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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Peace Out

Lady K's 10 year old party was a peace theme. It was hilarious to plan all the activities and the food. We had peace pizza and cake, we played a game involving moving jellybeans with the suction through a straw, another involving passing life savers with toothpicks and a game where the girls designed an outfit for their models using duct tape, tissue and news paper. It was a great group and a ton of fun. Happy Birthday sister.




Cast Your Vote


Which do you like better, the haircut that Baby R gave herself, or the one I gave her afterwards?

Double Birthday

Dad and Lady K love to celebrate their birthdays together. Don't ask me what the math is for figuring out the candle on the cake, but somehow they represent that Lady K is 10 and Dad is 36. Happy Birthday guys.

Two Concerts

We have just been to two concerts that, sadly, were not captured in pictures because the batteries were out. One was the Youth Orchestra concert that our two oldest participated in.

The second was a fantastic concert by the Kremlin Chamber Orchestra. We were delighted to hear yet another concert by internationally renowned musicians. They played a very interesting piece by Prokofiev and then finished with a piece by Tchaikovsky. The audience was so impressed that they got standing ovations and received a double encore. That was fun to experience and the kids were really interested in the process of getting an orchestra to play encore pieces. It was a ton of fun and our whole family got to attend. Even the little ones were able to sit through the concert. Miracle.

Tenderfoot

Our brave little 11-year-old scout just received his tenderfoot rank. I say brave because he had to camp in December to receive this rank so quickly. He has had fantastic leaders who have helped him to achieve this goal. Way to go bud.

Happy Valentines


Happy Valentines. Do you sense a theme with me. Any occasion can be celebrated with a pizza, as long as you shape it right.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Father Daughter Dance


The oldest two girls got to go with their dad to a father daughter dance this weekend. The girls were so excited for this special date. They got dressed up in their prettiest dresses, got their hair done by mom and put on some of mom's "dangly earrings" and a necklace their Grandpa brought them from the middle east. They had a great night of dancing and fun with their dad and their friends. You girls look beautiful!!