Take Me Out to the Ball Game...

A photo slideshow by Smilebox

Pirates, Me Mattie...

Elisabeth has a crush... A crush on Jack Sparrow! She has since she was six, it's never changed. So off we went on opening day to see Pirates of the Caribbean 4. Elisabeth loved it, the boys enjoyed it too, I of course, slept through half of it.

Smash's Dance Program!

We had a great time watching Ashlyn dance last night, Elisabeth is super into cousin time right now. Good job Smash and we loved the rainbow costume!

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy...

Elisabeth, Becca and Natalie have been practicing for weeks for the fifth grade program. Today was the big day and they did so awesome! They sang the Andrew Sisters song, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, a cappella. E's friend Chance also played the guitar and sang "I Love Rock n' Roll" he was great, his was the kids favorite part of the show. At the end of the program they had a slide show to the song "We're Coming To America," and had pictures of kids in different parts of the world. Since Elisabeth claimed Wisconsin to be it's own country during multi-culture week, after all it does have it's own language, national sport and food, they asked her for a picture of our family at Lambeau, LOL!

A Special Holiday In May...

This my favorite picture, because look at Stinky's hair! LOL

Despite the wind, we had a lovely afternoon searching for LUCKY LILACS. As usual there was lots of yummy food and a water fight. And lot's of us spoiling Adrian! Here's a few pictures...

Something with pink polkadots and very old.
Think boat dock.
Ashlyn, Elisabeth, Eliza and Roxi
Jordan, preparing to drench Andie!

HorseShoes...

Last weekend the young women in the ward had their camp fundraiser, it was a barbecue, bake sale and horseshoe tournament. My boy reluctantly joined in, they weren't the best, but they had a great time.
We have a little joke about how where you find Elisabeth you will find Hayden, the boy admitedly had a crush on her a few months back, but really they are just great friends. I am so glad she has some neighborhood kids to clown around with, even though they are mostly boys!

What A Week...

The second week of the month is always my busiest, that is when every meeting I have is. Including, Murray Education Foundation, Community Council, Hillcrest, PTA, Parkside PTA, Learning for Life, Murray School Board, Parkside PTA, Cub Scout and Primary! It kinda makes me tired naming them all, except that it is 2am and I can't sleep.

But the good part is it was the last meeting of the school year for most of them, yipee! And it was the last PTA meeting I was in charge of, YIPEE!!! Yes, I did curtsy at the end of the meeting.

We also had two major events at Parkside this week. Author's Fair and the Art Walk have become an amazing tradition. Each student writes and illustrates their own book, they put so much work into them and they turn out wonderful. And our teachers are also awesome because it takes a lot of work from them. We also hang art from each student. And this year Mrs. Anderson's 2nd grade performed their opera that they had wrote.



Jenn Wells, is the one who came up with the idea for the Author's Fair 3 years ago, and she does such a great job. I know it is hard to believe but there is another picture of me, with her at the fair. Unfortunately, I don't have more pictures because I had to be off to board meeting.

Big congratulations to our Special Education teacher Matt Nelson who that night was awarded District Teacher of the Year, what a fabulous teacher and he calls Parkside home.

The second big event was my end of year ROAD TO SUCCESS assembly. The job of entertaining 550 kids for an hour is at times a little overwhelming, but as usual they were terrific and it turned out great. This year my theme was "Are You Smarter Than Your Teacher?" and I had a great power point that looked just like the real show. I had 3 kids and one teacher come up for each question, some were school questions and others pop culture, in and attempt to stump the teachers. We had Chief there and he answered some of the questions to, and we had a lot of laughs. I gave away Parkside t-shirts, Chief stuff animals, frisbies and ice skating passes. And the teachers won gift certificates for salon services and donuts, thanks Randi and CoeLen. Then we gave away the bikes! It's always cool to see how excited the kids are to win, but even better is that the 6th grader who won already had a bike and so she gave it to someone else. Funny story though, that girl had one too, so then we had to find a third girl to give it. Proof that there are a lot of good kids out there. After I got to reward the whole school with donuts, which the kids LOVE! So that closes the book on another successful year of reading... oh ya, our total was over 1.6 million minutes!

13

New clothes that he actually asked for and picked out.

We officially have a teenager... and boy he really is proving that at 13 they lose their brains, hopefully his will return before 18. Sam enjoyed a day of birthday greetings and if you didn't know it was his birthday he let you know. Sam didn't have too many wants for his birthday, but one was a barbque, so we had the family over. He also got Little Big Planet 2, yahoo! a Darth Vader golf club cover, golf camp registration and AXE deodorant for the VanT's.

13 things that make Sam great

1. He gets along with everyone.
2. He still likes his mom.
3. He can eat and eat and eat, and will try pretty much anything.
4. He is a great student.
5. He is a great Scout.
6. He is learning so much in Young Men's and Sunday School and his testimony is growing.
7. Even though he fights with his sister, he is also her best friend.
8. He mows the lawn, even though he grumbles the whole time.
9. He's sexy, just ask him.
10. He is a romantic fool and would love to cuddle!!!

Sexy tie, for sexy tie day.
"Lisa, get out of my bubble"

Lizzie Anne's Crafts...

Elisabeth has been crafting away to earn money!
Check out her blog and see her stuff
lizzieannesadventure.blogspot.com