Spring happenings in pictures...
Our Garden
Beautiful Leah
Beautiful Emma
Chase was trying to climb into the bucket. We have enjoyed the time outside this spring
Don and I in our backyard
Emma displaying her art from the art show
Treys picture in the art show
Leah and Emma after recital practice
Chase has enjoyed dressing up as Super Wyatt
Emma being silly! Wow we are going to have an expensive dentist bill. haha!
Treys class did a presentation at the City of Cumberland Earth Day Celebration. He had a pretty long speech that he had to memorize.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Sally's Dance Recital 2010
We survived our first dance recital! Both girls did tap numbers and we had 1 night of dress rehearsal and 2 nights for the recital. They enjoyed getting flowers from their dad and especially enjoyed getting to put on lots of makeup and get their hair done up. They looked soooo cute!
The girls did a wonderful job and I was so proud of them for having the desire to get up on stage and perform what they have been working on all year! Neither of them had any regrets, remorse, or stage fright, it was great! I wanted to post the video of both of their performances but after waiting 45 mintues and it still hadn't finished loading, I changed my mind. I hope you enjoy some pictures of the girls in their costumes before their recital.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
A Visit with Family!
So this is long overdue, but after my family left I had to recover for 3 weeks. Also, Don has been home since he had surgery and I was too busy hanging out with him.
So back on March 11th my sister Sarah from Germany arrived at our house with her two youngest girls, Samantha and Natalie. The next day my sister Megan arrived from Utah with her husband Ben and her two kids, Tafton and Mikaela. The next day my sister Jessica from North Carolina came with her family. I was so excited to have everyone come and we had such a good time. While the weather wasn't wonderful, we still managed to do what sisters do best, shop! I think my sister Sarah out shopped us all. She lives in Germany and really misses Target, Walmart, the Outlets, etc. I thinked she mailed 2 big boxes back full of stuff and had to buy another suitcase to fit the rest of her things in!
Emma
Katie
So back on March 11th my sister Sarah from Germany arrived at our house with her two youngest girls, Samantha and Natalie. The next day my sister Megan arrived from Utah with her husband Ben and her two kids, Tafton and Mikaela. The next day my sister Jessica from North Carolina came with her family. I was so excited to have everyone come and we had such a good time. While the weather wasn't wonderful, we still managed to do what sisters do best, shop! I think my sister Sarah out shopped us all. She lives in Germany and really misses Target, Walmart, the Outlets, etc. I thinked she mailed 2 big boxes back full of stuff and had to buy another suitcase to fit the rest of her things in!
Sarah, Me, Jessica, Megan
Everyone arrived with one thing in common, their laptops! I thought this was a funny picture that everyone was on vacation but on their laptops.
Katie and Samantha
Trey, Erik, Katie on top of the train
Emma
Katie
On Monday we headed to Slinky Action Zone in Altoona, Pa. It was a rainy day and it was the perfect get away. One funny thing to me, probably not for Ben Passey, was that I drove with Sarah and we were leading the way, followed by Ben driving my van and Jessica and Erik in the rear. We had the GPS set and we were getting so excited when we would shave off a minute to our arrival time. Does anyone else do that? Anyway, we weren't paying attention to how fast we were going, but we flew by a state trooper and thought for sure we were going to get pulled over. No we didn't, but Ben did, in my van! We were sort of laughing, sort of feeling bad. Erik said he was going 80 and couldn't catch up with us, oops! Sarah and I felt so bad that we ended up splitting the price of the ticket for Ben.
When we got to Slinky Action Zone is was half price Mondays, so I was able to get all of my kids in for $8. Also we were able to play laser tag for half price. There was 6 of them and they only paid $15 and then the four oldest cousins did bumber cars for $5. It was really a great deal and a great deal of fun! haha
Samantha going down the slide
Oh, I almost forgot, I asked Jessica to make dinner Sunday night. She is an awesome cook and I knew should would whip up something delicious. She made a chicken breast stuffed with stove top stuffing and a mushroom and rosemary gravy, steamed broccoli and this dessert that was just to dye for. I don't even know what it was called, something like a beesting cake. If your interested I will try and get the recipe from her.
Monday night we got a babysitter for all the kids and headed to the local Japanese Steak House. We had a blast! I got a great picture of Erik catching a piece of chicken in his mouth. Look closely
We got Sarah to try shrimp for the first time in her life! I don't think she liked it very much!
Look at Megans face, she looks like she is worried about Sarah
I just love this picture of Don and I!
