..Reading Time..

Been a little busy. My household is full of colds, coughs, and allergies (okay just me). So not a lot of excitement around here at all. But there's been a lot of reading!!! I'm now reading Lisa Kleypas modern series - I'm on book one: "Sugar Daddy". Jadeline is reading the Junie B. Jones series. And my mother-in-law just finished Nicholas Sparks, "The Choice."

Dandelions

Remember doing this as a child? One of my simplest memories growing up.. And its great to see my children experience the same.

SUNSHINE!!

For me, my world can STOP when the sun shines in Oregon. I love it! It reminds me of home less the humidity. Its amazing how i have adapted without the humidity - i just still miss the daily hawaiian sunshine. 

So when the sun decides to show up in my life. ;), no crafting, no sewing, no uploading photos. But finding every little thing to do outdoors before the sun decides to disappear.... 

Photos

Easter Sunday of course begins at church ......I always enjoy our easter service and as many times as you are told of his story, it is always amazing!   In our house, the easter bunny still visits. ..  which brought a lot of candy and toys. Jadeline loves the candy fundip - she had a box of fundip containing 16 packs. She loved it! Ashton had a sleep over the night before but sure had a great time at the NIKE summit! (*more easter pictures to come; i took pictures on my friends camera who has all the Easter pictures*)

I woke up from my afternoon to see Jadeline's wonderful art which she created. I love that she taped papers together and drew this. Right now, she is loving the word - FANTASTIC!! 

Still working out @ 24Hour and still loving it!! This is the shirt some of us wore (those who were helping out with the class) when the Nike Training Camp went live on April 6. I really thought that class was easy - to my surprise I hurt all over the next day! 

Skating world. Jadeline's first time rollerskating at her friend's Adithya birthday party. Can't believe how quick she learned this! 

Now what do we do when its raining and we are stuck indoors?? you play Twister!!

Ashton loving his birthday present! Lebron shoes.

Hmm.. a little to much technology here???.....

Remember that contest i had won? This is the layout that I created for the April scraplift. 

And ever since I got my iPhone, i have been loving all the apps thats out there! When I saw this at the Apple store, i was in 'awww'. 

My day:

in 24hours my normal day can turn out like this: 

430pm: get ready for work - get my bag ready, pack my lunch/dinner, get myself looking decent.

515pm: on the road to the hospital.

600pm: clocked in for my night at work.

700am: time to clock out and head home asap - depending on traffic, i get to see Jadeline before she gets on the bus.

730am: wash up, get out of my nasty scrubs, and take a nap,

830am: get up to work out at the gym

915am: @ 24hour working out; save time by showering at the gym

1100am: @ home, have a protein drink, get Jade's lunch ready if Bobby hasn't

1125am: Jadeline's  home from school

1200pm: BED

4:00pm: make dinner, get Jadeline's & Ashton's dinner prepped.

What a long day!!...... Thank goodness that this happens just 3 x a week. But day 4 is spent catching up on sleep!

a 14th Birthday

HAPPY 14th BIRTHDAY ASHTON!!

Being 14 is about:

• basketball
• hanging out with friends
• watching movies
• LEBRON JAMES
• xbox live

Jade's Very PINK room

(a few projects from school)

(Way too many dresses!)

For some reason, I stopped taking pictures for a week. Odd, because I'm doing that photo a day for a year project. Well, to my surprise, I found a lot, and I mean a lot of pictures on my camera taken by Jadeline. And on one of those days - she went to town taking pictures of her room. When she told me she took a picture of her room. She forgot to say "PICTURES". So i thought I'd share her view of her room. Remember last year, when Bobby  had that crazy idea of painting her room PINK. Her room is still pink! Today we spring cleaned her room. And educated Jadeline about 'giving' and 'donating'. We talked about how important it is to not waste, to give to those who need more, and to show her that her cousins have given her their things to share with her (don't you love hand me downs?). After 1 1/2 hour of cleaning her room - we had 2 bags of toys, 1 bag of clothes, 1 bag of shoes...and drove down to Goodwill.