Saturday, May 31, 2008
Blog help!
Ok, so I'm going to apologize now for the templates... I'm going to have to bug a friend to come help me set up a new template. I'm not getting it yet. Hope you don't mind the chaos while I play with it!
Golfing!!
I never thought I would go golfing ... much less enjoy it! But today, Steve took me golfing for the first time and I did enjoy it! Even if by the 9th hole (we only played 9 holes) I was ready to quit! The competitive perfectionist in me was really frustrated and struggling by the time I got it on the green at the 9th hole, but I did it! My putting is decent, although I need to take it a little more gentle sometimes. My driving ... yeah, it needs some serious work. We'll have to spend some time at the driving range before we go again. But it was a first for me, and I'm saying I'll definitely do it again! Steve on the other hand, had a very rough game today ... I think he was ready to give it up! He was so patient with me though, and really helped me a lot!
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
End of School!
Well, the end of school draws close! Tay's last day in preschool was today. Here she is in her graduation cap! They did a cute little program - sang a bunch of songs for us and she actually sang them all and didn't just stand there and act shy. SO PROUD of her progress this year!She has progressed so much. We got her most recent IEPs last week (Individulized Education Plan - a goal/progress report for students with special needs). Taylor has now been released from the social delays section so all that is left is her speech delays! She is in the 85 percentile for cognitive skills and although still somewhat shy, on-track for her age socially. Speech is still down about 16 percentile though so we will continue speech in the fall 2x a week for 20 minutes - they will just pull her out of kindergarten for that time. I was disappointed that she is still that low but relieved to see the progress in social and cognitive! Thank you to an awesome preschool teacher this year!
Today was also Alyssa's dance festival. They danced to "What Time is It?" from High School Musical 2. Alyssa thought it was the perfect song and really loved her dance. She practiced it at home A LOT! We didn't get great pictures because we couldn't find where she was standing but here is one of her after!
Today was also Alyssa's dance festival. They danced to "What Time is It?" from High School Musical 2. Alyssa thought it was the perfect song and really loved her dance. She practiced it at home A LOT! We didn't get great pictures because we couldn't find where she was standing but here is one of her after!
Alyssa is finishing 2nd grade! Her last day is Friday. She is one smart kid. She gets almost perfect scores on everything she does. She LOVES to write stories and writes some amazing stories. She really enjoyed her research proejct on Egypt this past month. She spells really well on spelling tests but sometimes her imagination gets ahead of her writing when she is doing stories and she forgets to slow down with her spelling and handwriting! She's a great kid though even when she and I are butting heads because we are too much alike - stubborn!
Jessica is quite the little cheeseball. She loves pictures. She also loves BYU and her daddy's drums!
Isn't she cute?!! She and Taylor both really "rock" out when they get a chance. Jessica also loves to dance and can't wait to take dance like her big sisters in the fall. She will also go to preschool which she is really excited about!
I can See!! LASIK ROCKS!
Ok, so this is me writing, without glasses or contacts for the first time in 15 years! If I had tried to write 2 weeks ago without them, it would have looked something like this. "ogr od hppf/" Translation - life is good. I wouldn't have even known if I had missed every single letter! NOW! I've got 20/20 vision, no headaches from glasses, no dry eyes from contacts! It was a happy day when I got to throw away all the old contacts and give my old glasses to the dr's office (they use them for a 3rd world service project). In case you didn't know, I had lasik done as a mother's day gift from Steve - what a sweetheart! How is he going to ever top that one? : ) I had it done on the 19th and within 24 hours I had 20/20 vision. I LOVE IT! I can see again. Every now and then I go to take out my contacts and remember I don't have them! Yesterday, I was watching Steve fly his remote control plane. Tappin and Jared (some neighbors) commented that they kept losing his plane in the clouds. Out of the blue, I started jumping up and down chanting "I can see it, I can see it!" They were quite surprised by my little outburst until I explained that I had lasik done and that prior to my lasik, even with my glasses or contacts I wouldn't have been able to see his plane as high as he was. I LOVE SEEING AGAIN!!
Monday, May 12, 2008
The BIG update on our lives!
Update on our lives!! In February, Steve and I took an amazing trip to Washington DC. 
