She can see clearly now...

she has glasses!! Last year she was fine when we checked her eyes...this year not so much! :) We did find really cute frames though. What do you think?

Be Our Guest... and an "offical" teenager in da house!

All I can say is wow..!!!

I've been behind the scenes for the dress rehersals and for the 1st performance but I don't think you get the whole WOW factor until you sit in the audience and only worry about watching!! Last night the family went (with mil) and watched!! it was great! I got a few clips of my own little napkin performing her heart out (including coughing fit in middle of stage :))

Here is the first clip :



2nd clip:



and the last clip of them chasing the villagers :)




It's official... she's a teen!! We were laughing at how much she's changed since she was a babe!! Check out our walk down memory lane :)

Ana day 1:










I love ya girl!!! :) big hugs to my grown up girl :)

School is cool....

at least the pictures are this year! :) Woo hoo! We're celebrating!! for the first time EVER for Karina we are happy with the FIRST picture they took :) Honestly, in Kinder we didn't like even the retakes. 1st grade, retakes, 2nd grade--retakes and 3rd grade.. yep retakes! 4th grade is the magic year! hee hee

What do you think??


Here is A: :)


Ana didn't seem to change much between this year and last.. just a little more grown up looking but the same smiley face!

both girls seem to have sticky upy hairs there..but over all good pics!! I bought the copyright to these photos so I can post them, print them, etc. etc. :) Costco does a good job with printing for a great price!!

I'll leave you with a sneak peak of Miss Napkin herself... K :) Dont' want to show you the whole thing.. it will spoil it for the performance :) LOL

Small town fun.....

It was Harvest Fest weekend. We were suppose to be out of town so we didn't pre-register for the Autunm Leaf Fun run but decided to go to my mom and dad's the weekened before when my brother and sil and kids were there.

Both girls did the run. K did the 1 mile run/walk and A did the 5K run/walk. She thought she was in shape from volleyball, guess it takes a different kind of "shape" to run that far! A did have a bit of excitement on her route. An older lady collapsed in front of her as they were running. A was a little shook up by it but was the only one with a cell phone on them, so she gave it to a man who called 911 and then she directed the ambulance to the right spot. Scary huh!

The girls during the run....



Later both girls were at the Girl Scout booth recruiting new girls :)

A and a friend were in the egg toss contest. They came in 5th but had lots of fun!!


So we begin the count down to the big day... A's Birthday and the opening of Beauty and the Beast... both fall on the same day :) You can still buy tickets @ Rawsons for the performances. :) Oct. 16, 17 and 18 ( 2 and 7 ) Oct. 23, 24 and 25

We have tickets to see Saturday's evening performance with Brett's mom who is coming for the weekend. A plans to celebrate her bday next weekend with a sleepover of 6 other girls (eek...)

So begins Volleyball

Can you believe what a bad mommy I was!! I totally ran off to Karina's piano lessons and then on to Ana's game and forgot my camera! It was their first away game... in the next town over all of 4 miles! They lost the first game, won the 2nd and lost the 3rd for an overall loss. I did take my camera for the 2nd game and got a few shoots! Hopefully, I can get better with my camera inside...the gym sucks for lighting! :)







okay off to pick up the girl from her away game tonight. Didn't win but sounds like they had fun :)

Fair results....

Even though it tires me to the bone, I love the fair!! I got to take my 3rd graders this year and see the thrill of the fair through their eyes! I walked a ton and my little piggie toe paid the price.. a huge blister! I'm still nursing that baby along. I didn't think my feet were ever going to forgive me! The 3rd graders had a blast and we really enjoyed our time!

My girls had their stuff in the girl scout booth. K's quilt won Reserve Grand Champion and People's Choice for Saturday. She also entered a few art projects and a very delicious chocolate chocolate chip zucchini bread which won a Grand Champion! (her other competition was her sister who got a Blue ribbon on her "regular" zucchini bread)

A's quilt got a Blue ribbon and her peanut butter cookies got a Grand Champion in the cookies (4 other peeps she competed against) On Sunday everybody was hungry for sweets so Ana's cookies got People's Choice on that day (the first day a quilt hadn't won People's choice).

Here are the girls reverse tie dye shirts :) they turned out cool :)




I entered 9 different photos in the photography section. I got mainly reds and a few whites. I'll take my reds though as I think the judging was a bit "different" than past fairs!

However..... I did excel in one area!! My digital scrapbook was named Grand Champion in the adult division for scrapbooks! Woo hoo go me!! Makes glad of all the time I've sat at my computer preserving my family's memories!!!


Here are two videos of A singing. Excuse the shakey hands of the camera women :) LOL God has truly blessed her with a decent singing voice. She gets better and better every time she sings :)





Here are the kids enjoying the carnival :)

First Day of School!

Where did the summer go? (see blog posting about who stole my summer) LOL

Today was back to school! Both girls were so excited to be going back! A went with her dad and I dropped K off on my way to my first of the school meeting. My stomach did a little... ahhh sniff sniff moment when I dropped K off at the school. She kissed me goodbye and as I drove away I was thinking... there goes my 4th grader! When did she get to be old enough to be a 4th grader!!! It only lasted about 3 blocks, but it was a brief melancholy moment!! I think because I teach too, I feel that the first day of school is a new year, a new beginning and it makes me sad in a way to see my girls growing up.

Okay enough blabbering... here are the girls posing for first day pics!





Fair is next weekend so we'll be there most of it! A is singin on Thursday and Sunday :) Stop by the Girl Scout booth and say Hi! I'm sure I'll be there way too much! LOL