Monday, January 26, 2015

Happy 2015!

The last part of December and almost the entire month of January has slipped away from me --- but here's what we've been up to. 

The first set of pictures are in no particular order (if I tried to arrange these photos, it might take me another month to publish this blog post!)  --- I took them with my phone over the last month.

 The house is full of moving boxes in Michigan!
 1st day of school in California! 
 making cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve --- packed a few cookie cutters in the suitcase so we could make some cookies.
 last training ride of 2014

 studying so I can get my CA driver's licence
 these girls help me out so much with babysitting over the last 3 years! 
 mmmmm... Holiday Inn cinnamon roll!
 yes, it's a cookie on top of a cupcake
 last dinner in our MI home -- no table, we'll sit/lay on the floor
 it's a rare occasion --- but yes, my drink contained some alcohol!  Hard Rock Cafe Chicago
 family bike ride to the grocery store
 changing a flat tire  - sigh
 yikes - a garage full of boxes
 a great training run :)
 dinner @ Hard Rock Cafe Chicago
 oops!  forgot the reusable shopping bags!
 Hard Rock Cafe Chicago
 Helen marking off moving sticker numbers
 my sweet Helen waiting for her swim practice to start
 Helen @ Hard Rock Cafe
 Hiking on the day after Christmas in CA
 Swim Team Hot Chocolate night --- Every Thursday ---- Jillly's in heaven :)
 took my birthday boy shopping
 excited to hand out birthday treats to his swim team
 I can't believe I bought this --- Jayden's request for lunch on his birthday
 Hard Rock Cafe Chicago
 Super Fast Swim Flippers for Jilly
 More hot chocolate
 my sweet Jilly
 Jilly rockin' @ Hard Rock Cafe
 The.Last.Moving.Box is uppacked ... only took 9 days to get everything unpacked and put away!
 Leg Lamp in Chicago
 Lego Movie at Benicia Public Library
 All our stuff -- will it fit in the car and then the airplane?
 saying goodbye to the mini
 early morning swim
 my new CA car?
 gotta love it when the moving people pack some trash for you - sigh
 jilly chillin' on some moving blankets
 ahhhhhhh - packing paper!!!!!
 making pizza with the last of the items in the fridge in MI
 New Year's Day Swim
 loving the outdoor pool
 reading with Jilly with the other kids swim
 waiting in line to recycle cans/bottles/plastic
 Slurpee Sunday!

 sunset Sunday
 my superhero
 kids swam in Niles on our way to the airport


 eating dinner at the pool in style with our table --- can you tell we spend a lot of time at the pool?
 no pressure here?!?!?!  registering the kids for their first swim meet!
 another pool pic
 last swim meet in MI
 rode so much I split my tire - haha!
 my view from track - beautiful

 treats for the kids last day of school in MI
 making soup - only brought a very small saucepan on the airplane until our moving van arrived
 who brings veggies as a going-away treat for the swim team - ME, of course
Helen, where's Jillian? 


 Helen's cocoa cabaret concert in MI


 Jayden's 3rd grade teacher
 I helped Jillian's kindergarten make treats and a craft @ her Christmas party
 Ready for Santa
 making cookies for Santa




 Yes, we even packed our Night Before Christmas Book!




 mmmmm - very carefully decorated cookies

 Christmas Morning









 THE My Little Pony Rainbow Dash Sweatshirt - she said it was the "BEST GIFT EVER!"

Christmas Dinner

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