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In 24 hours I will be at the beach... YAY
We had our family Thanksgiving feast on sunday and today we are headed to CA for Kennedee's tournament. I can't wait for the sun.
Kick some butt Kennedee.

This week has been crazy crazy. On Saturday Kennedee had practice first thing in the morning. So much for sleeping in on the weekends. Kennedee has been saying she wanted to get her eye brows waxed, so on the way home from practice we stopped in and had them waxed. I took her picture but she got mad at me so I won't post them. It was pretty comical. I went to a lunch date and the kids stayed home and got out the Christmas stuff. I couldn't wait to ditch the date and I called the kids on the way home so we could go shopping instead. We chilled the rest of the evening.
On sunday morning we slept in a little and when the kids woke up we all decided to go see Grandma and Grandpa. It was a nice visit.
Monday we were offered Jazz tickets for the 16th row and Kennedee and I jumped on that. The seats were awesome and the game was a lot of fun. We went to dinner first and had a nice little date. Thanks for the tickets Dave we loved it.
The rest of this week will be crazy busy with lots of soccer practices. We leave for California in one week and I am so excited to relax at the beach and enjoy the sun watching some soccer games. And going to Disneyland. We are stoked.

The weekend is here finally.... This week has been very crazy. Kennedee has had soccer practice every day and again tomorrow morning. They are training hard for the California tournament in two weeks. They practiced at the indoor football field at the U this week. They will practice there all winter. It is a really nice facilty and it is warm. (I like that). Kennedee was running out of bounds to get the ball and didn't see the ladder hanging down the wall and ran right into it with her forehead. She had a big knot on her head and had to fall alseep that night with an ice pack on her head. The bubble wrap is on order for her.
Tuesday Madi had dance, I had my class and I played raquetball and Scott took Kennedee to practice. Tonight both kids are having a sleep over and we will be at the soccer field again in the morning by 9.
I love watching Kennedee play soccer but I am hoping they get to have a break in December. I am burned out, Madi is tired of being dragged to everything and Kennedee is just happy to play more soccer. I wish I had her energy. I can't wait for sunday for a nap.

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The first semaster at school is over and grades are out.
The first part of the school year was so hard for Kennedee. She was practicing soccer 3-4 times a week and getting up at 5 every morning, doing homework and trying to get into a routine. Her grades at midterm were not that good. But with A LOT of hard work she got a 3.888. Seeing that 1 B+ made her really sad, but she wants to work harder and get a 4.0 this semaster. That can happen as long as she quits chewing gum in Drama. Kennedee was able to go to an awards assembly today for the honor roll. She said it was boring but it got her out of her last class.
Madison did really well too. Her teacher told me at Parent Teacher Conference that he always uses Madi as an example and tells the other kids to behave like she is and to sit like she is. Every teacher she has had so far has said that same thing. She is a definate rule follower. If there is a rule she will follow it and encourage others to follow it as well. Madi is in 3rd grade and she is reading at the same level as a child who is finishing 4th grade. He first quarter grades where straight A's. The teacher even called me at the end and thanked me for coming to PTC and to tell me he loves having Madi in his class and he is so proud of how well she is doing. That makes a mom very proud.

Weekend

This weekend was a rarity. It was relaxing. Kennedee went with her dad and Madi stayed home. On friday night Madi went to the primary practice for the ward program and had dinner and ice cream. They have been practicing so hard. Madi was a little nervous but said she would picture everyone in their underwear. Saturday morning we slept in until 8 and Madi had a birthday party at 10 at Thanksgiving Point. I dropped her off and went to the mall to do a little shopping. I was surprised to see all the Christmas stuff already up. But I guess Christmas is around the corner.
I picked Madi up and we went to have lunch and to the craft store for her school project. By that time I was getting a headache so we stopped and rented a movie to watch later. When we got home Madi worked on her project a little and then decided to go to her friends house. When I picked her up my head was killing me so we got a pizza and went home to do nothing. She ate dinner and we layed on my bed and cuddled and watched a movie and I went to bed at 9. Wow!! That is early on a saturday night.
Sunday we got up at 7 and got ready for church. Scott was bringing Kennedee home early so they could see Madi in the program.
The program was so sweet. The spririt was so strong and there was a lot of wet eyes. Kennedee was giving me a hard time because I started to cry when Madi and her activity days girls sang "I wonder when he comes again". Nana bought me that book when I was little and I learned how to play it on the piano and we wanted to sing it at her funeral, but no one knew the words. So it made me a little sad today. The program went very well and I was so proud of Madison. She said her part and sang so pretty.
After church I took a nap and the kids played. We played board games together and really enjoyed the nice relaxing weekend.
Now back to the busy crazy week.

Young Women of Excellence

Tonight was Kennedee's Young Women of Excellence Award Night. They got to walk on the red carpet and they sang and did a skit. It was really nice to see the young women in the ward. I am so proud of Kennedee for working on her personal progress. They handed out awards for each section they had completed. They received little gold shoes to represent the I will stand theme. The girls worked really hard and it was a special night.

Trick or Treat

This Halloween was the first in many years that both my kids went out with friends and I stayed home and passed out candy. It was a little weird. But since they were both gone over 3 hours I am glad I stayed home. They both had a great time. We had carved pumpkins last week and they were both please with their designs.
They both have enough candy to last a very long time.