The garden is weed free and before long was full of soon to be veggies. But first in the long line of Birthday parties was a fun little tea party for Mandy, which Kaylee enjoyed with her friends. Next came STEAM night at Carver put on by all the student teachers from the LB State program. They were very creative with gas filled balloons to learning how oil ruins birds feathers.
Mommy then turned 40, and we got to go to a new date night dinner location with yummy Thai food. She got spoiled from all the love and birthday wishes from friends and family! The next morning, Daddy surprised Mommy by taking the day off of work so they could spend time together...just the two of them. Complete with a run together, breakfast at a new spot, surprise lunch with the girls at school and ended the adventure with a foot massage. Then got to start the garden off right with a trip to the best garden starter spot to get dirty with the family, planting in the garden!
Soccer was thrown into the mix, before London's girl day spa birthday party again for Kaylee and her friends.
The girls donated to the school and got some wonderful gifts at the school Spring Boutique before Spring picture and a fabulous Career Day at school.
A 40th celebration BBQ was held for Mommy at our house filled with tremendous people and fun! Thanks to all that came to hang out and have a good time! The Bakx, Ferrario's, and Netter's (and of course Daddy!!!) helped make it all happen! Next party up was Kaymryn's 7th, Paris themed party!
Next were fun check ups at the dentist before Mommy and Daddy set off with 10 other remarkable friends on a pretty unique adventure. The 12 of us ran back and forth through the trails of Southern California from Huntington Beach to Coronado. We followed each other as we ran one at a time for 34 hours in minivans! Mark's was the first and Cherie ran the 6th of the 12 legs. We each had the pleasure of running 3 total. Mark had the longest run of his life (8 miles) at 4am in the morning on his third and final run of the event and Cherie had every single extreme up hill run in the race (over 200 flights of stairs in one day... and the next day had plenty as well). Even with no sleep, we had great company and therefore a good time. We did sneak away to head to Stone Brewing Co. at Liberty Station while waiting for the rest of our team to complete there legs.
Meanwhile we relied on amazing people in our lives to take care of the girls. Sara from down the street got to our house at 5:45am when we had to leave for the run and got the girls to school. Joan picked them up and spoiled them along with Larry and the Bakx for the rest of the weekend full of fun, delicious dinners, ice cream, pool time, play time, even including a movie at the theater.
After a staff meeting at the YMCA and a full work week otherwise, the girls were ready to start Spring Break that Friday before Easter. We loved on Daddy before he left for work and missed him as we enjoyed a day which started out with a run/bike ride. Along the way Kaylee found a cool knitted heart with a note stating that she got to keep it and it was spreading the word of always being nice to people. We then headed for a fun game of bowling, which we realized that Cienna hadn't been in about 3 years, but Kaylee has been a few times. Cienna picked it right up and we all had fun before heading to the attached arcade and then Baskin Robbins... since we had gift cards and all : ).
Before we prepared for Easter at Auntie Kimmie's, Mommy and Auntie Kimmie went to our scheduled annual Birthday Manicure/Pedicure together. It was great as always to spend alone time just to chat. The family then, together, prepared a French Toast Casserole to bring for Easter brunch, painting eggs, and playing games in anticipation for the Easter Bunny!
Good thing the bunny came so we could lure the girls into our bed after they awoke for a show at 7 before the big hunt. They had a great time and got some cool robots that we spent time together building before we headed next door!
The Snow's put on an AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL spread as always for Easter "brunch"! They have amazing family and are happy they invite us into it. There was another egg hunt and more Easter baskets. We even came home after and were very successful fixing the washing machine before heading out on a family bike ride.
The last two days the girls spent at YMCA camp and have Loved IT! Park days, Swim days, Kaylee even got to go to Chuck-E-Cheese's today with her group. They look forward to Thursday when they get to go back but are happy to stay with Mommy tomorrow.
We even got an extended family member yesterday. Izzy is a good friend's dog that gets to stay with us a couple days while they are out of their house.
Cienna just inherited another upgraded bike from a neighbor, which also means Kaylee gets her bigger one and they are looking forward to another run/bike ride tomorrow after transferring all their cool spoke and other bike accessories to the new ones. They continue to grow beyond our comprehension. Love gymnastics. Cienna is excelling in typing, Kaylee reading over a half hour a day. Both making new friends at camp with ease and fit in to an unknown situation better than they ever have.
It's been busier than we had thought, but I guarantee we have enjoyed all of it!
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