5th grade Promotion

Kennedy had her last day of school today.  Last week was full of end-of-school year activities.  One milestone for Kennedy was her 5th grade promotion ceremony and the beginning of summer before middle school!

Here are some pictures from the day:

Isabella, her Meme, and her Nanna

Photo courtesy of Isabella.

Kennedy received her Safety Patrol recognition from Officer Clark who used to be our next door neighbor:

 Kennedy and her best friend, Lainey Lacey.

La Loose Llama

Last weekend Nicole came to visit me.  Shane was working on the cabinets and wood flooring in his cousin's house so that left plenty of girl time for us. Because I was pretty sure I got a new full-time job (woot! woot!) and that my interview went good we took a tour through Target and picked out some work clothes for me.  Nicole and her good fashion sense picked me out some cute dresses and tops.  I didn't tear off any of the receipts until this week Tuesday when I officially found out the job was mine (yahoo!).

We went out to sushi and watched alot of Tabatha Takes Over.  She frightens me but I love her!

Kinda on impulse we decided to go to Lucas Marc Hair Academy (a school of Cosmetology).  I haven't had a haircut since October and needed a trim on a budget. 

 Cost of haircut = $8!! (can you believe that!?)
Cost of haircut + tip = $13!!! (crazy amazing!)
Time of haircut for 1/2" trim = 2 hours (ouch!)
I'm not sure Tabatha would approve of this time but the price point and customer service was good.

We also hiked Badger Mtn.  I warned Nicole that this hike isn't like the hikes we do at home...it's more of a hill than a mountain.  We burned a few calories and then burned a few extra chasing a llama around. Yes...you heard me right.  

On our way up we started to see a creature in the distance:

 It kept getting closer:

and closer:

It walked within a few feet of us and we realized it had a leash on it.  We let it go on by and soon after we saw a lady running down chasing it. She had stopped to take a picture of her llama and it had escaped from her. 

We continued walking up the hill and at the top there was a whole pack of them:

About an hour later on our way back down we found a man running in socks and Tevas chasing this llama all over the side of the mountain.

This llama would let him get just close enough and then run away.  We felt it most appropriate to bust up laughing and take pictures rather than help out.   We started to feel bad and tried to help wrangle it in.  Nicole and the llama-man-chaser had it cornered into a trench but it quickly escaped.

We did our best but decided since we were too chicken to grab the leash anyway (this thing had HUGE teeth) we would make our way back to the car.  When we got back to the car Llama-man-chaser had wrangled it in and was leading it back to the car for the lady.

All llamas were present and accounted for:

 La loose llama was an unexpected and great surprise to our windy hike. 

Anthony's Blue Hair

Shane and I got 4 gift certificates to Anthony's for Christmas! F-O-U-R!!  Unfortunately, with the prices of Anthony's meals the gift certificates don't go very far.  But a few weekends back we decided to go there for dinner and take the girls.  Kennedy loves her a good steak and potato now and then so she was really excited.  We haven't gone out to steak dinner as a family since her Tony Roma's fast math celebration last spring (when she got to meet Miss Tri-Cities!).

It was a Friday night so after Isabella's dance class we made early reservations and snuck in before the fancy evening rush came in.  We were definitely not fancy but enjoyed our meal all the same...Except for Isabella - she was very fancy:

Oh ya!!!! That's a blue hair extension!  If I had to choose between that and the blonde one...hmmm...definitely blue!

Job-Dog

Shane has been helping with construction work on his cousin Megan's new house.  Dan couldn't be happier he has a construction job because it means he gets to be a job-dog.  He rides out there in the back of Shane's truck most weekday afternoon and weekends.  Since Megan's new house is on a farm he gets to be a "real" dog!  He comes home tuckered out!

 Lady is still a diva and this is mostly her job now:

Princess Fort

Isabella got a princess castle for Christmas from Gramma and Grampa Wagner.  The great thing about it (in my opinion) is it's manageable size.  It doesn't overtake an entire room in the much smaller living space we're now in and can be folded up/down very easily. 

Last weekend Kennedy spent the night with her Meme and Papa.  Isabella has recently become afraid of the dark and didn't want to sleep in her room alone.  This was all made better by being able to sleep in her princess tent on her princess air mattress in our room.   And unlike at Christmas, this time you did not have to be wearing a tiara to go inside it.

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.

Dog Bed for Maggie

Brittany got me an amazing book for Christmas:

There are so many fun projects in here and all can be done with one yard of fabric so it's really good for the budget too. 

Kennedy got a sewing kit for Christmas from Aunt Rhonda so a few weekends back we picked out a project to make together.  Even better, I had a 50% off coupon at JoAnn's fabrics!  She wanted to make a dog bed for Maggie, her mini-schnauzer at her Mom's house. 

Kennedy did all of the cutting and most of the sewing; I had to help her with some of the corners and hand-stitching.  It turned out cute and Maggie apparently sleeps on it every night.

 We made her a blankie too with the scrap fabric so in this picture, the blankie is sitting on top of the dog bed: