1st and 7th Grade - First Day!

 

The 5-wheeled bus goes round and round....round and round

 

 

Punk party

The girls had a punk party a couple of weekends ago.  They had a blast getting ready for it.  This party was right up Isabella's alley with her 'real make-up' obsession and tendency toward mis-matched clothes!  They were party rockers!

Fun at Freddy's

Pucker UP

Hope everyone had a Happy Valentine's Day!

Shane finished making the girls desktop for their room that afternoon while I was in class. He used drawers he had in the old garage and put cute handles on them.  When I got home, we painted the top so it would look cute when the girls came over on Wednesday. 

It was fun and turned out cute.  The girls really like it.

 Both of them have enough room to do their homework:

 Here's the bunk beds he made too:  They aren't quite finished yet but getting closer.  This is the front that faces their closet.  The gap in between the drawers on the bottom is going to be a pull-out step for them to reach the shelves up above:

This is the front section that faces their desk.  Underneath Isabella's bed is going to be 6 drawers for their clothes.  Kennedy and him made the ladder together and it's sturdy enough even I can climb on it :)

Their bedroom is starting to feel more like a bedroom and they are loving it.

Strike!

We took the girls bowling on Saturday.  Usually their Meme takes them but Shane hasn't seen Isabella bowl and it's been a long time since he went with Kennedy.  We splurged on Saturday and it was really fun. 

Kennedy is really good - even with no bumpers!

Isabella's ball isn't breaking any speed records and she has plenty of time to dance around before it gets there. 

Root beer and bowling - it was a fun Saturday.

Dan & his girls

Lady's little legs can't go for long walks anymore so Dan gets double the attention.  The bike path is right behind us so it makes the perfect spot for a quick walk.  We are excited to take bike rides down it this summer.

Trick or Treat!

Barbie Cheerleader and the Spider Bride

Aprons

Debbie and I drove to Yakima a couple of weekends ago to get the perfect fabric for the playhouse curtain makeover.  On our drive back through Prosser we stopped at a gift shop and came across the perfect apron for Isabella.  Debbie got it for her and she loves it!  Now both girls and I have cute aprons. They do make cooking more fun! 

Silverwood

Kennedy has been wanting to go to Silverwood all summer.  Her Christmas and birthday money has been burning a hole in her wallet.  We told her to save it for Silverwood and she could buy hers and Isabella's admission tickets.  (She also had to make her bed every morning - that was one easy way to get her to do it cheerfully). 

So we loaded up last weekend and did it.  Heidi, Tyler, Debbie, and the boys drove up too.  Shane and I were pretty much dreading it because of the long lines and tons of people - which there were - but we had braced for it before we got there, I took lots of deep breaths to keep my patience, and it turned out to be a great day  :) We got there right at opening, 10:00 am, and left 15 minutes before closing, 9:45 pm.  The girls slept like zombies all the way home; they were asleep before we even got to Coeur d' Alene!

Kennedy and Odie

Kennedy and Shane rode the Corkscrew first thing when we got there.  The 3 of us decided in the car on the way there the order we were going to ride the roller coasters so that she wouldn't get scared on the first one and they would progressively get scarier.  The corkscrew is pretty mild but Shane of course, made the girl wait in line to get the front row seat.  He has a sickness for the first row of roller coasters. 

She liked it:

Next up was Timber Terror.  Kennedy and I stood in line for about an hour for this one.  Man, she was a trooper!  She stood in line and didn't complain any more than I did - seriously - an hour is a long time to wait without complaining at least once or twice.  We played games on my phone and people watched.  She did really good.

We screamed our heads off on this coaster.  I'm not a raise yours hands up kind of rider - I'm a hold on for dear life/death grip on the handle/strap that belt on super tight kind of rider. I think Kennedy out screamed me though - she has one heck of a scream. 

My brain felt like oatmeal afterward.  I don't remember riding a roller coaster and being sore BEFORE I even got off it.  I think I'm getting old!  The next morning I could barely move out of bed, my back and neck were screaming at me.

We spent a little time on the Country fair side.  Kennedy was just an inch too tall to ride with Isabella on her rides and Isabella didn't want to ride alone.  So after the paratrooper we went to the water park.  Isabella loved the lazy river.

After the water park, we took the Silverwood train.  The founder of Silverwood successfully outbid Disney and others for an original 1915 Steam Engine Train in 1986. 

I remember riding on this as a kid and I knew the bandits were going to part of the train ride.  It was hilarious watching Kennedy try to figure out if the hold-up was real or not.  The capguns they used made her jump a mile!  Shane and I got a great laugh out of that.

 

I remember Mom and Dad getting us a snack and sitting on the big lawn to watch the old airplanes and the air show.  They didn't do the airshow this time but one of my favorite rides was still there, The Antique Cars.  What is it about this ride?  It's so simple and fun. 

 Tyler spotted this hot stroller for me:

Last but not least, Shane and Kennedy went on Tremors.  We ran out of time for the last biggest coaster, After Shock, but that'll give us a good reason to go back sometime.  They rode on Tremors at about 8:30 at night.  It was dark and apparently much scarier because you couldn't see the track and which way you were going to turn or drop.  Kennedy got off the coaster laughing and deliriously giggly but I think the picture below shows how terrifying it really was!

That picture cracks me up!  She was a brave girl to go on all those big coasters!  What a great last weekend of summer.

Back from the Abyss - Benches, Bikes and Bubbles

I'm back from the blogging abyss.  I'm not sure what has happened in the last month or two but blogging has been far from my mind! I'm getting behind on unloading my camera so have a ton of pictures to share and am going to slowly work my way through them.

I'm not sure when this visit to the park was, a month or so ago I guess.  Tri-Cities weather has been rainy and spring-like.  Debbie took the kids to an art class at CBC and we met them at the park later to enjoy one of few days we've had of sunshine this spring.

Which one is the thinker?

Isabella has been riding her bike 'real fast' this spring.  She says, "Ready, Settie, Go!"  On this day, Kennedy was giving her the red-light green-light and blowing bubbles for her to blast through. 

Fast Math and Miss TriCities

Kennedy was the first in her school to complete the FastMath program so she got a gift certificate to Tony Roma's.  We decided to celebrate on Friday night with our friends, Mike and Katie, who met us for dinner.

The gift certificate is for a free kid's meal which we ended up using for Isabella who ordered Mac -n - Cheese (shocker!). We did this because Kennedy wanted prime rib steak with all the fixins'.  She ate every bite!  And had a piece of red velvet cake for dessert! Wow!  Shane joked that we will have to find a cheaper reward for doing good at school - prime rib is prim-o!

Our friends, Mike and Katie, knew the people in the next booth over from us - and one of those people happened to be the one and only Miss Tri-Cities, Adrienne Bousquet.  Her platform was "Girls On the Run" and she had just gotten back from a run so looked like a normal everyday girl at Tony Romas.  We had no idea we were sitting next to royalty!  Katie introduced Kennedy to her and the JaNae-cam paparazzi snapped the picture.

Kennedy had a great night and we were very proud of her.  Here are also some of the latest art projects she's brought home from art class.

Lizard on Linoleum

Mosaic coaster