June

It has been a long time since I have written on here. My poor blog.

Alea and I started our summer break a week and a half ago and have been enjoying every minute of it! Last week Alea had VBS in the evenings and this week she has Girl Scout camp each morning from 8-12. I have been making the most of my time from 8-12 whether it be just staying in bed watching movies or getting my grocery shopping done.

Yesterday Alea had a photoshoot with a new, young photographer. He is the husband of the music teacher at my school. I am very excited to see the pictures.

Davin has been working a TON lately. He got a promotion and he is working a lot of hours and then even has to go back in at night around 10 PM for an hour or two several nights a week. He is pretty much a walking zombie at this point. My biggest concern when he took this job was that I might begrudge him the hours he was working and not spending with us but the reality is I just feel bad for him.

Alea said the other day, "We don't do anything as a family anymore, do we?" I was heading to bunco and she was going to spend the evening with her daddy after having spent the day with me. I told her we were going on a long vacation soon so she will be getting plenty of family time.

Until next time...

Happy 7th Birthday Alea!

Today Alea turned 7 years old! Davin went to her school and helped out as a "Watch D.O.G. Dad". I think she had a good time. I had Davin take her a bouquet of balloons tied to two boxes of gummy candies. Davin came home with grass stains on his jeans. I guess when you are a dad at recess you become part of the jungle gym. Needless to say, when Davin got home from school he was completely worn out! ha! :) For dinner we invited Alea's bff to join us for dinner. We went to one of Alea's favorite places to eat...Red Robin. The girls seemed to have a good time. Alea received a Wii for her birthday from us. She was very excited about it. It was already annoying me as she and Davin played it so I moved to the other room. I hate video games. Yuck!

Soccer

Saturday was Alea's first soccer game of the season. They lost, but they did much better than the first game of last season. Alea seems much more into it this season and is working much harder. I am very proud of her. Go Purple Pirates!

Alea's last day to be 6

I can't believe my baby girl is going to 7 years old in just a few hours. Wow!

Cowgirl Alea

Alea did a great job on her solo for the rodeo performance first grade put on. See the pics below.

Pretend Bday

Alea and Reed had their birthday party this weekend with my side of the family. Reed turned 2 in Feb. and Alea will turn 7 in April so we celebrate in March when my sister and her family are in town during their spring break.

Famous American

The first grade students at Alea's school were each given a Famous American to research and dress up like and then present to the kindergarteners, 2nd graders and parents. Alea's famous American was Betsy Ross. She did a great job at the presentation today. She was the 2nd best Betsy Ross EVER!