Shelly's Blog

Well, Jessica is now officially a member of the Junior Varsity Cheerleading squad. The school had their last pep rally and they introduced the new squad. They also had the old jv squad, which Brianna & Cailin are on, and they all got to do their special cheers and dances. I went to the school today and took a few pictures of the girls cheering. After that, both girls had birthday parties to attend in the evening. Glenn and I pretty much worked as a "tag" team to get everyone picked up on time. Now we're getting ready for Alyssa's Luau birthday party on Sunday afternoon.............it ought to be really fun!

Today is Alyssa's 8th birthday. We started out by waking up to NO electricity in the house. It didn't come back on until we were walking out of the door, so needless to say, I was pretty wilted by the time we left. I couldn't even see to do more than run a brush through my hair and apply some mascara. I met my Rosey Posey for lunch at school and we had Subway sandwiches and passed out cookies to celebrate. Alyssa and Maddy Holik joined us for lunch..........they are the cutest pair of sisters! They told me that their mom told them to tell me that they would be coming to the Luau party on Sunday, so I guess so far we have about 12 little girls and 4 big girls coming over.....It's going to be a BIG crowd! Tonight, Alyssa has told me that she would like to have dinner at PF Chang's so that ought to be fun. Alyssa had her oral book report today. She was to dress as her character of her book which was Jess, the American girl. She looked really cute in her braids and dres...

We just celebrated a whole weekend of Mother's Day. Saturday we got up early and got ready for the family photograph. It was a long process but I think the photographer MUST have gotten at least one good shot! Alyssa was tired by the end and put on her "pouty" face but I think it all turned out okay in the end.......at least I hope it did! Afterwards, we went to Donna's house for the BBQ............sat out by the pool, and had a Margarita or two. Glenn went out to see his mother out at Vicki's house in the afternoon but was home by 8:00 in the evening. Sunday, I got to sleep in a little later and woke up to the smells of breakfast cooking. I got up and the girls were setting the table and I had a beautiful bouqet of roses in the middle of it. I got to relax in the pool in the afternoon and then a little later, Jess and Alyssa scrubbed and massaged my hands and feet for me. What a wonderful way to spend Mother's Day!