Abby's 5th Grade Promotion 2010

May 20th we celebrated Abby's promotion from 5th grade, Elementary school, to Middle School.  It was a nice ceremony and of course as usual, very hot.  Abby recieved Honor Roll, Citizenship, and Track awards.  We let her choose a place to eat afterwards and she chose Soup Plantation.  It is hard to believe I have one child, my baby, left in elementary.  Only two years and we will be doing this day again.  CRAZY!

The Family

Me, Dave and Abby...middle school here

comes Abby!

Waiting for the ceremony to begin..

 Abby and Ms. Magee..her 5th Grade Teacher.

Abby made Honor Roll again this Trimester.  We were

very proud of her.

Abby, Taylor and Alyssa..BFF'S

Abby and Keira

Abby and Alyssa

                  Abby and Dr. Pilgren, the principal of Solorio Elementary.

Abby's 5th End of the Year Activities 2010!

This year Abby was chosen through tryouts to be on the 5th Grade Track Team.  She was really excited to be part of the team.  All of the 5th grade teams in the district compete against each other in one big meet.  It was a really fun and HOT day.  Abby ran in the 100 yard dash.  She did well and placed 4th. 

Kaia (Cheerleader), Taylor (Soccer Player) and Abby (Cheerleader) all made the 5th grade track team..funny group of girls. 

Kiera is a friend from church.  She ran in the first

race which was the 50 yard dash. 

The 5th grade class also went to Castlepark this year instead of Knott's Berry farm for their field trip.  I went as a chaperone.  This picture was taken right before we got on the Fireball.  Notice we had 9 kids in our group and only 5 wanted to go plus me...It is a big ring that goes back and forth getting higher and higher until it goes all the way around in a circle many times...I about lost my cookie half way through.  Needless to say that was my first and last ride of the day.  Rides and spinning do not go well for me!  We still had a great time and Abby didn't slow down once.  She definately DID NOT get my stomach. We did however have about 4 kids puke that day.   

Abby and Taylor..BFF'S

The last day of school the 5th graders had a BBQ at the park.  I also went to that as a helper and left work early.  It was a beautiful day.  The kids had fun being together and hanging out one more time.

Taylor, Alyssa and Abby..BFF'S

18th Anniversary and Mother's Day..2010

This year Dave and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary.  Hard to believe it has gone so quickly.  Before long we will celebrate our 20th...gotta start planning for that one now!  Dave took me out to Flemmings..a fantastic, yummy restaurant.  Let's put it this way, they also own Ruth Cris.  The food and service was terrific. In fact I think we were wished Happy Anniversary from the moment we stepped into the restaurant by the front host, waiter, mater'd, and bus boy...It was nice.  The following week we celebrated Mother's Day.  We went out to dinner with the girls and saw Iron Man 2.  The girls (and Dave) bought me a beautiful sterling silver bracelet as a gift with flowers.  I feel horrible that Dave get's hit so hard in May..Mom I know you know how I feel.  Dad, you can relate too!  Now we are gearing up for my birthday.I know, it all just keeps coming!

Olimpia SC Girls

My Olimpia SC girls.  This was taken after Amber's indoor game, hence the red face like her mom.  The girls have been playing indoor all Spring which they love, and it's really fun to watch.  They both have a tournament in a few weeks.  It will be Amber's first on a club level.  We are excited and gearing up for it.  When Amber was fitted for her uniform back in February she was asked, "What number would you like to be?"  Her reply, "97, just like my sister!"  How cute, isn't it? 

Part of the team before a tourney in February. 

Las Vegas..April 2010

In April we traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada for Abby's big cheer competition, Nationals.  We had a great time there. Midgets took 1st, Pee Wee took 3rd, Mighty Mites took 1st and Dance took 1st.  (Abby is on the first two teams).  CSA took the Master Grand Champion Award however which is huge!  They only gave out two that day.  This is a combination of all places, parent participation, spirit, and individual competitions like the stunt down.  We later had a BBQ at the coaches timeshare and swam.  The teams really worked hard to do well and they pulled it off!  That weekend was also Baker to Vegas, a police relay run.  We joined most of the guys in Dave's unit and their wives for Dinner on Friday night..Sorry no pics.  We hit the roulette tables until our luck ran out.  It was a good time.  Sunday we took off to St. George and visited Grandma and Uncle Allen and Aunt Linda.  It was a busy, but FUN weekend.

Me and Tracie..Cheer Moms...Alex and Becky, Melissa's parents.

Part of the cheer gang at a BBQ after the Las Vegas Nationals.

So we woke up on Sunday morning after the competition all weekend and decided to drive another 2 hours to St. George to visit Grandma.  We had a great visit.  We went to lunch and then came back to the house to get ready to see Bobby, Mike and some of the kids.  The girls decided they wanted to plant Grandma's Easter Lilly so they did.  It was a really nice visit and a beautiful day.  The girls love seeing their Grandma Grace.  It had been a while since we had been there to visit.  We were glad we did!

Easter 2010

The girls had fun waking up to their Easter baskets...Ashlyn I think would of

liked to have stayed in bed a little longer..

The Gang after the BIG EASTER EGG hunt! 

Ashlyn, Abby, Amber, Hannah, and Grant.

This year for Easter we enjoyed General Conference and had Adrianne, Stuart and the kids come up.  It was a really fun day.  The kids enjoyed hunting for Easter eggs and Grant was digging the candy!  Of course it was little Claire's first Easter too.  This was the last time we saw them...they have now moved to Kentucky.  I guess we will have to make a trip back to horse country!  Oh, since it was General Conference that day, I don't have any cute pictures of the girls in their Easter dresses...one tradition that was different this year.