Murray Girls Spa Weekend!

This trip could not have come at a better time!

I had spent the night before sleeping on an air mattress on the floor of a museum (see next post).  I had never needed a massage more!  My mom had been wanting to plan a "girls weekend" with her daughter/daughter in laws for a long time.  I helped her plan this fabulous spa weekend  at Avalon Hotel and Spa in Portland.  Francine, Kate and I could not thank my mom enough.  It was so relaxing and fun!

Francine and I got a massage and a pedicure.

Kate and mom got a massage and a facial.

I don't think that there is a better gift that you could give busy Moms.

After our spa treatments, we spent the afternoon shopping in downtown Portland.

(Kate is due in almost exactly 2 months with a little girl!)

Me and Mom at Nordies!

Because we don't have a Nordtsroms in Eugene, being here makes Mom and I so happy!

We went out for a very nice dinner at the restaurant, next to the Hotel, right on the waterfront in Johns Landing.

Me and my "Sisitas"  I love these girls! 

 I am so lucky that my brothers married such amazing, beautiful and fun women!

I think I have a pretty beautiful Mom too!

She is also very giving to host this perfect weekend for us girls.  Shopping, restaurants, spa treatments and lots of laughs. Thank you Mom!  . . .and thank you Kate and Francine for coming down from Seattle!

5th Grade OMSI Trip (overnight)

Even though I tend to complain a lot about my busy schedule, I really do LOVE my job.  Last Thrusday - Friday was our annual overnight field trip to OMSI.  We leave school Thursday afternoon, get on charter bus and watch a movie on the bus (Megamind). Then we get to OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) and they keep the kids fully entertained with science activities, Karaoke & an OMNIMAX movie until "lights out" at 11:00pm.  We sleep in sleeping bags on the floor of the museum.  The next morning we are up and at it again at 7:00am for more fun :).  We take the bus back to school just in time for a pizza party.  It is a very tiring experience, but the kids have so much fun!

I didn't even have to volunteer as a parent chaperone on Max's field trip.  Lucky Max gets to have HIS mom there no matter what.  He actually sat right in front of Mike and I on the bus, so we had some fun giving poor Max a bad time.

Exploring the fun activities at  the Museum.

 . . . a group photo of my 51 fabulous 5th graders!

What a fun group!

Mike and I on the bus.

There is almost no way to get your picture taken without some "bunny ears" in 5th grade.  It comes with the territory :)

As much work and stress that a field trip like this can be for a teacher, it is so worth it! The kids have so much fun. It was even more fun this year, because I got to be with Max too!  I will be sad to see this school year come to an end.  What a gift it has been to me, as a mom, to get to spend 5th grade with my son. I feel very blessed!

I Love My Girl!

I am such a "girly-girl".  I love doing all things girly.  I am so thankful that Lucy goes along with all of my girliness.  She is such a good sport.  Lately Lucy has been absolutely loving her dance class on Saturday mornings, so we were both so excited when Liz's mom Linda gave us 2 tickets to the Ballet at the Hult  Center.  It was the perfect Mommy-Daughter date night.

Pancho took some pictures of us in the backyard before we left.

So happy that Spring might actually finally be here!

I wasn't sure if the Ballet would keep Lucy's attention.  Luckily, it was broken up into three mini ballets and they each had a little story.  She was absolutely enthralled.  I loved it too!

After the ballet, we went and got a dessert at 6th Street to share.  The irony in this picture is that my cousin Kelly showed the kids an app on my iphone called Fat Booth.  Lucy is cracking up at a Fat Booth picture of me just as we were about to bite into this yummy dessert. 

Maybe I should look at my Fat Booth  picture more often, it made me lose my appetite! Ha ha!

I Love my time with Lucy so much.  She is such a happy, fun, funny and easygoing girl.  We always laugh a lot together.  It was such a fun night out with my girl.

Sam's "Best Day Ever"

As promised about a month ago (Sorry, I haven't had much time to blog lately) here are the pictures that Pancho took of their Boys Day to USC  during Spring Break.  Sam loves USC so much that he chose to go here over  spending the day at Disneyland - go figure!

Sam is thinking that he is the next All American at USC :).

National Championship Trophy

They actually got to play on the practice field and they even got to meet the USC football coach Lane Kiffen.

Sam loves "traveller" that is the name of the horse that the trojan rides on.

I think that Sam might be the only person who knows this (un)important tidbit of information.

Pancho was talking to the coach and he looked over to see Sam paging through the USC playbook!  Ha ha.  Too bad he didn't grab one to give the Ducks a little advantage this year (is that bad?)

Tommy Trojan - Sam's Hero

Is that OJ's Heizman or Reggie Bush's?

Obviously this Oregon Fan Mom is having a hard time making an unbiased post about the USC visit.

I am happy that Sam had his "best day ever in his entire life" as he tells us.  He still talks about this day all of the time.  Actually Pancho and Max were pretty excited too.  After these pictures were taken, they spent the afternoon at a USC baseball game and met all of the players afterward.  Pancho was telling me, they couldn't have planned a better day!