Groomsman of the Year!

Wayne was in his friend, Joe, wedding on Saturday. Joe is a huge Dr. Who fan, so he had all his groomsmen dress like one of the Dr. Who characters (light colored shirt, slacks and Converse shoes.)  The whole feel of the wedding was like being at a 1920's movie/theater show.  They held the wedding in a friends backyard on a limited budget and did a good job.

The Bride, Jena, walking out to her husband to be.

Us with Joe & Jena

The wedding was a "Movie/Theater Theme", so the decor was all done in black & white with gold/silver accents. The tables were all covered in black linens with a sheer gold runner. The party favors were coke bottles.

Each table was assigned a movie name. Ours was Spiderman.

When we first arrived, we were handed a small box of popcorn and a bag that we could fill with candy. The bag had our name and table assignment.

The wedding cake was made out of cake pops! There were
5 flavors. This is an elegant way to serve desert while keeping the cost down. Love it!

Kya's End of Year Awards - 1st Grade

 Kya had her end of year awards ceremony on the last week of school.  She was awarded for her Excellence in Reading.  I am posting these pictures showing her school, because she will not be attending Almond Elementary next year.  In fact, we currently don't know where she will be attending school in the Fall.

Kya with her teacher and the classmates who also received awards.

 Kya and her teacher, Miss Doak.  I posted both pictures because Kya looks better in one and Miss D is more visible in the other.

Miss Doak has been Kya's teacher for the past two years. She has been a wonderful teacher and we will all miss her. It has been wonderful to see Kya grow and learn under her teaching.

Seth's Perfect Attendance & All Star

Seth's received and award this past Thursday for his Perfect Attendance and for being an All Star. The All Star is for completing five clubs. Number Club, Word Club, Sound Club, Letter Club and one more that I can't think of.

Receiving his award from Mis C. (Sub for his regular teacher who just had a baby)

Up on the stand with the other award recipients from his class 

Wild & Crazy Day

It is wild and crazy day at Kya's school today. Monday was 80's and Tuesday was Pajama Day. I didn't know about Monday and yesterday I forgot to take pictures. For Wild & Crazy Day, we put Kya's hair into several ponytails and sprayed her hair blue. So fun! She wore her shirt backwards, rolled up one leg of her pants, put a bandanna on the other leg and wore two different pairs of socks and shoes. Such fun for her!

Anna's Bridal Shower

On Saturday, the girls and I attended a bridal shower for Wayne's cousins daughter. This was the first bridal shower that I have taken my girls to and I am pleased to say (with one Elsie mishap) they were very well behaved.
Here are Kya & Elsie with the Bride to be, Anna

One of the grooms friends played her violin during the appetizers. It was nice to hear soft background music along with the waterfall.

My little ladies enjoying some crackers before lunch and games.  Kya was very impressed at how pretty & elegant it all was.  So different from the birthday parties she usually attends. lol

One of the games was to get into groups of three and dress someone up as a bride using toilet paper.  Kya was our model and this is where Elsie's mishap (jealousy) occurred. Kya made for a very beautiful bride!

I had a lot of fun spending such a girly day with my two favorite girls.

Elsie's "Curly" Hair

I did Elsie's hair the other into 2 french braids. I should have taken pictures, ooops! When I took them out her hair was all "curly"! She kept trying to flatten it out. lol

Seth's Note to Mom

Seth wrote me this note, along with a picture yesterday at school. I love it.

and in case you can't read kindergarten, it says "I love my mom because she takes me to church.  She really loves me.  Seth"

The picture is of me and him in the van going to church. I am not sure why he didn't include the rest of our family, as we always go to church as a family of 5.  The top two pictures he crossed out, because he wasn't pleased with how they were turning out.

24 hours in the life of me

I got this idea from my friend, Kristin, to record the events of my life for 24 hours. Of course looking back, Friday probably wasn't the best day to choose since there is no homework, doctor visits or baseball. Like Monday, we have two doctors to see, baseball practice and homework for two kids. Oy Vey!

6:02am Kya makes her wake up noise.  I stay in bed listening for her to get up.
6:22 Both girls get up, Elsie climbs into bed with us and Kya goes into the living room to read.
6:33 My alarm goes off and I am up and I head straight into the bathroom.  Elsie wakes up too.
6:36 I put two frozen waffles into the toaster.
6:37 DVD isn't working for the girls, I try to fix it to no avail and end up turning the tv on for them
6:41 I pour a cup of cold coffee, put it into the microwave, turn on computer and take the waffles into the living room for the girls.
6:43 I get my coffee out of the microwave, add cream and sit down to check email, but the computer is going super slow, grrr.
6:47 I get Seth's clothes and go in to wake him up.  He is out cold, so I decide to let him sleep another 10 minutes.
6:49 Seth wakes up on his own and gives me a big smile and says Good Morning! I put his waffle into toaster
6:50 I give each child 1/2 a donut.  Elsie complains thinking hers is smaller than everyone else's.
6:51 Waffle pops, give it to Seth, grab my coffee and sit down to computer.  It is still slow, decide to restart it.
6:53 Lay the girls clothes out on their beds
6:55 Girls let the dogs out of garage, get the newspaper while I check on my garden.
6:59 Kya talks mean to her brother, so I remind her to speak nicely and sit down again to my computer and drink more of my coffee.  Computer is still going slow.
7:02 I tell Seth to go get dressed
7:06 I finally finish my coffee and tell Seth a 2nd time to get dressed.
7:07 Seth calls for me to turn on his light, as we turned it off so just the fan was on last night.
7:13  Try to check my MOPS email, my personnel email and facebook, but computer is still slow.
7:23 Computer is driving me crazy, I turn it off again and go into bathroom to comb Seth's hair and then Kya's
7:24 Kiss Seth good-bye, so his dad can take him to school.
7:25 Get clothes out of dryer
7:27 Take a shower
7:42 While gathering up the girls laundry I find some old money in Kya's pocket and ask her where she got it from.  Turns out she found it in an old jar in the kitchen.
7:45 I put the clothes into the washing machine.
7:47 I eat 1/2 a donut and try to finish checking my email & facebook
7:57 Get socks for Elsie and check on Kya outside where she is playing.
8:04 Call girls in to leave and find that Kya got her pants wet (playing with the water hose) and needs to change.  Wayne tells me not to let her outside to play before school, because she is her father's daughter!  He could never stay clean as a kid either. lol
8:07 We head out the door to the van so I can take Kya to school

