Last Day of 4th Grade

Last day of 4th grade baby!!!  Let's have some fun this summer!

This is the sign that Maclaine found when she got home from school that day

I think she's excited to start summer break!

4th grade Choir Concert

Maclaine was part of the school choir when she was in 4th grade.  These pictures were taken at the last concert of the year.  

Our girly is right in the middle

Proud daddy

Proud momma 

Delani was sweet enough to come watch her bestie sing away

4th Grade Grand Canyon Field Trip

The big field trip for 4th grade was to go to Grand Canyon.  I put my name on the waiting list of chaperone's the day we went to meet the teachers before school even started.  I wanted to make sure that I would be in attendance on this overnight trip.  Not only did I want to go to experience the Grand Canyon with Maclaine but I'm a little bit of a control freak and want to be the one in charge of my girl.  Guess what?  I was the first name on the list, so I got to go!

We met at the school Thursday night around 10:00 p.m, which is already past my bedtime.  Then the charter buses ended up being an hour late.  The goal was to sleep the night away while the bus drove us up North.  We ended up parking somewhere up there to "sleep" and change drivers before the park opened.  

I had this fabulous idea to take Benedryl so that I could sleep through all the loud kids on the bus.  Well, lets just say that there was very little sleep going on in between the kicking of my seat and kids just being super excited to be having a sleepover on a bus.  Needless to say, I never got to sleep the benedryl away so I was a walking Zombie by the time we got there.  I don't do well without my sleep :)

The sites were beautiful!  

It was SOOOO stinkin' cold!  This momma wasn't prepared.

Our next stop was Yupatki National Monument

Clainey girl was starting to not feel so well right about here...

"Mom, I wanna go home."

She was really feeling yucky here.  Her friend CJ was trying to comfort her.

Although, I'm super happy that I was given the opportunity to go on the field trip, it ended up being the never ending field trip.  There were many, many stops that the buses made.  We stopped at The Grand Canyon, Yupatki National Monument , Sunset Crater, which we stayed in the car for this one because Maclaine was doubled over on my lap not feeling well and 2  souvenir shops.  For tired parents and tired-sick kids this made for a very LONG couple days.  

PHEW, we made it!

Love her!

Once we got home, the stomach flu came on with a vengeance...poor baby.

Easter Weekend 2012

Easter weekend we had the cousins over to dye Easter eggs and have a little lunch.  

Maclaine, Mallory, Aubrey & Ellie

There's cute Donovan!

Grandma Paulette and Grandpa John always bring over some Easter goodies for Clainey

Right before heading to church

Fancy Clothes...Opera 2012

Our friend, Maytee, sang in the Opera in 2012 so we put our fancy clothes on and went to see her.  We had a delicious dinner with some friends and then headed on over.  I have to admit, I'm not a huge fan of the Opera but it was cool to see our friend doing something she loves.  I'm glad I went and can now say that I've been.

I just had to post these pictures because you don't find me in a dress very often...

Look who's 10!

Goodness Gracious!  Where the heck does time go!  I can't believe I birthed this sweet girl 10 years ago (10 1/2 as I write this)!  

Happy 10th Birthday Clainey Girl!

We had the usual house party with family and close friends....

Aubrey, Delani, Philip, Joshua, and Seren

Delani, Maclaine, and Seren

We always have to have a Pinata...

Getting ready to open gifts...

How many people and doggie's can we fit on the couch?

I wish I could remember the story behind this picture.  I think this is the card that Uncle Kenny bought that was actually for a boy, or grandkid, or dog???  I can't remember...

The next day, we had a little party with some of her school friends

They made tye-dye pillowcases...

Turned out super cute!

They also wrote and composed a song and performed it!

Morning of her actual birthday

She got a camera!

And started taking pictures immediately...

She wanted to go to Party City on her birthday...crazy girl!

We had fun trying on all kinds of masks...

and hats....

and glasses...

She also got her first pair of high heels.  She was super excited!

These are all the pictures I found on her new camera

I guess she likes it!