He had to go for a meeting for work, so I tagged along and we made it a long weekend. We left on Thursday and came home on Tuesday night. We took a tour of the White House and the Washington Monument, went to some museums, took a tour of the Bureau of Engraving (where money is printed), and overall really had a great time! One of our favorite places was the International Spy Museum where we did the interactive "spy game" and became spies on a team trying to catch the bad guys! It was an amazing trip!
In April, the girls and I took a fun trip with my friend Pattie and her daughter (plus my babysitter went too)! We spent 4 days in St George, relaxing in the sun. Pattie and I took an evening off to get massages and go out to dinner plus did a little shopping. Our girls all loved the trip, the hot tub and the pool and Maggie Moos IceCream!
Its May now, and school is wrapping up. Alyssa is finishing 2nd grade! Taylor is finishing preschool and getting ready for kindergarten in the fall. Jessica will be starting her first year of preschool. I think she's going to LOVE IT! As the school year ends, so do all the classes and lessons. Alyssa had her piano recital and did GREAT! She played Puff the Magic Dragon as one of her songs. She does well, but is going to stop for awhile. She'd rather be creative! Taylor and Jessica went to their last day of Kindermusik and are sad to see it end. We'll do a summer class and then we're done (the drive is killing mom!). They really love music and dancing though. Taylor and Alyssa have their dance recital this coming weekend - where they both will be doing two dances. I am very excited. I've opted to put both of them in a beginning dance company. They both really enjoy dance. Next week is Taylor and Jessica's gymnastics performance! They call it their "shnastics". They will continue gymnastics during hte summer and in the fall. Alyssa is hoping to be on swim team this summer, but we're still debating because of the early morning practices.
Steve's biz is going well. We had some big setbacks in April, but are getting back on track as the 3rd of the 5 partners begins actually working for the company next week!! I'm really excited for this change and think it will be great!
My biz is continuing to fluctuate, growing a little at a time. I lose some clients and add some others. Right now I've got about 63 clients and have 6 people working for me in one capacity or another. I'd love to grow to about 90 clients! I'm even considering going to a conference and having a booth in the expo. Just not sure yet. Its not until January so I've got some time. I really enjoy my business, but it does keep me busy!
I've just been called to be the advisor for the 14-15 year old young women at church. I'm excited about the new opportunity and looking forward to it!
He had to go for a meeting for work, so I tagged along and we made it a long weekend. We left on Thursday and came home on Tuesday night. We took a tour of the White House and the Washington Monument, went to some museums, took a tour of the Bureau of Engraving (where money is printed), and overall really had a great time! One of our favorite places was the International Spy Museum where we did the interactive "spy game" and became spies on a team trying to catch the bad guys! It was an amazing trip!In April, the girls and I took a fun trip with my friend Pattie and her daughter (plus my babysitter went too)! We spent 4 days in St George, relaxing in the sun. Pattie and I took an evening off to get massages and go out to dinner plus did a little shopping. Our girls all loved the trip, the hot tub and the pool and Maggie Moos IceCream!
Its May now, and school is wrapping up. Alyssa is finishing 2nd grade! Taylor is finishing preschool and getting ready for kindergarten in the fall. Jessica will be starting her first year of preschool. I think she's going to LOVE IT! As the school year ends, so do all the classes and lessons. Alyssa had her piano recital and did GREAT! She played Puff the Magic Dragon as one of her songs. She does well, but is going to stop for awhile. She'd rather be creative! Taylor and Jessica went to their last day of Kindermusik and are sad to see it end. We'll do a summer class and then we're done (the drive is killing mom!). They really love music and dancing though. Taylor and Alyssa have their dance recital this coming weekend - where they both will be doing two dances. I am very excited. I've opted to put both of them in a beginning dance company. They both really enjoy dance. Next week is Taylor and Jessica's gymnastics performance! They call it their "shnastics". They will continue gymnastics during hte summer and in the fall. Alyssa is hoping to be on swim team this summer, but we're still debating because of the early morning practices.
Steve's biz is going well. We had some big setbacks in April, but are getting back on track as the 3rd of the 5 partners begins actually working for the company next week!! I'm really excited for this change and think it will be great!
