May

Last month of school!  We were so busy and life was non-stop during the week I was so exhausted by the weekend I would take 4 hour naps.  Chasing my kids around to their activities and working 3 jobs.  Whew!  Yes, I started working 3 jobs.  Got to survive somehow.  Here is our life in May...

MOTHER'S DAY
My kids made me the sweetest gifts this year.  I love my kiddos!  They keep me going every day with their hugs and I love you's.

ASPEN GROVE

Thanks to a generous donation we were able to attend the single parent family camp at Aspen Grove. We were so grateful for the chance.  Everyone was so nice and it was beautiful up in the mountains.  Too bad we couldn't go swimming with all the snow up there.  Crazy May weather!

 Dining hall.  All the meals were so good.  And they had perfect meals my kids actually liked to eat.

 Fun first night.  The staff put on a silly show and the kids got to meet spiderman.

 Arts and crafts.  My kids love painting.  Good thing because it was really rainy so we were stuck inside.  We also played a lot of board games.  Fun relaxing weekend.

 They held a family dance.  Can you tell how much Memphis didn't want to be there ha ha.  Me and Kayzee danced the whole time.  Kayzee danced her little heart out.

 We had such a fun weekend we were sad to leave.  Thanks Aspen Grove!

 WORK
One of my other jobs is working at a clothing consignment store.  Cheaper clothes and an employee discount?!?  Got to clothe my kids somehow!  I have been trained as a closer and my first night closing...well, let's just say a man ran and hid in the store trying to get away from police and the police came in with guns drawn.  I locked myself in the employee room and watched the whole thing on the surveillance monitor.  I was definitely in shock to say the least.  Of course this would happen to me on my first night.

DANCE FESTIVAL
It was freezing but fun!  We had the wettest May and we luckily made it through without any rain.   Both kids danced their hearts out.  They did so well!

 Instead of real rain we got man-made rain.  The fire dept came and to spray everyone because usually it's hot in May.  So cold but the kids loved it.

 After the dance festival we always have our faculty vs 6th grade kickball game.  It was so windy and cold but always so fun.  I pitched the whole time this year.  Love my job!  Love my school!

 2nd grade had a bike rally day.  Kayzee enjoyed that.

 4th grade has a buy and sell day with fake money.  Memphis loved selling his old toys and buying lots of snacks.

 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
Kayzee always gets the sweetest teachers and Mrs. Clement is one of the best! Kayzee learned so much and knew she could count on her teacher to help her in any way. Kayzee has cried a lot the last two weeks because she loves her teacher so much and she is sad to leave her class but she is happy she can still see her and go visit her next year. Thanks for loving my baby girl and for a great year Mrs. Clement!

 This is my favorite picture because look at that smile on Memphis’ face. He truly loved his teacher Mrs. Thompson and all she did to help him through this year. And I can’t thank her enough for making accommodations for him and figuring him out so we can get the best help for him in the future. Memphis is so sad he won’t see her anymore because she is retiring but we will never forget her. Thanks for a great year Mrs. Thompson and enjoy retirement!

 The end of 2nd grade.  Kayzee made so many new friends and loves learning.  My baby is growing up!

 The end of 4th grade.  Another rough year but Memphis made a lot of progress this year.  He officially raised his reading scores and made it to grade level!  Wahoo!  He now loves reading.  Between his teacher and the school psychologist they figured my Memphis out and now he can move on to be an even more awesome kid!

AND THIS HAPPENED!
Total mixed emotions about it.  And many reasons why I am moving.  But trying to better my life situation with my kids is what is most important.  I added a ton more stress to my already over loaded plate.  I don't know what I was thinking but it felt like the right thing to do.  I was so grateful for the wonderful friends in my life who showed up with meals or helped me clean my house to get ready for showings.  Let the craziness of selling and buying a new home begin!

April

I didn't think life could get any more crazy but it did.  Some of it was my doing but a lot of what has happened has just fell on us all at the same time.  It has truly been so hard and I have cried myself to sleep a lot or have spent a lot of sleepless nights worried and stressed out.   I pray a lot that the craziness dies down a little so I can get some sleep and feel more confident about life but I am learning that it may take a long time.  I am definitely learning patience.  I am so behind on my blog so here goes trying to catch up a little.

