He's 14 Today!

Today is Christopher's 14th birthday! I often forget that he is not older than he really is. He is currently TALLER than me and I am not that short! I really noticed his height yesterday while he and I were walking over to the high school to do something for band. As I was talking to him I found myself having to LOOK UP :-} His cake is ready and his presents are wrapped and he has selected his restaurant of choice for dinner tonight.

Back from the UK

Maggie and I are back from our trip to England. We had a great time and EXCELLENT weather ~ sunny every day and almost 60!! I have pictures to share but will do that later. Andrew had a great time in Salt Lake City snowboarding with Nicholas and Kevin. Poor Kevin got sick on the way out and then some kid, Andrew, ran over his arm while going down the mountain and Kevin needed stitches! They even took in a Utah Jazz game too. Spring break is winding down and back to school and work next week....I cannot believe the school year is almost over ~

I'm Baaaaaaaaaaack!!

I know I have been REALLY bad at blogging but to be honest our lives at the moment are kind of BORING! Last weekend Andrew participated in a 12 hour dance marathon to support the domestic violence shelter and programs in our community. They danced from 6pm Saturday night to 6am Sunday morning. This year almost 700 students participated and raised a whopping $83,000.00!!! YAHOOOOOOOO for those who took part. I actually went a voluntered for a shift ~ 4:30am to 8am. Here is a photo of the very tired kids in the wee hours of the morning.

A big thank you to all of those who sponsored Andrew for this event!

39 today!

Today is my 39th birthday, yes I am really 39! I have had the best day and it will be even better when we get Tim at the airport in a few hours. I came home from work today to see this....

{Thank you Lauren}

Then I had a delivery for this....

{Thank you Mom}

Then I had a delivery of THIS....

{Thank you Diana}

Both boys are in the midst of planning their course selections for the next school year and boy there is a lot of information. Tonight we went to Christopher's 8th grade high school meeting night. We missed this for Andrew as we were in the UK last year so it was good to go and hear some of the information. We had the chance to speak to the band director and Chris will actually begin practices for next year in April...yep in 2 short months. The band and choir will be performing in Hawaii in March 2010 so we got some general information on that too! This will be over the spring break so needless to say I 'think' our whole family will be going.

Happy Valentine's Day

Hope everyone has a great day today! Not much is going on here....Maggie and I have colds and feel miserable. {Andrew, I think, is coming down with something as well.}

The boys both came home with their course selection information for school next year. I will have 2 boys in high school ~ ouch!! Christopher does not have as many choices as Andrew but still there are decisions to be made. Andrew will have to take Algebra I in summer school as his math course in the UK did not specifically say Algebra I so he doesn't get credit for it. He needs to do this so that he can take Algebra II next fall since he is taking Geometry this year. He was worried he would miss the running camp he wanted to attend but he can still go...he is permitted to miss 5 days and that is how many he would miss.

Tim is in Beijing and will be there until the end of the month. I believe today he went shopping and to the pearl market. He was going to pick up pink pearls for Maggie and her friend Chloe. Chloe became a big sister this week and we will be seeing them in the UK in a few weeks.

Check it out...

The carpet was installed in the basement this afternoon and I LOVE how the entire room is finally coming together. Obviously, there are still a few decorating things to do but it is SO much better than it was before. Andrew and a couple friends from elementary school, Nicholas and Riley, will be habitating in the basement later tonight when they get back from the movies. I have a feeling I will be hearing rock band into the wee hours of the morning :-}

Tim is currently on a flight to Beijing and will be there for 3 weeks. I cannot complain as he has been home for 3 months without any business travel.