Hannah's Recital and Misc.

Did I mention that Chrissi and Kami took me out to dinner and pinkberry, and then we went to Target, bought a scrabble game, and played it at Barnes and Noble until they closed? In addition to babysitting my children on the actual day of my birthday so that Mark and I could go out alone! And THEN they ALSO threw me a surprise PARTY??? I seriously have the GREATEST friends EVER!!

Hannah finally performed in her highly anticipated dance recital! I was just lucky that she made it on time! We were racing to get her there a half an hour as requested, but, of course, I had read the time wrong. I thought the recital began at 6:30, when really it was six! We arrived at 6:05, and I was freaking out as I rushed her into the auditorium! Luckily, her dance was not until almost the end, so we were in the clear! Imagine missing her first dance recital! She would not have been pleased.

She danced beautifully, however! Our little actress! She had the sweetest expression on her face as she gracefully performed what she remembered of the dance! She and one of the other older girls were really the only ones dancing - it was still really cute!

Chase is growing bigger day by day - one minute he's crawling, and the next he is pulling himself to standing on the furinture! Today he started climbing up the stairs - YIKES - I had better child proof the home a little better!

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Not Again!

I keep telling myself that I am going to keep updating my blog on a weekly basis, but here it is an entire month since my last posting - YET AGAIN!

A lot has happened this month... Let's see... It was the last month of preschool, and we stayed busy with some very fun field trips. Tanaka farms was one of our favorite. We got a tour of the farm and tried lots of fresh veggies, and then we were able to pick strawberries to eat! Hannah loved it. Unfortunatley, I didn't have my camera for several events, so there won't be any pics of this activity until I gather them from friends!

We went to Utah earlier this month because Mark opened the PacSun at Southtowne Mall, so we were lucky enough to spend Mother's Day with our Mothers, and also talk to little missionary sister Laura over the phone. It was a good time, and it is always great to see the family. Mom and Dad bought me some birthday gifts while we were out there... a new nail drill was among them! Thank You!!!

WE finished up the last few weeks of preschool after we came home, and then Christina organized the cutest preschool "graduation". VERY CUTE. My 28th birthday also happened this month. Mark took me out to dinner, gave me a cute skirt and top, and then he and I went to Disneyland without the kids and did all of the "adult" rides. VERY FUN!!!

June 1st was the San Diego marathon which I have been training for over the last few months. My time was 4:08, and that beat the time of 4:38 that I got for the Top Of Utah marathon in Logan 2006! I was aiming for 3:50, but I just couldn't run very fast after the first 15 miles... I should have paced better! Next time! (assuming Mark will ever allow me to run another!)

The BEST part of the month - the suprise 80's themed birthday party my friends threw for me last night! TOTALLY AWESOME! We played games and rock band and they all pitched in for a sewing machine (I have been really wanting one)!!! THANKS AGAIN GIRLS!!!!

Where's my camara when I need it?

I am becoming terrible at taking pictures! Really, I need to take them more often! There have been so many fun things happening lately, and I haven't hand a camara handy to capture the moment! Luckily my good friend Christina always has hers, so hopefully I will post some of those pics soon! This is what I have! Isn't Chase adorable? And - I LOVE it when Hannah smiles for the camara!

At the Harbor

Judy was in town this weekend and we went down to Dana Point Harbor to have dinner. The food was great, and the scenery was unbelieveable! Thanks Nana!

Preschool Grocery stores

We put on a pretend grocery store for the kids to teach them about groery shopping and paying for groceries. It took place at the park. The kids shopped for their own lunches and purchased it with pretend money. I was the cashier!



Then... we took a field trip to the real grocery store where the manager took all the kids around the store and told them about each of the areas and isles. They got to take home some grocery items and a reusable grocery bag! It was fun for everyone!

Whale Watching

We went Whale Watching for a preschool field trip a couple of weeks ago! It was a fun boat ride, but the whales didn't want to show off for us. We barely saw a whale for a brief second, and I think all of the kids missed it! it was still a great activity, though. The kids liked being on the boat and eating lunch at the little snack bar aboard.





This photo is of chase and his little friend, Annette! she is about one and a half months younger, but apparently the same size! Looks like Chase has some catching up to do, but Mom isn't too sad because he still fits into his 3-6 month clothing at 7 1/2 months!