2 Dancing Girls and a Birthday Boy

2 Dancing Girls and a Birthday Boy

Wow, we've had a crazy week...and it is only Thursday. Parker and Pacie had their winter recital Monday night. Parker was in three dances and Pacie was in one. They both did great and we had a great time watching them. I am so impressed with their dance studio and with their instructors. Then on Tuesday, little Landon turned two years old. It's hard for me to believe that time has gone by so quickly. We had a busy day with pre-school, kindergarten, and dance pictures for both girls. We did an Elmo cake and a small get together with mamie, gramps. Matt, Tio, G&G Landon and of course his pack here. We had a good time. He loved blowing out the candles and did it I think 4 times. It took a few tries the first time to get it done. Once he'd figured it out, he just kept saying, "Happy Birthday to me!" and we'd light the candles and start singing again. The grin was priceless. Our little man is two. We love you, Landon!

Parker's Big Moment

Well, I'll have a picture to post with this little saying tomorrow, but I had to put the comment on there so it didn't leave me. (That sometimes happens when life happens!) Parker was getting ready to dance at a basketball game half-time. She danced last year, but just performed at the Festival of Trees and at a nursing home. Her recitals are much different because the lights are off and she can't see the audience. So we were getting ready-hair curled, make-up on etc. She got her costume on and as she was putting on her coat to leave, she looked up at me and said, oh so seriously, "Well, mom. This is it. My big moment." I loved it.

Family Pictures November 07

Why are family pictures so draining?

Why are family pictures SO draining? It takes half the day to get ready for them, especially with 4 girls in the house! Okay, so Presley wasn't that hard, but the other three take a while. This year I was trying to support a girl in my ward (she shall remain nameless) in her efforts to start a new photography business. "NEW" being the key word here. The night before our session, she called me to ask what colors we were wearing etc and said that she'd have the white background ready. Little did I know, that meant she was going to paint the wall in her basement (which had previously been black ) white...along with the floor. One coat that night and one at 6:00 am she thought would be fine and dry by the time we got there. Well, they weren't! But, she had borrowed some sheets from a neighbor to lay on the floor. Of course Landon was hateful-do you remember trying to get an almost two year old to sit still for pictures for 5 minutes!? She really wanted the girls to wear Santa hats for the picture (I vetoed that idea)-and she also had some other props she was anxious to try out. Trying to be as polite as possible, I declined, and tried to keep things as simple as possible. About forty minutes and some white paint on Landon's shirt later, we were finished. I do have to say though, I was pleased when she brought them by today to preview. Not the highest quality, but she captured the moment and that's really what I was looking for. I got the proofs, did a little work on photoshop, swapping heads and tweaking color, and am overall pleased with what we ended up with. So, here are a few of our family pictures 2007. Enjoy!

A Sigh of Relief

Yet another tender mercy. We sold our house yesterday to a really nice couple. We are able to stay in our little yellow house until January 4th. We will then move into my great granny's little 2 bedroom house until February 27th when our new house will be completed. We were getting a little nervous about getting it sold, but we did it, by owner, without a realtor in a little over 2 months. We really love our little yellow house. We moved in July of 2001 after about 8 months of marriage. So most of our married memories are held here. All of our babies have come home to this house. Many Christmas memories, summers in the backyard with the little pool, setting up our new swing set...just loads of memories that will not be forgotten. As excited we are to move into our new house, we will greatly miss our first little yellow house on Genevieve Way.

The Learning Curve

As always, there is a learning curve to all new adventures. Even I, feeling pretty computer literate had a moment this morning when I decided to be brave and try a different layout from a different website. As I changed my background and subsequently lost pretty much everything else...well it just goes to show you Ame that not everything comes as easy as it seems! Thankfully, most was recovered and we begin again from here!

Thanksgiving 2007

How grateful I am for this time of year. As always, we have much to be thankful for. We tok our traditional trip to Mesquite so Scott could hit the Thanksgiving race. We usually head to Vegas for a couple of days, have Thanksgiving dinner at the Rio Buffet-(yes the traditional stuff, but also a lot of whatever else you want...sushi for some, crab legs, BBQ ribs...you name it they have it, cheese pizza for the kids too!) A little shopping at the Outlets as well as a walk through Bellagio's always gorgeous Thanksgiving decor makes the trip complete. Then it's off to Mesquite to watch Daddy race. This year had a few more hiccups than normal. Scott and Robbie (his younger brother) both went down in the first race of the day-thankfully with only minor injuries, although Scott's bicep now carries several tire marks from being hit by about three different riders. (Robbie was hauled away in the ambulance...never fun but thankfully he was okay.) We topped off the trip with a trip to the Pizza Factory in Cedar City and then made our way home. Overall, a great weekend spent with both sides of the family.

Life is just so DAILY!

Just getting started with all of this, but I would love a way to keep track of my life while sharing with others! One of my favorite Mary Englebreit quotes is, "Life is just so...daily!" I love that quote! Life doesn't slow down. Just in the past couple of weeks we've been so busy! Hannah Montana/Jonas Brothers conert for me and the older girls, Denver for a Monday Night Football game, blessing our new baby, Presley, Landon getting his tonsils out, and our annual trip to the cabin to get our Christmas tree, eat too much and play games while trying to stay on good terms with everyone in the family. All of this on top of trying to sell ourhouse while watching our new one be built! So exciting. But I'll stop there. Life is so...daily, but it is also so good!