A new milestone

My days of PTA meetings , being a room mom, and class parties came to an end today. Our elementary school days are over. In fact it is a double milestone with one on to middle school and the other on to high school. Holy cow time flies !! I blinked and they grew up. After 8th grade graduation yesterday we took the girls to dinner to celebrate, and then this morning went to 5th grade graduation breakfast for Briley. I love the girls they are a joy in my life!! Time passes very quickly so give your kids an extra hug today!!

I made easy key lime pie for a treat today to celebrate the last day of school, its a really easy and delicious treat for spring and summer. Here is the recipe.

Easy Key Lime Pie

1 4oz. cream cheese

1 can sweetened condensed milk ( not evaporated)

1 pkg lemon-lime kool-aid

1 8oz. cool whip

1 graham cracker crust

Beat cream cheese until smooth the add milk, beat koolaid into mixture until dissolved and well mixed. Beat in cool whip mix well, then put in crust. Enjoy

Wildlife in my backyard

I love spring !! We have had so much fun watching the wildlife in the backyard I thought I would share. This is Mom and Dad Morning Dove. They are right outside our computer room window. Since very early spring we have watched them build their nest in our plum tree and lay their eggs. Mom sits on the nest and takes care, while dad sits on a wire very near and watches over. The babies have finally hatched, it will be fun to watch them grow and leave the nest.

The hummingbirds play and chase each other around the yard and occasionally make a stop at the feeder for a bite to eat. They are a fascinating to watch. Nature is totally amazing !!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mothers Day !! I am grateful to have a wonderful mother. This is my mother and her mother, what a wonderful legacy they have left for me. I have big shoes to fill.

It's Been A While

As you can see by the amount of time since my last blog I am a very lousy blogger !!! I would like to say I will try to do better but it probably would not be the truth. To many other comings and goings I guess.

A couple of funny things at work. From the mouths of babes ! These are probably you had to be there's but they were quite funny at the time. We were serving the Kindergarten lunch & my co-worker and I were watching a child in the line when a little girl stopped in front of my co-worker for her cookie. She waited a second, we were still watching the little boy in line. I guess she just wasn't getting it fast enough so she began to wave her hand and said to Kris "Helllllo are you hypmatized". Now what does a 5 year old know about being hypnotized. Any way we got a good laugh.

My boss had a touch of laryngitis from allergy's and one of the little girls asked her what was wrong. She told her she had no voice from allergy's and the little girl replied well at least you still look normal. Kids !! you got to love them.

February was a a difficult month with the passing of Russ's Grandfather, he was named after his grandpa and close with him. It was also his only remaining Grandparent, the end of and era. On a positive note it was wonderful having most of his brothers and sisters here for the funeral it was great to have time together.

March was busy with the usual things hauling kids where they need to go working and being a mom.

April has found Russ just finishing up with outage (where they completely shut down the plant for a month for maintenance and repairs. They are required to work 6 and sometimes 7 days a week.) and school finals. Light at the end of the tunnel !! 3 more classes to Graduation !!!McKendrie just finished her basketball season ( second place ) and were just tyring to get Briley past the 5th grade. Now its on to swim team and softball. Now May is almost here, and school is almost out, the year has gone incredibly fast.

Guess I better go finish dinner. Can anyone out there help explain to me how to get a picture on this blog everything I have tried just isn't working

Shelly

The Weekend

I met my mom and sister in Provo last weekend for a girls bonding trip for moms birthday. We did some shopping, and went out to dinner, we tried twice to see "National Treasure" and never made it. Then a wild game of cards (how wild can it get with your mom and your grandma playing!) Then spent the night at my grandmas. Anyway we had a great time together. I was glad to spend time with my Grandma, I don't think their are going to be many more chances. Shes getting up there.

Russ kept the girls, and got in some bonding time with them. They were such good little doobies!! They surprized me by having the house cleaned when I got home.

We had one of our ladies quit at work, so they are in the process of hiring someone new. It will be very interesting to see what they do, I guess we will all hide and watch the outcome. I'll keep you posted.

Time to get the girls in bed. Briley tried out for the play at school and got a part, so she and I have to be out of the house by 6:50 am with McKendrie following at 7:55. Mornings come way to early !!

Shelly

First time Blogger

Hello to all from small town Utah. I am brand new to this but I have been inspired by my sister- in-law and nephews blogs to give it a try. It have so enjoyed reading and seeing the happenings in their lives as we are so far away from each other. Hopefully I can come up with some adventures mix in a few photos here and there that is worth looking at. I would absolutly love and welcome comments.

I'm a wife and mother of 2 daughters Mckendrie,14 and Briley 11 and then we add a cockapoo dog named sassy into the mix. By day I am a elementary school lunch lady ( which is an adventure in itself). We live in a small central town in Utah. I'll try to figure out how to publish some pictures and get them up

All for now Shelly