What a way.....

......to end Spring Break. Michael is now walking pretty much everywhere. This morning he kept messing with one of my indoor garden statues. Just as I got over to him he dropped it on his foot and ripped the toe nail off of his big toe! Luckily daddy was home and got it all bandaged up and off we went to Urgent Care. They took x-rays, thank goodness nothing was broke. So now Michael is sportin a nice big band-aide on his foot. He was a good sport and didn't cry much while we were there.

When Michael attacks....

This was the scene a couple of nights ago.............luckily I stopped him from attacking his sister as she peacefully slept on the couch!!!

Easter: Part 2

We had a great Easter at my parent's house. The kids had a blast playing with their cousins and hunting eggs! Michael hunted plastic eggs while Kara finally got to hunt the "real" ones with the big kids."Our Family Picture"
aren't they cute?!?!
Papa working hard pushing both on the swings

Michael loves to swing...
....and now he loves the slide
Kara and Trevor hunting

Michael still didn't get the idea that you had to pick the eggs up and put them in your basket.....next year he will be a pro
Papa letting Michael play with the wind chime
silly boy

Hey mom......watch the bubbles!!

Kara spots an egg..........she got it!!
...so proud of her find!

Chelsea, Scarlett, Trevor, Kara, & Michael .....at the end of the egg hunt

It's Easter Time.....

This Easter was a special one...it was Michael's first!! Michael didn't take part in the egg decorating because he was asleep but he did enjoy everything else!!

Kara and her eggsMichael with his cow and chick toy from the Easter Bunny
Kara was so excited about this duck that the Easter Bunny left her
Hunting for eggs in the house
Daddy and the kids

My Michael......

....is so into putting things into his mouth. Seriously, it doesn't matter what it is, if he can pick it up the first place it goes is to his mouth. He is really into getting his sister's toys to drool all over, being very careful not to do it while she is watching!! If she sees him with any of her toys it turns into a screaming fit on both ends. I would have to say he is teething once again and we have been keeping an eye out for the 8th tooth to appear! poor Strawberry Shortcake doesn't stand a chance against Michael's drool

she's hanging on for dear life!

so after Strawberry Shortcake Michael moved onto a carrot that goes in Kara's play kitchen

Michael was safe drooling on Kara's prized toys because his sister was safe and sound asleep on the back of the couch.....

....yes my friends, she often falls asleep in the strangest of places. I believe on this night she was pretending to be a kitty cat!

Recital Time...

So Kara has been going to Denisa's School of Dance for 5 weeks now and lets just say based on her behavior in class I have been very worried about her. During practice she is constantly running back and forth between the group and me......lets just say she has a very, very, very small attention span! Last week got better, she actually stayed out there for the entire warm-up routine.....but then she got a time out during the bunny dance.

Anyways.....today was her very first "mini" recital at the mall in front of the Easter Bunny. I wasn't sure how she was going to do.

We met the group on the mall and walked to the center court with the Easter Bunny and let me just say she was awesome. She was timid at first but was trying hard to make all the moves. I was so very proud of my "little dancer" that I had to fight back the tears!!

Here are some pics from the performance....enjoy!

...the before shot
...posing

.....I love this shot of her from behind
....Benny the Magic Bunnygetting her egg and slinky

Hair it is....

...so I decided to cut my hair again....I went to Sally's mom..Sandy. She did a fabulous job and I love my new do. It makes me feel sassy...and shhhh...a little sexy when it's all fixed up nice!! I also included some pics of Michael and Kara with some crazy hair...enjoyso I'm not big on taking pics of myself....I feel kinda foolish doing it....
obviously this would be a profile shot..
I had fun spiking Michael's hair up....it was too darn cute!
....we all know who this is....crazy Kara with crazy hair!!!

35 years and still going strong....

This past Sunday my sister and I threw my parents a wonderful 35th wedding anniversary party including a suprise vow renewal ceremony! We had a lot of wonderful help from family members with food, drinks, decorations, and my parents' flowers.Donavan made this wonderful announcement that went out with the invitations.
My parent's original wedding photoVera at Raleys did a fabulous job on the cake. It was very very yummy!!

My parent's orginal wedding book...we used as a guest book
My beautiful parents walking into the living room.....and then she realized what was going on
John Russel-Curry did a beautiful ceremony for them

Cutting of the cake with their original wedding knife...

Michael was being very vocal during the ceremony...and I think this was right before Kara shouted that she was potty!!

9 months old and 7 teeth

So Michael is now 9 months old and doing great. He now weighs 19 lbs and is measuring at 29.5 in long...he is definately going to be tall like his daddy. He also has 7 teeth!! I say this boy is ready for some steak and potatoes.

Michael sporting a blood blister and bruised eye..thanks to his sister. She hit him with his very own giraffe rattle on the way home from the snow.

Look at all those teeth!!

Kara decided that she also had to wear a bib like Michael. She even put it on all by herself!