Out of Shape

Man am I out of shape. When we got to Antalope Island we met up with a ranger. He took us out to the buffalo corral and was teaching us about the 4 necesities in life, water, shelter, space, and space. Then he had us get into a circle and then he wanted us to sit so we were sitting on each others laps. Well this is where he went bad. I do not know if any of you have ever done this before and if it is done correctly it is really cool. However, he didn't have us close enough together so that we sat down the other lap was too far away. So I was triing to humor him, and be a good example to the kids by doing what you are asked to do. Well the studant that was behind me was Keelee's best friend Allysa, then Keelee was behind her. Allysa is smaller than Karley and Keelee is yelling at me not to sit down, so I am triing to hover. All this time the man is triing to get everyone else to sit and it just wasn't working. Anywho, my legs are so sore from hovering I can barley walk. And stairs, well they are just horrible!!
The purpose of him having us do this is he then gave us each a number 1-4. All the 1's were shelter, 2's space, 3's food, and 4's water. Then he was going to have all the 1's leave and demonstrate how if we do not have all 4 elements it all falls apart. He had good intentions...

Wendy's bithday, and field trip

Today I was a lucky parent and I was able to go with Keelee on a field trip out to Antalope Island. I like it out there. It is beautiful and they have a white sand beach that is pretty. I have always enjoyed it out there, but today we went out to the ranch. I have never been out there before. It was a lot of fun. The pics are out of order that I wanted but I am still working on putting them on as I assign them but this is what Keelee and her friend Alyssa did on the bus out. They are making friendship balls for some kids in Africa.
The bus ride out was good. The bus driver asked how come the kids were so quiet. They were even more quiet on the way home becouse we wore them out. There is a hill that you can climb and then a bunch of rocks to play on. We stopped there for about an hour. The kids had a blast.

Last week was Wendy's birthday. Karley won the prize for the best presant. She made this flower for her and gave her a 'Tide to Go' stick. It was pretty funny, and this was after we went to dinner and I spilt on me as well as Wendy spilt on herself and a couple other people spilt on themselves as well. Not a good night for eating out.

fun day

Karley is out of school for spring break now until April 7th. Last time she was out on break she told me that I am boring, the only thing I do is read and play on the computer. So, today I told her that we were going to have some fun, and some not so fun. I do not want to be the boring mom! First we made doggy treats, then we did a poop run, (way over due). We went for a walk(with the dogs) and we washed walls and cleaned out drawers. I wonder if I will be called boring after this break.
Keelee is on her way to 7th grade, the top 25% of all the 6th graders in the district in math was invited to take a math test to see where they place for 7th grade math, (7th grade math, Pre-Algabra, or Algebra). If the student got 80% or higher on the test then they can do Algebra. That is where Keelee really wanted to be. Today I found out that she scored 80%, she is so excitted. I am very proud of her. She is also going to do Honors Science and Honors English. She did not get my brains, (that is a good thing). She is way nervous for Jr. High and so am I but she will do good. She also wants to be in the band, either play the flute or the clarinet. And she is taking Spanish, I want to learn that with her. Life is getting excitting!
I even had a job interview yesturday. It was at Salt Lake Regional Hospital. They said it will take a couple weeks before they know who they want to hire so pray for me ok. Thanks

more pictures

These were with the other pictures but when I posted they were not there. So, here is a couple other fun pics.

The Play

Ok, so I do not know how these pics will show up when I post, so you may need to use your imagination as to which is which. Although I seriously doubt it will be hard for any of you.
Keelee's play went really well. It was a lot of fun to watch and the kids all looked like they were having a ton of fun putting it on.


Julie and Norman were able to come and hang out with us. Russ and Sharon were going to as well but they were sick, I hope they get better soon!

Keelee had a solo dance, she did really good. I am very proud of her.

We took a pic of her family, Mayor

Shinn, Mrs. Shinn, Zanita (Keelee) and her sister Gracie.

We also had to take a pic of Keelee and myself.

Actually, I took a ton of pics but these are a few. I also recorded it. So when she becomes famous, I will have her very first performance. It was a lot of fun and all the kids did really good.

1 quilt done

What did I do this week? I finished a quilt, I even made a pillow case to match it. Marcus is going to love it. I will have to tell him that the ties really do go on top.

cool pic

We go to the zoo every once in a while becouse we have a season pass and it is a good walk and we enjoy it. I was taking a picture of the baby giraffe ( pic on the right) when the mother giraffe came over and attempted to eat my phone, (pic on the left). The giraffe had its tounge around my phone, the pic is of it's lower lip as it is attempting to steel my phone. Luckily I had a good grip on it now all that is left is the evidence. (Sorry Marilyn, my spelling is not so good.)

Dress

Keelee came home from school last week and told me she needed a simple ruffley dress for her play. Do you know how many ruffley dresses they sell these days? ONE! So, we ventured to the fabric part of wall mart. We found a pattern for a ruffley dress. Just ONE! and it was short. So, I said how hard could it be to add a couple ruffles. So, what you see below is what she got. I am pretty impressed myself. Keelee loves it.


For those of you who may be interested in attending, no pressure, the place is small and hot but she performes on March 15 and 17 at the school, at 6:30pm call me for directions if you are interested. I will post pics after all is said and done.