Happy last day of 2007!

On this last day of 2007 we would like to wish you a night full of fun and laughter and not to much of the goofy juice!

Keelee will be partying at her Aunt's house and Brynna will be trying to recover from the flu.

May your 2008 be wonderful!

Vacation has started

Both girls are now on holiday vacation until January 7th. Yippy.

Good thing their grandparents will be here in four days!!

Happy Birthday Keelee!

It's Keelee's birthday today!!

Over the weekend we had a little family party for her - Bratz theme!! She received lots of nice gifts from everyone including a four-foot Barbie dream house (it's a fake one but that's beside the point!!)

Papa even took her out for a special dinner at IHop!!

Happy Ho Ho Ho to you!

After 10 minutes of convincing, Brynna finally sat on Santa's lap at the parks and rec. center.

However, when she walked into the building, and saw the big red guy, she yelled at the top of her lungs, "Santa, I just saw you on the corner!"

Ah, that's my girl!!

New Do's

Keelee got a new haircut over the weekend and mom got most of her whacked off tonight!! Her new do will be revealed at a later date!!

Updates

Keelee is doing great in school. She is quickly learning to read and is whipping through her weekly homework and challenge homework. She recently adopted two guppies and a snail. She has been taking great care of them!

Brynna is, well, Brynna. She talks to darn much and loves to eat doughnuts. She told us tonight that her throat hurt all the way down to her colorful knee. What else can you do but laugh? She loves school too! She was upset with me on Friday that she couldn't go to school - "but Mrs. Young and Mrs. Wiggs will miss me!"

Halloween Preview!

You decide - which one is the good witch and which one is the bad one?

Keelee's school had a Fall Festival last night and the girls got to try out their costumes.

Tea Party or preview of Prom - Part 2

Keelee went back to Mrs. Potts Tea Party to celebrate Abbey's 6th birthday earlier this month.

Here she is with her cousin, Allie.

Dance Photos

Here are Brynna's final dance pictures. She's too much!!

Yeah for Mommy!!

Well, mommy's horrible week ended on a high-note!

She received a letter of intent to have one of her magazine articles published!!

Yeah, for mommy!!

Sick Household

What a week!

Keelee has bronchitis and is miserable.

Mommy has a sinus infection and is miserable.

Brynna is healthy and bouncing off the walls.

Daddy is leaving town to get away from all this!

Fall Break

We're on fall break this week. We have no plans other than to drive our mom nuts.

Papa Oz is recovering from his knee surgery and is driving Grandma Coo nuts!

Congratulations to Great-Grandma & Grandpa Evenson on their new addition - they adopted a dog named Hopscotch a couple of weeks ago. We hope she has as much fun in their house as we do!

Daddy is going out of town next week for the first time since Brynna was a baby. We've been promising not to drive mom nuts next week too!

And, welcome to the world baby Cole James! We hope to meet you soon.

TV Stars!

Tonight Keelee and I went to Kristi Yamaguchi Friends and Family a.k.a. Stars on Ice with Corbin Bleu and the Cheetah Girls. We found out that they were filming this event to show on t.v. Thanksgiving weekend - very cool!

The skating was awesome and all of the screaming could have woken the dead.

Ahhhh, the concerts I have to look forward to!

The Wrong Desert?

Yesterday the girls went to the zoo to celebrate Rachel's birthday and Grandma insisted that they take a camel ride. Poor camel.

After School Programs

Ok, I did it. I let Keelee join a cheerleading class.

I hope I don't regret it in about 10 years.

She's also in a drawing class, dance class and Girl Scouts - those provide balance!!

New Dance Photos

Here are a few of Brynna's latest dance pictures.

Enjoy!!

Influence

This one's for you Trish...

Set-up: Two weeks ago I introduced Brynna to the movie "Grease." She was mesmorized by all the songs and laughed at my singing of them.

Today: We were in the car and one of the DJ's said the name Sandy and in the back seat I start to hear "Oh, Sandy, babyyyyy. Oh, that Sandy."

I almost drove off the road from laughter.

Another generation of our family who loves "Grease." It makes my heart proud!

Brynna's First Day of Preschool!!

Yeah! Brynna finally started school!!
She loved going to meet her new teachers and new friends. When I asked her what her favorite thing was today she said: swinging, sliding, monkey bars, playdough, playing with the doll house, singing, and getting bubbles.
That pretty much covers the day!
P.S. She was awake at 4:30 this morning too!

