Carowinds

We had a nice trip to Charlotte.  While we were there we went to the Carowinds, an amusement park.  Half of the park is in North Carolina and the other half is in South Carolina.  I tried explaining it to Kayla, but she didn't understand.  I thought that after she saw this sign so would get it, but it still was no use.  She told me that there was no such thing as a state line.  Oh well!

Go Fresno State Bulldogs!!!!!!!!!!

This is not only for my husband, who is a Fresno State grad, but for our family who considers Clovis home.  We were so pumped watching and cheering for the Bulldogs Baseball Team.  It was especially great knowing that the news here in North Carolina had to report that our Bulldogs knocked them out and prevented them from going to the World Series.  We stayed up late watching Fresno State play Georgia.  There was some intense moments when I thought Chris was going to have a heart attack.  But, Fresno State played great, and won!!!!!  

Lake Norman

Yesterday, after driving to Charlotte, we went to Lake Norman and had a picnic dinner.  Kayla and Austin had fun playing around and getting all wet.    

There was a little park there and Kayla did something she hasn't done in a year and a half - go on the monkey bars.  She broke her arm and dislocated her elbow at school by trying to skip three bars and has been scared to go on them since.  But, she finally got over it, and decided to try it again.  

Hello from Charlotte

Chris came home from the field a couple of days early because he is going to be going to Airborne school (finally) and wanted to take some leave before he goes since he'll be leaving to go to Fort Polk for a month right after Airborne school.  So, we took an impromptu trip to Charlotte and are visiting my grandparents for a few days.  

Kayla's Bangs!

Yesterday, I was showing Kayla and Austin pictures of me when I was a kid. After seeing pictures of me as a little girl with bangs, Kayla informed me that she wanted bangs. I was hesitant at first, but decided, "why not?" This morning I got the scissors out and cut them. At first I didn't really like them, but they are growing on me and I'm starting to think they look really cute. Thank goodness Chris is gone this week. I know he wouldn't go for it!

Kayla's Last Day of School

I know that's it's been a while since my last post.  Our internet went down.  It makes me wonder how I got through life before.

Last week was Kayla's last day of school.  They had an awards ceremony a few days before that. Kayla got some awards for her reading.  It was fun going to it.

This is Kayla on her last day of school.  I can't believe how fast she is growing up!  She gets up and ready for school all by herself.  On top of that, since I am NOT a morning person at all, she sometimes comes in my room to wake me up to make sure that she won't be late for school.  I know, it's really pathetic on my part!  After I picked her up on her last day of school, we went to Baskin Robins for our traditional last day of school ice-cream.  I'm so proud of you, Kayla!

Kayla's Report

Last week when I picked up Kayla from school, the teacher's assistant told me that Kayla did a really good job on her presentation.  I was very surprised because I had no idea what he was talking about.  I turned to Kayla and asked her about this presentation she gave in class.  She then told me that she went up in front of the class and read the report that she did on cats.  That was a good explanation except for the fact I didn't know she had done a report on cats.  I asked her if she had a report that was due that I didn't know about.  She told that she had checked out a book at the library about all the different kinds of cats, like lions and tigers, and thought it was interesting.  She asked her teacher if she could use some class time to write a report about what she had read.  When we got home I asked her if she would read me her report.  I was amazed that this report was 7 pages long and included illustrations that she drew.  What amazed me more is that she wanted to do for herself and she did it all by herself!  Not bad for a second grader. 

Here is some of her report.  You can't read it that well, but it gives you an idea of her work.