Last Day of School

Jaron had his last day of 2nd grade yesterday. He had an awesome report card again! We are so proud of him. I helped out at the school yesterday. They had a "play day". My station was squirting ducks off a stick with a squirt gun. It was fun, but super busy! The kids loved it!! My parents came out to our house to watch Jenna so I could be at the school. When Jaron got off the bus, we attacked him with water balloons! He loved it!
First Day of School

Last Day of School

We have one more busy week and then we can relax and enjoy summer! Next week is Jenna's dance performance. I will be sure to post a video of it!

Soccer Is Back!!

Wow! I can't believe it is already April. March was another super busy month. Jaron and Jenna started soccer back up. This is Jenna's first season. She is still taking dance lessons. Her class is getting ready for their June performance. Her class is dancing to the song, Born to be Wild. They are riding their scooters. It is so cute. I will try to take a video and get it posted soon. We celebrated Jacob's birthday, our 8th wedding anniversary and 12 years together. Jacob was awarded another MADD California Hero Award in Sacramento. Jaron had another amazing report card! We couldn't be any more proud of him! He is doing so well in school! I've still been running, 3 days a week. I'm up to 5 miles. It is crazy that I can run that far. I've also been doing a kettlebell workout a few times a week. It is killer. I'm sore for days after. The biggest news we have from last month is that we registered Jenna for kindergarten. It is very sad and exciting. I know she will love it, but we are going to miss her so much. This is the Meyer lemon white chocolate cheesecake I made for Jacob's birthday! Last weekend were the first soccer games of the season. Jaron's was at 9 and Jenna's at 9:30. It was so fun, but a little stressful trying to watch both games. They both played really well. We had to remind Jenna a couple times that this was soccer, not dance. I think she thought all the people sitting on the sidelines wanted to see her dance moves. Jenna is all registered for kindergarten. She got her shots last month and all her paper work is filled out. She is super excited. At least Jacob and I have about 4 more months to prepare ourselves.

Jacob received another award from MADD. Last year he was off work until September. He made 65 DUI arrests in a 3 month period. I am so proud of him. To date he has 64.

Happy 2011!

This morning we woke up to a couple inches of snow! What a great way to start the new year! We got dressed quickly and went to play.






Happy New Year! It's going to be a great one!

Christmas

Here are some pictures of our Christmas celebration! We made sugar cookies and decorated them for Santa on Christmas Eve.
Jaron and Jenna got new matching pajama's on Christmas Eve.
Later that evening, I made peppermint popcorn and we watched "A Christmas Carol".
Christmas morning, Santa brought Jaron and Jenna some presents. This is the apron I made for Jenna that matches mine. She wears it when she bakes with her new Easy Bake Oven!

This is the scarf that I made for Jaron.
My favorite picture of the morning.
Jacob had to work Christmas night, so after we opened presents, he went to bed. I cooked a small ham for the kids and I. We had our "real" Christmas dinner on Sunday because Jacob was off that day. I cooked a prime rib, baked potatoes, burgundy mushrooms and a salad. It was delicious!

December

I know I said I would update our blog more often, but this was not the month to do it. We have been super busy. So, I'll share some pictures for now. Jaron and Jenna got their own trees to decorate.

We took Christmas card pictures.

Went to Winter in the Woods at Turtle Bay and made crafts and saw Santa and Mrs. Claus.

Went to a party at the Lake Club where we decorated cookies and made crafts.

I made myself a super cute Christmas apron.

Jacob helped Jaron build a gingerbread house at school.

We went to the RPD Christmas party.

Jenna had her Dance performance at the Cascade Theatre.

During all this, I've still made time to run and I've lost 10 pounds! We wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

I know it has been forever since I posted anything. I am sorry, but I just haven't been on the computer as much as I used to. So, I will try to do a quick update with as many things as I remember. I will start with Jenna's birthday. She turned 4 in July. We celebrated at Logan's for dinner and then back home to do presents and cake. We did just a family birthday party this year.

Next, Jaron started 2nd grade in August. I can't believe how fast he is growing up. He is doing awesome at school. His teacher loves him! When we had our conference, she said he is super sweet, friends with everyone, and works really hard.
Jaron also started back up with soccer. He had lots of fun and made some new friends.
The beginning of September, we went to Burney Falls and hiked around the falls. It was so fun! I can't wait to do it again!

Jaron also tuned 7 in September. His birthday was a family only party as well. We went to Outback for dinner and back home for presents and cake. We spoiled him this year and got him a Nintendo dsi xl. He loves it! So do mom and dad!

October of course, we celebrated Halloween! We went to the pumpkin patch. I love going to the pumpkin patch. We went on a tractor ride, train ride, corn maze, Jaron and Jenna rode a horse and got their face painted. My favorite part is the food, of course! We had pizza, pulled pork sandwich, corn on the cob, kettle corn, pumpkin pie, caramel apples and hot chocolate. We did not eat that all at once. We were there for over 5 hours and it was all worth it!



Jaron and Jenna were Superman and Supergirl for Halloween. They looked so cute together! We went trick-or-treating and scored big time! We only went on one street and the kids buckets were full. And with the good stuff! Mostly chocolate! Needless to say, we have been in a sugar coma the last week. I hate the throw it away, but it just might have to come to that.


I have started running. It is hard. Every time I got out for a run, I am able to go a little longer. I have lost a little weight. The most exciting thing is a couple weeks ago I went to get a new pair of jeans. I was able to buy a size smaller than I usually do! I was so excited. Every time I'm sitting on the couch and not wanting to go exercise, I just think of my super cute new jeans and I'm out the door!

I will try to do better at keeping the blog update now that I'm caught up.

Happy 4th!

We hope everyone is having a safe and fun holiday weekend. The kids and I went to Old Navy the other day to pick up some of their $5 t-shirts. Jenna found a super cute outfit that I couldn't resist getting for her. We came home and washed it. I fixed her hair and we went outside to take pictures. Since her birthday is in a couple weeks I thought it was a great time to get some pictures of her for her birthday. Here are some of my favorites.