June 2010

Wow! June has flown by. With many exciting expectations for the month it's hard to believe it's already July. In June we celebrated Xander's final days of first grade. His academic success lies in reading where he has scored at a  2nd-3rd grade reading level the past 2 quarters. So proud of him! The final stages of our house was completed in June and we closed the 15th.  I am working p/t for the summer and Xander gets to be involved in a summer camp during days Chris and I work. He gets to play sports, take swimming lessons and do gymnastics. So far we haven't gone on any trips or hikes yet. The weather has been so rainy and cold - plus with moving and transitioning into a new routine has been eventful in itself. I look forward to posting pictures and updates of new adventures soon!

Family Day at The Ranch

Lost Tooth!

Xander FINALLY lost his top tooth after losing 4 of his bottom ones already. The other top tooth is barely hanging on.

Xander's Short Stories

#1  "My favorite place is my back yard. It has a big yard that I can play football the grass is shiny as an emerald.The spring water makes the grass shine like green glitter. This is the best place ever."

#2   "My favorite desert is chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. It's as cold as an ice cube. It's icy as a popsicle stick. The chocolate chips tastes like frecled chocolate. This is my favorite desert ever."

Easter

Birthday Trip to Vegas

So, Chris decided to 'secretively' plan a trip for my birthday. His plan was to take me to Vegas. He booked the flight, hotel, etc for April 2nd-April 5th. A few days later I informed him, "did you know Easter is the Sunday after my birthday? (April 4th) he seemed to get a funny look on his face and said, "nuh-huh." "Uh-huh," I said! So, he checked the calender and sure enough it was! Therefore, he thought it would be best to give me the news then. He told me about the trip. I was so surprised! And like any good mom I asked, 'what about Xander.' He proceeded to tell me he was going to call my dad, but hadn't yet! And he was going to call my work for the day off on Monday, too - but hadn't yet! WHAT! And he already planned this trip. To top it off - it was Easter! I felt so bad. But determined to make this an awesome trip and knew everything was going to work out. And it did. We had a great time. Xander stayed with Grandpa and Grandma - had a memorable Easter with his cousins. I had no problem getting the Monday off I needed.
Thank you to my husband who is always thinking about me, and about US. I LOVE YOU.

House Stages

On March 15th the process of our house being built FINALLY began! We are very excited and cannot wait to move in it sometime in June. Great timing since our lease here on the house we are renting is up July 1.  Hoping to really feel like we are 'home.'

March 15

April 15

April 24th

May 1st