Momster Mash & Allie's "Dream"

Derek and the girls had their Daddy Daughter night a month or so ago so it was time for Blake and I to have our turn! We had so much fun doing all things that boys like to do! Getting dirty (which Blake actually isn't a fan of and it took him a long time to finally do so), ziplining, team-building obstacles, dinner and fun!

We were supposed to do this.......but Blake chickened out. (Don't kill me for posting this Melissa. It is a great pic!!)

Then we go over to the smaller one and he finally gets brave.

High Five, bro!

One of my favorite moments was later on in our date. Blake and Wyatt were playing on the playground. There was a group having a picnic next to it and they had some music playing. Blake walked over there and started getting down! The kid has rhythm I tell ya! He turned to Wyatt, while still dancing, and tried to get him to join in. Wyatt just shook his head and walked away. Soooo funny! 

It was a great date and Blake is so sweet. He kept thanking me for a great day and says he can't wait for our next one. He's already planning it! It's between a rollercoaster ride and camping. :)

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One of the days I picked the girls up from school this week, Allie came walking up to me and had this huge smile on her face. She said, "I feel like this whole day has been a dream!" I told her it sounds like she had a great day and I wanted to hear all about it. She said that her teacher pulled her into the classroom before school started and showed her something. It was a family of ceramic hedgehogs that she said she didn't want anymore and she would like for Allie to have it if she wanted. It totally made her day! 

{Spouse Appreciation, Feltwell Fuzzy, Mucky Race & Mother's Day........OH MY!}

{Spouse Appreciation}

Friday was a pretty fabulous day! I got to hang out with my good friend and we also got to do something very cool!!

(My flash was not on so I had to do some editing so you could see my face!)

Afterwards we went and got some sweet pictures of my friend and her son with one of the pilots, which just so happens to be hubby & dad. :) I also snapped this one of Blake.

And the boys got to play around on the "boy toys" for a while.

{Feltwell Fuzzy}

At the end of the 3rd Quarter, on Allie's report card, her teacher had written that Allison had earned a Feltwell Fuzzy. She had never received one so we weren't really sure if that meant that she had intended to give one to her and then forgot or if that meant she had plans to give her one soon. I told Allie I would ask her teacher about it, but she told me not to worry about it. So we just left it alone. Well, of course, when I got done with flying I had 2 missed calls from the school, a voicemail and a text message! The voicemail was from the acting principal telling me that Allie had received a Feltwell Fuzzy!!! I was sad I missed the call but they did get ahold of Derek. We are so very proud of our Allie Bug! She is always doing the right thing, a great leader in the classroom and I could go on and on!

{Mucky Race}

The girls ran in their first race this weekend! They were so nervous but had a lot of fun once they got going. They got put into the older kids race so that made them even more nervous. Avery tired out really quick. I think because she was really trying to keep up with those older kids. Allie did awesome! They had told the girls that they only needed to do 1 lap, but when Allie finished I think they forgot she was a youger one and they had her go on! She was sooooooo exhausted. I think we might have a little runner on our hands!

Thor was leading their warm-ups.

Derek ran too.

He did so well and then got stuck behind people in this ditch. There was no way to get around anyone once you were in there. He wasn't happy.

He came in 27th overall. That's all the heats combined. He was stuck in that ditch for a good 20-25 minutes behind everyone, so if he had been in the 1st heat I think he would have been in the top 10 at least! Great job!

{Mother's Day}

Oh, man. I did not even know it was Mother's Day weekend until Avery reminded me on Thursday. She was so sad to be missing school that day because supposedly that was when they were going to be making their Mother's day gifts in their class. I am such a bad daughter!!! Momma, I am SO sorry and I will make it up to you when you come visit in a couple short months! For now, I leave you with this..........

"Oh the wars would all be over

'Cause she'd raise us all as friends
And no one would ever wonder if somebody wanted them
Tonight would be easier
And our dreams would all be deeper
If the world had a mother like mine."
-The Band Perry, Mother Like Mine

I have the best Mom EVER! You are my bestest friend and I miss you like crazy! Happy Mother's Day!!

We didn't do much here. I slept in and woke up to some homemade cards and some beautiful gifts. All I really wanted to do was get some pictures with my babes since I don't really have many of them with me. The plan was to stop by one of the rapeweed (I know, the name is horrible but the loads of yellow flowers are beautiful) fields on the way home from church but two of them fell asleep. Derek was just going to wake them up and I said no and we went home. The picture ended up just perfect.

And this note from Avery is a keeper!

Teacher Appreciation

Our kiddos have been blessed with some pretty amazing teachers in the few years they've been in school. This is so crazy to say, but this has been the longest we've ever been at one school........so we have grown particularly fond of FES and the amazing staff there. It really is a great school. Both girls really love their teachers this year, not that they haven't ever loved any of their teachers. They grow so attached to all of them! They were excited to help me come up with ideas for teacher appreciation gifts. A lot of thanks to Pinterest for most of our ideas. They not only wanted to do something for their general teachers but for their specials teachers as well. So we had to come up with something that could work for anyone......FOOD! We went with m&m's because I found this cute poem to go along with them.

Obviously we had a lot more than that. I think there were 10. There are 2 specials teachers whose classes they really enjoy so we did a little extra for them. Plus we got Avery's reading teacher a gift.

I didn't take pictures of everything and I'm super sad I didn't get a picture of the girls holding their gifts like I did last year. Allie's original plan was to give her teacher her gift today (Friday), but she said she could tell her teacher might be a little jealous when she was giving gifts to her specials teachers and not her so she ended up taking it sooner. :) Avery decided that she needed to space hers out and take something to her teacher every day "because that would make her feel more special."

Loving these mini clipboards

For Avery's Frogtastic teacher

And then I saw this printable and knew I had to do something with it for Avery's teacher. I have never seen a teacher so obviously display that they truly love what they do. She really is a great teacher. Heck, she's even Blake's favorite teacher! I kid you not, you ask him who his favorite teacher is and he'll blush and whisper, "Miss Kautz." It's so cute.

Lots of notes and cards and a few more gifts and goodies. We love spoiling teachers! They deserve it.

And....it makes it even more worth it when they show how much they appreciate being appreciated! Lots of kind words in person, emails and handwritten notes. =)