tyler's senior prom 4.23.2011

tyler and ella took pictures at the house before we took them to webb for a reception before they loaded the chartered buses for hollywood. family came over to be here for the special occasion..... my boy looks so handsome!!

the reception pictures.... everyone looks so handsome & beautiful!

the prom after-party at dakota's house.

pre-easter b.b.q. 04.16.2011

my uncle rick and family were down for some r & r at disneyland and came by the house on the way back to utah, so we had a little b.b.q. for them and introduced their family to confetti eggs...

yes, we had confetti everywhere and to this day (06.27.11) there is still confetti in our grass... messy, but sure was fun! (auntie joey can keep easter at her house) =p

kennedy's headshots 04.07.2011

kennedy had here headshots done and i can't believe how grown up she looks! i admire her for not wanting to wear any make-up because she said that's not who she is...

it was so fun being on the sidewalks of l.a. watching her get her pictures done with lighting and all the photog goodies.. then moving in to studio with the fan and bulbs flashing.... so fun!!

house cleaning weekend

my dad and becky came over for 2 days and cleaned our home from top to bottom before our furniture arrived in 3 days.... washed all the walls, scrubbed/squeegeed/scrubbed again the tile downstairs and the floors upstairs... washed all the blinds and windows and all the kitchen cabinets... we cannot say THANK YOU enough... we, of course, helped, but man... my dad kicked major major nasty tile/grout bootie!

then as dad and becky were leaving the second day, family came over to see the house and enjoy the pool...

the first week in our home brought really great memories and much needed family time =D

i love my new home.

g.a.t.e spelling bee 03.29.2011

kennedy loves participating in the g.a.t.e. spelling bee every year. she did great and spelled all her words correctly, but as a team we were eliminated with the first cut... she was upset...

universal studios 03.25.2011

we didn't go on any fancy vacation this year during spring break, but i was able to take a few days off here and there... kennedy wanted to go to universal studios, so she and i went and had a "super" time. we mainly wanted to see king kong 3d which was awesome!!

seussical the musical 03.19.2011

kennedy loves to act and seussical the musical was her 3rd production with a theatre group in claremont. she is now rehearsing for her new production, the wizard of oz, in november.

we bought a house!! 03.24.2011

we (finally) bought a house!!!! it was such a long process (short sale) and months of "just waiting for the signature" that for the last 2 of the 6 months we didn't really speak to the kids about the house because they had gone through the ups and downs in the beginning. tyler never saw the house. he didn't want to love a house that we may never get, so when he toured the house for the first time it was actually HIS home... HIS room... and kennedy was so excited to show him around. we literally went from months of nothing to sign here, wire your money here, here are your keys... all within 4 days!! no other family members knew that we were even looking for a house, so it was fun to call them from the house and have the kids share the good news. my mom and sister came right over....

here's the video of kennedy and tyler...

bucky's birthday 03.13.2011

we went to auntie joey's for a birthday celebration!! we celebrated grandma bucky's birthday and lucy's birthday.... since i am updating my blog months after the actual event (i know, i'm trying to get caught up) i can't remember why my kids aren't there....

reign game 03.12.2011

our realtor gave us reign tickets and tyler was unable to attend, so kennedy was able to invite her good friend tony... they had fun... we love going to reign games!!

new beginnings

New Beginnings is for the upcoming beehives and it's an event teaching the purposes of the Young Women organization. It includes the Personal Progress program and to the Young Women theme, logo, motto, and values. Hillside did a Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory theme and they did an amazing job transforming the different rooms into rooms at the chocolate factory and they were all umpa lumpa's and at the end of the journey, the two newcomers also became umpa lumpa's too.... since I didn't get "approval" to show all faces, here is Kennedy and her friend that will be moving up to young women's this year....