Lake Pleasant

Today was a crazy day (do I ever get off this track?) & it started w/a field trip to Lake Pleasant. We've never been so I was excited. A total of five - 5th grade classes went from the girls' school and I choose to ride on the bus. (the girls' school have zero buses, so for field trips: either you drive or ride on the charter bus. It was nice to not worry about the long drive & traffic on the way back and just relax.) I usually skip the bus because it makes me nauseous. It was all good today though!

Oh wait! Before I can go into that... even before we got to school, I had to make a u-turn & go back home. my 8th grader forgot her project on counter. This meant she was going to be late. Not good. This meant that I wouldn't have time to pick up something for breakfast & take my insulin either.

Made the trip, made it to school just in time for my 5th grader to be on time. Parked, ran upstairs, spoke to teacher & I had time for food! Yes! I'm telling you, it never gets boring around here. =)

Hard to believe that just a mountain separates these two

views!

my mama & her bff

The kids were excited to see the wild burros on the way out!

Antonia 'needed' to add to her duct tape collection so we stopped by Michael's before heading home. By this time: we spent so much time walking in the AZ sun & mini-classes: I needed a quick pick-me-up! *plus I got a real bad headache. Ugh! We ran up to Little Caesars for dinner & yes, this mama didn't have to cook. Antonia & I caught the last 10 mins of Donna Salazar's Tuesday Tutorials. It's live & we chat away too. Tonight we won the last prize! (mom's super fast typing did the trick!) Whoohoo! Then it was showers, homework & bed. And now here I am, it's real late & I'm typing away.

Thanks for hanging in there w/me. Enjoy your day!

Sweet dreams.

xo

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Okay, today was really TOO HOT! You get in the car, turn the a/c on, sweat from waiting, then BAM it's cooling you off! Yea! ... then you reach your destination & BAM, you have to walk from your parking space to the a/c. YUK!!! But you know what, we can complain all we want, but we ARE still here, with our homes & loved ones, safe & out of harms way. The crazy weather, that is. It's crazy, I wonder why this happens? But I thank God that we live here in this heat & not where all these storms, tornadoes, flooding, earthquakes are happening. We are lucky.

We took our girls, along w/Amy & Katie to Amazing Jake's yesterday. We met the Kruse family there. The girls had lots of fun!

Dad & Antonia

Graciella & Amy

(Amy just made the height requirement to drive!)

All the kids! Lele was too afraid!

Things happen for a reason & people choose different paths. You can only hope that one of those paths may bring them back. Life goes on though. It has too. So many people come into our lives for different reasons. I see this proven time & time again. Friends, co-workers, neighbors, store clerks... the list goes on. I have been blessed to have special people in our lives that are true, honest, caring, loving, have respect for themselves & others they love, their word stands for something... I could go on. Those people who know us, know who they are. Know that you are truly appreciated from the bottom of my heart.

Last, but not least... Happy Birthday Becky!! xo