Birthday week + spring break = best week ever! Thanks to my bestest friends and family for helping me celebrate. It was a busy but awesome week. Dinner and amazing dessert at Last Course along with a movie and talking till 2am with two of my bestest friends. Pedicures with my best friend. Park and dinner with my cousin and her family. My mom got me and my kids a hotel room with a pool for a night. My sis-in-law took my kids swimming so I could take a nap and read a book. Tradition of Brickoven Pizza. Movie date with my kids. Shopping and more yummy food with my kids. And lunch with another of my bestest friends. I didn't want the week to end!

We spent the last couple days of spring break doing some spring cleaning in each of our bedrooms so we needed a much needed fun day before we went back to school on Monday. We spent 4 hours at Classic Fun Center. Jumping, skating, laser tag, arcade, whew! Found a book store that I should never have stepped foot in ha ha. I spent way too much time and money in there. And Eelina? I have seen my name misspelled many different ways but this one takes the cake!

Memphis had another belt promotion and moved up to the Orange belt level---Intermediate Juniors.  Way to go Memphis!

I don't have a picture of this girl doing her tumbling but she also moved up to the intermediate level in Tumbling.  Way to go Kayzee!

Another month, another sinus infection, another antibiotic.  Lovely.  Averaging one a month.

 Yes, we experienced the crazy utah weather throughout April.

Easter!  First they had to go on a scavenger hunt to find their new switch games. I had them running all over the house, up and down the stairs, over and over-great workout ha ha! Then we all searched for our Easter baskets. Happy Easter!

Took the day off to go with my Memphis on his 4th grade field trip. We went to This Is The Place Heritage Park. I learned a lot of new things about Utah history but the best part was spending time with this sweet boy of mine.

Took another day off (lucky me) and went with my Kayzee on her 2nd grade field trip. We went to the Bean Museum at BYU and Rock Canyon Park. I am so grateful I can take time to go do these fun things with my kids.

Kayzee had her 2nd grade Lemonade play.  Fun songs!

 Memphis had his 4th grade All About Utah history program.  Memphis had fun singing the songs.

April blew by.  May went even faster.  Will try to catch up on that soon!

February and March

So behind as usual.  Can't believe it's already the middle of April.  School is almost over!  Can't wait for summer.  Here is our February and March...

Kayzee LOVES Puppy Barn.  It's a place you can go to pet and hold puppies.  Puppy heaven.  And there is one by where the kids go to karate and tumbling so we go a lot.  It keeps Kayzee from asking if she can get a puppy everyday.  Well, sort of ha ha.  Maybe it makes her want one even more.  Her dad had to get rid of his puppy.  Sorry Kayzee.  And I can't afford thousand dollar puppies.  Enjoy your play time.

 The kids were easy this year and let me just buy them a $2 valentine box making kit.  They had fun putting them together.

Kayzee loves llamas right now...

 Memphis still loves space...

 Happy Valentine's Day 2019.  These two are my EVERYTHING!

 And they keep me laughing...

 Memphis got a bunch of robotic building kits for Christmas.  Here is one of them he finished in February.

 Kayzee has been practicing her drawing skills and she is getting so good!  I haven't drawn in years so we decided to draw together one night.  Top right is the picture we chose to draw.  The bottom left is my rendition of it and the bottom right is Kayzee's!  We love art!

 One week in March it was Teacher Appreciation Week.  The mom that decorated my door this year did an awesome job!  This years theme was about Superheroes.  Teachers really are SUPERHEROES!

 Winter sick season hit our house.  Kayzee was so sick and was having trouble breathing so I rushed her in.  She tested negative for strep and the flu so they diagnosed her with croup.  They gave her a steroid and prescribed Tamiflu just to play it safe.  After a couple days she was back to normal.  So glad it wasn't the flu like last year.  Memphis got a really high fever and was throwing up for four days.  No fun!  Then he got the worse cough.  He stayed home from school the week he was throwing up but then I didn't want him to miss anymore school because he is already struggling.  But his cough was so bad it was too distracting in his class so he just stayed in my office and made up all his missing assignments and did all the work for that week.  Rough but we survived.  Have been finding out some things about my sweet Memphis from his teacher and the school psychologist.  We are working with his pediatrician, a pediatric psychologist and a therapist.  It's been overwhelming and we are still figuring everything out.  More on that later.  I luckily didn't get as sick as my kiddos, I just got my usual monthly sinus infections.  Too scared to have sinus surgery but if it means I won't be sick all the time maybe it's what I need.

Now on to surviving the last weeks of the school year!