The past two weekends

The past two weekends have been pretty busy for us here at the Goforth casa.  I am just going to list…”in no particular order” as they say at the awards shows some the things we have done.

• Sophie had her first ballet recital for Ballet Lubbock.  She had previous recitals in Amarillo, but this was her first in Lubbock.  The venue was larger, and both sets of grandparents were in attendance.  It was Mother’s Day weekend, and it was very special.  She loves to dance.  She practiced a lot at home the week leading up to the recital, and she could hardly wait for the actual recital.  Her part of the recital was really short, but it was still as sweet as could be, and I LOVED every second of it! 
• We we able to celebrate an early Mother’s Day with my mom, and Matthew’s mom was here on the actual day.  We celebrated Mother’s Day by just spending time as a family.  When my mom was here on Saturday, she made a potato casserole for me, and Charlotte had ordered a ham for everyone.  So, on Mother’s Day all I had to do was heat everything up, and ENJOY!  We all had a great day!  Thanks to my mom and my mil for everything!
• This past Saturday, the kids (and Matthew) participated in a tennis clinic at Lakeridge with a tennis guy named Luke Jensen.  He is a famous tennis player who won the French Open and some other stuff during his career.  He now coaches at Syracuse.  The kids had an absolute blast.  They won prizes.  Sophie will tell you she won a dress, when in fact it is just a really, really big t-shirt!    They slept in their shirts that they won last night.  They also got to talk to Mr. Jensen.  Matthew did the adult clinic, and the kids cheered him on.  They were so tired when we left late in the afternoon.  They slept wee Saturday night!
• Also on Saturday, Sophie had her last soccer game of the season.  She got her trophy, so she was thrilled!  It has a little soccer ball at the top that spins.  So fun!  I should have some pictures of these events on the Flickr sometime…I don’t know when….but SOON!
• Mitchell is getting to be almost expert at both tennis and bowling on the Wii.  Sophie likes the golf.  I think we need to get us another controller and some more games.  Although, did you know you can check out the games from the library?  You can!  That means they are free!  We checked out Winter Sports 2008.  Ice Skating is not my favorite I’ll tell you that much!  I am getting pretty good at Cross-Country skiing!  YAY!
• The school year is winding down which means end of the year parties!  Mitchell’s class is having a luau, and Sophie and her class get to go to Jump N Jungle and do all kids of fun stuff.  I’ll tell you all about their parties later…they haven’t happened yet. 
• One more thing…Sophie gets to advance to Level One at her Ballet school.  She had to “perform” a test lat week, and she passed on to the next level.  We got the letter in the mail today.  She was so excited when I told her, she literally screamed.  She was really glad that her hard work paid off!  So, Congrats to Sophie!

I think that’s all she wrote.  Summer will be here soon!

Wii love it!

We just got a Wii a few days ago, and I have to say…I really like that thing.  It is so much fun!  You can move and groove.  We only have the sports game that came with it, and I think I may have found another addiction…along with my Webkinz.  Just kidding!  It is really fun though.  We can all play it together and have a great time.  Also, from what I understand, you can play somehow with your friends who have a Wii.  Guess we’ll have to have to read the instructions to figure out that part.  It is a really cool new toy.  I have already learned not to challenge my children in any of the games.  They pretty much ROCK at all of them.  It’s also pretty fun to make up more Miis.  So, if you have a Wii…let me know how much fun stuff it does. 

Garage Sale Day

So Matthew and I decided either Thursday or Friday to have a G-Sale today…Saturday.  I can’t remember.  The days sort of run together around here.  I think we officially decided Friday morning.  Our garage since moving here has just been filled with stuff.  If we haven’t used/needed/wanted it by now…chances are we won’t any time soon.  It’s time to part with some things that are just taking up a valuable parking spot in the garage.  Anyway, today was the big day.  We actually opened later than we usually do.  We have annual garage sales.  I loathe them, yet Matthew, on the other hand, loves them.  I don’t know if he loves the thrill of haggling with people, getting rid of our junk, or just playing in the garage.  He is really good with the customers.  If someone hands him $2 for stuff that really is only $1.50, he will say something along the lines of….come on can’t you find something else for $.50.  Most of the time they do, and he doesn’t have to give them change back, and that’s less we have to haul away at the end of the day.  Today someone just said…keep the change!  Love that!  It is so exhausting having a garage sale, but at the end of the day, when the junk is gone, and there is cash in the box…it’s all good!  I do have to admit…I did keep some baby toys that had somehow wandered out of their boxes to be sold.  No, we are not having any more, but they are Discovery Toys in super great condition…I am not going to get rid of them for $.50!  I will just pack them away and save them for another special baby that might be in our family someday in the far off future…very far…..anyway…it was sad to see small clothes and toys go into other hands, but I just tell myself that they will be happy in their new homes.  I felt that way when we moved to Lubbock, and we had this HUGE moving sale.  I felt like half of our house was in the driveway and garage…knick-knacks, toys, baby clothes, pack-n-play, all kinds of memories.  At least today, it was really more about just getting rid of excess stuff that is taking up space.  We had a steady flow of people, and didn’t acually call it quits until after 5:00.  So, all in all it was a good day.  We all had a part in the “fun”.  And….Both cars are parked in the garage!  YAY!!!!!