Friday, July 24, 2009

Kids Unlimited opening night!!!

First off I have to say I have never been to a Kids Unlimited performance all I can say is WOW!!! Blake and his fellow KU friends did an awesome job. I was very impressed with the amazing talent of these children. You can tell a lot of work goes into these productions and the kids love it.

These first two pictures are some cute decorations they have in the lobby that are displayed as your walking into the convention center. Very GROOVY!!!


"Outta Sight"

Party after the first night at Red Robin Yummy. Blake with Katheryn...sorry if spelled wrong..


Blake with me...Alec camera man...good times!!!




Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Radio Boy

Blake is performing in Kids Unlimited where they sing and dance. Very cool program here. He is in the Plantinum singing group. This is the highest singing group. Part of being in this group means every year they get to go to Q97 and sing a song. Blakes group sang this morning and did an awesome job. Wish I could've recorded so you could hear it.

He will be performing the next 3 days. I will post pictures and stuff on here so you can see. They have a 70's theme and the program is called"Outta Sight."

I sure miss my other kiddos and my hubby. Sounds like they are having fun with Danya and her kiddos. Will post more tomorrow.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Running adventure

Ok so I am trying to be a better blogger/journal writer. I decided to go for a run tonight while Alec and Blake were at YM because Chris, Cassidy, Ari and Jacob are in Arizona and I didn't run this morning. So I went to the river trail. I took the key off my key ring and placed it in the secret spot so I don't have to run with my key. I then had the goal of running for 4 miles which I was trying to mentally prepare for. I finally make it back and I ran the whole 4 miles. I am feeling pretty good. Then I get approached by this guy and he starts telling me he sees light in me and I must be a very spirtually person...really creeped me out. I get back to my car and grab my key put in the lock. It won't work...why won't it work??? Well I'll tell ya...wrong key. Oh my gosh my keys are in the car...my cell phone is in the car. I have to pick up Blake and I have no way to call anyone. I can't ask the weird guy so what do I do...just start running to the church...I don't know how far it is but I just ran and ran. I finally got there and nobody was worried nobody even noticed...I was so paniced. Anyways I got home and Alec took me to get the car...that my friends is my running adventure. I ended up running 6 miles when I was all done....whoa...

4th of July Fire works!!!

The firework display was awesome...Jacob kept saying pretty or he was just quiet watching the fireworks go off. We went with the Richardson's to watch the fireworks. We had a great time...it was the perfect ending to the 4th of July holiday.







Fourth of July 2009

We went out on our patio boat for the fourth of July with our friend Tony and his children Brandi and Jessee. Jacob had a blast on the tube and just loved jumping into the water. he has no fear which is scary to us...

These next two pictures are from a fourth of July party we went to at the Richardson's we had so much fun swimming and eating. They had tons of food and an awesome pool to cool off. Jacob once again just loving the water jumping in and being crazy. He even jumped off the diving board...what a little dare devil!




Jacob jumping in the water at the lake... I mixed up the order of these pictures. We went to the lake until about 3pm then we went to the pool party. What a blast!









Our house in Arizona

Just wanted to post a few pictures of our house for those who haven't seen it. May favorite thing is the view from our bedroom into the back yard. It has trails for running and trails for horses.

Front Yard

Back Yard

Kitchen


Staircase


Computer desk between kitchen/family room






Cars June 2009

My little baby boy is addicted to cars...actual cars and the movie cars. We had a cardboard box and he would just sit in there and watch his cars movie...one day I found him like this. It was so cute I had to get a picture.


Ward soft ball games June 2009

Well we had an exciting Ward party. We had a game night in at the Anderson building. I went to get the kids pizza and came back to this. Ari was playing softball and when she was thrown the ball underhand she didn't catch the ball but her eye did...poor thing. This was the next day when we took this picture so it looks much better then it did when it happened. It was really swollen. Our yM president was the one who threw it and he felt just horrible but Ari was a trooper and took it well. This isn't Ari's first black eye. She has gotten a smaller one in karate. Of course wouldn't you know it she had this happen the day before she was to go see her dad.

She still smiling....thats my Ari!!!!


Ari's plays at RSA May 2009

Ari was in Drama 1 at RSA and they performed some small plays one where she played the mama pig in the three little pigs and the salesperson for Jack and the beanstalk. She did a good job. Then she did a large play called "How the West was Really Won." We love the key phrases the kids have in plays...Ari's catch phrase for this play was her yelling..Silver...silver silver in Nevada!!!!! She did a great job and she had some random small parts...she loved it. We gave her a rose at the end and the next day Blake gave her a rose. He was with his mom and had a small square dancing part in the begining of the play so Ari didn't get to see him until the next day. The both love drama and do a good job supporting each other. Here are a few pictures from the small plays.

After the play with Jacob.
After the play.

Mama Pig and salesperson costume. She wore pig ears in the mama pig scene.



The big 50...oh no

Chris turned 50 on May 30th and we celebrated by going to dinner with Bob and Danya. We had cake and ice cream too. It was a fun night....we celebrated on May 29th because I was heading back to Redding on May 30th.











April Birthday girls...

I say birthday girls because my birthday was the week before my friend Margot birthday. I was in Arizona for my birthday. Chris, Bob and Danya threw me a party. I saw my cousin Mitzi and her family. It was so fun to be with them and celebrate my 35th Birthday!!!! Chris gave me a card and my main present was our new house in Arizona. We also had Randall, Jana and their family at the party. We had a fun celebration. We just missed having Alec and Ari there.

These pictures are of my friend Margot Birthday party. The missionaries cooked as their present to her. They were so funny. Not big cooks these two...they were kinda clueless. They learned a lot and ended up doing a great job. Chicken taco salad...yummy!







Spring Break in Arizona

We decided to go visit Bob and Danya and family for spring break. We had Blake, Cass and Jacob. I realized after the fact that we didn't take very many pictures...bummer. We went to the Zoo and science center...it was a blast.







Easter 2009

Easter egg hunt...even for the teenagers....the easter bunny fills their eggs with money...lucky teenagers...

Blake looking for eggs
Jacob supporting is brothers and sisters.. looked for eggs earlier with little toys in them.

Alec looking for eggs...

Cass looking for eggs...



Jacob got a tricycle for easter and he loves it.






Prom 2009 Alec and Lindsey

Alec took Lindsey to Enterprise High School Prom. Don't they look cute :)