Halloween 2010

Had a fun Halloween taking Nicole and her friends around the neighborhoods. Temperatures were comfortable! Visited several homes that were preparing hot dogs and desserts for the kids.

Jump Street Fun

This is what kids in Arizona do when the temperatures soar above 100 degrees. This venue, called Jump Street, is air conditioned and wall to wall trampolines. The trampolines even go up a portion of the wall. If you get tired of watching the jumping, fast forward to the end to see the foam pit. Oh, if my body was as flexible as these kids or a Gumby doll, I would've been right in there with them.

Lake Pleasant Silver Hawks

Nicole's school volleyball team has been practicing hard over the past few weeks and I've seen dramatic improvement in their skills since last year. Tonight is their first game. GO SILVER HAWKS!

Nicole trying to contain her excitement

School Volleyball Tryouts Results

Nicole as she returns from finding out she made her school's volleyball team. Congrats Nicole on two years in a row!

Happy 12th Birthday Nicole!

It's taken me a whole week to recover and catch up on my sleep since Nicole's Birthday party, hence the delay with this post. We started out with 7 girls going to Rio Vista's rock wall. Ate pizza. Then we played Walleyball. NOPE, that's not a misspelling. Walleyball is played inside a racquetball court, similiar to volleyball. A rubber ball is used like to a playground kid's ball. But it is a much faster game. Instead of the ball going out of bounds, when it hits a wall, it's back in play. Much of the skill is anticipating where the ball is going to go after it hits the wall. The girls had a blast!

Then it was back to our house for my famous homemade faux "Sanders" bumpy cake, chocolate covered strawberries, and top your own ice cream. Nicole was spoiled with all her presents. The girls sang and played and giggled until 2 am in the morning. I had planned on making pancakes the next morning, but the Birthday Girl asked if I could make a run to get Krispy Kreme donuts. YUM, I couldn't turn down that offer. All in all, it was a great day for Nicole celebrating with friends. Thank you to everyone who sent facebook greetings, cards, and gifts. She really appreciated it!

Leadership Training Program

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Nicole along with 15 other 7th and 8th grade Lake Pleasant students were invited to attend a Leadership training program with selected Senior athletes from Liberty High School today. They broke out into groups with the Seniors and learned how to create an athletic Motto and Mission Statement. They will bring these skills back and apply the same program to their school.

Hawaiian Luau

Did I ever mention that I absolutely LOVE our planned community, Vistancia? Last night we attended a Hawaiian Luau, complete with appetizers, sorbet, leis, hula hoop contest, limbo, and Polynesian Entertainment from New Zealand. AND it was ALL FREE! It was so exciting being up close to the dancers and the music.