Service Project

Thanks for your comments. :) If I even mention to Kate about moving she gets sad and says she doesn't want to move. She was saying that her and Preston would have to ride the bus to get to school if we moved and I was like no you'd go to a different school. That didn't go over well with her. haha!

As for her school, Odyssey Elementary, our ward had a service project there last Saturday. They cleared blackberry bushes and put down bark on this trail in a wooded area. It's a nature walk/trail for the kids to play in, but it was overgrown and needed lots of work. It was raining that day so instead of us all going down there I stayed home with the younger kids while Chelsea napped and I cleaned the house (bathrooms, swept/mopped, dusted and folded laundry). I didn't think Preston and Lindsey would be much help anyway. The principal, Ms. Boze, was there at the service project and Kate informed me yesterday that she, and the other kids that were there, are in the school newsletter now. She was all excited. Ms. Boze is awesome and reminds me of my awesome high school principal Mr. Cordell. She goes out of her way to get to know all the kids' names and is very involved in the school. She is spoken very highly of by all the teachers. I'm thankful for good school leaders and teachers. Kate found out about the service project the Sunday prior and immediately went to school on Monday and asked Ms. Boze if she was going to be there. haha! She said she was. I just think it's funny how Kate is so social and not afraid to go ask the principal about stuff. Ms. Boze was impressed with all the work they got done and fed them pizza afterwards. Kate has been showing the trail to all her friends at school and led her class through it today.

We went to the Mukilteo Beach last Saturday after the kids' afternoon naps and the service project. We first got Jamba Juice to go along with the kettle corn I made (yummy recipe shared by Jeni. We use a stir crazy popcorn popper, add 2/3 cup mushroom popcorn (any variety will do, but that's my fave), 1/2 c vegetable oil and 1/2 c sugar. Let it pop away and then salt if wanted. Voila you have yummy kettle corn!). We drove around then went to the beach and got out. It started raining and was windy and cold. After 2 minutes of swinging and being there we got back in the car and went home. Gotta love the lovely spring weather we have on the west side.