San Francisco

Last week I attended the Association of Junior Leagues International's Annual Conference in San Francisco. AJLI has a Fall, Winter, and Annual Conference. The Junior League of Midland sent me the Incoming President Elect, Sarah the incoming President, and Cari the outgoing President. This was such an amazing experience! We had several training workshops and attended the annual meetings and dialogs for the Association. We also found some time to enjoy the weather and beautiful San Francisco. 

The West Texas Incoming President Elects (we are missing a few!)

From Left to Right: Odessa, Bell County, El Paso, Wichita Falls, Midland, San Angelo, Amarillo, and Abilene.

The West Texas girls tend to stick together which makes a great network!

 Me, Cari, and Sarah before the Annual Reception

 San Francisco from Alcatraz

Me, Cari, and Sarah before Opening Meeting

This was the longest time I have ever been away from the kids. It was hard and Stuart did great! On Thursday I called him to see how the morning went and he said it was long. The kids go to school from 9 to 4 on Thursdays.  Stuart: Hannah wanted a braid so I took her to Sports Clips for a braid, then we went to the doctor. Jennifer: Why, what doctor? Stuart: He choked on a doughnut and he sounded funny so I took him to the Dr. N's. Jennifer: Who did you see? Stuart: One of the girls. Jennifer: Is he okay. Stuart: Oh yeah, one of the girls listened to him and said he was fine. (Last JL trip he choked on a jolly rancher!) Stuart: Then we went to school and I took Hudson to class and then Hannah but when I was walking out Hudson's teacher stopped me and asked me if I brought Hudson a lunch. I hadn't so I went to Super Burrito and bought him a burrito, capri sun, and fruit snack.

Tuesday when I took them to school I found out that they strolled in around 11:30!

I missed them terribly but had a great time and am looking forward to Fall Conference in Chicago in September!

Easter 2012

Chicks!

I bought the kids some baby chicks for Easter. They are really cute the kids have loved them. I wanted the colored ones but they only had yellow ones left when I got them. Tomorrow they are going to a friends house where they will raise them for eggs. We started out with six of them, we lost 2 of them (by either traumatic injury or strangulation). Hudson loves to grab them and run around with them. Another one fell in the potty somehow but it survived. At least our dogs will be happy to have these chicks go bye bye tomorrow.

Princess Party

Princess Hannah celebrating her friend Hannah Beth's birthday at a fabulous Princess Party!

Bunnies and Buns - Egg Hunt #5

Saturday afternoon we celebrated Jase's first birthday and another Egg Hunt.

Easter Egg Hunt #4

Easter Hunts One, Two, and Three

Egg Hunt Number One: We started out with Hannah's CDO class. We had an egg hunt and a pizza party picnic.

Number Two: Hudson's CDO class had their hunt later on in the day. He surprised me and really got a lot of eggs. He learned this year that there is candy and treats in them!

Number Three: At Hannah's school. Wow! We went all out for a joint K3 and K4 Easter Celebration! The Easter Bunny made a surprise visit, we had a big hunt, and then had a picnic!