David Archuleta Concert

David Archuleta came to concert here in St. George. It happened to be the day we got back from Hawaii. The kids had fun but looked a little zoned out at times. Here is the favorite song of the night.

CRUSH

Having Fun...

Abby S. and Sarah

Abby A., Madison and Abby P.

Here is David doing his thing!

Happy Birthday Madison #8

It's All about the CAKE!

Maddy wanted me to surprise her with a cake. I got to choose. I know how much she loves pet shops so I added a couple of new petshops on top and decorated with sprees. I had a more elaborate idea but decided to go with the easy version.

We usually let the kids choose where they want to eat out for dinner. Maddy wanted me to bring her McDonalds for lunch at school and for me to make dinner. One of her favorite meals is "Grandma's" mashed potatoes. Nothing fancy...just plain old mashed potatoes with country style gravy mixed with ground hamburger. Sometimes kids are so easy to please!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADISON...WE LOVE YOU!

Rapelling

A few weeks ago, Kelsee was invited to go rapelling with some of the scouts and a couple of other girls. She had never been rapelling before. They first tried a 30 foot cliff to ease them into the bigger one. The next cliff was 120 feet high! She was a little freaked out to say the least but in the end she did it! It was better for me to hear about it afterwards and see the pictures instead of being there. I would have been the one freaking out FOR her!

Tag

I was tagged by my friend Stacie. The tag is easy. This is my sixth photo folder and my fourth photo (it asked for my 6th picture in the folder but there were only four), explain it and tag 6 friends.

This picture is of Madison the first couple of months after we moved down to St. George. She is taking a quick bath in the kitchen sink. It actually is one of my favorite photos of her.

I tag Julie, Jeanine, Jamie P., Marissa, Jamie L., Jordan

Remember...the 6th picture folder and the 6th photo in the folder.

Happy Birthday Bailey #4

Today is Bailey's birthday. She is four years old. She has been on cloud nine all day today. She keeps telling us it's her birthday and how old she is. She went to primary today and was called up so they could sing to her. My friend Jeanine said that Bailey was smiling from ear to ear the whole time they sung to her and soaked it all up.She also went to visit the Bishop for a special treat.

When I asked Bailey what she wanted for her birthday cake, she said a mermaid. So I went to Harmons to see what they had and was unsuccessful. I looked up mermaid cakes online and came across this cake. I really wasn't thinking much about how big this cake was until I tried to lay it out and realized I needed something fairly large to put it on. We found a cardboard box and made that work. It took 3 cake mixes and 2 batches of frosting.

As I was frosting the cake, Bailey got a sad look in her eyes and said, "but I wanted a little mermaid cake...not a big one!" After we finished the cake she started to giggle and when I asked her if she liked it she nodded yes.

Bailey helping take the ice cream to the table.

I guess she didn't want to make two trips so she loaded up.

We invited a couple families to come over after church to celebrate Bailey's birthday and to help us eat the cake. Bailey had a great day.

3A State Swim Meet

After my last post about the State swim meet, Kelsee found out she actually did qualify to swim at state. We were so happy for her because she has worked so hard during the swim season.

She participated in the 500 meter freestyle. It was held up in Provo on the BYU campus. She did a great job and was able to cut 8 seconds off her best time. This is definitely not her favorite event, but she improves her time each time she swims it. She had a great time hanging out with the team and watching the majority of the girls dye a few pieces of their hair pink. She debated about it but realized she didn't want to have pink streaks in her hair for a month plus.

Kelsee's swim coach, Dani, freaking out at the bill after dinner.

Spa Night

At Young Womens the other night, Kelsee, now a laurel, had a spa night.  They first started with a brown sugar and milk mixture to exfoliate.  Next, cucumbers for the eyes and lastly a mashed avocado.  They had fun and her skin did feel extremely smooth and supple when she got home.

After hearing about Kelsee's experience and seeing the pictures, Abby and Madison decided they wanted to get in on the action.  Bailey wasn't too sure about the whole thing but said she wanted her picture with one cucumber on her eye.  After the facials, their skin looked great (not that their skin doesn't already look great at their age), but Madison's face started to break out in a rash and itch like crazy.  I quickly washed her face with soap and water and within 15 minutes her face was back to normal.  I don't think Maddy will be asking for a facial anytime soon.  Plus the fact they were a little grossed out by having gritty and mushy stuff all over the faces.