We are still on Winter Break - we get 3 weeks this year and I love it!
It's so nice to just hang out
Today I walked in Sydney's room to put Laundry away and noticed her babies...
Each one has their own little 'room' and a kleenex 'blanket'...
It made me smile.
I bought this bunch of purple daisies at Trader Joe's for $3.99.
They aren't very special or fancy
I liked how they looked tightly massed together in the package. When I put them in the vase they sprayed out - not the look I envisioned.
So.... I cut them REALLY short and used a square candle holder instead of a vase.
It was perfect.
A quick and simple fresh flower centerpeice for $5.
Our boy is healing... slowly but surely.
I would tend to forget sometimes that he has was in a cast. He gets along pretty well with it.
The first two weeks were no doubt the hardest - emotional mostly.
He wondered, worried if he would heal 'like normal' and be able to play sports again?
All of these fears and concerns were laid to rest once he laid his eyes on this beauty:
None other than Tim Tebow being awarded The HEISMAN
*see the cast - it was even blue
The weeks rolled along and he finally got a smaller cast.
He stuck with blue this time around also...
By now (almost 9 weeks later) he has lost all patience. I don't blame him.
He will try and play a little basketball but gets frustrated.
Thankfully, it was back to the Orthopedics today for his final X-ray.
Time to cut this sucker off:
The one bone looks great - Yay!
The other bone looks to me like someone who just broke their arm - what up Doc?
He said... it looks just fine.
I'm not sure if I want him to be 'just fine'.
Either way the cast is off and Luke is thrilled but nervous at the same time.
First order of business - A SHOWER! OhMyGod the filth of that arm!!
Time to regrow his strength and rebuild his confidence in his body.
He will be 'just fine'.
My baby sister was out visiting. She moved to Utah (boo hoo) over the Summer. She still has her business and fortunately returns to Orange County a few times a year for business.
We all brought a BRUNCH item to share and ate way too much!!
Then we loved on all the little babies at the house.
Before we all went our separate ways we squished together on the couch for a quick pic...
-Sisters Dec 2011 -
The kids returned to school today after having A WEEK OFF for Thanksgiving Break.
Within 10 minutes of walking in the door from school...
She passed out.
We did zero homework tonight.
Today - out of the blue - Sydney asked...
"Mom could I vacuum?"
She did not have to ask twice -
She did a fine job and vacummed both bedrooms.
Thank you my love
Last night was Sydney's Cheer Banquet-
We do it together with our football team of 32 boys-
= LOUD
We put the girls all together at one table in the center of the room. I loaded their table with as many crafts and busy items as I could.
Before they started any of the crafts I had each of the girls write and decorate a THANK YOU card for Ms. Julie the head coach. I painted a cute wooden box to keep them in - they were each so personal and cute.
Then they colored some Mandela pages...
LOVE THESE
The girls got a trophy and we made each of the girls a 'cheer' blanket as a gift from the Coaches.
I had seen this candle craft on-line and thought this was the perfect time to try it out. I created a print-out of the logo, the girls names etc on the computer and print it out on tissue paper. Then you apply to a candle with heat (I used a hardryer). The wax melts and adhears the tissue becoming transparent.
I made the little one in the picture as a trial.
It was cute but once I added the glitter, it was perfect.
Any excuse to craft these days :)
Another year of Cheer is over ~
A few days ago I did a photo shoot for Melissa's 2011 Holiday Cards. When I got there to take her families pictures she brought along a few people. Like, 4 more families.
Hmmm 17 people - OK I can do this.
We breezed through it pretty quickly and then it was home to have fun on the computer. That is until I remembered that I'm starting from scratch!
Fonts, elements, backgrounds, layouts, templates - all gone from when my harddrive crashed a few months ago. I cried again over that damn thing but I couldn't wallow forever. I needed to power through it.
It took FOREVER but I finally presented them with a few samples of their Holiday Cards to choose from. They turned out pretty cute...
- Family Collage 2011 -
Yesterday was Luke's last football game of the season...
His position today = Waterboy
He was excited to still be on the field...
(One of the coaches texted me this photo during the game)
With Cheer over and Luke on break from all activities for the next 8 weeks - it's time to chill.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH ALL THIS FREE TIME ??
It had been a long night but we were excited to get up early and prepare for Syd's Big Day.
This was our 2nd year at Competition so it was nice to know what to expect...
Orange Empire Conference 2011
"Step Up & Dance"
Long Beach - California
The coaches had to sit on the side and could give NO direction or comments at all - it was tough to be quiet. We were allowed to cheer for them which I embarrassingly did through the video.
They placed 1st!
The girls thought it was sooo cool that all the others teams got 1st too - it was a tie :)
(All squads at this level finish first)
Our proud girls - JMM Cheer 2012
*The football team bought the girls their cute roses.
**Notice Luke's arm... so sad.
We let Sydney choose any place she wanted for lunch and she chose The Cheesecake Factory.
Now it's time for a team party and to pack away all things Cheer...
