Last week of school and Happy Father's Day

Reggie's class spent a lot of time this spring learning about the history of California.  There last endeavor was a play.  This is his 3rd play and this was the most enjoyable to watch.  His teacher asked him if he would like a part and of course he said no, but then he saw a few of the smaller parts and tried out.  Who would've thought??!!  

Last day of school....Ainsley hanging with her big brother :o).  

They had an awards ceremony on the last day of school and we learned that Reggie had perfect attendance this year (as they were announcing the few students, Laura and I were amazed that they had not missed a day and then they announced Reggie's name and she looked at me and I looked at her....who knew, way to go Reggie!).  I guess all those colds and flu bugs he had as a little one finally paid off!
Ainsley being recognized for her 2nd place finish in the run.

Enjoying the climbing wall on Olympic day.  Ainsley's country was Norway and they tied for 1st-kinda fitting :o).

Reggie had a sleepover at Tyler's the last day of school, K was at a visit with his Aunt and Ryan was traveling, so it was just me and Ainsley!  One child is a piece of cake!!!!  We went to a swim party at Laura's after school, then went to the market and then went to family night at the rodeo.  It was a busy day, but lots of fun.  The next morning we went to the Penner's for breakfast...a good way to start out the summer :o).  

The kids have been asking for quite some time to sleep with me, so i decided when Ryan started his new job and did all his traveling that the kids could sleep with me (one kid at a time).  Ainsley got lice, so that went out the window.  Reggie got lucky, but I owed K and Ainsley, so K slept with me on Wed. night and A on Thursday night.  Let's just say between them and the cat, I was really tired!  Very happy to have Ryan home on Friday.  Saturday, we went with our friends, Diana and Dennis to the Rodeo (thanks to the free tickets I won) and had a very nice time.  Only one bull rider stayed on for the 8 seconds.  It was pretty crazy!

We are all still loving the cat!  We have worked out most of our major cat issues.  We finally had to get the squirt bottle out to control the playing at night in our bed.  She is 90% better, but when it gets light out in the morning, she has such a hard time controlling her need to attack.  We also figured out the litter and food issue.  She was pooping 3 times a day and it was pretty soft.  Mix that in with sandy litter and you have a mess.  We had so much litter in our bed and the poop would stick to her feet and then the litter would stick to her paw and it was NOT good.  So, we got the crystals litter and it is fabulous.  No more issues and now that we switched her food she only goes once a day.  Phew!

We went to a birthday party on Saturday morning at the movie theater.  They rented the entire place and it was really a great idea.  We are thinking of getting a few of Reggie's friends and doing a joint party for his birthday next year so it is more affordable.  What a blast!  Ainsley with her new buddy Ginger:

Happy Father's Day!  It was a bit of a fast morning, made Ryan breakfast, went to church, Costco and then the movies to see How to Train Your Dragon 2.  Somehow, I missed getting a picture of all the kids with Ryan :o(.  After that we headed to San Ramon to say goodbye to the Fitzer's (Ryan's old boss, Bill, is moving to Arkansas).  It has been a couple years and their oldest daughter is starting college...talk about feeling old :o(.

Ryan is such an amazing dad and the kids love him so much.  How blessed we are!!!! (this has taken me forever to type because the cat thinks its fun to attack my typing hands!).