January Wk 5 Amazingness!

Wow! Another wk down and an entire month is done for 2026!!! and let's just say we were doing the most!!! Moving and shaking this wk! lol Here is January wk 5 crazy busy amazingness! lol Piper and Gma DeeDee had a shopping play date!! Piper was is heaven!! Gma picked her up and took  her special  to shop for her birthday! They shopped until they dropped! She was so spoiled! Gma you made her day!! Thank you!!

School! Work! Car selfies going into school! I got to go on the 2nd grade field trip! It was so much fun! We went to an air space place that had military helicopters! We learned all about them and even got to climb through them! We had a blast! It was super cool! 

We also hit the 100th day of school! and you know what that means! The granny's come out to play! lol We had a blast as alwasy dressing up! I love these ladies so much! We truly have so much fun at work! The kids love it!!! Happy 100 days! Can't believe how fast the school year is going! Holy moly!

Penny!!! Car selfies with mama and also with her friends! She also has been behind the wheel almost all the time driving!!! She is such a good little driver! She getting those mins and hours of driving time! Love it! I surprised her with her favorite flowers as a congrats on getting driving permit! She loves tulips and was so excited!

Piper!! Busy with cheer practice 3 times a week and 2 tumbling classes as well a wk! She still finds time to play with her besties! She works so hard and plays hard!! She is doing awesome! The post following this is  her first cheer comp!!! So  proud of my baby girl!

Cashy!!! Always out riding on some sort of wheels! and always doing wheelies! lol He also had volleyball practice  and games this wk! They WON all 3 sets!! Wahoo! He played so good this wk too! He got the game point- securing their win with his awesome serve! Let's gooo! Yayyyy! 

I had a very busy social  life myself! lol I reconnected with my old Griffiths ladies! We had the best time! Laughed and cried and laughed so hard we cried some more! Seriously seeing those amazing ladies was so good for the soul!!! Saw more friends at the Arbor girls flag football senior night! Surprise birthday party for another friend where I saw my bestie Jackie there! Met up another night with my old boss and his wife to catch up! Honz got to golf too! Such a fun week catching up with all the friends! 

Snuck in the Sunday fun-day pic in this collage! lol More fun for Penny! Supporting her bestie at her flag f ootball game! Hang outs which she forgot to take pics on a couple of nights! She was busted! lol Ice skating with the youth in stake! and Driving!!! I even got to see a couple of her friends at random places while I was out and about this week! So fun! My favorite is when her friends spot me in a crowd and come say hi to mama em!! Makes my day! :)

Cashy back on wheels! This time jumping and riding on his E-bike!! These are some sick pics Carter caught of Cashy riding!! The jump over the Carter videoing! Yikes! Super cool and super scary! lol Carter spent the night and the boys played hard! Best friends! Love it!!! We love when Carter comes over to play and stays! lol

A last min girls night for me to end my week!!!! I think I'm still recoverying from loss of sleep from out late night extravaganza! lol I got the text to go to Ashley Simpson and I was so down! If you know me...I'm always ready to party!! lol Ladies late night! lol We danced and sang the few songs we knew of hers and had an absolute blast! The venue was beautiful! Floating bubbles and disco balls! We had great seats too! Ashley Simpson was such a great performer too! She still got it! lol Love  my ladies Thanks Kim for the invite! Let's get out on the town soon!!! Love my ladies! Now that's a weekly recap! 

 

Cash's First Middle School Dance!

Here we goooo! Cash was off to his 1st middle school dance! The Enchanted Ball! Can't believe we have hit the age for dances! lol He was so excited to go!!! The girls and Cash planned the whole night out! Meet up for pictures! Then Zupas for dinner! Then to the dance! Then ice cream at Thriftys for a treat! Then after party at Janie's! Yayyy! It was quite the amazing fun night for my little man! He is too funny! and trying to get him to hold still and smile for a picture is next level! We did however catch a few! Penny found and brought my cannon camera to play around with taking pics! She did amazing and loved shooting with my old cannon! Wahoo! Such a stud!!! He has so much swag and style! Love my Cashy boy! So handsome! 

