The Heart of America- Horizon Elementary Second Grade

Paige Peterson and Elise...best buddies!



Natalie, Elise, Paige

Elise's speaking part for The Big Rock Candy Mountain!

Paige, Mrs. Quam and Elise

I accidentally stopped the first video.. so here it the very end.

March Photo-a-Day Challenge ~ Day 2/3

#2- Morning

This is about 7 am and the sun is starting to come up.  It's pretty cold out (about 18 degrees) but the birds are chirping which is a good sign.  Now that it's March, it seems like spring is so much closer... the days are getting longer too.  It's so nice to not be pitch black out at 5:00 pm.

#3- Kitchen
This is my current, dark, drabby kitchen that is in desperate need to come out of the 1990's!!  We are getting new windows and floors this year but this will be my next project to tackle... We can't afford to replace all of the cabinets but I will be painting them for sure.. that may even get hired out so it looks "professional".  Here are some inspiration photos below... not exactly what I want but you get the idea... bright, cheery, clean.. ahhhh it sounds wonderful!!

I have wanted a kitchen nook FOREVER!!  They are just so awesome... I think I could make this work...now the question is.. would Eric be on board???  :)

 

March Photo-a-day Challenge

So I totally stole this idea from my sister's blog and she got it from http://www.theidearoom.net/ , because I thought it was a great idea... something fun.  I have been pretty absent with the blogging lately... life has just been hectic and I haven't had much time for anything else but kids.. activities.. and kids..
So, I thought this would be fun.. now if I can just remember to do it.  I am 2 days behind.. but will start with #1 and then combine the next two!

So I couldn't really decide which clock to put on... or even if I should put any of my clocks on.. I don't LOVE any of them but this one has special meaning.  It was given to my by my Aunt Joyce and Uncle Dick Barta as a wedding gift back in 1997.  It was hand carved at the Amanas.

I could not resist putting this clock up becuase it is just funny to me.. this clock quit working oh.. about 5 years ago.  I like it and it's the perfect size above my mantle.. AND there is a big chip behind it so it covers that.  This clock tells the correct time two times a day!!

Daddy~Daughter Dance February 15th, 2013

Eric took the girls to a Daddy-Daughter dance at our friends church.  They had a blast.  They danced, they ate, they did crafts and took silly photos. 

The King Women's "Girls Day Out"

We all decided back in January that we wanted to go to an ISU game.. (thanks to Mal, she organized the whole thing).  Joyce had it on her bucket list to get to an ISU Basketball Game... and sad to say, as in ISU grad, this was my first mens basketball game too.  We had so much fun.  I have been blessed with an amazing group of woman in my family from cousins, to aunts...and of course my awesome sister! (she was a good sport even though she is a KU fan...)

Mollie and Joyce before the game

Jessie, Stacey and Haley (my soon to be nanny for the summer... yeah)

This guy dressed up in this woman's sumo wrestler suit and ran around, jumped around and for some reason... I couldn't stop watching him... he was pretty funny.

Of course I had to stalk Fred Hoiberg.. He is so handsome (if you are not an ISU fan he is NOT the guy on the right with the striped tie).  He played at ISU when I was there..

This bummed me out.. it was blurry... but we still had a good time.  We went downtown Des Moines for dinner at the High Life Lounge.  It's a dive downtown and they don't serve any beer introduced after 1970!  Beer signs all over the walls, shag carpet and cheap beer and YUMMY food for dirt cheap!  I think everyone had a good time there. 

Jessie drinking Tang.. when is the last time you had TANG?  She had 3 glasses!

Courtney (Mal's roommate) had an iced cold... PBR!!

Joyce, Myrna and Stacey

The King ladies... Mal, Myrna and Lea

Mollie and Auntie Joyce!!

Joyce and I...wish the flash had gone off...   Oh well, better luck next time.



Jessie and Haley
 

Lauren ~ First Grade

The Purple Pandas!!

ISU vs K State

Up at Hilton Coliseum in Ames for the ISU vs K State woman's basketball game.  Elise and her cheer squad are cheering at half-time.  Sad to say that I am an ISU grad and this was the first basketball game I have seen at Hilton! 

Waiting to perform!

Lauren meets Cy!

Haley and Elise

Of course my camera had an "error" in the middle of her performance so I am missing the middle part... grrrrr.

Haley, Olivia, Paige, Elise and Kristen up in the stands after their performance.

Gold and red ice-cream!!

So we ran down from the second level because we saw Cy running around on the mezzanine level.  The girls really wanted their picture taken with him.  So one of the girls ran ahead and tugged on his arm and asked for a picture, he was annoyed about something and pulled his arm away from her and ran down to the court.. totally blowing off 8 little girls who just wanted a photo!  I was NOT happy and the girls were pretty upset.  They kept asking why he did that.. I have no idea. 

So.. we just took a group photo and headed back to our seats!