Whew, another crazy week

We survived another crazy week as a family. It just seems the events never end. This Wednesday was the center of the frenzy. My officers and I hosted about 70 students and advisors from other high schools around the region. We focused our event on assembly planning and follow throughs. We spent over 2 hours with the other students. During the event, we planned and performed 5 different types of assemblies. Then we had a catered taco and nacho bar lunch. Overall, the day was a huge success. It was a relief to have the whole thing over though.

Then that same evening, Steve took Shawna and Allison to young womens where they played dodgeball and other fun games. Matthew attended Boy Scouts. Josh and I stayed home and went through his Wolf scout book. Josh and Steve are going to bbq tomorrow evening, and then he will earn his Wolf badge on Tuesday.

Allison spent her week getting ready for the Science Olympiad big event coming up in Spokane in a couple of weeks. That consisted of practices after school every day. Thursday also brought piano lessons and an unexpected visit from my parents and brother Robbie. We met for dinner and then came back to our house for a little fun.

Steve finally came down with my cold. It hit him after school on Friday and has basically down for the count ever since. We are in the process of figuring out our fence issues for Cocoa, and the Blue & Gold banquet is on Tuesday. Wish us luck. At this point, we are in checkoff mode trying to survive until Spring Break and then summer. Love & hugs, Deb

Feelin' the Love!

Allison and her amazing chocolate chip cookies.

Josh and Matt love to sample the cookies.

Watch out! Ninja Cookie Girl.

Boys basketball warming up. (Check out the blue socks. My officers dyed them.)

Some of my officers selling ribbons.

The PJ video game crew

Still going....

Our vicious dog Cocoa waiting for love.

...so sweet.

Happy Valentines Day! Steve and I spent the afternoon at a friend's wedding. It was very nice; we even danced a little.

It has been a busy couple of weeks. Steve spent the week before in Vancouver at the Assistant Principal Conference. He had a great time and learned lots. Of course, the rest of us in Moses Lake missed him and were trying to keep up with all the crazy week. I orchestrated a Cancer Awareness Week at the high school. We recognized a different type of cancer each day with PSA's on the announcements. We also sold over 1000 bandanas in the different colors throughout the week. We also dressed up in those different colors. We bought team warm up jerseys and both the girls and boys basketball teams wore socks (that we dyed) in pink and blue in awareness of breast cancer and prostate cancer. It was a new undertaking for my ASB kids, so we weren't quite sure how well it would be accepted. Amazingly it went great. My officers (and me) spent the evenings at both basketball games selling ribbons and taking donations. We ended up gathering almost 1500 dollars with the proceeds going to our local Cancer foundation. It was a huge undertaking and it felt great spreading the awareness message. Of course, I was sick during the whole event, but I went to school every day keeping the momentum moving forward.

Last Friday, my officers and I also put on our annual Couch Olympics assembly. It was another huge event that went well, but I am truly glad that it is over. And next Wednesday we host 70 + students from high schools around the region in a big leadership conference. I'm planning to have my breakdown the following week. :) (I keep threatening.)

Cub Scouts keeps moving forward. Josh is very close to finishing his wolf badge. After Matt completes another overnight trip with his troop in the next few weeks, he will also advance. I am really grateful for the day off tomorrow for Presidents Day. Hopefully I can breathe a little bit. Miss you all. :) Deb

Pinewood Derby Fun

Matt eating pizza.

Cubmaster Mom gives Josh his certificate.

Proud Mom and Dad with Josh and his winning car.

Josh had a great time!

The crowd watches the race!

The boys bond with Cocoa.

What another fun week! This Tuesday was our annual Pinewood Derby race- Josh's first. We had a fun time. Pizza and cookies for everyone at the race. The whole family went, and we had a great time watching the races and hanging out with friends. Josh ended up with first place in the Wolf division, so its on to districts in March.

The girls had young women's game night on Wednesday. Alli's favorite was the game "Apples to Apples." Thursday was piano; Steve took Matt and Alli. Shawna and I spent over an hour shopping at Walmart with my ASB president for high school events. On Friday, Shawna helped me after school get ready. We finally left around 5 and went straight to Steve's school. My ASB officers helped lead a middle school leadership retreat. I mostly got to sit back and enjoy as my officers did their thing. They did a great job. Steve and I got to hang out and supervise. Steve had stayed home with a sick Josh on Friday as well. Shawna hid in a classroom on a computer, so she didn't mind. We finally left about 8 pm. I spent Saturday in bed sick mostly, other than running the girls everywhere.

Shawna and Allison spent the morning at a young women's conference at the stake center from 9:30 to 2:30. Then at 4:00, Alli auditioned for our stake play "Beauty and the Beast." She did an amazing job, even though she refused to sing in front of me. Then, she went into town again for the "Rock Band" night at the church.

We are gearing up for a really crazy one next week. Steve leaves on Tuesday for his vice-principal conference in Vancouver, so I'm playing single mom this week. Of course it has to be a huge one at the high school, so I'm just hoping to survive all the chaos.

We miss you and love you all. Have a great week! :) Deb