Preschool Yearbook

Everly has less than a week left of school and this week her yearbook came in. I hesitated buying one but since she is no longer going to be attending St. Gregory, I wanted to have some documentation of her time there since it has been such a great experience. I am so glad that I bought it because she is actually in it a lot! Also, she talks about her classmates all the time but Justin never gets to see them, so it was cool for him to be able to see who she always talks about. Also, we were able to determine that her older friend from aftercare, Antonio, is in 7th grade, haha. One day I picked her up in aftercare and she had to give him a hug before she left, haha. Here are a few pics from her yearbook that I just took on my phone.

 

love her school picture :)

    

On the far left from her Christmas Pagent

On the bottom left with bubbles on her face from the jog-a-thon.

 

Weekend in Review

We had a really good weekend. My house is still messy but I felt good Sunday night and I have a 4-day weekend coming up so I can clean then! Friday night Justin met his sister for happy hour and I took the girls to run an errand at the mall. We stopped by Trader Joes afterwards because Everly loves the little shopping carts and I love their dark chocolate pretzels and cauliflower rice (not together). Saturday morning I met my sisters for a 4-mile hike/run at Pinnacle Peak. It was a good hard hike and felt good. We met my mom and nephew for a quick bagel and coffee after. After I got home we got the girls ready and headed over to Scottsdale for some splash pad time. It was my girls first splash pad of the season and my nieces and nephews met us there. We ate lunch in the grass and it was just a really nice afternoon. Everly, my mom and I stayed longer and did some shopping. Everly is really a great little girl. I treated her to a little outfit for her American Girl doll because it was only $10.00. After shopping Everly fell asleep in the car so I just went to church a little early and let her sleep as long as possible. She was still grumpy for church but what can you do. Sunday morning I slept in a little but still got in a 6-mile run. It was hot so I won't be able to do that much longer but I was proud of myself for not cutting it short or bailing all together. While we didn't get the house all cleaned, we did clean out the garage so that Justin can park in there. We got rid of a lot of junk, so yay! Sunday night we had dinner at my sister's for the first time in like a month as her house has been adjusting to life with 3 kids. I got my baby-wearing time in so I'm set for the week! Haha! Can't wait to kick but this week and enjoy the long weekend! Here are some pictures from the weekend and a video from the splash pad:

this obviously didn't last long.

love where you live!

  

 

sweaty but done!

room to spare!

best way to end the weekend.

Baby Nora's Sip 'n See

Last Weekend I hosted a Sip 'n See at my house along with lots of help from my mom and sisters. We did a similar event for my other sister last year (here). We just had bagels and donuts, coffee and mimosas and it went really well. It was very laid back and baby Nora was a little angel despite being passed around for a few hours. We also took advantage of having all of the kids together and got a group picture. It actually turned out pretty good besides Teddy's stink face. I am glad so many people were able to come and see little Nora and I hope my sister enjoyed it. If not, at least there was Bosa donuts!

AmeriCan Beer Festival

On Saturday my sister and brother-in-law offered to watch the girls so Justin and I could go to a beer festival in Scottsdale to celebrate his sister's birthday. I skipped the beer fest we usually go to in February because it was the day before my marathon so I was pretty excited to go to this one. The festival was at the Scottsdale Civic Center park which was nice because they had a lot of shade. My sister in law was staying at a nearby hotel so we met her there and walked into the festival. It was a hot quarter-mile walk but like I said, once we got in there was lots of shade. I have learned a lot of tips and tricks over the years as we have started going to beer festivals and I think this was one of my best ones yet. First off, don't drink a beer if you don't like it. I used to always drink everything and now if I am not feeling something, I dump it. I have never run out of tickets/punches on my card, ever. Also, eat! Eating before is obvious, but I also recommend eating during. Those pretzel necklaces aren't just cute, they are important in not getting totally messed up. After the festival was over we went to Lolo's chicken and waffles because it was literally a parking lot away from the hotel. I had never been there before and it really hit the spot. I am not a huge fried chicken person and that skin on the chicken was so crispy and delicious. Although I personally like my waffles a little sturdier, this was basically like a pancake/waffle hybrid with a ton of syrup and butter so it was delicious. We also ordered a biscuit with gravy to share and it was delicious. We were painfully full after but I am so glad we went and had a lot of fun.

walking to the festival (hot)

The left is the can they poured the samples in and the right is the water they provided. I thought it was a prank when I first saw it, haha. It is weird drinking water from a can.

He may have passed out for 20 minutes in the hotel, but no one I would rather beer fest with.

taking a break in the shade

 

Carly obviously drank the Kool-Aid.

I'm just going to stare at this picture all day....

Teacher Appreciation Week

Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week. We have really loved Everly's experience with preschool at St. Gregory's so I could not miss out on the opportunity to let her teacher's know how much we appreciate them. I kind of did these last minute after I saw someone else post about these on social media. The idea came from Pinterest and I am sure you can find a million other teacher appreciation gift ideas on their as well which hopefully I will plan well and do this in more advance next year. My sister also gave her boys teacher's a cute pinterest-y gift which is below as well. Everly also goes to the aftercare program at her school so we made enough of these for her teacher's there as well and since they were so quick and easy it was really no big deal. Also, it was really fun to have Everly work on signing each of the cards. This year she will be signing all of her birthday thank-you's! Here is how they turned out:

This flavor of gum also happens to be my favorite!

 

the gift my sister did which is great if you have girl teachers!