Last day off in May

In the month of May, I had three short weeks in a row. I was really getting spoiled with those short weeks that I don't know how I'm going to work 5 days a week for the entire month of June.

Today, I took the day off to attend Diamond's award ceremony at school, where she received "Hardest Worker" and then stayed for their family picnic. It was a beautiful day and I did not regret taking the day off at all. We had the picnic at the fort, laid out blankets and chairs, then had a huge water balloon/gun fight.So, with no change of clothes, she spent the rest of the day wet. Sometimes I wonder why there is still school during the last week - I guess because if there wasn't, they would miss out on all this fun!
The rest of the afternoon, I walked around the mall, watched a movie, and then hung out with Diamond after school. I love picking her up at the bus stop. I wish I could do it everyday - But tomorrow it's back to work and back to normal schedule. But today was a great day!

Non-stop Thursday

Today, I felt like we were on the go go go go... We started our day by coming home after midnight after watching Star Trek, which by the way was a really good movie even though I am not a Trekie. After 5 hours of sleep, I head to work for a day filled with fun and exciting (in my most sarcastic tone) training.

Then, Diamond had a dress rehearsal for her piano recital.
Then, Diamond had performance awards for ballet.
Then, Diamond had Dia De Los Ninos with open house at school.

Wow... Diamond is a busy girl. Today I was a proud mommy. My dad, who will not be here for the piano recital, watched during rehearsal and said she did an awesome job. I watched her twinkle her toes away in ballet as they performed all their dances. Then, for the first time ever, I watched my daughter participate in a talent show she chose to sing in. She may not be Mariah Carey, but it was still a proud moment for me. I sat there and watched her sing her heart out... Here's a little video I took of it. (Uhm... ignore the end. The umbrella was knocked over by the wind and it almost toppled a poor little kid.)

Lakehouse getaway

We spent this weekend at my friend Erin's lakehouse. I wasn't really sure what to expect, but I was pretty excited about the trip anyway. I needed a girls getaway due to having a rough week, and it definitely helped.

We had so much fun. We drove down there after I watched Dime run in the Little Olympics. Ate at an Italian restaurant in my friends' home town and spent the evening sitting on the boat dock talking while eating Oreos and milk (or Dr. Pepper for some of us.)

The next day, we played in the water. I went kayaking and canoeing for the very first time! Whew! It was a serious arm workout and for someone who hardly works on their arms, it sure was a lot of using muscles I'm not used to. Then we visited Erin's family vineyard... this was so beautiful.

We just had such a blast! Thanks Erin for inviting us out there. I wish I had a picture of all of us to post up here.