5/31 - Another busy day. We started going to brunch at Bonnie Ruth - yum. Then we got ready with all drinks and Popsicles and we headed up to the pool for cub scout pack pool party! Kids were setting up forts, and using water guns. They were having a good time. Kasey and I had to leave a little early to get home and shower for Kasey's piano recital.
5/30 - We had a ton of rain for a few days so last baseball game was cancelled. We had end of season party instead. We met at Rudy's for breakfast and fun. Coach Jeff stood up and said something nice about all the boys. It was pretty special. The families thanked the coaches.
That evening we went to Rough Riders game with Cub Scouts.. The boys got to go on the field before the game, and then we had dinner and hung out in our seats. Kids had fun. Kasey and I left a little early to get her in bed earlier. The boys came home later. After I left the game Landon started tracking the hitting for each hitter in the game. Fun!
5/27 - Kids had higher education week - they wore college shirts (A&M), college hats, bright colors and sunglasses and tennis shoes. Kasey enjoyed dressed up some. Landon could really care less. Kasey was selected to have a speaking part in her Kindergarten program. Its a pretty hard sentence for her but she was able to memorize it in a day.
5/24 - We had Landon's family birthday party today. We had lunch at Uncle Julios which everyone likes. Then we headed back to house for some ice cream cake and presents. Landon picked to have ice cream cake over having Greg and I make something. He chose Cookie Dough ice cream, chocolate cake, and chocolate outside of cake with hershey kisses. Family got Landon Anki drive which he really wanted, cool circuit building (which he loved and by the end of the day had built an AM radio), 3D ball puzzle, Mindcraft lego and other fun things.
That afternoon we had girl scout meeting. Girls got their cookie sale awards, and got to make some fathers day gifts. Girls had fun!
5/22 - I worked up til lunch then came home since Landon's birthday party with friends was today. About 1:30 a thunderstorm came through. Pretty loud, shook the house. It went through pretty fast and was about done when we got the kids at 2:55. We all went home picked up stuff and headed back to park. We had joint birthday party with one of the girls in his grade (Sutton) who has a birthday the day after his and Landon has a crush on. We ended up with about 30 kids. They played nukem, played on playground, played basketball and just ran around some. Then we all walked to the pool. It was in the 60s - in May in Texas, Crazy. Almost all the kids jumped in the pool. We had some drama between boys and girls, between few boys. Overall they had a good time. Got wet, played outside, got some pizza, sugary drinks and some cookie cake. Everyone seemed to have a good time.
Kasey got to hang out with Chloe and have dinner. They had fun. She also got Knight of the week for the 3rd time this year. Pretty good :)
5/21 - Landon had baseball game even with rain. He got RBI and out at 3rd. Boys won bottom if inning 7 to 6
5/19 - Tonight Kasey and I went to parent/camper night for Twilight camp. Its Kasey's first year. I have a unit of 4th graders so it should be interesting.
5/17 - With Landon's party cancelled for potential weather of course the day was beautiful. Greg made French Toast for breakfast. Greg went to watch soccer with the boys, so kids and I went to Spazo for lunch. We shared some Alfredo and Stromboli. Then we had some chocolate moose and Creme Brulee for dessert - yum.
The kids and I went to the pool for a little while. They thought it was cold, but had some fun. That evening we went to Taco Joint for going away party for the Kearns family. We will miss them.
5/16 - From all the rain Friday we assumed that games would be cancelled. Baseball and all but 1 soccer field were closed. Landon got to play soccer. Bengals won 5 to 2. They played a good game. Landon had 3 assists, and 2 went in the goal as he says :)
That afternoon, Greg went to have a beer with Jason, Landon went to Mikes House. Kasey and I walked/rode bike some, met the new neighbor Brad and worked on her school project.
5/15 - After work we had school carnival. It threatened rain and morning had rained quite a bit. So they set up everything inside the school. Of course during the carnival it was clear outside. They had In-n-out burger truck come bring food to those that ordered. Several games for kids to play, cake walk, bounce houses in the gym. They also had Kona Ice which kids liked. Landon walked around most of the time with Sutton and Colin. He said today its the best time he had in his life. Hmm. Supposedly Landon and Colin have a crush on Sutton. Walking out found out that one of the boys down the street kissed Kasey. Growing up to fast.
We left the carnival to walk Colin home. We went by Crawfords house where some families having a few drinks. All the kids were in the pool in their clothes. Of course mine wanted to get in. Kasey borrowed a bathing suit and Landon asked and he jumped in with his clothes on. Kids had a great time. Was fun til it was time to leave and kids didn't want to get out of the pool.
