Monday, June 16, 2008

Keeping up with our kids

Have you ever felt like your kids are doing something blog-worthy every day but you just can’t keep up with them? That has been the story of our kids lives for the past month…so here is my attempt to share what our kids have been doing;

Abby finished her first year at Super Start Preschool. She really loved her teachers and learned so much. She especially likes to write her name and now autographs every single picture she draws.

Abby on her last day with Miss Emily and "best friend"/next door neighbor Anna Sorensen

Just a few days after her last day of school Abby had her dance recital. It was held at Kingsbury Hall this year. They wouldn’t let us take pictures inside the venue but here she is afterwards. She was so adorable prancing around the stage with the other girls. In fact she made me, my mom and Lenny’s dad cry. After the recital we went to Litza’s Pizza to celebrate Abby's performance with yummy pizza, garlic bread and ranch dressing. (That's a good dancer diet - right?)

Abby with Anna (and Anna's cousin) after their performance


Abby with proud parents after her performance


We went to Lagoon with Lenny’s parents. Boston was the bravest of all the kids. He would ride anything, even the haunted house ride. Jackson of course wouldn’t even look at the haunted house and Abby went through the ride but I’m not sure if she opened her eyes.

Jackson's look before just about every ride


Jackson loves the boats. I think it's the last year he'll be under the hight max. He was a little upset when I told him that. Hopefully he'll be a little more adventurous by next year.


only 12 - 14 years 'til this will really be happening!!!


Boss and Abby flyin' high...actually I don't think they ever figured out how to make it go up. But they loved it anyways.


I always get a pecan or walnut covered caramel apple on the way out of lagoon. Boss decided it should be his instead.


Jackson celebrated his 6th birthday on June 9th. It’s hard to believe our first born is already 6. He had a party with some neighborhood friends. The theme he chose was Frogger - one of the video games he has kind of been obsessed with for the last 2 years. They played ‘pin the fly on the frogs tongue,’ ‘musical lily pads,’ and had a scavenger hunt.
Later that night our families came to the house for a BBQ. We had a lot of fun and Jackson had a great day.


Jackson opening presents from friends.


This is as still as I could get all these boys to stay for a picture.


We had strawberry shortcake for the cake at the family party so we used the extra cupcakes from his friend party for him to blow the candles out on.


Some of the family that came for Jackson's birthday.


This is Jackson showing us how happy he was about his day.



Abby and her friends got a hold of somebody’s makeup and here are the results of their makeovers.


Abby, Katie, Anna, Grace, Jane


Abby was a little sad when I told her her make up was kind of scary.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

To the father of my children...

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!
Thanks for being such a great dad!





Sunday, June 1, 2008

'Imagine' This

As many of you know, Lenny is a huge David Archuleta fan. Last month, Lenny even changed his travel plans and had to wake up at 2am to catch a flight home for David's homecoming at Murray High School and also David singing the National Anthem at a Jazz game.

Murray High School Homecoming




Jazz Game...next to his mom in the yellow top.

After American Idol on Tuesday night, Lenny would replay David's performances on YouTube and also look up any new information about him. He happened to come across a video that an old family friend had filmed about David's journey on American Idol. Come to find out, this family friend happens to be the official spokesperson of the Archuleta family.

Lenny told his mom that if she made contact with this friend and set up a time to meet David that she would never have to buy him another birthday present again.

So...it happened!

Saturday afternoon, just before Abby's dance recital started (we will put pictures of that on later), this family friend called Lenny and invited us to a fireside at a troubled youth facility where he and David would be speaking.

It turned out that most of the time was spent with David answering questions from the audience. He also sang, 'Angels' and the hymn, 'Be Still My Soul.' It was absolutely amazing!

Afterwards, David stuck around and shook hands, took pictures and signed autographs for every person in attendance. It was a dream come true for Lenny!



Abby was star-struck...




...but so was Lenny.




He is just a tiny little thing...only 5'7"




He even signed some pictures for us!