The girls enjoyed the rest of their Spring Break at YMCA camp. We even went one day to go swimming even though they were playing with Mom at home that day, then we all went to lunch afterward. Porter got to have a friend, Izzy, stay for a couple days while the Adams had work done on their house. We finished up the week with early celebration dinner for Daddy and some make your own creations from stuff in the garage projects.
That weekend the four of us had a great time at a Galaxy game against the Sounders. The girls got a special meet and autograph with Dave Romney for being Girl Scouts. On the way out we ran into Gyasi Zardes who was very friendly and also gave them an autograph on their T-Shirts we made for the game.
Back to school the girls enjoyed the week with friends and Girl Scout activities. Then another busy weekend was upon us. Uncle Joe came to visit!! After the girls had a fun art class with friends, we came home to hang out with Uncle Joe and made him ride a bike down to Beach Streets near by where they closed off main streets around the neighborhood encouraging people to walk and ride bikes to check out local vendors and enjoy free activities and entertainment. The following day we helped one of Mark's co-workers (Fady) celebrate a surprise wedding proposal on a beautiful gazebo in Irvine.
We prepared for the following week to appreciate our teachers and anticipate Daddy turning 40! The girls made Daddy a special breakfast before he had to head to work. Then Mommy contacted some of Daddy's co-workers to join them at Steel Craft for lunch as a surprise. The big Brewfest weekend was coming next, but not before the girls got their new team locker to share at gymnastics.
Daddy left first with Uncle B and Alex. But Mommy followed the next morning to join them at Brewfest for the first time in 10 yrs. The girls got spoiled with a sleepover at the Marshall's house. The had fun playing and hiking in El Dorado Park before settling in with some movies and a late night of "sleep" with friends. Meanwhile, Mommy and Daddy were having fun with our friends. Camping, dancing, gallivanting, and most of all celebrating and finally sleeping on an Aerobed that fits in the back of our truck under the camper shell. Even the rain didn't slow us down but made packing up the next day loads of fun :(.
The next day the girls went to a pool party for Alyssa's 13th birthday. The following Friday was a terrific Carver school carnival! Mommy spent much of the day helping to set up before Daddy came home early so we could all enjoy the event before heading to the last gymnastics practice before the exciting home gymnastics meet. It was only our team but they were all decked out in their leo's and very excited to perform. All the girls on the team did exceptional. We were all so proud of Cienna and Kaylee. Be sure to notice that some "pictures" are actually videos of their routines from the weekend. Both girls were in the same level for awards and each place in 3 events and all-around! Most important they had a great time and were proud of themselves!
For Mother's Day the girls let Mommy lay in bed till 8 and in the meantime made a project together of a game that we could all play first thing when we got up. They cut and painted a large circle in blue with glitter (which Kaylee suggested would be best done outside) then cut out 7 continents from green construction paper. We had our own initialed die to roll onto land, if we landed in the water we had a consequence card of cartwheels, jumping jacks, etc. We had a blast playing as a family before we went for a family run and then headed off to a wonderful brunch at Joan and Larry's. Afterward we did home projects including finishing our address sign and fixing sprinklers before making dinner to eat in the bed of the truck in our driveway to carry on our Mother's Day tailgate tradition.
Cienna earned her very first (out of four) medals during her gymnastics meet and one of them happened to be first place on floor! She is loving gymnastics, continued to excel at during her science portion this month, and actually enjoys that she is starting her 3rd grade SBAC testing.
Kaylee continues to surprise people with her capabilities, people forget that she is only 6 during gymnastics. She showed her swimming abilities when challenged to a test across the pool to get to the deep end. She has enjoyed learning about France for her upcoming project and presentation next week.
Don't forget that there are some short videos included. Enjoy!
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