Daddy Daughter Date

Rachel and I went on a Daddy-Daughter date one Saturday.  We went to Pojo's which is a fun zone with arcade games, rides and a carousel.  She had 4 rides on the carousel and 40 tokens to use in rides and games.  They also have a little air hockey table there so we played a few games of that because she thought that was a lot of fun.  We spent several hours there using the 40 tokens and we could not leave until we had used them all. 

 Couldn't get a good picture of her on this ride either it or her were always blurry.

 

 

 

After we were done at Pojo's it was time for dinner.  I asked Rachel what she wanted for dinner, her reply was "Steak" so off to Texas Roadhouse we went. 

Here she is chowing down on her roll.  We ordered a big steak to split as well as a salad and some french fries.  She ate most of the salad, a roll, and a couple of fries and only 5 or 6 bites of steak.  She had filled up on all the rolls and salad. 

It was a fun day!

School Pictures

Today was picture day at school for Rachel.  She looked so cute I just had to take pictures of her.  She wanted her hair like her cousin Lexi so I did it the same way we did for the Schaffer Family Reunion this year.  Isn't she just the cutest ever.

 Her school shirt is a little bit big but I love these shorts with this shirt.

This is what I got when I told her to smile.  She is so silly.

Ward BBQ

Scott and I were put in charge of the ward BBQ this year.  We had a committee of five people but for the most part it was just me and Scott doing stuff.  I used the leftover food from the Calico Picnic to help get the food cheaper.  I was only given $150 dollars to feed 250 people.  I didn't think I could do it but the committee decided to do hamburgers and hot dogs instead of sub sandwiches.  I was also able to get the hamburger buns donated from Franz Bakery.  We had it at Storey Park in Meridian.  The bishopric said the committee can decide what to do but yet they wanted to put their hands into everything. I was about to tell them they could just do it themselves but eventually they gave in and I was able to get things done.  We ended up having two BBQ grills there and had the food cooking 20 minutes before it was time to start.  We would have started on time but there wasn't any bishopric members there.  After 15 minutes we just had the Elder's Quorum President get it started for us.  We were able to get 250 people fed in 30 minutes.  We did an awesome job.  I was glad with how it all turned out.  I ended up getting to play some volleyball and we had the kids do gunny sack races.  Scott got these pictures of Rachel.

 Getting ready

 

Someone has figured out how to hop in these things.

It was an awesome success.  Hopefully they won't ask us to do it again. ;-)

1st Day of Preschool 2013

I'm so excited for this day to come.  Not just because I get a few hours to myself but because Rachel is going to a Montessori Preschool.  I really feel like Rachel is going to thrive in this type of schooling.  She is so independent that she likes to learn new things and has a great imagination. 
We started the day by getting stats:
Age: 4 years 6 months 22 days old
Weight: 34.4
Height: 39 inches tall (She's actually grown 3 inches from last years 1st day of preschool)

Scott decided to go into work a little late to help get her off to school and go with us.  It was so nice having him home to help.  He also gave her, her 1st school father's blessing today.  Rachel did so good sitting there and listening to what was said in her blessing.  She was so good when we asked to get pictures of her for school.

 This was our 1st one but you can't read her sign.

 So we took a close up of the sign.  I love what she wants to be when she grows up.

 Yes this is me doing the happy jump.  I'm so excited for the both of us.  I will get to have a clean house for a few hours and some alone time 3 times a week.

 Heading up to the classroom.  

 She was excited to see a cat there.  She just loves animals.

 She's got her shoes off and she's heading off to wash her hands.

Hands are washed she is ready to play with play doh.

When I picked her up so was happy.  I was glad because when we came to visit this school last year she said she didn't like it and didn't want to go back.  I think they changed it just enough she doesn't remember ever being there.  :-)

 This is her teacher getting them lined up in a choo choo train to come out and get their parents.

 The train.

 Rachel in the train.

See she is still smiling.  It was a great day in preschool.