Of course we had to have a photo shoot with Cashy! He was looking so good!!! 

The group pics!!! These were so  fun and so awkward! You got to love the awkward pre-teen age! lol trying to get them to all pose together was so funny! Love all these cute little faces so much! 

Cashy and his girls! Cashy and his bf cousin Noah! They have the best times together! His girls all say he is the life of the party! I would definitely agree! He literally lives life to the fullest! Always having fun and making others laugh! He's a hoot!

Cash being Cash! lol Car selfies! After party fun! Hot tubbed the whole night! lol Such an amazing fun night they will never forget! First middle school dance  done and made the best memories together! and many more to come! Love Cash's little friend group so much! He had the best night! I love my boy so much! He just makes me smile!!! 

 

Penny's Driving Permit!

Say what!!!! That's right! Here we goooo! Penny passed her permit test!! Omg!!! Can't believe my #1 is old enough to drive!!! She has been so ready for this day to come!!! So proud of her passing her written test the first try!!! She is a goal  setter and when she gets her mind set to something she is achieving it! and her Permit achievement was just one of them! Wahoo!!! She has downloaded the ready road app and has already been earning her badges and hours! Let's go Penny!! You will be 16 before you know it and driving on your own in no time at all! Yikes! Can't believe we are hitting these miles stones!!! So proud of the little women she is becoming!!! She is an incredible human! So proud to be her mama!!! 

 

January Wk 4 Fun!

Always doing something! Here we are another week into January! Wk 4 here we goooooo! No school/work Monday's are always the best! We played all day! 

Carter spent the night and they road their e-bikes all day! Cash took a crash and limped the rest of the wk with a sore foot! He hit a 35ft jump and his back tire caught the edge of the jump coming down and just ejected him off his bike! Thank goodness for helmets and padded clothing! He rolled far and Carter got him up! We are  so lucky he only hurt his foot! So ice, wrap and boot to get him healed back up!

Tumbling for Piper! She is so close to getting her arial! and you can see by that big smile  she got her back handspring again! SHe gets in her head and looses her back  handspring but it seems to be back for this wk! lol Loving the action shots! She works so hard! So proud of my girl! She loves Coach Paige and absolutely loves tumbling!

School fun and school selfies! lol

Piper cleaned house at her awards party!!! So  proud of my little  Piper! She is dedicated and such a hard worker! Oh how we love Ms. Anderson! She has been the perfect teacher for my girl!! The special bond these 2 have is the best! All your hard work Piper had paid off! Way to go!!! Wahoo! You are so amazing! Keep it up!

My Honz had a busy work week! He fit in a round of golf before he headed down to LA for a work convention! He left mid wk for a few days! The food stops on his vacations are next level! lol He had such a great time networking and spending time with his employees! Work trip success! 

Penny!!! School! Stuco! Games to support friends! Baking! Carline pick up selfies! and several hangouts with the gang! She had another awesome wk! Love my strong girl! When life gets rough she hold her head high and pushes through! She has courage and is kind! Love my Penny!

Cash! He limped all wk with his sore foot but that doesn't stop him from having fun! He toughened up and was able to play in his volleyball game! Their team took the Win! Yayyy! Cash had amazing serves, sets, hits, and dives! He crushed it out there in his game! So proud! He also sold  his first e-bike! He washed it all up and had it ready for the buyer! He was a bit sad to see it go but so happy he was able to make the sale! Now he can add all his accessories on the new one! Needed that sale first! lol hahaha! He's too funny! 

Piper! Living her best life! Always ready to play! She also loves her reborn baby and begs to drag  it around with her everywhere we go! lol This particular day her baby went to cafe rio with us! lol 

Ruby!!! We did not forget about you! She gets her own collage because she is perfect! lol I just can't with her little face!!! She makes my heart happy! A couple separate posts up next to complete our weekly recap for January wk 4! 

