Well, needless to say, as nearly 2 years have passed since my last posting, quite a lot has happened in the little world of Kendra and Akayla!
We left off in early 2009; Akayla was in 3rd grade, I was working at Century 21 Hometown, living in San Luis Obispo, and just as happy as we could be. Well, I'm glad to say, of those things, the only change has been Akaylas progression from 3rd, to 4th and she is now in 5th grade.
The real fun has been in the many happenings in our lives. Miss Akayla, as expected, excelled in her 3rd grade class with a teacher that kept her excited about school. My thanks to Brian Olson for this! Because it has become our yearly tradition, my mom and I planned a vacation to the city of New Orleans for the summer of 2009. In order to avoid the beginning of hurricaine season, we opted to take Akayla out of school on her last day of 3rd grade in order to catch our flight. I will write more about our trip to NOLA in a later post, but for now I will say, what an amazing place! We all fell in love with that incredible city (and the food, naturally!) and are looking forward to our return trip in April of this year!
That summer was full of mini-vacations for us, camping, musicals and a trip to visit one of my best freinds in her new home in Santa Clarita. There, Akayla and I took a "mom and me" day at Magic Mountain, then spent the next day with Angie and her boyfriend (now husband) Mike. The 3 of us spent an afternoon at the LA Zoo and explored the oddities of Hollywood Blvd. We also called the summer of 2009 our summer of musicals. Every Sunday night, we would set up our living room like a movie theatre, make popcorn, invite a friend over and watch a musical we'd never seen before. Akayla even went on a trip to Catalina Island with her dad and his family.
I think I will stop here for now....ever so much more to catch up on, and real life and daily goings-on cannot be neglected!