8:11 After everyone gets strapped in, I remember that I didn't give Kya her medicine.  She and I go back into the house for her med's and then she needs to pee.
8:15 We finally leave the house 10 minutes late and then run into road work making us later
8:23 Finally get Kya to school and watch her get excited when she see's her friend has on the same shirt as her.
8:36 Home again!  I had to deal with the road work again on the way back. Eat another donut and then feel disgusted with myself.
8:38 Put wet clothes into the dryer
8:39 Make Wayne's lunch
8:45 Kiss Wayne good-bye as he heads out for work
8:51 Put yesterday's laundry pile away
8:56 Look up directions to a cake supply store
9:00 I assist Elsie in the bathroom and check facebook
9:11 Even though Elsie just used the toilet, she as a small pee accident that I clean up and then get her some new pants & panties.
9:15 Brush and do Elsie's hair
9:19 We leave for the cake supply store
9:29 Arrive to store only to find it is doesn't open until 10am
9:30 Go to Carls Jr to use my coupon for a FREE breakfast, while Elsie plays on the indoor playground with  another little girl
10 We leave Carls Jr. and head back over to the cake store
10:05 I have what I need and head back home
10:14  I clean the kitchen up some and cut out a box top for Kya's school.
10:20 Work on a craft I found on Pinterest for a bridal shower gift.  Cute eh?  I will post more about it on my other blog.

Wow, documenting one's life is tiring! lol

10:25 Cut up and apple for Elsie to eat while she watches Word World
11:25 Stop working on the Kitchen Cake to pick up Seth from school
11:39 Back home again, give Seth a glass of milk
11:40 Return to craft while kids watch Saddle Club
11:45 Finish Kitchen Cake & take pictures of it
11:50 Sit down to computer to check Facebook.  (My addiction, which is why I am logging off at the end of the month!)
12:04 Make lunch for the kids (quesadilla , carrot and milk) and myself (Cottage Cheese)
12:30 Get into a debate with some FB friends regarding my belief on Gay Marriage, while S & E play cowboy/cowgirls outside.  Feel frustrated and I spent too long on the computer.
2:20 I pour myself my 2nd cup of coffee and unload/reload the dishwasher
3:00 Leave to pick up Kya from school and have to deal with a minor fight between Seth & Elsie.
3:26 After talking to Kya's teacher for a few minutes, I decide to treat the kids to some frozen yogurt.  (Which I had brought my camera with me!)
4:00 We go to Wayne's work to visit with him.  The kids love to play at the high school and ride on daddy's golf cart.
5:30  Wayne was supposed to be fasting, so the kids and I were going to have soup for dinner, but then Wayne decided to not to his fast until Saturday to Sunday.  Grrrr!  Now I am trying to make a "real" dinner fast.  (I made Grilled Man Pleasing Chicken from Pinterest, mashed potatoes and corn)
6:15  Pete shows up to grade off some of our property
6:30 We finally eat!
7:00 Clean up the dinner mess
7:30 Have the kids get ready for bed, but with Pete still making noise outside, there is no reason to start our nightly devotion/reading yet.  Kids are excited about staying up past their bedtime.
8:30 Do devotion/reading with kids.  They are all sound asleep with 5 minutes of my reading the book.
8:50 I eat a small piece of chocolate, check FB
9:00 Go into living room to watch a little tv.  Only thing on is Cold Case.
10:05 or so, I fall asleep on couch
12am, Wayne wakes me up and tells me to go to bed
6:00 Kya wakes up and comes into bed with us, while I think about the soup I need to make for our Mission Fair at church
6:30 I get up and start again!

Guerard Family Reunion

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to fly to North Carolina for a family reunion.  My mom recently began researching her genealogy and was able to find many of our cousins descending from her father's mother's dad.  Make sense? lol  Turns out he has an amazing history (including being the 1st to research Tuberculosis).  He had 14 children and built this 28,000 sq. ft house for them and his wives. (1st wife died of Tuberculosis).   This is the house we (his descendants) stayed in for the weekend.  It was truly amazing to learn about my family history and meet others members of the family.

The house my Great, Great Grandfather, Arthur Rose Guerard, built in the late 1800's and raised his 14 kids in.

4 of the living Grandchildren.  John, Hal, Madeline & Mary.  Mary was the only one who actually knew  Arthur Rose Guerard when she was young though.

My mom and I in front of the house

My mom and I in front of the lake (which ended up not showing  up in the picture)

Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren rocking together on the front porch.