My biz is continuing to fluctuate, growing a little at a time. I lose some clients and add some others. Right now I've got about 63 clients and have 6 people working for me in one capacity or another. I'd love to grow to about 90 clients! I'm even considering going to a conference and having a booth in the expo. Just not sure yet. Its not until January so I've got some time. I really enjoy my business, but it does keep me busy!
I've just been called to be the advisor for the 14-15 year old young women at church. I'm excited about the new opportunity and looking forward to it!
Steve and I have been really enjoying the Jazz this season. We've been to 5 or 6 games now, including 3 of the post-season games. They are lots of fun and we're pulling for a win in LA this week and at home this weekend! We'd love to see them move to the next series! (Not a great, picture, but it works - this was the end of the 1st series when the Jazz beat the Houston Rockets!)
Around the house, the basement has been done awhile and we LOVE it. I use my craft room a lot, we both use the music room and the theater is fabulous! Outside has been our biggest change this year. Now that the snow is finally gone (knock on wood - we hope its gone for good!), we added a waterfall to our backyard. It is beautiful and I love the sound of the water. I spent the afternoon Saturday adding over 100 little plants around it - can't wait until they spread out and grow together more. Steve also planted a weeping cherry. We've got to get 3 more bushes this weekend. I'll try to add pictures later this week - I haven't taken any since I planted the flowers.
Biggest news for us! We're going to Italy in July! Can't wait. We are both learning Italian to help us enjoy it a bit more! Rome, just outside Pisa and Venice! Two whole weeks. Steve is spoiling me ... thanks Steve! I love you!
So, as you can see, lots of posts to come - hopefully, if I can figure it all out! Hope all is well for all of you! I hope to hear from lots of you. Feel free to share the link with other friends or family that I may not email ! Best Wishes to all!
My first post!
Welcome to the Lindsey Crew News ... where you'll get to read everything you want to know (and probably more) about the Lindsey Crew!!
So many of my friends are blogging now, so I thought I'd give it a shot too! But its as close to digital scrapbooking as I'm going to get for now! It may not be udpated as often as some of the others I've seen, or be as cute as MOST of the others I've seen, but hey, I'll give it a try.
And maybe, just maybe, it will help me keep in touch with some of you that I haven't been so great about keeping in touch with. Anyone who knew me in my "letter writing days" would never believe I'd get bad about keeping in touch... shortly after I left California (and even some before I moved) I was a letter writing fanatic, writing very LENGTHY, WORDY letters to A LOT of people almost daily. Not to mention the notes I wrote to all my friends who were local! Writing to people was definitely my number one pasttime. Now, I save the emails I get from friends about the cute kids, their trips or whatever else is going on in their lives. I have the best intentions of writing later ... but days turn into weeks and then months and I decide I better just skip it this month! I am so grateful for all my friends and hope each of you knows it!! Whether you are a long-time friend from my childhood in California or high school in North Carolina, a BYU friend, a co-worker or a friend from my neighborhood, I am truly grateful to have you in my life! THANK YOU for touching my life and putting up with me!!
So many of my friends are blogging now, so I thought I'd give it a shot too! But its as close to digital scrapbooking as I'm going to get for now! It may not be udpated as often as some of the others I've seen, or be as cute as MOST of the others I've seen, but hey, I'll give it a try.
And maybe, just maybe, it will help me keep in touch with some of you that I haven't been so great about keeping in touch with. Anyone who knew me in my "letter writing days" would never believe I'd get bad about keeping in touch... shortly after I left California (and even some before I moved) I was a letter writing fanatic, writing very LENGTHY, WORDY letters to A LOT of people almost daily. Not to mention the notes I wrote to all my friends who were local! Writing to people was definitely my number one pasttime. Now, I save the emails I get from friends about the cute kids, their trips or whatever else is going on in their lives. I have the best intentions of writing later ... but days turn into weeks and then months and I decide I better just skip it this month! I am so grateful for all my friends and hope each of you knows it!! Whether you are a long-time friend from my childhood in California or high school in North Carolina, a BYU friend, a co-worker or a friend from my neighborhood, I am truly grateful to have you in my life! THANK YOU for touching my life and putting up with me!!
Monday, August 27, 2007
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