just an usually Saturday

I don't think sleeping in is in our vocabulary. Last weekend we got up running. We had to be at the nature center to drop off the girl's festival of knowledge projects by 9am. Then we ran over to the big mall to drop off our donation for the Mission kids program. Got to see a few people we knew and grab breakfast @ Chick Fila. Then it was off to choose a VBS for this summer. After a little looking around and the girls wanting the panda one we choose the Pandamonia. I get to dress Tori up as a panda bear so it's got to be fun. Then we dropped Sam off at a friends house so they could go skating. The twins and I hit LuLu's and Wee Trade. Then headed back to the nature center to see how the girls did. They all won ribbons for their projects on the black bear, rainbow trout, and the porcupine. As the day was coming to an end...ok it was only 5 we meet Jonathan for dinner and headed home to crash.
What a whirl wind day!

Sammy's birthday

It is hard to believe my baby turned 11 yrs old last week. Where has the time gone? It just seems like yesterday she was falling off playground equipment and learning to walk. We wanted to make her birthday something special and with all the snow we have been having we thought it would be cool (in more ways than 1) to go snow tubing. We looked up and planned for weeks for this special day. As the week of her birthday was here we watched the weather...what do you mean it is going to be in the 60s. I would usually love that kind of weather but not for planning a snow trip. Her birthday we had almost beat the temperature record..we only missed it by 1 degree...we hit the 70s that day. I didn't have a back up plan what were we going to do??? I keep calling the tubing place they keep saying no worries we will be open. How are you going to open the tubing lanes if we don't have any snow? As we pulled in Friday night in our short sleeve shirts we were glad to see they were open. Moonshine had a 12 foot base and kids were flying by. We got our tubes & headed up the mountain...you could walk or take the pully or should I say fall up the hill. It was a blast and I think Jonathan & Sam went down 30 times and we closed the park down. Sam did have one issue, she hit a chunk of ice and bumped out of her tube but she was ok. She bounced right up and went right back up. We did single runs, double runs, and a few trains. It was great and the Bear & Ho had a blast watching them fly down the hill. The moonshine people were great and we will most diffidently go back. The weather thru me for a little worry but everyone had a blast. What else to you plan the kid that isn't afraid of anything other than flying down a mountain wide open? Happy Birthday Shorty!

WNC Parent magazine article

The girls got to be in an article this month in the WNC Parent magazine about the fair. It was neat to have someone come out and talk to the girls about their animals and all the do and what they love about the fair. If you get the chance check out the pictures and the article. The newspaper says they will be coming out to see what the girls are doing to prep for the fairin the next few months. It is hard to believe there is only 8 months until the fair is here. Better start getting ready now. I am craving a corn dog already.

Here is the link below if you get the chance and want to read the article.

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