Brandon was one of the students chosen from his class to read to the principal this morning. He read a book called "Fun at Camp". He did a great job! I remember when Alyssa got to read to the principal in kindergarten too.
He got a certificate and a GIANT candy bar as a treat...he was so proud of his reward! We are very proud of him.
The HARDEST part of me chaperoning the Carson City trip was leaving Gabriella and Brandon. Jeff took the week off to take care of them and I must say...he did a great job. The house was even cleaned when I got home!
I love you Binnie...for so many reasons that you will never even know!
Playing a game
Touring Carson City
The girls were freaked out! This was on a tour of the Ponderosa mine in Virgina City
I think the highlight of the trip was the fact that I let Alyssa have Root Beer...I NEVER let the kids have soda
Alyssa and Brianna at the Mormon Fort
Caroling...Hannah Montana songs
Boys called all the time
Dragging the boys!
I sure have my hands full!
I knew Alyssa and her friends had started to notice boys...just had NO clue how boy crazy they really were...it's not just them...all the girls liked the boys.
Here are some pictures. They would knock on the boys door and when they answered the girls would literally drag them down the hall. It was nuts!
Then, when they figured out how to call room to room...well...let's just say the phone rang non stop...I had some popular girls!
In the Fourth Ward school in Virgina City. It was built in the last 1800's
Alyssa doing her geology activity at UNR
Alyssa and Elizabeth
My girls in the NV history museum
Posing with a mining statue
My girls...silly!
This is the entire group that came on the trip
One of the "gun fighters"...Alyssa was so freaked out by him!
Getting ready to board the train for a ride to Gold Hills. 
HAD to post this one...this is Scotty. He lives in our neighborhood...he will ride his skateboard over to our house on a daily basis to say "hi" to Alyssa...he followed her around the entire trip too...much to Jeff's disgust!
My girls!
At the Governors Mansion
At the capitol building
Kit Carson statue
Getting ready for the tour
We're back from Carson City...safe and sound and in one piece. Alyssa had a great time and I was quickly known as the "cool mom". We left early Wednesday morning and got into Carson City at about 4:30pm. (Yes, that is a loooong bus ride...and yes, it was loud) We wasted no time....we checked into the hotel and set off to explore the city. The first night we walked the Kit Carson Trail and attempted to locate a Starbucks (no such luck!) The girls went caroling to the boys rooms singing Hannah Montana songs...than we were lucky enough to watch Hannah Montana until midnight!
The next morning we reported to breakfast at a brisk 6am! We went to Virginia City and toured some of the old buildings from back in the 1800's and even got to tour an old mine. We had train and trolley tours of the city too. Afterwards we went to UNR where the kids got to do a hands on activity led my the geology department where they got to identify different rocks and minerals based on what they had studied. We ended that day with a fun game on the lawn of the Supreme Court.
Friday we toured the governors mansion, the capitol building and the legislative building. it was really interesting. We got back into Vegas at about midnight.
Hope you like some of these pictures...I took about a gazillion!