Tiny Dancer

Brynna is participating in another Fairy Tale Ballet class with the local Park and Rec. program. Today was an Ariel dance and she was so cute with a hula skirt and flower in her hair. Then she fell apart...

Toward the middle of the dance she was to pick up a towel laying on the ground behind her. Well, one of the other girls took her towel. Instead of getting the remaining towel, Brynna sat down and cried her eyes out.

Hopefully next week will be better!

First Week of School Report

Well, Keelee has already found a new boyfriend, Cody. She also has two others in the wings, Bryton and Collin. She told me earlier this week she finally understands what the word "crush" means because Collin has a bad crush on her. He even sent home a love note - kind of a "check yes or no" type note.

She also told me that so and so thinks she is so popular and she's really not. Great, this garbage starts in first grade now!

It's going to be an interesting year.

Too Cute!!

Vidal Sassoon

Before I went to bed last night, I noticed a clump of hair in the sink. I picked it up wondering what doll this came from - then I realized it was real, and it was straight. I ran across the house and woke Brynna up to find a huge hole by her left ear. Great.

So, I took her to the kiddie salon today and she has a whole new hair cut. The stylist took off about eight inches - two inches shy of being able to donate it. Major bummer.

Anyway, now she really looks like mom!

First Day of School

Keelee started first grade today and she was so excited she could hardly sleep last night. This morning she was bouncing off the walls. I finally had to sit her down and read a book with her to calm her down. We'll see what she says when she gets home today. Hopefully, it's a good report!

Brynna starts in two weeks!!

I can hear the quiet calling me...

No more diapers or pull-ups!!!

Brynna has made much progress in the potty training department...we've finally gotten her down to just panties for all times of the day. So there might be a few wet nights but our budget is happier!!

Prize Winner!

We just got a call from the local library - Keelee won the grand prize for her age group in their summer reading program. She won a cute Disney Princess Fun Kit! Way to go Keelee!!

School Shopping

This past Friday the girls and I went on our annual school shopping adventure with Jenni and Abbey. A fun couple of hours was had by all. But the highlight of the day was Brynna telling me that she HAD to have a cheetah print skirt so she could be "cheeta-licious." Since she'd been so good and hadn't asked for anything else the entire day, I gave in.

More highlights...

Keelee's favorite place was in water; our strawberry picking haul; grabbing candy at their first parade; Brynna the mermaid!

A few highlights from our trip...

Brynna's two favorite spots were digging in the garden and "go faster" on the 4-wheeler; Keelee finally lost her first tooth - if she could have she would have announced it on national news!; mom's highlight was meeting Coach Lucia; mom and dad made news dolls for our girls at the MOA.

We're Home!

Sorry for the lack of posts - but you all know why...

We've been in Minnesota for the past month.

And what a lovely month it was.

Pictures to follow as soon as mommy gets some much needed sleep!

Happy Father's Day!!

To one and to all we hope you have a great day!!

Much love,
Keelee and Brynna

Lollipop, Lollipop, Oh, Lolli, Lollipop!!

Hot off the press from tonight's dance recital. A quick pose with her teacher, Ms. Tricia.


Keelee is the third from the left;
She is in the back row on the far
left in the final pose.

Daddy & Daughter Dance

As you can see, Garrett and Keelee got all spiffed up tonight for a GS Daddy and Daughter Dance. Notcie the fancy shoes on Keelee! She loves these and wants to wear them everywhere.

Pool Fun

A little fun in the sun!

Tick Tock...

...time is running out.
Only 7 more days!!

14 days...

...and counting.
Are you ready for us?

Day Shift

Yeah! Daddy started his new job today. He's on day shift again!!
After he left we crawled into bed with mommy to prevent her from getting any more sleep and we're looking forward to having dinner with daddy tonight. Maybe he'll even read us a story!!

Graduation

Keelee graduated from Kindergarden this past Wednesday. This year's graduation caps were actually construction hats in honor of the building addition. They were really cute. Yes, I cried, okay.

Happy Mother's Day!

To one and to all - have a great day!

Tea Party or preview of Prom?

Keelee and Abbey attended a Girl Scout Mrs. Potts Tea Party where they learned about manners and how to brew the perfect cup of tea - looks more like a preview of Proms to come!

Keelee's Dance

Keelee had dance pictures today and a dress rehearsal. Too cute for words!

Water Day at School

Thursday was Brynna's last day of Mommy and Me class at pre-school. The teacher treated them to a water day - complete with bubbles, shaving cream, sprinklers and popsicles. We're both sad this class has ended.