Gymnastics Superstars!!!

This was so much fun!!! A group of us went to The Gymnastics Superstars show at the Rose Garden. All of the girls had so much fun and got to see their favorite Olympic Gymnasts all together performing all of their events to music. Because we bought tickets through Hannah's gym, we were able to go early and to a Q&A with the gymnasts. Passes were handed out for after the show, but alas no one we know of was lucky enough to get one. Regardless, the VEGA girls had a blast and so did the parents. Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liuken and all of the rest of the US team was fabulous, but let me tell you...men's gymnastics is completely underated!!! Those guys were amazing to watch. A fun time was had by all.

How fun is this!!!!

A penguin on the car.
We are the Prune Hill Penguins

Above a shelf in Hannah's
newly redecorated room
photos of that coming soon.
A dragon in Zakk's room


If you have not heard of or tried Uppercase Living, you need to!! This is so fun and so easy. It can dress up the most boring wall!!! These are just a few things I have done. I have a couple of more that I will post pictures of as well. Here is her website. I will be having a demonstration soon!!! Here is a link to her websitehttp://andream.uppercaseliving.net/Products.m

September Recap

Wow!! September has been so busy and gone by so quick. I just realized I haven't updated for the whole month.

School started, which for me is always a little sad. I so love having my little munchkins home. They are fun to hang out with, plus they do chores for me:) Hannah started 4th grade and is thrilled with her teacher this year. Mrs. Cameron is AWESOME!! is what I have heard all month. She lets the kids eat lunch in the classroom every Friday.

Zakk started 6th grade, middle school. YIKES!!!! He has to be up by 6:30 every morning because school starts at 7:45. He is loving it!!! He seems to have a good team of teacher's. It is a little difficult for me to not be able to just stop in for lunch or to see if his teachers need anything. His highlight(typical boy) is lunch. They have a little food court and he can pretty much get whatever. Silly me thinking the $50 I put in is lunch account would last a month. I have already added to it twice. Me thinks it's time to start talking about a budget!!!!

Hannah has been having a blast in gymnastics as usual and is excited to start her level 5 season. has been working so hard lately and is loving learning her new routines. She is going with some gymnastics buddies to the Gymnastics Superstars this weekend at the Rose Garden. She will see all the women and men from the Olympics. This is beyond cool for her.

I am thrilled for Zakk because an unexpected opportunity that has come his way. A friend of mine read an article about Liberty Middle School starting a Lego Robotics Club. Anyone who knows Zakk knows he LOVES Legos. His dream job is to work for Lego Land in San Diego and design things for them. He can come up with some cool things. The only problem is Zakk goes to Skyridge Middle School. No Lego club there. I e-mailed the principal of Liberty asking her about it and she invited Zakk to come and join. I was shocked. He is beyond thrilled. After that, they also got in contact with Skyridge to let them know about it and invite other kids if they are interested. The kids can then move on to CHS and join their Robotics Club. Yay for Zakk!!!!

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Fave 5 this week!

I saw this on another blog and thought it would be fun. It is supposed to be your Fave 5 on Friday, but I was too busy yesterday. Name your favorite 5 things from the week. It can be anything that has made you smile, brought you joy in some way. For fun I asked the kidlets what their 5 were as well.

My list:

1.These 2 are just the best!
I love them so much and
every day they bring me
so much joy!!

2.http://andream.uppercaseliving.net/Home.m
I went to this open house and ordered
some fun things and I can't wait to get
them! It's fun and a bit addicting.

3. With a traveling hubby and working,
I have been a little tired. A friend has
had us over for dinner twice this week.
Taco soup was yummy. The grilled tuna
with fruit salsa was to DIE for

4.Hannah got her teacher assignment
yesterday and it made me happy to see
her so happy. I even overheard her talking
to a friend about how "awesome" it was
going to be!

5.http://www.gymnasticssuperstars.com/
We got tickets to this. It should be fun!

Here is Zakk's list

1. I got to go to my Dad's office and it was pretty cool.

2.http://bionicle.lego.com/en-US/default.aspx?domainredir=bionicle.com
I got a new one of these

3.I had a job this week. Feeding a friends cats and fish and also watering their plants.

4.I got to hang out with a friend this week and go to lunch

5. The Avatar Movie

Here is Hannah's list

1.I got all my school supplies and made
a really cool cover for my binder

2.I saw Shawn Johnson win a gold medal on the balance beam

3.I had a fun play date with friends

4.http://www.tamagotchi.com/ I have two of them.
They connect together and "play". Mine got married
(Mom is not getting it)

5. We had to give my Mom's friend some tickets. She is a teacher
so we got to go in the school early, before it starts:)

So there you have it. Our favorite things for the week. Here's hoping next week is just as exciting.

Summer wrap up!

Wow! This summer seems to have flown by! I think I say that every year though. I have loved every minute of hanging out with my family. Rick's new job is coming along. He has traveled some, golfed a bit and even saw the Mall of America. Hannah and I are so jealous! Zakk has had a wonderful time being with friends, swimming, and going to camp. He has joined Rick once or twice for golf. Hannah has had too many sleep overs to count including a two night one at the beach with 5 other little girls! She has grown up a lot this summer it seems. As always, she has had a great summer with gymnastics and has learned so many new things and made a few new friends. Me, well, I have done a ton of organizing, and still have more to go. I am hoping to have gone thru every room in the house by the end of Sept.

With summer winding down, it's now time to think about going back to school. I feel a bit behind as I have not bought any school supplies other than back packs! I know those darn pink erasers are all going to be gone!!! I could buy the pre-packaged ones they sell at school, but how boring is that????

The kids are ready to go back. Hannah misses school a lot, but she has really missed her teacher this summer and is excited to say hello. She is looking forward to getting her teacher letter in the mail and finding out who she has. It's always a big mystery:) As far as Zakk goes, well, the whole middle school thing is a big mystery...to him and us. We have no idea what to expect, but he is super excited!!!

I will leave you all with photo highlights of our summer. As for us, we are going to soak up what is left of summer and enjoy every minute of it!!! We hope you all do the same!