Class Picks and The Show!

Yesterday was a busy day around here. 

D had no school since they were going over class picks for the 2014-2015 school year and this is what we got:

Pre- AP English

Advanced Math

Science

Social Studies

GT

Fitness Concepts 

Keyboarding

Advisory 7

and 

Advanced Band

No we wait for the final word and final schedules for classes in August at the open house...

This next year will be here last year at the Middles School as we get ready to Embark on the fun of the 3 girls all in different schools but more on that much later... 

:)

After we picked classes we headed to the high school for the Variety Show 

It was it's Silver Anniversary for our Music Teacher who puts this show together every year and it was wonderful.

Also they announced that the Principle would be retiring after this year and she went out with a bang with her co workers (teachers) doing a dance number to the popular song

"What Does the Fox Say?"

If you follow my on Facebook or Instagram I am sure you saw the video last night.

If not you can see the teachers dance away here

The reason we went to the show though was for my middle girl Lo who did a group song "What I Am" by Will. I. Am

You can see her videos here and here 

Huge thank you to my dear friend Tracy who met me there to support my girl

Lo admitted she almost threw up on stage (it was her first time) 

I told her not to worry I would have still claimed her :) 

All the acts were amazing and the girls love going to it every year. I can't wait til next years as it will be Lo's last year there in Elementary School 

Where has the time gone?

Anyways today I am headed to the Big City to finish up aka start on this party stuff for tomorrow! 

Wish me luck!
Be sure to come by and see how we managed...

(FREAKING OUT)  

The Show Must Go On

Tonight is the annual Elementary Variety Show where the kids with a creative spirit sign up and put together an act. 

Some acts are of groups, some solos, some instruments and much more!

Last year my youngest did a group act with Kindergarten and this year my 4th grader will be on stage with some of the other 4th graders in her school to sing a song.

Last night I took her to rehearsal and from the first 10 acts I saw it will be an interesting show. 

There are 30 acts this year and after I take the Middle School-er to class to night to sign up for her 2014-2015 classes I will lug I mean drag treat the oldest, youngest and my little M (the 7 year old I keep)

to the annual school event.

This year is a HUGE year as we celebrate 25 years of the music teacher putting this wonderful event together for the school and this will be the last year our school principle will be with us before retiring! 

So many milestones in 2014 already and we are only in March! 

Where does the time go?

I am excited to see what classes we get fro the next school year and to see how hard these kids hard work pays off at the show tonight! 

Until then it is house cleaning and homework for this mamma. I have a birthday party this weekend! EEKK

While We Were Away: An Unexpected Extended Weekend Recap

This weekend was to be low key and to the point nothing exciting except getting things ready for the birthday party on Saturday aka clean house and do laundry. We were however expecting some wintry mixed weather Saturday night so we spent the beautiful day Saturday in the sun and at the park! 

The kids (even the hubby) LOVE the park and they got to spend several hours there. We knew we would get rain and the possibilities of sleet was kinds of high so we wanted to try and make up for them being stuck indoors the following day.

That night the hubby and I had our lame "parent" date with some SoA and quiet time...

Sunday was FULL of rain and COLD weather and once it got dark the "fun" began with sleet hitting us..

We went to bed with preparation of power outages, extra blankets on stand by, flashlights prepped, and the readiness to move the girls into a warmer room. Though we never did loose power we woke up to this...

We never got above freezing that day and school was cancelled Monday due to road conditions, we felt like 4 degrees when I awoke and I came to the conclusion that this So Cal girl is SO over winter!

The hubby tried to go into work but was unable to so we were all home for the day...

We were exited to see things melt some but after a weather statement from the Weather Channel we knew it was only a matter of time before the schools would be cancelled again.....

Have I ever mentioned that I hate when I am right....

Tuesday school was a no go again...

We have had 5 days cancelled due to snow and ice and though it is not bad compared to other places it is rare for us to be effected this bad. 

On top of that this is the week prior to our oldest bday party which means I have lost 2 days for getting my shit  act together to pull this party off without a fault.

Also this week we have the elementary's "variety show" and we were to have rehearsals and the show already so things go pushed back some as we do the rehearsals tonight and the show tomorrow.

