Was pretty exciting to get to be back at a galaxy game. Scott joined us for a tailgate in the parking lot which was many of our first time touching a soccer ball in a while. We then headed inside for pre-game activities before the Bakx met up with us for game time. The Galaxy dominated but did end up losing.. oh well. We went home and after some baking we played with the automatic ping pong KiwiCo game that Kaylee made. The next day we helped Auntie Kimmie celebrate the next day as part of her family and had as much amazing food and fun as always.
That week at school Kaylee finally got to go on an actual school field trip. On mommy's birthday she got to be a chaperone for the 6th grade class at the Grammy Museum in LA. The best part was that they got to to on a field trip. Other than that it was pretty cool. Kaylee got selected from her music teachers to be one of the 5 to go on stage and help be part of a music production presentation! That night Mommy got some thoughtful crafts from the girls and a homemade brownie ice cream cake.
Mommy took Kaylee to a new friends Birthday party the next weekend to play Laser Tag for the first time. She loved it and a good time hanging with new friends. That Sunday was the USAG State meet in San Diego. They both did absolutely amazing and went into the meet excited and confident to qualify for Regionals! There were a lot of firsts that meet and it was a great competition for both of them. They both qualified! There also were some upsets for teammates that they went through together. Regionals for Cienna is in Pleasanton and she is excited for family to come and watch her show her routines! She had worked so hard and deserves every moment. Her last event was vault and she nailed it. Didn't even need to do her second one : )
Daddy went in person for the first time to work that Monday. He made his way around and had fun as they had a courtyard festival welcoming party. We got a little rain, and the best way to take advantage is to go on the trampoline of course. Then after that more baking.
Cienna then had her first field trip of the year, in which only some 8th graders pretty much got to run around Knott's Berry Farm as responsible adults... they did great and had a lot of fun.
Then more fun began with a visit from Grammy and Maxwell. She's an amazing women. After spoiling the kids, she helped up finish cleaning the weeds in the garden for a major overhaul. We decided that we needed to cover the garden in weed preventative material and use the raised garden beds she gave us to tame it down for a while.
Roman came to visit and brew with Mark for Homebrew in a few weeks, but it turned into a full on jam session with all of us. It was great. The next day we made Grammy go back to Knotts but it was all about the Boysenberry festival this time. No Silver Bullet. Just meatballs and pie.
Wednesday when Mommy had time off work to spend with Grammy... of course they spent the time finishing the preparation for gardening. They completely rearranged everything in the garden and put down the weed preventer, set the beds and got them ready for some growing!
Cienna's vocal ensemble got invite to do a few songs in the Long Beach Grand Hotel. (Apparently it was a paid gig that their principal is a frequent member). Meanwhile, Kaylee spent some time building a KiwiCo that may or may not be for a present for somebody in the family, while she was excited for a late night birthday outdoor movie party with her buddy Frankie.
After the complete re-haul of the garden we were ready to plant a late garden of goodness.... then.... We realized an opportunity to use our existing sprinklers to make it all automated for the first time. We just needed more stuff of course, a trip to Lowe's it is. Or two, or three. We hadn't used this irrigation in 18 years, but we had it routed just in case.
We had a fun trip to Gomez Growers, then after quite a bit of work on our sprinkler valves we were ready to plant! It has been quite the great garden maintenance ever since. We are looking forward to was comes out of these plants! The day ended up with some delicious carrot cake made by the girls with full on "carrot cake" decorations!
Daddy spent some more time at work and took pictures this time. He has free lunch that he can take to a balcony that overlooks the Hollywood sign! The girls like the cool snacks that he brings home also!
Then comes Spring Break! We get the first part to enjoy the doggy company of Ash! He is such a sweetheart and just as spirited as Roaklee. They had so much fun as did we all. We also go to celebrate Lacy Cook's "retirement"/70th birthday in El Segundo. This guy has been there since day one and 27 years prior to Mommy's job. First supervisor and pretty much the reason Raytheon is what it is. However it gave us a chance to actually meet SO many of Mommy's co-workers that they've only heard about over the years! He luckily only retired on paper and is still working to make amazing things happen!
We came home ready to finally prepare for Auntie Kimmie's Easter Brunch. It's been years and she did amazing as it had ever been. It's hard to believe the amount of dishes she puts together for one day! If the food wasn't good enough, the kids had a great time with an Easter Egg hunt including a tremendous Golden Egg and a fantastic beginning to Spring Break!
Pictures are more than words!
