Shyanne's 7th Birthday

Well it isn't her birthday yet, that will take place on Wednesday and the great mother that I am decided to have a cake and the neighbor kids over. We also gave her the present she has been asking for all summer. Rock Band for Wii. We set it up in the game room and let all the kids play in the band. On Wednesday we will take her to dinner.

OK am I like all the other Americans: not getting enough sleep because of these olympic games. I'm so proud of our athletes especially Michael Phelps and Nastia Lukin. They are amazing and make me very nervous to watch. Hopefully I will get some sleep this week. I'm not in to track and field as much so I can go to be early.

Shyanne's First Dance Class

Well Shyanne loved her new dance classes. She will spend every Monday from 5-7 pm at the studio with the same teacher. She loved Hip hop and I knew she would. There were 5 girls in her first class and she was the only one for her 1.5 combination class. So boy was I excited to hear that she got a private lesson. She can't wait for her new shoes. She has been practicing all of her moves since she got home. I'm so proud of her!

She's Famous!

Shyanne made the paper (well her daddy put her in it). I just signed Shyanne up for another year of dance at Dana's Studio in Keller. She wanted to take hip hop soooo bad. So she is. She will be taking hip hop, ballet, tap and jazz on Monday nights from 5-7. That is a great time for mommy to run errands like WalMart and Target. She has moved up to the next level and now gets to wear hunter green leotards and her favorite botty shorts for hip hop.

I'm done!

ok I'm done with all my school clothes shopping for Shyanne anyways.... Now I just have to find a pair of Nikes for me.... Enjoy her fashion show.

It's Hot out here!

Yes yesterday we hit a record high in DFW: 107. and believe me it felt like it. We spent the rest of the afternoon floating in the pool. You couldn't stand to be outside without being in the water. Even the water was starting to get warm like a bath.

4 days until the opening ceremony of the Olypmics...... I can't wait. Go USA!

Yesterday's sermon was the first part of a series on Parenting 101. It was pretty good and hit home on several points. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series in hope that I will learn somethings to make me a better parent.

This is my last week off.

Summer is over

Well I can't believe that I'm about to say this but my summer is over. I have one more week off. Lightning Dancers start back on Aug. 11 which means I'm back to school everyday instead of 2 days a week for 2 hours like I've been doing. Teacher in-service starts on Aug. 18th and the first day of my 08-09 year starts on Aug. 25th. Ok, where did the summer go? Is it because I'm getting older and time goes by faster? I'm looking forward to getting back to school, being with my students and having a regular routine every day. This is going to be a great school year.
I still can't believe that Shyanne is going to be a 2nd grader. She is growing up so fast. We are going shopping for school clothes next week so I'll post pictures of her fashion show.

Shyanne and I spent last Saturday night watching the Hannah Montana Best of Both Worlds concert in 3D. The was an experience. It was just like the real concert except I was on my couch and had on these goffy glasses. Shyanne loved it of course.

My laptop crashed after 5 years. Luckily Best Buy had the Dell I wanted on sale. But going from XP to Vista is a little scary. This new computer is awesome.

We went to Havest Baptist Church on Sunday as a family. We got Shyanne in a Sunday school class and Jeff and I went to a couples class. We spent the rest of the day at Jim and Kelly's watching the NASCAR race floating in their pool. Jim connected their 35" flat screen outside and we all had a great and relaxing time in 104 degree weather.

Now the best part of this post is that Shyanne woke up this morning with her very first pimple. It is on the side of her nose and so cute. She thinks it hurts and probably does but I'm laughing at age 7 (almost) she is asking for my zit medicine..... she is growing up!

Today Shyanne and I are having lunch with a high school friend of mine (20 years later). Melanie, her husband and 3 kids live right here in Southlake. We are going to meet at Cafe Express in Southlake Town Center. I can't wait to catch up with her or at least try over lunch. It still amazes me how much we have all grown in the past 20 years.

omg
sea world was so much fun. When the dolphins flipped they looked like they were fake dolphins. mommy got me a shamu and t-shirt. It was so hot there that I almost fainted. Our hotel room was weird because the bathroom was leaning. Isn't that weird....

I can't wait for HSM3, the senior year. It looks great. It comes to the movies on Oct. 24th. Sharpe' looks different.

For my birthday I want Rock Band for Wii.

I can win alot of things like a Hannah Montana electric guitar, a signed red DS, an LG phone. I just filled out several entry forms from my Tiger Beat magazine. I hope I win.

Have a great night.

Sea World

all Shyanne wanted for her birthday was a trip to Sea World. So she got it. We flew down on the first flight to San Antonio and were there when the park opened. We spent the entire day until closing enjoying all there was in Sea World.

My 4th was a Blast - literally

So the 4th of July 2008. All I can say is ouch.

Five families all got together and went to Brain and Melissa's for dinner and fireworks. Since we live in the county everyone in my neighborhood does fireworks. It is getting to the point to see who will outdo the next person. So we are sitting around the drive way having a great time and about an hour into it I get a surprise. I was leaning down out of my lawn chair to get something when all of the sudden I see the bright flash. and then felt it bummmmmm. Yes a firecracker went the wrong way landed in my chair and went off. I thought I was on fire and started running towards the grass screaming. However my chair was on fire. So my firecracker evening was pretty much over. My butt feels like a fire cracker exploded on it. Yes that means it hurts and this ice I'm sitting on feels pretty good...... I'm laughing now but wasn't then.

So Happy Birthday America. I had a blast!

Home Sweet Home

Shyanne was so happy to see mommy when I got back home.