 

Student Of The Month!

Congrats!! Look who was awarded student of the month!! Penny!!! She was selected out of over 3,200 students to be the November Student of the Month! Her Geometry teacher selected her! We are extremely proud of our girl! She is a shining star! She works so hard and is a dedicated student! She loves life! I Love the kind words her teacher wrote about her! She is so deserving of this award and we couldn't be more proud! Way to go Penny!!! I'm so lucky to be her mama!

Arbor View put on a luncheon to present her with her Student of the Month Award! It was a wonderful ceremony! and delicious food! It was so fun to be a part of such a special event to honor Penny!!! Oh how we  love our Penny girl! She is truly the best! Congrats Penny! We are so proud of you!!! Your hard work is paying off!!!

 

January Wk 3 Fun!

Another week down and I was finally feel well enough to get back to work! Here is the weekly recap  for January wk 3 fun! Piper had her map testing at school and did amazing! So proud of my girl!!! Such a smart cookie! We had a cozy dress up day at school and we  all got to wear our sweats and hoodies! The kids loved it! A few of us planned to wear our 9er's gear! It was so fun! It was great to be back to work! 

My Honz had a busy week! He was busy with the big  screen printing convention in town all wk! He was networking all week and loved it! My social butterfly! He was out there doing his thing! He loves making and building connections! He's the best! He also got to help his mom this wk! He loves being able to help anytime! 

Piper had her usual cheer practice and tumbling classes all week! She also had her annual well check! She's growing right on track! She loved playing with her bestie! and She's had a ton of fun cheering on the Bears this wk! She has really gotten into the Bears this season because of her favorite teacher Miss Anderson loving the Bears! 

Penny! She had her braces apt this wk! We love when we get to see the best Dr. Auntie Eryn! Back to baking! She has loved her culinary class and loves to whip up delicious things at home! She sure makes us some yummy treats! All from scratch! 

Our favorite Carter came over stayed the night and had a blast hanging with Cashy! Love having a 4th child! Carter is the best! I also got my hair down which means Baby Jack gets to come over and play! He's getting so big and so smiley! My kids sure love him so much!

Cashy had his volleyball game! They won all 3 sets!!! Wahoo! Cash is getting good!  Each practice and each game he gets better and better! He's really getting this Volleyball thing down! lol

and this is why Carter comes to stay the weekend! These 2 ride and ride and jump! They love going on their adventures together! So many miles put on their bikes! So much fun and memories made together while putting those miles  on! Love these 2 together! 

Sunday Fun-day!!! Cash forgot to put a tie on today! lol but none of us even realized until after church that he didn't have a tie on! So freakn funny! The rest of the day was lounging around watching football and shows! Ruby does the lounging and relaxing best! and that's our weekly recap for January wk 3! Can't believe how fast a wk goes by! 

 

Penny and her Photoshoots!

A girl and her photoshoots! It's the thing for these teens these days! Well at least for my beautiful teen and her besties! They love any chance to get all cute and go take photos! lol! They love snapping them on their digital cameras too! For a more vintage look! lol But all I can say is this mama loves all the pics! You can take as many photoshoots as you want! I'm here for it especially when you're this gorgeous! Oh how I love my Pretty Penny! 

She is so fun! Always ready to go go go! Loving all these pics!

So fun to be in the snow too! Such a cute fun idea for a photoshoot!

It was Lizzie's birthday photoshoot! Yayyyy! 

All these beauties together! They are such fun good girls! Love these little ladies! Such great pics too! Their outfits all came together perfectly! Love it!

Ohhhhh Penny and Hannah! Forever Besties! These 2 have so much fun together! They are both always down to play and party from running 2 mans or just hanging with the gang! They are so there and have so much fun always! Such fun pics together too! 