Also this week the Middle School is out one day for the class picks for the 2014-2015 school year. Which you know what that means...

Another day lost to planning the party because birthday girl will be home with me... 

Fan- FREAKING- tastic!

Never a dull moment. I swear :)

I hope you all had a warm weekend and I can not wait to show you how the rest of our week pans out! 

The weather is still showing a chance of more snow tonight and into the morning so if you hear me scream I do apologize now... 

Operation Brace Face: Phase 8

This morning it dawned on me that we have almost reached our year anniversary with Operation Brace Face! 

It is so hard to believe that a year has gone by so quickly so for fun here is a quick pic recap:

Amazing right!

This trip was planned for bracketing the last of her adult teeth but of course they are being stubborn and have not cam in yet, so we are scheduled again in 8 weeks... 

She did get the final wire on for her bottom teeth though and she did a color change and picked Green for the luck of the Irish :) 

(It boils down to St. Patrick's Day is  coming up and she doesn't want to be pinched...)

A year in and if they gave me the right time line at the initial appointment we are HALF WAY THROUGH! YAY!

and she hasn't even broken 1 bracket! 

(knock on wood) 

10 things I am obsessed with

Thought this would be a fun topic to cover today since we had a BORING Monday...

I wanted to share the 10 items I am obsessed with right now besides the obvious things like my kids, photography, my blogs, facebook, school, etc....

Please note that these are not in any particular order. :) 

SO here we go 10 things I am obsessed with ....

One:

 BK's Iced Coffee either in Vanilla or Caramel!

Granted I would prefer DD or Starbucks but BK is local for me and I can drop kids off at school swing through the drive thru and be back home in time to get my little Bray so it is a win win in my book.

And a little over $2 for a large is a okay in my book :) 

Two:

 Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Peppermint Crunch:

I don't eat a lot of ice cream these days but when I do I like to "treat" myself to something spectacular and since my favorite so far is the Ben and Jerry's Pumpkin Cheesecake which of course is seasonal I had to try this! But first I had to search for it!

Three:

 Do I dare say that I am stuck in the twilight zone with this game!

I know a lot of people were ALL about this game and it is still the #1 downloaded FREE game in the Google Play store. 

Four:

 I love me some Mexican food so naturally I am a HUGE fan of queso! My favorite so far is from Moe's Southwest Grill but I hardly get to go there much anymore (the hubby is NOT a fan of Mexican food)

So I got some dare I say store bough queso and I have to say it does well for a quick Mexican fix... 

Five:

 An American Classic that all of our kids will be reading in school one day and I just had to check it our from the library to see what the fuss was all about. I am half way through the book ( I am not a slow reader but I only read 15-30 minutes a night right before bed) but I am very intrigued and look forward to reading time every night

Six:. 

 Of course this is a product that only the inked would use but after being introduced to it from our new tattoo artist I am won over! back in the day (about 13 years ago when I got my first taste of ink) I was recommend Tattoo Goo and honestly used it up until  my last tat for my birthday and I am afraid I will never go back to the goo! This stuff is amazing and we always keep some on hand to help with the old ink along with the new...

Seven:

 Let's be honest as a mom with 3 kids there is little time for pampering hair cut and color not to mention extra cash flow to do it so I improvise.. I have not cut my hair since the youngest was born though I do trim the ends myself once in a while and I dye my own hair... 

I love this color and kit!

Eight:

 Paint colors! Of course this is a HUGE thing right now as we are picking out colors and then the big debate on which room to start with and when we will have the time is almost a daily discussion in our house these days, I am still as excited as I was a week or two ago but at the same time I am ready to start the process because I know it will be a tiring one :) 

Nine:

 Good ol' fashioned Southern Sweet Tea. I am telling you I was missing out on this growing up in Cali! granted it is a southern tradition and almost blasphemy if you order unsweetened (unless you have a medical condition) here but it is something that I hate to say would miss if I ever moved away from the south...

TEN: 

I don't know if it is the color or the scent of this soap that makes me want to spend all day in the sink but I am LOVIN' this! Dial has come out with a Himalayan Pink Salt and Water Lily and needless to say it is a hit!

So there you have it.. some odd things yeah?

