Bridal Shower

I helped host a Bridal Shower Tuesday night with 3 other friends, it turned out very cute. One of our dear friend's daughter is getting married next month. We had a lot of fun and she got a lot of really great things. Thanks to everyone who came and helped! We all made different mini desserts and made a mini dessert bar and had a chocolate fountain and pink punch. We had mini cheesecake bites, tuxedo brownie bites, creme puffs, a chocolate fountain with everything you could ever want to dip in chocolate and then some, and mini cupcake bites and cake balls. I just wanted to pass along what I made in case you ever need any cute dessert ideas. I made the cupcake bites and the cake balls, both were yummy. And they were even better the next day...how that is possible I don't know. Surprisingly the cupcakes were easier to make than the cake balls. Check out the website I found them on and try them. So Yummy!!!! (I will try to post pictures when I can)

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/03/quick-and-easy-cupcake-bites/

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/03/cake-pop-lesson-1-the-cake-ball/

We have a cheerleader!

Alissa found out last night that she made the cheer squad at the high school. Now when we go to the high school football games we will get to watch her as well as the football players. We are so excited that she was brave enough to try out and we are so excited for her that she made it. Colby and I were a nervous wreck for her all day Friday. Glad tryouts are over and we can move forward with fundraising...anyone want to donate to a good cause??? LOL

Drivers Ed

Yes, it is that time in our lives where our oldest will be starting drivers ed in July. I know this can usually give parents a heart attack, but that is not the case here. I think we are more excited about it than she is. I had to practically drag her down to the DMV to get her permit. And then I had to drag her to the drivers ed meeting after we signed up. She is not excited at all. She does not like change and does not like to try new things and this is just too much for her to even think about I guess. LOL I ask her all the time if she wants to go driving with me, I would take her to an empty parking lot somewhere and teach her. But she always says no. So I guess the first time she will be behind the wheel is the first day of drivers ed...and I am sure they do not pay those teachers enough money for THAT!!! So as you can see we have no problem here yet, because she doesn't want anything to do with cars yet...I can't even get her to start the car, let alone drive it.

Surgery

And with the end of soccer season coming we have our next adventure just right around the corner. Racheal is having surgery on her foot to fix a rather large bunion and reset the bones in her foot in the right spot with screws. So she will have surgery the 22nd of May and be on complete bed rest for 1 week. She will be in an air cast/walking boot for 6-8 weeks and then she still can't get her foot wet for 2 more weeks after the boot comes off. So no swimming for her for most of the summer. But we had to do it now between soccer seasons, she didn't want to miss her fall season and then we go right into winter indoor season at the college and then spring starts up again. So summer it is. And she has to wait 3 months after the surgery to start soccer again so that puts us at the middle of August and soccer starts the end of August. So now is the perfect time. So wish her luck for a quick recovery and send all the happy patient vibes you can to her to keep her happy all summer. LOL

Soccer comes to an end

Our last soccer game is tomorrow followed by a team family picnic. Sarah played goalie the first half of last weeks game and only had 1 get passed her. She had a lot of shots taken on her and did great!!! We have had a great season and only lost 2 games this season! Great job team! Both Racheal and Sarah scored at the game 2 weeks ago which is pretty fun. Usually just one or the other score, but they both scored in the same game. (proud mama here) Sarah is working as a ref this season and enjoys getting her paychecks. She refs the younger players for their games and likes it.














(Racheal)


Colby and I are hanging up our whistles after this season, we will enjoy watching and cheering the girls from the parents sideline next year. We have coached for 3 1/2 years. WOW! We have loved all the girls that have come and gone on our teams and have enjoyed going and watching some of the older ones now play on their high school teams. We thought it would be easier to coach and only have 1 set of practices and 1 game to go to a week with both our girls being on the same team, but we find ourselves going to more games this year so we can watch old players who have moved on, our niece's game, and some friends of ours kids games. So we go to about 3-5 games a week. I think we are addicted and we love it!

Cheer tryouts

Alissa is trying out for cheer and has been attending tryouts all this week. We are keeping our fingers crossed for her and I think we are more nervous about it than she is. She has been practicing as a 'flyer' because she is so small and seems to like that. (that means she is the one that gets tossed in the air and hopefully gets caught by the boys) So we will know by tonight what the results are. Either way we are so proud of her for just trying. *fingers crossed*

Track star!

Sarah qualified to go to the school cluster track meet (4 schools in our area) from her school, she ran the 4X100 relay, the 400 and she jumped at the standing long jump. She came in 2nd at the 4X100 so she qualified to go to the all city track meet. (all the schools in our town) And she came in 4th place at the all city track meet! Woo Hoo! Not quite good enough to make it to the state meet, but we are so proud of her and keep telling her she is the fourth fastest kid in Nampa! HaHaHa! Congrats Sarah!!!