Home at last

Well yesterday we made it back home from vacation. All of us were tired and went to bed very early! This morning was hard getting the kids back into the swing of things, but despite a few melt downs from both the girls and myself we made it to school on time. Bell also had dance, which she did a very good job, practice is paying off. Right now we are waiting on Emma to get out of school then off to pick Shifa up from her doctor appointment. Crazy day!



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Location:1st Ave,Van Meter,United States

Vacation

Well we have been on Vacation since March 17th and have had fun, but are feeling a little home sick since Ben was not able to join us :( We have been to Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood studios. Then we made the trek to Naples to spend time with Grandma and Grandpa Bruins. We have done some swimming in Naples, beach time and park time. Tomorrow we will do some shopping at my favorite outlet mall, Miromar, and Tuesday we are going to visit the dolphin Winter in Clearwater. On Wednesday morning we will get up really early and fly home at 6am! This has been Bennett's first big trip and he has done so good. We are trying to make home a great traveler like his big sisters since our family love to travel.















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Extreme multi-tasking

So I believe this may be the busiest week of our lives so far! Right now I am sitting under the heat in a salon getting my hair done as I blog. This would be the reason for the title of today's blog. We had the Yousafani's come Monday night and are currently staying at our house. That adds 3 more to an already cramped house! We are trying to get the basement finish started. Sunday night we had my cousin Jerry Bassett come and see what he needs to do to finish it. He is coming back tonight to give us his quote, so as soon as the hair is done I have to rush home to meet with him. Last night I had conferences with Emma and Bella's teachers. They are both doing well, but we have a few things we need to work on. Ben had a trial the last 2 days and was finally dismissed today after 2 years of dealing with it!! We are so happy it is finally over :) The kids and I are flying out this Saturday for FL leaving Ben behind to work and oversee the basement. Well I better finish up my hair.


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Concert

Tonight we went to the Kindergarten and 1st grade music concert at Van Meter. Emma did such a great job, so proud of her! Bennett on the other hand cried the whole time. Good thing my sister went, she took Bennett outside and I was able to watch the whole concert.


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Shopping

Yesterday Bella, Bennett and I had to run a few errands. Of course we had to go to Costco so Bella had a hot dog which is her favorite. We then picked Emma up from school. She took her level 2 spelling test and missed 3 :( guess we will have to study some more. It was a long night for me because Emma was in a very bad mood after school and would not do her homework. Now on to Tuesday which is going to be very busy. We have Emma's music concert, I have to help at the pasta dinner before that and Emma has dance right after school.




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Lazy Weekend

We did not do too much this weekend because we have several busy weekends ahead. We did go to the Van Meter school carnival, where Emma and Bella were able to bring home a prize of a new stuffed animal. Just what we needed because as most of you know we don't have enough stuffed animals...haha! Today we went to church and drive past a couple apartments so we could report back to our friend Mo which one was better to rent for his wife Shifa and son Kashif to live in. They will be moving to Iowa next weekend so she can have their new baby in the U.S. Ben and I will be helping her out since Mo travels so much. The rest of the day was spent at home where the girls played, practiced their dances for recital and did some homework.




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