Sorry for the blog drought... Mom pegged it when she said I was enjoying time off from EVERYTHING, even the blog.
I'll start off with the last day of school. It was a huge success--Lance and all the kids had a ball. The day was full of fun--breakfast together in the gym, awesome video prepared by yours truly, memory book signing, music, and the fifth grade walk you see below. No tears for Lance, unlike Hadley who cried all the way through! If he looks funny, it's the ink goatee and graffiti from the memory signing--some of the kids began using their bodies as the canvas... Oh well. It was fun!
Next, the limo picked us up out in front of the school. It was supposed to be a surprise, but didn't work out that way. It didn't matter--they were all SO excited!
Next stop, the middle school they will attend. We got there just before the ending bell so we had time to get a shot in front of the sign there. We also picked up Hadley and a friend. Lance was so sweet to give up a spot for Hadley to be able to have a friend. He's a good kid!
Then we drove to the Cadillac Ranch. We were all very surprised to see that all the cars were painted yellow--no graffiti! I was afraid we wouldn't be able to paint. I've never seen them freshly painted without graffiti. The people who had just painted the cars were still out there. One young guy asked us to wait a few minutes before tagging the cars while he took pictures. When he was done, he told the kids to get after it. We talked to him and found out he was the son of a local artist/art columnist for the newspaper who had passed away earlier that week. In honor of his dad, Stanley Marsh and this guy got together to paint the cars bright yellow. Pretty cool, huh? It was awesome for us--the boys had clean canvases to leave their marks. They loved it! The weather was perfect--almost NO WIND. Yay for no dirt blowing in our faces while we painted! :)
We did some driving around to finish out our two hours, then it was back to the school for a picnic and water balloons.
After the party was over, nearly all the boys ended up at the neighborhood pool to swim the rest of the afternoon. Lance was pooped by the end of the day--it surely was a full one!
After our first week off, Hadley did the volleyball camp at the high school. She wasn't crazy about having to be there at 8:00 every morning, but it was good just to be touching the ball. Gotta stay in practice for nationals! :)
And, almost forgot about the CF walk. We had a great turnout! Our team had 40-50 walkers. Lance was very proud. Mom and Dad also came for it and we got to spend some time with them that weekend.
Then, just when I thought we were ready for some summer fun and relaxation... Last week was a total bust! My good friend's mom died on Monday after a long illness. Her service was on my birthday. Not so fun.
Now on to better news. Not. Grandma and Jean came for a short visit last Thursday morning. They hadn't even been here 2 hours when Grandma fell and broke her hand and hip. She had surgery Thursday night and moved to rehab yesterday. It's going to be a long, tough road for her recovery. But knowing her, she'll do everything in her power to be back on her feet as soon as she can.
I had requests for pictures, so I took a couple. Robert, the tongue-sticking out is just for you! Ha!
Ok... That's the highlights
and lowlights of the last few weeks. Have a great rest of the week!
I was so proud of Grandma today. I got there just as she was finishing up her afternoon gym time. Even after that workout, she was able to walk about 200 feet with little rest about halfway, do some more exercises in the bed, and finally sit up for supper. Considering all that's happened since last Thursday, I'd say that's pretty AWESOME!