We headed home and straight to bed. Of course it was past bed time.
5/14 - Greg was WatchDog today. I didn't have to many meetings so I worked from home. I went to Pie Five and got Pizzas and Salad for Landon, Greg and I to have lunch. Kasey's lunch is to early. We had a little early birthday lunch. We got to eat with Mike and Jason Dowdy.
That afternoon I took Kasey to dance because they were trying on costumes for her recital. Cute costumes but will require some pinning to keep them all together. Right after dance we went back home. Greg took me to Amy's as a few of us girls were going out for dinner and concert. We went to a little place called Medina Oven and Grill. Little Mediteranean place. It was cute. We got up front parking, sat outside. Good food. Then we headed to the concert. Nelly, TLC and New Kids on the Block. We were like teenagers again yelling and singing. Very fun concert. We danced a lot during Nelly. NKTOB was great. Mostly same songs we knew, same dances. Joey and Jordon had solos where they were mostly shirtless. Pretty hot.
We had a pretty easy walk back to car, and got out pretty quick.
5/10 - Fun Mothers Day. Didn't get to sleep in to much, but Greg made breakfast. Yummy scones from Fredel and cheese eggs. Kids gave me their hand made gifts - Landon made a pretty paper flower and they created a whole book of poems which was fun. Kasey made a picture frame that she colored many different colors and it had a picture of her that says I love you because you are sweet. She also made a few sheets filling out questions about me. I Love those!
We had lunch with Grammy, Gramps, Janice, Nanny, Buddy and Jody. Yummy Paesanos. Then Kasey, Mom, Janice and I went to see Steel Magnolias at Cinemark as part of classic series. Fun movie - lots of laughs but sad too. I think Kasey liked it some. Hopefully someday she'll want to watch girly movies with me :-)
5/9 - We woke up in time to call and check if games were rained out. They weren't rained out so we got up and got ready. Landon had soccer game at 9. Boys played hard, but lost. We were sitting on sidelines under umbrellas as it rained. At the end of the game Grammy and Gramps were taking Kasey and I to pick up my new glasses. As we left they cancelled games for the rest of the day. Grammy and Gramps took Kasey and I home then we went to get my new glasses. Kasey said I looked weird :)
That night Greg went to FC Dallas game. The week before Landon saw a preview for ET at school and decided he wanted to watch it. So we did. Kasey really didn't want to watch it, but watched the whole thing.
5/7 - What a day. I presented to 102 people in my class. Then I tried to get home. What a crazy day. I went to the airport. Had some clam chowder one more time. We got on plane, the pilot said prepare for take off. He started speeding up down the runway and when he was going pretty good speed, the pilot slammed on his breaks. I don't get scared often on an airplane but it was a bit scary. We had to go back to the gate, wait for maintenance to check everything including the breaks and tires. Several people got off to try to catch different flights. One guy got escorted by the flight attendant off the plane.
We finally took off, of course I missed my connection. Luckily I was upgraded to first so I had some wine. By the time I landed they had booked me on flight leaving a few hours later. They took several of us on a bus to different terminal. I grabbed a bite to eat a beer and waited. Then they came out and said our plane was broken but they had another one at a gate across the way. Needless to say we didn't leave on time. We finally took off, about 30 minutes before landing the pilot came on saying he was asking the flight attendants to sit down the rest of the flight because we were flying through weather.
Grammy and Gramps picked me up. By the time we got a little ways down the road it was pooring down rain,
very hard rain, little visibility. Greg met us at garage with an umbrella. I jumped out got my bags so they could go home. They made it home ok, but I'm sure was long drive. Needless to say I was glad to be home.
Landon and his class had a really cool mothers day tea. Since I was presenting at conference there's no way I could change my schedule
5/5 - I had a trip to Boston to visit customers and present at Embedded System conference. Landon had a make up soccer game tonight. Bengals lost the game, but Landon scored 2 goals. Of course I missed it :(
5/2 - Boys won in soccer. Landon had an assist which is good. They played hard. The boys won baseball as well. Landon got an out playing short. He also pitched, but had a tough time. He struck out and was pretty upset about it.
That night Greg and I went out with the Dowdys adults only. We had a nice dinner at Capitol Grill then went to have a drink afterwards. I think it was about 1am when we went to bed. Thanks to Grandma and Pops we got to sleep in some.
5/1 - I got to go with Landon's class on fieldtrip today. We went to Dallas Children's Theater and saw a play on Jackie Robinson. It was a good play kept most of the kids interest. There were a few language issues but overall good.
That evening we went to Montgomery Farms first Friday for some beer, pizza and let the kids run around and play. It was fun talking with friends and seeing all the kids play.