Dad's Retirement Celebration

It was another great excuse to come to Page (Back Home!). My dad has finally after 40.5 years of teaching school. We had such a good weekend.

The behind the scenes are Always some of my favorite, here is where the memories are made. Around the table getting ready for the party.

Phoenix Trip (Thanks Veolia) Part 2

We took Karlee to Phoenix's Children's Museum and we all had such a good time. So much to do and so much imagination happening. We spent hours playing.

MESA TEMPLE VISIT

Karlee really wanted to see a Temple in Arizona so we took her to the Mesa Temple. It was so much fun to be together as a family on such a beautiful area.

Phoenix Trip (Thanks Veolia) Part 1

We went with Rob to Phoenix on a work trip for 10 days. The way the days worked out he only had to go to work 5 days (with the 3 day Labor Day weekend). So what does one do when the you find yourself in Phoenix ... you stay at a nice hotel and go to the Pool EVERYDAY!

We had such nice weather! We were still getting to enjoy a Phoenix spring with temperatures from the mid 90's with a few days of hotter temps reaching the 110. The hotel pool was so nice, and we pretty much had the pool to ourselves everyday. Karlee was in heaven. We spent an average of 4 hours a day swimming.

I am not much of a reader, but I decided that with not much planned as far as entertainment I'd bring with me a book that I had borrowed from Monica and started a year ago. It was a good book. I took a picture with my phone so I could send Monica proof that I FINALLY read her book.

Karlee got pretty good at swimming and her confidence level got a little bit stronger.

When we weren't out swimming and it was a bit too HOT outside we hung out in our hotel room playing. We brought some puzzles, school core workbooks, books, games, and lots of snacks!

Since we used this as a mini family vacation Rob and Karlee enjoyed yummy ice cream in bed. Honestly these two couldn't be more a like. She LOVES her dad and Rob LOVES his little Karlee. We had a nice big room with a King size bed, a sofa-bed that Karlee slept on. Here are some cute pics of Karlee while we hung out during the day.

To break up our days after we went swimming, and had spent as much time we could in our hotel room, Karlee and I would venture out and do some shopping. There were lots of fun shops close by and lots of places to eat out. We decided to have a ''Girls Day" and have lunch at Olive Garden (one of Karlee's favorite places).

We heard a popular summer hangout was Barnes & Noble Bookstore so we went there quite a few times. Karlee LOVED this place. We sat for hours looking at and reading books. Air Condition and Free Wi-Fi makes for a fun afternoon.

End of School Pics

Karlee finished Kindergarten! She had the best year with the BEST teacher. Mrs. Hyre is such an amazing teacher. She helped Karlee learn so much this year. Now its time to enjoy some time off and enjoy the Summer time!

Here are the 1st day pic with the last day pic.

Before (August 2013)

After (May 2014)

Teacher Appreciation Week

Teacher Appreciation week was a lot of fun this week - Mostly because we LOVE Karlee's teacher Mrs. Hyre! As one of the room moms I decorated the Mrs. Hyre's classroom door. Thanks to Pinterest, white electrical tape I put this together.

We put together a little thing for each day for Karlee to bring to her teacher. I didn't get a picture of all of them as I was scrambling to get them all done each day before school (not super smart!). 

Mrs. Hyre loves the color GREEN, loves SNICKERS so these were a couple of the yummy treats that Karlee gave her this week.

Karlee loved to bring the little treats to Mrs. Hyre to show her how much she has LOVED being in her class this year.

Night of Authors at Rose Springs

Karlee and I went to her schools Night of Authors. She was really excited to show me the book that she has been working on in class. Her book was the ABC's. 

Moab Weekend Trip / Mother's Day

We had such a fun weekend! Rob invited Karlee and I along for the ride and a free weekend down in Moab, UT. He was going down for work and all the employees (that wanted) were allowed to bring their families with them. We love coming along for the ride when Rob has work. 

So while Rob was off working we headed to the pool, along with some of the other wives and kids. We hung out there all day. The weather was perfect - nothing but SUN and Warmth. When Rob and the other co-workers got back from their 'hard' day of work we headed out to a super yummy dinner of steak & ribs! Yumm-o!!!!

Our weekend was wonderful we headed out Sunday morning for our drive home and stopped at Arches National Park before our long drive home. Just as we got to Arches it began to rain and this was no little rain so our plans of hiking Delicate Arche was out of the question. We did settle for walking through the Visitor Center and then a quick drive through the park.

The rain did stop while we drove through the park, however it was super muddy (RED mud) so we opted for pictures from the car. Until next time - Moab!

The ROCKS were just amazing!!! Too bad these pictures don't translate how Amazing the rocks & rain were.

One of the Super Cool Arches we could see from the road.


Mother's Day

Karlee made me some darling pictures for Mother's Day and all the thanks goes to my Amazing mom who helped put it together. I had a great day spending time with my lovely Karlee girl!  

 

Karlee made this at school in her Kindergarten class.