September and June What a Difference?

I am finally getting around to my update about Victoria and Emma. This year has flown by so quickly. Emma absolutely loved her first year in school. I was fortunate enough to go into her kindergarten class several times over the year to do craft projects with her classmates. She got a perfect report card! We are so proud of her. I also got to go into Victoria's 3rd grade class twice for craft projects and twice for holiday and end of year parties. All the kids loved doing crafts with me. Every time they saw me, they would ask when I was coming back. Victoria ended the year with straight A's all four marking periods! What a wonderful accomplishment. Mark and I are so PROUD of all 3 girls!!! Here are two pictures of Emma and Victoria one is from September and one is from the last week of school. They both grew so much.

Sara's Prom

Wow! It has been 3 months since my last post. I have been so busy with the end of the school year that time has flown by. Today is the first day the girls have now school so I will be even busier trying to keep them busy. lol I just wanted to post a quick update about Sara. She took her boyfriend, Travis to her Junior Prom. She was so excited as the time got closer. She picked out a beautiful dress back in April with my mom. Sara went with Travis and his dad to get his tux and flowers. Unfortunately, it rained the night of the prom, so Travis' family came to our house to take pictures inside. They looked great together! Here are a few pictures. Thanks for looking and I will be updating about Victoria and Emma tomorrow.

TIGS Teenagers and a Pizza Guy

Sara had a group of friends over to celebrate going back to school. What a great bunch they are!!! They all belong to a club called TIGS. Basically, TIGS is against drugs, alcohol and racism. Sara went away to camp with this group and kids from all over the state over the summer. They are very active in the community, with the elderly, troubled teens, and foster children. I will be doing a post this week about this wonderful club with more details. Anyways, they decided they wanted to order pizza from a local rest. While waiting for the delivery, they decided to make the "Pizza Guy" a hat and poster and cheer for him as he entered our yard. They also took pictures, sang to him and gave him a cupcake. He even got to keep the hat and poster. lol He said that they made his night since it was his last delivery for his shift. I don't think he knew what to think. It was so funny that I had to take a few pics. The kids said they did this at camp and couldn't resist doing it once more. The kids ages ranged from 15 - 18. They started arriving at our house around noon and left around 10:30pm. I think we ended up with 14 total before the night was over. They were all so good that I invited them back for a November 1st Halloween Bash.

First Day of School

Yesterday was the first day of school. Sara is now a junior, Victoria is in 3rd grade and Emma has finally started kindergarten. I say "finally" because she has asked me all summer, "How many more days until school starts?". Emma went for only 2 hours as a get to know the teacher day, while Sara and Victoria went until 12:20. Today is the first full day of school. I thought Emma would be a bit nervous today, but no.... she went right in with no problem. I think it bothered me more then her. I also think she is comfortable knowing that her cousin Nicolas is in her class and Victoria and Mark are also there. Mom and Aunt Buster came to see the kids yesterday before they went in. The kids love that!!! It is so sweet of them to take time for the kids - always! The worst part is that Victoria and Emma enter and exit school on total opposite sides of the building. So far I have been lucky to get a parking spot in the middle and we walked Victoria to her line then I took Emma to hers. When the weather gets cold out, I will use the drop off zone in the morning. It is so quiet in my house right now... not sure what to do about that. I will be venturing into the girls bedroom to clean and throw out a bunch of stuff while they're not home. I don't want to waste anytime. For all of you with kids, I hope your first week at school goes well.

Emma by her door - very first day of school ever!!! WooHoo Emma


Here is a picture of Sara and her Tinkerbell backpack:


Victoria and Emma outside of school:


Emma and Nicolas waiting online to go into class: