Summer is here!!!

Summer 2011 is officially here.....and what do we do to kick start it off?

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SWIM of course!!!!

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With summer break starting, that can only mean one thing......Kylee isn't a Kindergartener anymore! So sad, yet so exciting at the same time. Kylee's school had a "Kindergarten Celebration" performance instead of a graduation this year, so a parent decided to throw a pool party graduation at a local pool. I'm so glad she did because it was the perfect way to end a perfect school year. Kylee made so many great friends this year and we are so sad to be moving and not see them next year.

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Mrs. Wright showed up to say hi to all her kids! Not all of the class showed up but it was a great turn out none the less. They all had a blast!

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They even had a little back drop and a cap and gown for them to take pictures. Cutest thing ever!

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With summer here, it only means changes for the Pews. We are so sad to leave all our family and friends here in Queen Creek, but are also excited to be close to my family on the West side of town. Well, I'm more excited than David because he doesn't understand that a girl needs her sisters and Mom! Haha! But this could just be a temporary move. Not sure where we will be in a year. Either back here in Queen Creek, or we will permanently stay out there in Peoria. Either way, it's a win-win situation for us because we love both places and will be happy in either city. Well, David would be more happy out here since he is an "East sider", but I guess I would be happy in either place. But my Mom and sisters would probably kill me if we move back! Haha! My Mom has been trying to get me to move back ever since we moved out to Queen Creek 8 years ago. :)

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Either way....life is good and we are so blessed to have amazing family on both the West and East side! We are good to go wherever we live because we are surrounded by loved ones. For now, we are going to embrace the summer, enjoy all our time with Kylee girl, and do what we do best.....soak up the sun! :)

Mother's Day and Kylee's Recital

Mother's Day! Everyday that I get to be Kylee's Momma is a day of celebration to me....but it's fun to get gifts on one of those days! Kylee and David got me work out clothes! LOVE THEM!

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Every year the Montez women get together for our annual Mother's Day lunch at Olive Garden. It's a tradition I've come to love and look forward to every year. I love all the women in my life!

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This past weekend was Kylee's dance recital. She danced at the Suns game back in February and now this was the end of the year recital. She had two performances and did great! She had a lot of people come to support her!

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Kyrstin...Kylee loves her cousin! We get to go watch Kyrstin at her dance recital in a month and Kylee can't wait!

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Kylee and her dance teacher....Miss Melanie! She is awesome and we loved her!

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Aunt Nanny and Kyrstin! They both surprised us. We didnt' know they were coming. Kylee was so excited!!

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And of course Kylee's best supporters came....Grandma and Papa Montez!

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Family pic at the end of the recital. We are so proud of our dancing Queen!

Something special happened at the recital. In Kylee's first dance performance, all the girls had pom-poms as a prop during part of the song. They placed their pom-pom's behind them while they danced to the first part of the song and then went back to get their pom-pom's during the second part of the song. Well, Kylee's pom-poms accidentally got taken and she couldn't find another set of pom-pom's close to her. She was frantically looking around while all the girls kept on dancing. I wanted to cry for her! I was afraid she was going to cry and run off stage. But instead....she made us SO PROUD! After 5 seconds of looking and not being able to find her pom-pom's, she jumped back in with all her dancer friends and started dancing as if she was holding her pom-pom's. She didn't skip a beat! My tears of sadness and feeling sorry for her quickly turned into tears of pride.

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I quickly ran back stage to comfort her, thinking she was going to save her tears for backstage....but she had a smile on her face and was quickly changing into her next outfit for her second dance. She wasn't sad at all. If you know Kylee, she is a very tender-hearted girl. So I was certain that she was going to get upset about this. But she kept a smile on her face and was professional about the whole thing. I was so impressed and learned something new about my princess that day. She never ceases to amaze me everyday! She makes me so proud. I don't know how I got so extremely lucky. What did I do to deserve to be her Mother? I'm thankful for her every second of every day. She is the best example for me....and now she is an example of never giving up and keeping a smile on your face no matter what happens in life. She gave me the BEST Mother's Day gift ever by showing me her strength and optimism. Words could never describe how much we love our princess!

Girl's Trip for Jodi's Wedding

I just went on the quickest, yet "funnest", trip ever this weekend!!! One of my best friend's got married this weekend in St. George so Heather, Tausha and I packed up and made a fun girl's trip out of it! We decided to stop in Vegas and stay the night at the Circus Circus. Did you know it's only $34 per night there?? Amazing!! Here we are after arriving from our 4 hour drive, getting ready to drive the strip! We were too tired to walk it!

The next morning, curling our hair and getting ready to make the 2 hour drive to St. George for Jodi's big day!

At the Jolley cabin! The scenery was gorgeous and perfect for a Jodi wedding!!!

Heather and I decided it was necessary to test out the wedding spot! It was perfect!! Well, perfect for now until they get sealed in the temple soon!!

The beautiful bride herseld!! LOVE HER!

The happy couple! New fresh love!!!

Welcome to the MP family McKay! We love you already!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my friends. I am so lucky to have had the best friends in high school and to be able to still have an amazing bond with them to this day. They kept me on the right track and were great examples for me during those crazy tough teenage years. I'm so thankful for them everyday and I love them all so much!

PS...we missed you Heidi Marie!!! Get off that cruise ship and come home so we can celebrate with you too!