June 2015 updates

6/30 - Landon was still gone at Webelos camp so I came home a little early so Kasey and I could watch the Little Mermaid.  She's funny - she was kind of yelling at the bad parts and clapping when they got married at the end.  Fun!

6/28 - We had a fun day.  Greg drove Landon to Webelos camp - this first overnight camp away from us.  He was going with 3 other boys from our Den and a few others from our Pack.  They got there Sunday mid day and stayed until Wednesday morning.

I had planned for 22 ladies from various groups to go see Dirty Dancing the Musical.  We met at Taco Joint for a quick lunch and headed down.  We got a few pictures and headed in.  The performance was pretty good.  Few parts I didn't like, and the lead guy was a great dancer but not a great actor.  Other than that it was a lot of fun!

6/27 - We mainly hung out, and then went to Landon's soccer game at 4:30pm.  FC Knights won their first game and played really well.  Landon had a few assists and played well.

6/26 - I got back from a trip - I traveled to Phoenix and then to North Dakota and Minnesota.  I spent a lot of time traveling.  I got back Friday late afternoon, Grammy and Gramps picked me up and took me home.  I changed into bathing suit and headed straight to girl scout troop summer swim party.  Kids had fun in the water for a while.  Then it started lightning and thunder some.  We got kids out of pool and had some cake.  We wouldn't let kids back in yet.  So they went to play at the playground. 

One of the kids got stung by a wasp so we ended up calling the party a little early.   Greg had gone to watch Women's World Cup and then FC Dallas game.  Kids and I watched end of US game when we got home.

6/21 - Fathers Day - Patch woke me up a few times between 6-7.  Then Kasey woke me up saying she slept until 9:24am. She was excited and Greg and I were glad to sleep in too.   We got up and got ready.  We had lunch at Ten 50 BBQ with both of our dads.  Good food and low key which was fun.   We came home and basically hung out in the afternoon.  We got up about 5pm and headed to Roman Cucina which is good Italian food.  To finish off the day we got some dessert and Pacuigo.   I think Greg had good fathers day and home our dads did too.

6/20 - started out the day with soccer.  FC Knights played hard, but lost 5 to 3.  It should have been 4 to 4, but not great refs.   After that Kasey and I went to her friend Lucy's birthday party.  It was at Allen Community Ice Rink.  Kasey had never gone ice skating before but she did great.  She stayed along wall for most of the time, but by the end she was going out in the middle on her own.  She really liked it and asked if she could do the same thing for her birthday.   Fun idea.

That night we had neighborhood party.   Always a good time where we get food, drinks and kids can run around and play.

6/19 - We had a good busy week.  Kasey had Twilight camp every night til 10pm.  Landon had camp invention (for gifted and talented kids) during the day and Twilight Camp at night.  Because of some weather his Twilight was cancelled for 2 days.  The kids had fun.   I enjoyed being a leader at Eagles Nest Twilight camp.  It was fun leading 4th graders, and neat to see Kasey in that environment enjoying herself and being independent.

During the week the older girls I was with got to cook with fire and cut things with knives, light matches, climb rock wall, walk across rope bridge, shoot arrows in archery, get wet, go through maze and scavenger hunt.   They also got to dunk me in dunking tank - Kasey got to watch too.   Very fun week.  Last day girls got to have snow cones, hot dogs and smores, face painting and then watch the movie Brave til midnight.

6/16 - Storm Bill is heading in but somehow didn't get to bad tonight.  Landon's Twilight was cancelled because of lightning, but mine and Kaseys happened.   My unit had cook night.  We made Spaghetti and Meatballs and Apple Cake.  The girls (most 9 years old) all got to strike a match, cut something, help cook prepare and help clean dishes.  They did great!  Kasey had a blast as well and I even got to see her a few times running, having fun and they came by to say hi.  Needless to say I have no problem getting my 10,000 steps in this week.

6/15 - We started Crazy week.  Landon has Camp invention at Norton from 9-3:30, then Twilight camp until about 9pm.  Kasey and I have Twilight camp from 6-10pm.  Greg is working and keeping all of us fed.   I am a leader at Eagles Nest Twilight Camp, and Kasey is camper.   We are having a great time.  I got to shoot a bow and arrow with my girls for the first time.  my unit has 8 4th graders so same age as Landon, but get to see Kasey some.  Kasey and Lucy are buddies and run around having a great time with their unit.

6/14 - We started with FC Knights game.  We played another club team so it was tough and kids lost, but they played hard.  Going to be a tough season.  Hopefully we get to play other Rec teams.
 Today was Kasey's Dance Recital.  We went to Elke's for lunch and then came home to get ready for the recital.  The boys had to put slacks on (neither of them wanted to).   We headed up there.  Grammy, Gramps, Grandma, Pops, Cindy, Carlos and the 4 of us were there.   We got some pictures of the family and went to get our seats.  Kasey got to sit with us  for a while because her dance was later in the Act.  I took her back to dressing room around 13th dance and then came back, got her flowers and went to watch her.  She did a good job and seemed to have fun.   She was done right before intermission.   Got her back.  She got flowers from us, Grammy/Gramps, Grandma/Pops and Cindy/Carlos.  We got picture of her with all the flowers and she was just glowing.  So proud of her.  She wanted to stay and watch the 2nd act.   Because of crazy schedules Landon and I left to spend a little time together.

We took all the flowers home, then headed to watters creek.  We went to little chocolate place Landon had iced hot chocolate and I had Chia Tea.  We sat outside (even though it was a little warm for me).   We asked each other questions.  He told me his favorite project in school was Poems he wrote for mothers day, he's still not happy that I wasn't there.  I'm bummed that I wasn't.  We decided to go for a walk.  There was a group that had dogs for adoptions so we went to check them out, and then walked around some more.

We went home and we all headed to dinner at Razoos.  Then we went to Baskin Robbins for a little celebration.  I love baskin robbins.  I got to have favorite flavors I had as a kid - Peanut Butter and Chocolate and Chocolate Mouse Royale.  Yum!

6/12 - Kasey is starting to sing along to music on radio.  So fun.  I love music a lot and it makes me smile to see and hear her enjoy it.    I ask her which songs she likes and we'll talk about ones we don't like.

I took a 1/2 day off work for Kasey's dance recital rehearsal.  We got her dressed and got a little make up on her.  In the car on the way there she had to go to the bathroom.  Kasey told me I didn't tell her to go potty before she got dressed.  I told he she didn't remind me :)

We got checked in, went potty and went to get a seat.  Kasey gets to watch several dances before going backstage.  She wanted to make sure we were counting the numbers so that we went back on time.  I took her back stage, we got a few pictures and then the moms went back to watch dress rehearsal.  The girls did a good job and was fun to watch them.

We ran home.  Kasey changed and we went to get our hair cut.  I got almost 4 inches off and Kasey got an inch cut off.   Greg and Landon went to dinner at Mi Cocina where several others were. Landon ended up going to Top Golf with friends and spending the night.

6/11 - Landon started piano lessons today.  He's starting at a different level than Kasey because he's older.   Of course its not fair and they want to see if each other can play the others music.  Should be interesting.

6/7 - Landon decided he wanted to hang out with Grammy and Gramps instead of going to A&M vs TCU game.  So Greg, Doug and I dropped kids off and headed to Fort Worth.  A&M won that game.  The boys stood along 1st baseline again.  I brought a chair and decided I'd rather sit in shade in 90+ degree weather.   Aggies did win so got tickets to Monday game.  Ended up with schedule that just Greg and Doug went.

6/6 - We started the day at Landon's indoor soccer game.  We have a team of 6 girls and 8 boys who play soccer on different teams.  When we got there we found out that we play 7 + Goalie, and that the league is combined rec, competitive and club teams.  We played a club team so it was tough.  The team played really tough but lost by multiple goals.

After the game Kasey went home with Grandma and Pops.  Landon, Greg, Doug and I headed to Fort Worth to watch A&M and TCU play in super regional.   We first went to 3rd base line, but the wall was taller than Landon so he couldn't see.  We ran across the stadium to try and find some shade.  We sat in a little spot under bushes at the end of first baseline in outfield.  At least it was cooler.  Landon wanted to go exploring a few times.  I showed him how to call Greg on my phone and gave him my phone and wallet to go get a snack.  A&M didn't win....

6/5 - Today was the last day of school.  Kids had a good day.  AFter school kids had gone to pool with Greg and several friends.     I grabbed burgers on the way home.  We ate and headed to Montgomery Farm First Friday to hang out and visit with friends and let the kids play

6/4 - I worked all morning and went up to Landons end of year parfy at the park and pavilion.  Kids go to have popcorn bag with a few fun topings and sugar drink. They also had rice crispy treats and a few other things. They played nukem on volleyball coart and sat in shade on playground to eat snacks.  Kasey wore a fun shirt Grammy got her saying she was Norton kindergarten graduate.  She wore it to school to have friends sign it.

They had fun.  Greg went to get Kasey and we headed out.  Kasey and I had a little shopping to do for twilight camp.  Landon and Daddy went home.

That night we had a playoff baseball game.  The boys played hard.  Landon caught a fly ball in center field, got a hit/RBI, ended up stealing home, helped get a few balls from outfield to stop runnings

6/3 - Today was Kasey's Kindergarten program.  The whole grade sang 3 songs which were fun.  Kasey also had a speaking opportunity to say a sentence about volunteers - Greg and I both got our names on the list for volunteering.  She did a great job.  Grammy, Grandma & Pops, Greg and I were there.  Greg was sick, Gramps was sick.   We got a few pictures with Mrs Savitch and a few friends including a few of the daisy troop.

That afternoon was the kindergarten Party at the park and Pavilion.   Kids got to have pizza, ice cycles, chips/fruit and fun new water bottles.  The kids enjoyed running around to have fun.  Of course Kasey wanted to play with friends in the sand.  She had a good time  I had to leave a little early for all afternoon meeting

6/2 - Today was field day.  Greg was able to go up to school.  Kasey played on the water slide pretty much the whole time.  Landon didn't want to have much to do with Greg so he left a little early to have lunch with another dad.

6/1 - Landon had first game of baseball tournament.  Yankees won 10 to 4.  Landon got a hit, RBI, Caught fly ball at 3rd base, stole home, and got hit by ball.  Good game yankees!