Today we med check for D and that is one appointment I honestly say I dread... 

Wish us luck! 

While we were out: Recap to our weekend

Another weekend has past and Monday has it us hard..

We HATE Mondays in this house it seems...

On Friday night the hubby and I FINALLY got to go get our Valentines gifts to each other 

(Since I had lack of planning for valentines night)

Our life saver and go to gal Tracy watched the girlies or us so we could go and do this....

 A new piece to my sleeve and a new reminder for the hubby... it means family and goes perfect for his patience reminder that is on his opposite wrist. 

We have to give a shout out to our shop here Anchor Tattoo and our amazing Artist Chad for the beautiful work yet again! He is amazing at what he does!

We were also surprised when we walked in tot he shop to see one of my sisters there getting a memorial tat for our grandfather who had passed away before I got to meet him.

Again a huge thanks to Chad for this wonderful piece of art work to help keep him in memory for her. 

Saturday was nothing special since the hubby was a work but  we did have BEAUTIFUL weather for a change and I locked the kids outdoors for the majority of the day as I "cleaned" house when I could pull myself away from the outdoors. 

Sunday we all went for a family walk (the hubby's idea) I am pretty sure all of us girls whined on the inside 75% of the walk... 

Then back home for some lunch and laundry (good combo right) 

After nap time for the hubby we went to the local Home Depot and Lowes to check out more paint colors!

 We are wanting to do Grey and Orange in the master room but can't decide on if the walls should be the orange or the grey.... 

 We have narrowed down the office to a grey distributed by Disney paints since it is also the guest room that my 7 year old little boy I keep sleeps in.

Disney has extra durable easy to wash paints which is just perfect for the office and the girls room in which we have changed the colors in there to this turquoise and orange combo.

As for the living room I want to do a nautical theme in there and we have a TON of browns in there now.. 

We are thinking these greens would off set the browns and with the art to go in there we can still do the nautical beach theme. 

One is called intoxication which of course HAD to be the one I chose... (yes he rolled his eyes)

Sunday also marked the 2 week count down til our oldest turns 12 and I have done NOTHING to get it started and planned... 

(Mommy of the year award right here! Right?) 

I hope you all had an amazing weekend and got to enjoy some warmer weather. We are back to colder days and nights this week and needless to say we are all over winter....

Painting the Roses.... I mean rooms :)

As you all have heard I am in the zone of cleaning out and refreshing our home. When I got the idea to swap rooms I got the brainstorm to paint BUT we rent. Needless to say I let the idea leave my mind for a week or two until I got the balls enough to ask the landlord.

(my grandma always told me there was no such thing as a stupid question)

After 24 hours of calling them (seemed longer though.... WHAT?! I was anxious)

I got a return call with my answer...

We were given then a okay to paint anything that was already painted so this means everything bu the doors to the room and the floors... ;) EEEKKK

Before getting the girls yesterday from school I RAN almost literally to the Wal-Mart down the road and started snatching colors that I had in mind for room off hand...

When the hubby got home (he is so UNEXCITED) we sat down and got a few rooms narrowed down already

The girls room will be a Cool and Clear Turquoise to coordinate with the room make over ideas in mind. 

There has been mention how cute a Chevron accent wall would be in there room which is why there is the darker color to the right of the final pick for the kids. 

Yes I am a little scared but that is why there is you tube and Pinterest right? 

The bathroom will be a Stormy Day Grey to go with the industrial Black and White City-scape theme that we have in mind.

As for Cafe SJ (the kitchen) I really wanted to do a brown and a red accent wall BUT red is hard to cover and we have to repaint so I saw that beautiful rich Spicy Cinnamon color that I may still accent with a tan tone but I have not decided on the details.

As for the res of the rooms, we are still in the stages of picking colors for the living room, I think a light earthy beachy brown... he thinks it would be too much brown in there with the brown furniture but he has no other suggestions... (men) 

Our room will be a grey though we are unsure of the two colors which one we want to go with. 

We did decide on a grey and orange room 

(the orange can be changed out to re-freshen the room at any time) 

The office is still up in the air and I have NO idea what I want to do with that space... 

I am very excited to do this I think that the hubby is less so but I hope that these coats of paint will help us love our home even more :)