Bowling to start the SUMMER off!!

Joey is ready for his game!!

Joey LOVED bowling...He just couldn't stop smiling!!

Joey and I got to go Bowling to celebrate the begining of SUMMER!! Joey was only a little upset that he had to share the lane with me! Can anyone say...ONLY CHILD...

Joey's Poem

A Diamante All About Me:





Boy



Funny smart



Blue Red Black



Pizza Fries hotdogs ice cream



Football video games water balloons



son grandson



Joey

BBQ

So we blow this pool up for the BBQ party at our house. We wanted to enjoy the end of the school year and bring on the summer time!! So Joey decided that he wanted to play in the pool before we took it outside.




Joey put his blanket and pillow in the pool and acted like he was going to sleep. I thought it was so funny and of couse I had to take picture! The joys of boys!!

AFTERMATH...This is what our back yard looks like after the PARTY! The kids enjoyed the water balloon fight, the pool, and the water in general! Good old times!!

Our Living Room

OK so this post is for MOM...I haven't changed anything in our house since she helped me move in, like six months ago. However, since we were having a party at our house, I needed to change the empty front living room wall. So I found my shelves, picture frame (I got another one at Wally World) and glass with black rocks. I was so proud of my idea and VERY Proud of my Husband for hanging them at 11:00 p.m. the night before the party. He did a great job!! So this is what my living room looks like now. Yes, I know that the couch is not centered, however my husband moved it so that we could fit the table back to normal... At this point I am so excited to have something different in the house, plus I thought of these shelves idea like four years ago but never got the chance to use it!

PJ Day at School

This was his next to LAST day of 2nd grade! Joey got to wear his PJ to school, he brought his pillow to chill as well. The teachers made breakfast for the 2nd graders, they got to watch a movie and just enjoy the ending of the school year!!! I can't believe how big he is getting!!

Joey's Poetry Book!

Joey is sharing his poem, this was a poem that he wrote himself (OK there was a little help from his teacher). Joey did a great job, he only dropped his "cheat sheet" like four times!! But he picked up the paper and went on with life!! He did a GREAT Job!!

Here is Joeys Group each child read their poem! They worked really hard to get their poems ready. They even did a poetry book. Each child got to color his or her book, they also got to choose which book they wanted. His teacher had four different patterns to choose from. I was able to get the day off of work to be there for BUBBA. He did a great job!! I'm so proud of him!!

Joey's Poetry Reading

Joey's class had a Poetry Reading, they invited all the families to come and watch the Kids perform. They decorated the room for us!

Surprise Party!

So my friend, Stephanie turned 40 this year and we threw her a surprise party! I had worked extra hard to work out all the details, how to get her to my house, handed out invites behind her back, set up decorations, and managed to do it all without her having a clue!



This cake is what the front of the birthday invitation looked like. Stephanie loves owls and so we thought it was fitting to do this for her!



Her family...the kids had no idea that there was a party! They were just as surprised as she was!! Even Joey didn't know, he had gone over to her house while I was "at work" (or cleaning the house and decorating) so when she dropped him off, he was like, why are all these people in my house? What is going on?


The look out MAN! Bishop thought that we needed a look out man and jumped at the chance!



Friends gathered ready to PARTY! Even the kids had a good time!!








The Munchies are ready, now where is the Guest of Honor?

FUN FAIR at Joey's School!

At Joey's School every two years they do whats called a FUN FAIR. So this is his 2nd time enjoying this great day! They have like 20 stations that the kids go to and have tons of different activities. I took a few pictures,however, I didn't even cover a fourth of what was there to be enjoyed. This was a lot of fun, however it was SO COLD!! We had had weather of like 80 and even 90 degrees, then like two days before this big event we got a HUGE storm in. So this day it was Rainy, cold, and the wind was blowing like Crazy. Well as you all know, when you have a big event played for months, you are not able to change it because of weather, so they enjoyed all the water activities in the COLD! They said that this is the first year it has ever been this cold when they did the fun FAIR! Great, the year I am more than prepared for this big event, it is SO COLD! OH well the kids enjoyed their day!!



The kids were pushing the big beach balls across the field. Well actually they chased after the beach balls! They really liked it!



They got to play with the parachute,then they throw bouncing balls into the mix. Good Times



Tug of war anyone? Joey and his team beat the other side. Then they did boys verses girls and the results are: BOYS WON!! They were so excited, the girls could care less, but don't tell the boys that!!



Dodge Ball: With soft stuffed footballs, the kids enjoyed this one!!



Water Fight! Bring it on...they had water bottles and then these water spray things..it was fun! Only got sprayed in the eye a few times, and no one was seriously hurt!!



Water Slide: It sprayed water at the time and then it followed you down the slide. Joey liked this one, but it was really COLD!

Joe Cooking

Joe was enjoying cooking his Meatballs. He loves to cook Italian Meatballs. He wanted me to blog about it!



We were enjoying the time together for Family Home Evening.




I was more than happy to let him cook! We enjoyed his dinner and watching a movie!

Memorial Day FUN!!

So we spent our Memorial day at our Ward Picnic. Note to self, if you "accidentally" spray three twelve year old boys with a water balloon, they will get even! So I was helping with getting the water balloons ready for the fight that was bound to happen, I would hand off the water balloons to be tied. However, if the other person did not take the water balloons at the right spot then someone would get wet. I did again, "accidentally" let some of the water out so that the balloon would be able to be tied. So I did spay a few people a couple of times, however, I did get wet by "accident" too. Well So we filled the bucket full and then went and enjoyed the food. Then at the end it was a water balloon fight, I grab a few balloons and toss them at a few children (including my own). Then before I knew it I was bombarded with water balloons coming at me in every direction. Well I was hit every where!! These children showed NO MERCY!! So when all the balloons were gone, did they stop there, of course not, they are BOYS. They then filled each individual bucket full of water and it was a FULL on Water fight. I did not have on inch of dryness on me. I had socks and shoes one, it was soaking wet. Joey did enjoy getting his mom with water!! He had a blast and I did too!! It was a great time by all.

So we dried off for a little while, then I was off to work my afternoon shift for Wells Fargo. Joe and Joey just enjoyed the weather, it was like 75 degrees with a cool breeze blowing! It was a great end to a great day!!