he was so happy he made it?  I have no idea how many spoon fulls of Nestle Quick mix went in to this but he loved it!

Girls Weekend

I was very excited to have a girls weekend with my sister-in-laws and good friend Tressie.  This year we were all able to travel up together in my Escalate.  It was a so fun to ride together.....talking, laughing and just enjoying a break from regular life.

If it wasn't for Tif we wouldn't have these fun pictures!  She was really on a roll with having us pose........she just makes me laugh!  I love her so much!

Can you tell what we are trying to spell?

T.O.F.W.

Time Out For Women

This is what we went to Friday evening and Saturday.  It was wonderful!  Very uplifting, inspirational and motivating!  Great speakers, fabulous singers and musicians.

Just a great weekend of shopping, yummy food and amazing company!

Can't wait to do it again next year!  I sure love this tradition.......thanks mom for always making sure we go to this!

More then one way to kill a rabbit!

The boys came running into the kitchen today so excited to show me something outside!

They had been riding the razor and ran over a rabbit.  They were so happy with their kill!

What else do boys do when they live in the sticks?

Pretty impressive!

Rain Gutter Regatta

Hunter was very excited about the cub scout rain gutter regatta.  This year they decided to just have the boys make and paint the boats at scouts.  Hunter was a little bummed because he was excited to make his boat with his dad!  It is so sweet to see how much Hunter adores his dad!

It wasn't really a big competition.......they didn't really keep tabs on who one.  They just let the boys take turn racing each other.  It was kind of nice for a change! 

Hunter won some and he lost some.  He was a good sport when he lost, even thought I could tell he was bummer he handled it well.  I was so proud of him!

Way to go Hunter!  He sure loves being in scouts and actually being able to go to scouts.  Last year he never could go to scouts weekly because he had dance class at the same time.  We had signed up for dance prior to him entering scouts.  We were all bummed last year when he couldn't go...........that meant we had to do it ALL at home!

This year is much better and Hunter is truly loving scouts!

His scout leader commented to me recently what a great kid Hunter is.  She said how well behaved he is and that he makes her calling a lot of fun!  Comments like that just make a parent beam!

Love you Hunter!