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Madeline is singing Mulan:

Who is that girl I see?
Staring stright back at me,
When will my reflection show,
who I am inside ....

June

So far our summer has been non-stop!

Riley has had swimming lessons, we joined the reading club at the library and the girls also are doing "learning time" at home for rewards.

We are at the pool almost everyday...I know it's rough, poor Chad. The girls are quite the little swimmers.

We have managed to go camping once, even though it rained on us a little. We are planning a second camping trip this weekend.

Graduation Day

Graduation Day for our girls was filled with fun, treats and lots of smiles!

I am horrible at this!

So I am pretty horrible at this whole blog thing. I procrastinate and so much time passes between posts. Humm..

Riley had her Kindergarten registration last week. Passed all her tests with flying colors. She is so excited she can hardly stand it!

Madeline decided she wanted to "go potty like a big girl" and has since become potty trained. It was so easy I could not be happier. She has pretty much done it all on her own, AWESOME!

Chad has since started with the Idaho Department of Transportation which is great! I am so proud of him for all his accomplishments. He thinks he will like it and it is a great place to work for.

We have also recently has visits from both Papa and Memere' and Pepere'. Thank you all for the good visits and we miss you already. Here are some photos from Easter and the last month.

Really ... January?

Seriously ... it has been THAT long since I posted? Wow! I knew it has been awhile but I didn't know just how long. So anyhow .... what has been knew with us?

Chad - HAS A NEW JOB!!!! YEA! I am so very proud of him. He has put in a lot of hard work looking for a new opportunity and one finally came his way. I cannot think of some one who deserves it more. He does so much to provide for us! I am very lucky. I am also very spoiled. Dishes, cleaning, dinner, baths, laundry ... ALL done. Rides to school, snacks, lunches AND breakfasts ... ALL done. Watching my BFF's 10 month old daughter...Done... Does he really have to go back to work? Something tells me he is secretly excited. Call it a hunch. I think he wants to! Ha.

Riley is doing awesome! She sings a good morning song that she learned at Tiny Hands in Spanish. Very cute, Dad told her to now 'sing it in English', and SHE DID! In addition, we had lunch with her good friend Conner this afternoon and Riley was quite distressed that Conner was to have another friend over for a play date. It only took her a short while to warm up to him though. Although, rather destructive, they had a good time playing. Sorry about the mattresses Crystal. :0)

Madeline's new favorite thing to say is "DON'T tell me my words"! Always lovely when your 2 year old starts sassing back. Good times I tell you ... but how can you get mad? She is just so cute! She is doing great in pre-school! She knows her ABC's, colors, and numbers. She loves to dance and cannot get enough breakfast food. She loves eggs, eggs, pancakes, eggs, juice, and ya ... eggs.

Me ... just happy to be part of it all! Thank you family. And thank you Memere' for an awesome visit. We miss you! Here are some photos!

Riley's Birthday

Hello again!

Well Chad managed to download our photos of the Birthday girl! In case you were wondering the parents survived a 5 year-old Chuck-E-Cheese Birthday (Thank you Aunt Kathy and Uncle Andre)!! It was SO much fun and we all enjoyed ourselves. Riley had been asking for a Chuck-E-Cheese Birthday for almost a full year so her wish was granted. She told us she "truly felt like a Birthday princess". Nothing makes a parent feel better than knowing your child is happy. She received a lot of cute gifts from her friends. A Lite-Brite from her good friends Conner & Kate and a baby Littlest Pony. Also, a red sweater from Auntie Marie that she must have worn at least 15 times already! Memere` and Pepere` bought her a new bike and Mom and Dad just a bunch of 'stuff'. Thank you for all who shared this day with us! We love you and thank you for all your LOVE AND SUPPORT!!!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone! So far it has been great, lots of fun with the family.

New Year's Eve was low key, we stayed in with the girls and played a Dr. Seuss game that Riley received for Christmas. Then of course New Year's Day was Riley's 5th Birthday. It was pretty cute because she asked if she was going to go to Kindergarten now. We have been telling her when she is 5 she will get to go, and apparently she took it very literally. We celebrated with the family by taking her to lunch and to a play gym and then came home and had cake. After that we took her to Build-a-Bear where she made a Hello Kitty which was her gift from our neighbor.

Her party with her friends was yesterday at Chuck-E-Cheese. We had a great time. For some reason my photo card is not letting me download but I am working on it. She had 10 little friends come to her party and we had pizza, soda, cupcakes and Chuck-E came to the table and wished Riley a Happy Birthday! She received a bunch of cool gifts. Today she got to go to the local High School gym and play with the other kids while Dad played basketball and Mom and Madeline hung out at home.

Here are a few pictures to enjoy while I figure out this silly card ... ugh!