Birthday Party

Courtney celebrated her 7th birthday at the bowling alley after school today. She invited nine friends-four boys and five girls to the party. Everyone had a great time bowling, eating and watching Courtney open her presents. Kelsey went to Kenzie's birthday party at the Deutsches, so she didn't get to bowl with us. Courtney received art supplies, a bubble gum machine, High School Musical 2 CD, notepads, a puppy poster and many other nice things. The theme of her party was "American Idol, " so she had an American Idol cake. I ordered the cake for the party from our local flower shop and made homemade brownies for her party at school. Her family party will be on the 9th in Shakopee, so that she and Sam can celebrate together! Have a great weekend everyone!

Road trip to Wabasso!

The girls and I drove to Wabasso today to visit my childhood friend, Rachel and her children, Michaela and Brody. Michaela will be in sixth grade this fall and Brody is two. We had a nice time visiting, going for a walk and playing with the kids at the park.

Happy Birthday Kenzie!

It is Kenzie Deutsch's 5th Birthday today! We hope she is having a great birthday. Kenzie attends Busy Bees Pre-school with Kelsey. Happy Birthday Kenzie:)

Happy Birthday Toni!

Happy 50th Birthday, Toni! I'm sorry this is not a very good picture, it's the only one I could find. We hope you had a great birthday on Friday!

Let's Try that Again!

Here's a better photo of the girls on their first day of school. Courtney really likes first grade and Kelsey had a great day at Busy Bee Pre-School.

The First Day of School

It is Courtney and Kelsey's first day of school today. They are both very excited and ready to go! Kelsey wanted to sleep with her backpack last night just to make sure nothing happened to it:)

All Ready for School?!

Courtney created her own little work space in the basement to do homework. I think it is great! She is very excited for school to start. We attended a Back to School picnic last night and met her teacher, Mrs. Ellsworth. I'll post more pictures on Monday. Have a good weekend everyone!

First Day of School

Today was Eric and my first day back at school. He is now the 6-12 Guidance Counselor and I am the Special Education Coordinator, so our roles and responsibilities are a little different from past years. We both had a good day and here is how we looked...Courtney starts first grade next Monday and Kelsey will be going to Busy Bees Pre-school so watch for their pictures next week:)

One last Hurrah at the Daughtry concert!

My friend and I went to the Daughtry concert on Thursday night for one last fun event before school starts. Chris Daughtry was on American Idol season 6 and in my opinion should have won! It was a great concert and we had a lot of fun!

American Idol Concert

Courtney, Shelly, Miranda and I went to the American Idol Concert on Saturday night. We had a great time and the format was a little bit different from previous years. Instead of having each top 10 singer perform individually, there were a lot of duets and small groups singing together. Chris Richardson and Jordin Sparks sounded great! I forgot to bring my camera, so I took a picture of Courtney when we got home. She really liked Sanjaya-he actually didn't sound too bad singing Michael Jackson songs. I am off to Chamberlain tomorrow morning and will return Tuesday evening. Eric and I start work on Wednesday-where did the summer go???

Happy Birthday Auntie Laurie!

We are going to Minneapolis for the weekend, but wanted to wish Laurie a very Happy Birthday on Saturday! She is a great aunt and sister-in-law, we are lucky to have her in our family:) Have a great birthday, Laurie!