Happy Sweet 16th Birthday beautiful Lizzie! Penny had a blast celebrating her all day! From daytime photoshoot to night time party!! It was a black and white theme and the birthday girl wore red! So cute!! Love it!

The rest of the adorable pics from the party!  Penny had so much fun partying it up with all her friends! Happy Sweet 16 Lizzie!!

 

January Wk 2 Fun!

Already another wk into January! Here is the weekly recap for January wk 2! Our winter break continues! lol Our school had Monday off so of course we cont to play and celebrate little Piper! Cash was off to his bff's birthday party too! Bennett and Piper share the same Birthday! So fun! Cash got to party it up taking 1st place at the K-1 fast go cart racing! Wahoo Cashy! Speed demon! lol All your riding is paying off! lol You got those driving skills! lol He had the best day hanging with his friends and celebrating Bennett! 

Piper and I played too on our day off! lol I picked up Navy and took the girls to go play at Uptown Jungle! These 2 bestie cousins are the cutest! They always have the best time together! 

Back to school we go and yes we are still celebrating Piper!!! She had to celebrate at school too! She wore her birthday sash and birthday headband proudly! lol We brought 6 dozen mini cupcakes to her class to celebrate her! The class each got 3 little cupcakes! They loved it! All the singing and celebrating little Piper is truly the best! She had the best day at school! Yayyyy!

Best daddy award goes to my Honz! He had to take over for me in the mom duties because I got so sick! Our whole family actually got sick but I just couldn't fight it off like the rest of them! He got the kids ready for school and took them and picked them up for the rest of the wk! 

Back on the court for this guy but this time trying a new sport!! Volleyball with NYS! Cash had his first scrimmage game mid wk and loved it! He is such an athletic kid that he really can pick up any sport! So proud! It was so fun to watch him play and actually so fun to watch Volleyball! We are so used to him playing basketball or flag football so it was a switch up but so awesome! After the game we took the boys to celebrate! They crushed it out there! Way to go Little Rascal's! (lol- team name)

Piper continued to have a great wk!!! Sadly I wasn't there for any of it at the school! Ugh dang sickness! Piper got to celebrate with her Jr Lt House Leadership team their huge Win  of the state funded grant money for their school! Yayyyy! She had a cheer showcase and did amazing! Put on her first assembly for the year with Jr Lt House! Game on! She also had tumbling 2 times this wk! and got to spend her birthday gift cards at Target!! Wahoo she was busy this wk! 

After resting all wk I was able to take her to Disney On Ice! Every year for her Birthday we give her tickets to go!! I was worried all week I wasn't going to be able to take her cause I had been sick in bed! But I pulled it together for my Birthday Girl and we went! She was so happy I could go with her! It was actually good to get ready and get out of the house! We had an amazing time together! I love my little birthday side kick! She had a blast! She loved it! Sang every song and absolutely loved all the acrobat tricks! It was a great day together! We loved matching in a our favorite cheetah! and absolutely loved Disney On Ice again!!!

Cash has been busy riding and jumping! It was so fun to have Carter over to ride all day and play!!! These 2 have the best time together! Carter even came with us to Cash's first volleyball game! Cash played great! His serves are getting better! Wahoo! He's committed and loving it! It was another great few sets! Nail biting sets to be exact! Lol! Way to go Cash! Way to go #19! 

Don't you worry Penny was busy playing too! The weekend hit and she was gone! She had a fun photoshoot and birthday party! Separate post to follow cause she took so many pics at her photoshoot that it needs it's own post to share all the collages!! lol

We made it!! Sunday Fun-day!!! Cash finally lost another tooth! lol He has caught back up to Piper! The race is on with these 2 mouths loosing teeth! We also went to dinner with the Johnsons the night before! After dinner we hung out at their big fire pit out on their land! It was so awesome! We had a wonderful time catching up! Now that's a weekly recap for January wk 2! and I'm ready to start next wk healthy too! lol