Addie is 11

We are officially on our last year of elementary school and Addie is 11.  We all say it, all the time  . . . I can't believe how fast time is passing.  

Addie wanted to decorate her own cake.  That seems to be the trend with the girls right now, and it takes so much of the pressure off me and they're thrilled.  

We went to me and Drew's "secret" date place.  

Secret as in no one else has ever gone and Drew and I go quite often.

Addie wanted MarioKart and it has become a family favorite.  Drew kills us every time.  

 

We had to squeeze in a friend party in between California and Spain so we went with easy and took a few girls to Hang Time.  

Liv got to invite a friend too.   

Then we swung by home (Banna and Branda's) opened presents and had cake and ice cream. 

This girl is a smart girl . . . she chose chocolate for her cake and cupcakes.  I didn't even know that chocolate was ever even an option when I was growing up . . .

-1 point for Mom

We showed up at our first soccer game of the season with a soccer shirt, striped capri leggins and flip flops . . . Banna brought the shorts and water bottle later.



Drewser . . . lately

First off . . . Drew does not live in his pajamas . . . we just apparently take a lot of pictures of him in his pajamas. 

 

Drew was thrilled when he learned how to print . . . you just push a button and the paper comes out. 

A slurpee and a swing by the library with his truly . . . Eden. 

 

 

Flappy bird on Jeff's phone is just that interesting . . .

 



 

The most dutiful dog walker we have.

 

 

Drew took the dogs potty a morning after it rained all night.  It was quite the feat to hang onto those leashes and get all the worms thrown back into the grass.  

 

Matchy - Matchy

(It's for their wedding video later)

 

A boy and his dog (always being man handled). 



Daddy Daughter Dance 2014

The theme was just "dress nice" this year and we went with it. 

Thank goodness, it's still just a date night with Dad.  Time is passing too quickly.   

 

Take Luck

Again, we were unable to catch a leprechaun, but we did try . . .

 

 

He left us gold coins, leprechaun glitter and green milk . . .

 

 

Rather than trap the lephrachan . . . we've always gone with an inviting, comfortable living area that is hopefully enticing enough to make him stay.

Oh cuties . . . maybe next year. 

Girls Trip

The California Cheer Competition was a girls trip this year . . . and we lived it up since it seems so cheap to only be paying for 3 people :)

 

Road Trip down with Julie and Lexi

 

Swig closed like 10 minutes before we got there so we had to drive to the other side of town to Dutchman's for pink cookies and coke.  But it was well worth our time when they voluntarily put more frosting on our cookies.
 

Then we hit up Vegas.  And by "hit up" Vegas I mean that we checked in late, we took a closely supervised walk to the pool and around a little, and then we got up and left by 6 am.  Just livin' it up really.

 

We made it to Anaheim and headed right to Disney.  Where I did some quick math  -  I could save $180 if I bought yearly passes for me and the girls since we're coming back in October.  Ansen didn't answer his phone to tell me no and the purchase was made.

(It came with 10% off all purchases in Disney . . . so we really made it worth it.)

 

Saturday we had to do what we came for . . . the Cheer Competition.

 

When did she get this old?!

 

 

Olivia soaking up that California sun.

Both teams had awesome performances, I found some diet coke and all were happy. 

 

Luckily, both girls were scheduled for the morning so we were on our way back to Disney by 3:00 pm for the night.  

 

Sunday we did our second performance, took a well needed nap, hung out at the hotel and went swimming.
 

 

Olivia's team took home 4th place - I think. 
 

 

and Addie took home a close, close 2nd place.  

 

 

Once a cheerleader, everywhere a cheerleader . . .
 

We also became proficient at the Anaheim Transit System.

 

And Monday we did an open to close day at Disneyland again.

 

And though Ansen has ALWAYS wanted to do this, we did it without him and ate at the restaurant inside the Pirates of the Caribbean. It's a pricey little place and with 5 . . . it was just expensive.  HOWEVER it was sooo good and the meals were so huge we could split, so it will become a Disney "must have" for the future.

 

We drove straight home on Tuesday, tired and done, but happy.