Monday, February 22, 2010

Ace!



Being married to a tennis guy, I am excited about the prospect of my husband coaching our daughters. Mark has really been working with Ava and Mia since the summer and they have progressed. Ava has really caught on and I can actually rally with her now.

Mark felt that Ava needed to be playing with kids her own age, since she seems to thrive on "healthy" competition (clearly her mother's daughter.) Mark organized a little tennis clinic, held one day per week at the local high school. It has had its growing pains, and we're discovering the real differences between boys and girls.

After 5 weeks, the kids (okay, the boys and Ava) are getting into a routine and not annoying Mark as much. Mark needed to burn some of the boys' energy so he lined them up along the long wall so they could practice hitting a ball repeatedly against the wall.

With 6 kids swinging rackets at wild balls, this was bound to happen....




Meet Bryson, the son of my dear friends and neighbors. Yes, Ava wielded the racket that struck the tooth (permanent, I might add) of Bryson.

His parents were very gracious about the entire incident, always stating, "It was an accident." I, however, was mortified. He was able to get a composite tooth the next day and we have had a successful tennis lesson since.

PS. If you care to join us for tennis, please call me, we never meant to exclude anyone, we just happened to put together of group of kids whose parents had expressed interest!
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Sunday, February 14, 2010

VD--Gotta love it


I get Valentine inspirations from the weirdest things. Like when I overheard a lady at Wal-Mart calling her kid a "smarty-pants." Hmmm, I could eat Smarties right now. I tossed the store-bought "Wizards of Waverly Place" valentines onto the canned beans shelf and did a scorching U-turn to get to the candy aisle.
With Smarties in hand, I head home to figure out how to mass produce pants. Any help Levi-Strauss?
I cut a pair of pants from construction paper, scanned it, then made a template in Photoshop.

Mia adding the John Hancock for her 30 classmates, plus neighbors, friends, Primary teachers and relatives.


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Saturday, February 13, 2010

3rd Anniversary...


...of my 29th birthday!
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Friday, February 5, 2010

Dos

Happy Birthday Baby!!!




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