b strong…

April 1, 2010

our family {minus kiana – she was dancing} ran our first race together,

for a great cause.

it was so fun & i am so proud of kj and myla!

kj had his heart set on not running.

then just a moment before the race started, i grabbed him, stuck him with his buddy tegan and his dad troy…and said, “you’re running buddy! go! go! go!”

the kids’ fun run had just started and he took off with full gusto…

afterwards, kj said it was pretty hard {rumor is that the one mile fun run was actually a 1.5 mile fun run,

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chicago…

March 23, 2010

was the destination for my spring break this year! {last year, was here.}

i love that my hubby so willingly whisked me off for spring break, two years in a row now, since i’ve returned to college!

love that man!

we had warm weather and really cold weather.

both were beautiful!

in the warm weather, we went running along the chicago river with amazing views of lake michigan. i was able to shop at my favorite kids store! we watched lots of this {dusty will be on his way to the big dance,

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and the award goes to…

March 19, 2010

dusty!

he won our oscars party-ballot contest this year,

with SEVENTEEN correct guesses!

he won the pot of $$$, a trophy, and a gift card to best buy.
{he just loves to invite people to our house & take their money!}

what a lucky guy!

2nd place ~ tie: moi/bex with fourteen correct
3rd place ~ tie: danny/kyle with eleven correct

kids:
1st place ~ tie: kiana/mckenna with eight correct!

congratulations winners!


playing this between award announcements…


we took photos with oscar themed cut-outs…danny’s was the best!

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shutter booth photo booth

March 16, 2010

welcome, my newest sponsor!

shutter booth!

this is the coolest, most up-to-date, fun {and memorable!} activity you can plan for your next party or event!

we just used shutter booth for kiana’s 12th birthday party.

definitely the unique way to capture it all!
and, wow, the hit of the party!

not only was the photo booth a really fun activity for all the kids {and maybe even more fun for the adults}, but so many goodies were included!

shutter booth was very convenient,

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They were the fastest 12 days ever… I think Bear would agree. We left EARLY in the morning after staying up getting caught up on LOST (which mom fell asleep in). Kiana would NOT wake up. I had to physically pick her up out of bed and put her in the shower to wake up. It was the funniest thing. She has this sort of zombie like state she gets in when super tired.

As you can see… she picked up where she left off at the club in SLC and then slept on me all the way to San Fran. However, in San Francisco, what we were doing kicked in and she started enjoying the trip.

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