Sports and more sports!

This past weekend both my kids had sports!  However we made it all work...somehow!  Last Friday night, Emma had to dance in 3 shows and Saturday 5 shows for her dance rehearsal!  Erik was also performing in the last Friday night show with her.  So I was able to get her to her first show after school, pick up Ethan after school, eat, and he stayed with me while I helped with hair & make-up for the little ones.  Then at the 8pm show, Ethan, Sherry (Erik's Mom) and I watched the show for the Seniors graduating and Emma and Erik perform the Father/Daughter ballet.

Saturday we all had to rise early to get Emma ready for her first show at 10 am and Ethan and I went to his first U8 soccer festival (tournament).  Erik was performing again with Emma at the first show.  Ethan played three 20 minute games and had a great time!  Their season was tough for them but they tried their best!  Ethan and I rushed home, ate lunch while Erik cut the grass and then back to see Emma perform at her 3rd show of the day!  She also had her Great Grandma and Grandma Kyre  and her Godmother Irene all come and see her dance!  Emma danced beautifully!  She performed over 28 times when it was all said and done!

What a great weekend for all of us!  Can't wait to do it again!

Dancing, birthdays & Mother's Day!

What a busy week last week for the Kyres'!  Emma had dance recital rehearsals Thursday and Friday of last week.  She or maybe I should say "we" had to rush over there after she got out of school on both days so she could rehearsal all of her 9 dances.  The good thing is that Miss Emma is no getting the hang of the make-up thing so I do not have to help as much.  Woo hoo and boo all at the same time!

Thursday Ethan also had a soccer game so my mother in law picked him up from the bus and took him to his game for me.  I volunteered to help with hair and make-up with the little ones.  This is always fun and crazy busy but the little ones just love to see themselves in their beautiful costumes with a cute bun and make-up!

Friday was the same routine and Ethan asked if he could hang out with his Nana again so she agreed. Erik brought him back over while I was helping and he rehearsed with Emma.

Saturday was my hubby's birthday.  We celebrated with having family over and food!

We also celebrated Mother's Day with Erik's Mom and Grandma on Saturday as well!  Erik's birthday sometimes is on Mother's Day so he is used to sharing that day!

Saturday evening Emma had 2 of her friends over to practice some dance routines for recital this weekend.  It was so cute to watch them!  Emma really loves tap so she was helping the other girls with some of the dance steps...little teacher!

Sunday was Mother's Day!  I celebrated by sleeping in, taking a 2 mile walk by myself and having my parents over for a cookout!

Don't Take your Granite for "Grant it"!

Last week and this week, we have been doing some kitchen remodeling.  After many days researching and looking for contractors, we found our granite and tile!  We picked out our granite from The Granite Guy.  It was a very easy and painless process and it was installed last week in 3 hours.  Our tile was a different story.  We found a tile that we loved at Home Depot.  So we decided to hire them which they have a 3rd party install it.

To make a very long story short, after 2 days of installation of the glass tile, and several crews, the tile was uneven and crooked.  Yes it is a very long process and not easy but that is what we paid them to do.  Erik was not happy and as of today, we have a guy here from that company ripping off the old and putting in the new tile.  He only has 2 hours today and 2 tomorrow since I have to be at work.  Let's hope it is fixed and done correctly!

We also had a plumber install a new faucet that is touchless and has a LED light!  It is awesome and he also installed a new garbage disposal that is really quiet...love that too!

Here are some before and after: