2nd Meet ~ Sis & Koda's Gym Review 1/24/2009

Bailia and Koda had their Gymnastics year end review on Tuesday.  They both did great loved being able to show off what they have learned! 

Jaden had his 2nd meet today and did GREAT! He wanted to do better than last week, and he did! He scored 5th and 6th places in the seven different events. He is SO proud wearing his medals around!  He said he REALLY wants to take first place...maybe next weekends meet?!? Either way I am glad he is improving and reaching his goals! Way to go Dog! Thanks Jen, Shandon, and Jack for coming to watch big dog-he LOVED having you there!

J's first Meet & Hoover Dam!! 1/17/2009

Since we were already in Vegas we decided to take the kids to see the Hoover Dam~ Jaden is learning about it in school right now and thought it was "sweet" that he could walk across what he is learning about! He also informed us that the amount of concrete used to build the Hoover Dam is enough to make a sidewalk around the entire EARTH!


Our Hotel story is a bit of a joke-I booked the Suite (since I found a special rate for $25 more than a regular room) and we show up to check in and they do not have our room ready. That is ok we wanted to go car shopping anyway. But were also informed that the Suite only has one bed~excuse me~ but the intelligent gentleman that I spoke with on the phone before booking the room through the HOTEL website said that there were two queen beds OR one king bed!?! We were told that we were misinformed and we would have to stay in a regular room. Umm first of all a room that is 700 square feet BIGGER than a regular room has only ONE bed and we were only allowed one itty bitty roll away? Ok fine we will take the smaller room-but I don't want to pay for a suite when I am getting a regular room. WRONG-O To make a long story short~ we were put in the cheapest room and because the room rates were now double the price that I paid, we were not refunded any of the money! Then to top it off the "rollaway" they brought for Koda was a little small, don't you think? Ahhh, the memories!!



Jaden had his first official Gymnastics Meet this weekend down in Vegas. We had a lot of fun watching him compete!  I had NO IDEA what the meet would be like, or who we would be competing against. It turns out there were teams there from other COUNTRIES! I can't believe how serious some of the coaches were-one kid stumbled on his landing and his coach blew up! I am SO thankful for Barney, and the other coaches that are so patient and kind to my kids!  The kids we competed against were AMAZING, and although J didn't place he was satisfied just getting a medal! 

Today Bailia's class performed their Christmas Program for the people at the care center's. They were supposed to do it before Christmas break-then it happened to SNOW hard enough to cancel school-which canceled the program!  So, they did the program today-and it was a big hit! 

During the second show-at the Red Cliffs care center- I see Bailia's face turn white as a ghost and her eyes well up with tears (she had complained that her stomach had hurt the night before, and it still did this morning but she said she thought it was because she was nervous about the program) I made a mad DASH to the front to grab her and rush her down the hall to the bathroom! Luckily she didn't throw up there!!  She has thrown up once since being home-hopefully it stays that way...oh no...twice now!  It is going to be a long night!!

On a side note I must give Koda credit for the pictures! He took the majority of the pictures for me today! Sandra wanted me to take pictures with her camera-so I was trying to do that with my left hand while filming with my right, and since I forgot my third hand (that mothers are supposed to have at ALL times) I told Coop to grab my camera and shoot away. I think that he did an AWESOME job! Thanks Koda Bear!

Happy Birthday Koda Bear!! 1/5/2009

WOW! I can hardly believe that my BABY has turned FIVE!  Why do the years seem to go by faster and faster? I really couldn't think of anything great (and warm) to do for a party for Coop and asked him if he would be OK about not having a party.  His response was quick and simple- "Will you take me shopping and let me pick out whatever I want?" Honestly that's it? YOU BET I WILL!!  So, for a surprise I had his primary teacher (Heidi) make him the most AMAZING cake imaginable-she created Optimus Prime for him!  When I asked her to make his cake I knew it would be great-but honestly this cake (masterpiece) is incredible! Tonight while putting Coop to bed I asked him what his favorite part of today had been, without hesitation he said MY CAKE!  Everyone LOVED it and we can't thank you enough! 

His shopping trip was simple and he actually picked out great presents for himself. The first is a little Cars race track, then a Batman laptop, and a Transformer puzzle! So for $40 this kid walked out of Target a VERY happy camper!

We went to Samuri 21 for his B-day dinner (his choice) he loves to watch them cook (FYI the Winter Roll is a really tasty new Sushi roll they are offering right now) then back home to enjoy cake and ice cream with the family! 

Happy Birthday Koda!

Crazy Kids!! 1/2/2009

As I watched Bailia tip-toe by me with Koda hidden underneath a towel, I KNEW they were up to something! Then I heard A say to the kids~has your Momma seen you? I bet she will want her camera for this one! I grabbed my camera and started snapping away at my silly kids! 

Bailia had talked Cooper into dressing up.  First she put him in her clothes, then being the make-up artist that she is, she KNEW using markers would show up a lot better than her box of play make-up! She transformed him into a wind-up doll-and after the day we have had today we ALL needed a good laugh! Thanks Sis and Koda you crazy kids light up my life!