Finally, a cute picture of my niece Mickaela. I had never met her until this visit and she is a complete doll.
Thanks all for coming and making the sacrafices you did to visit. I can't wait to see you all again soon! Love you all!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
This is how I spent my Saturday!
So for the 5 years we have lived in our house, we have had blah walls in our bedroom. Every other room in the house was painted and decorated to our tastes. I never could figure out what color to put on the walls, or if I should change our comforter(I have done that several times). So I found a great website where you can upload a picture of the room you want to paint, then you pick different colors for the wall and it shows you what it will look like in your room! So fun. The website is http://www.sherwinwilliams.com/ Check it out. The color I picked was a little darker than I was looking for, but I think it turned out pretty good.
Before
After
Let me know what you think, please!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Guess what Chase said...
This is going to be short and sweet, but I have always wished that I had written down things my kids say to remember them. So... We were all doing situps and push ups the other night when the commercials came on. Chase said, "look, I can do applejacks!" He was actually doing jumping jacks. haha! He is so funny and brings lots of joy to our family.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
My Baby is 9, Are You Out Of Your Mind!!
I can't believe Trey is 9! He was soooo anxious for his birthday to arrive because he wanted to trade in his DS for a DSi. I wasn't especially excited for that because I just don't see the need for a video game that he can get on the internet with, but he couldn't be swayed and had everything figured out how he was going to pay for the difference, when he was going to get it, etc.
Trey had 2 of his friends spend the night Friday and then when they left Saturday morning he was off to Game Stop with his Dad to get his DSi. I have to say, it actually is really cool and he isn't into the internet so much as the camera and the way you can morph the pictures and add bunny ears or a funny nose to the picture. He also loves the video part of it and making flip video shows. After they returned from the mall we headed north to Altoona, Pa to Slinky Action Zone. Did you know that Altoona, Pa is where the slinky was invented?? Well now you know! They have a huge indoor playground that is sort of like a huge hamster cage for kids. They loved it. We finished the day with dinner at Chilis, yum!
In honor of Treys 9th birthday, I wanted to list 9 things we love about Trey...
1. He loves the gospel and knows more than I do.
2. He is very protective of his brother and sister.
3. He gets obsessed over things and will focus on that thing and nothing else. Right now he is into Japanese Anamation called Naruto.
4. He is a great friend and at his young age, really cares about his friends and is protective of them too.
5. He is so trusting of his Mom and Dad
6. He is willing to share the gospel with his friends and family and is not embarassed.
7. He is so comfortable in his own skin, a true leader.
8. He loves to draw and is really amazing at it for a 9 year old. I will have to post some of his pictures later.
9. We love him because he is our son!
from this......
to this
Trey had 2 of his friends spend the night Friday and then when they left Saturday morning he was off to Game Stop with his Dad to get his DSi. I have to say, it actually is really cool and he isn't into the internet so much as the camera and the way you can morph the pictures and add bunny ears or a funny nose to the picture. He also loves the video part of it and making flip video shows. After they returned from the mall we headed north to Altoona, Pa to Slinky Action Zone. Did you know that Altoona, Pa is where the slinky was invented?? Well now you know! They have a huge indoor playground that is sort of like a huge hamster cage for kids. They loved it. We finished the day with dinner at Chilis, yum!
In honor of Treys 9th birthday, I wanted to list 9 things we love about Trey...
1. He loves the gospel and knows more than I do.
2. He is very protective of his brother and sister.
3. He gets obsessed over things and will focus on that thing and nothing else. Right now he is into Japanese Anamation called Naruto.
4. He is a great friend and at his young age, really cares about his friends and is protective of them too.
5. He is so trusting of his Mom and Dad
6. He is willing to share the gospel with his friends and family and is not embarassed.
7. He is so comfortable in his own skin, a true leader.
8. He loves to draw and is really amazing at it for a 9 year old. I will have to post some of his pictures later.
9. We love him because he is our son!
from this......
to this
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Don't you wish you were here???
So at the last measure, we were at 27"!!! I don't think I have ever seen this much snow! We headed out this morning to shovel and the snow was literally up to my mid-thigh! We almost lost Chase a couple of times and we are very sore from all the shoveling.
Don measured this morning at 9:30 at it was at 21"
So the forecast is for more snow, maybe 6-11" more on Tuesday and then another snowstorm next Friday!! I am now regretting making fun of all the people at the grocery store with a cart full of toilet paper, haha. I guess I will see you all in the Summer!
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