Saturday, April 14, 2012

Let the Games Begin

Big week!  I hired my operations director for my PHX-based Real Estate Team (Tru Properties Group with Keller Williams Scottsdale/Paradise Valley - more on that later), hired my Marketing Director for my team in PHX, interviewed agents for my team, training my PHX replacement in running the overall office, announced our move to my agents and was announced in KW Beach Cities to their agents (soon to be my agents).  

On top of all that, Taani lept tall buildings in a single bound and this is the result (see pictures below).  She's kinda cool.  Ok, she's really cool.  And today we plowed through a lot too!  

We love this house.  It's been a safe place for us.  We've lived here for 8 years.  We moved for two and came back because we could.  We had two of our three kids while living in this house.  We had PHX Fire Dept respond to West in 2009 and got him breathing in the front room.  Kids started school here.  Ms. Willis.  Ms. Rosie, etc... We've cried here.  We've laughed a lot here.  We've done homework, prayed, read scriptures, camped in the backyard.  We love Nighthawk Way.  Somehow I feel its time to spread our wings, but it is hard/emotional to leave a place that has been our safe haven from the crazies of life.  Not sure how I feel.  

Excited.  Sad.  Thrilled.  Nervous.  

My rockin' mother in law always says "it's easier to do nothing!"  Well, for some reason I get that more than ever Debi.  PHX we love you.  You've been so many things to us.  Now its time to take these lessons and pay it forward. 

Parks and rec in Manhattan Beach:

Page five, third paragraph:  Youth Surf Camp.

Yup. 

NOTE:  Can you find Westy in one of these pictures?  He hit a wall today.







Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Sing Forth!


The 3rd grade classes of Sierra Elementary School performed last night.  I have to tell you, this opening number had me beaming.  Nothing makes me happier than when kids sing forth and these kids had this opening song down and sang with gusto.  Way to go Hattie!  She loves to perform.

Pardon the video - I was wrestling an unnamed three-year-old and then curly hair woman scoots in front of me and blocks Hattie.  You get the idea.

Go Hattie-pants, go!  She nailed her lines and did a great job.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Let Them Build FORKS!

It's their "fork" as West calls it.


Building is fun.  Taking down causes kids to disappear.  

What a great day.  Much needed downtime after 12 months of crazy and the last few month's of intensity.  What a great weekend!