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Oh I Wanna Dance With Somebody…

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:46:05 +0000

I’ve been wanting to enroll the girls in dance for the last couple of years now and in the fall a flyer came home from school with Nate about a dance class not too far from here (20 mins or so). I called and talked to the instructor and at the time, she was still trying to put together the pre-school class and said she’d call me in a week. I didn’t hear anything from her, so I called and left a message. Nothing. I called and left another message and still nothing. I finally gave up and I’m glad I did. After Chrismtas, I started getting serious about finding a good studio and I narrowed it down to 2 and finally chose one. They were extremely nice and got me all set up in no time. The girls have been asking every couple of days how many days until they start their class.

Maddie had me a bit concerned because while she LOVES to dance and has always shown interest in taking classes, as the day grew near she didn’t say much about it. She didn’t want to try on her outfit so I could take pics a few weeks ago and even once told me she didn’t want to go. So I wasn’t really sure how she was going to do. All the way to the studio on Saturday morning, she kept asking us questions like “who’s going to take me into the class?” and “I don’t know HOW to dance!” and “are you going to pick me up?”. I have no idea what this poor little girl was thinking but it seemed like she thought we were just going to drop her at the door and not make sure she was going to be ok. LOL I think it’s probably because we told her that we weren’t allowed to be IN her class while they were teaching it. Parents are allowed to watch from the lobby through the doors but not go in where the class is being taught.

Joe took Nate to wash the car while I hung around in the lobby watching and taking a few pics with my camera phone. Joe took some before we left home and then he took a couple from the doorway before class officially started.

I’m SUPER happy to report that Maddie and Lexi both loved the class and can’t wait to go back! Maddie seems to be over any anxiety she was having regarding what the class was going to be like and said she can’t wait to go back next week!! I’m very excited because Maddie seems to have a little bit of natural ability and would love for to her choose to continue with it.

And without further ado…some photos of our dancers!

Miss Madison

Sledding 101 – Warning Photo Overload!

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:25:12 +0000

Old Mother Nature dropped a few inches of snow on us last night so we decided to put it to good use this morning. We were up early, as usual, and had the driveway and vehicles cleaned off by 10:30am or so. After hitting the dump, we headed to the local elementary/middle school for some sledding. Now, I know that some of my friends take their kids there but we’ve never gone there ourselves. After a couple of texts and a phone call, I learned where we needed to go. The thing was when we got there, the parking lot hadn’t been plowed and nothing had been shoveled and NO ONE had been there sledding yet. The lack of plowing wasn’t a big deal - we took old Bertha and she plowed right through. We weren’t sure exactly how to get up to the top but we figured it out in no time at all. Once the paths for the sleds were broken once, they were prime for sledding and with no one else there we had the run of the place!

Joe rented a Canon 70-200 f/2.8L USM/IS from a place in Amherst and has it for a week. We’ve had it a few days and while it’s an extremely awesome lens, he’d pretty much decided that it wasn’t one that he needed. At $1800, I was glad to hear that. Seriously, he said he didn’t think we’d use it much. But today, he had a chance to use it for what it was made for…action shots! It takes some kick ass pics for sure!! Hold onto your seats and your coffee…lots of pics to load up here!!

Natey

Natey getting ready to try a belly run!!

Lexi Lou with the snow flying!

Maddie loving her first time sledding!

I love the sharpness of this lens! Joe never moved from his spot at the bottom of the hill and many of these shots were taken when the kids were up at the top!

Lexi getting ready to head down the hill!

Maddie heading down hill! She’s such a lightweight that she FLEW!!

A series of Natey going down the hill!

Maddie thoroughly enjoying herself!

Everyone taking a second to wave to Daddy before heading down!

Natey’s sled filling with snow!

Lexi Lou on her way up the hill!

WIPEOUT!!!!!!!!!!!

Lexi trying to catch snowflakes at the bottom of the hill!

Isn’t she beautiful?

The gang! Lexi, Natey & Maddie

Yeah, I even took my fat ass down the hill! This was our last run down the hill and Maddie and I wiped out at the bottom! Boy was it fun!

Christmas Photos 2009

admin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:12:11 +0000

Typically we have our Christmas photos taken the weekend of Thanksgiving or before so I have enough time to get them designed and ordered. This year we decided to use our family beach photo on our Christmas card instead so we weren’t in a rush to do our Christmas pics. Well, we waited until practically the last possible minute to get them done but I think they turned out great. Some minor issues from our Drama Queen (Alexis) but all in all, they’re awesome. Hold tight – LOTS of photos today!

I tried doing a couple of storyboards to help reduce the number of huge pics! LOL Still ended up with tons to share! Here’s Lexi Lou – her attitude poking through in the last shot!

Miss Maddie – she was SOOO cooperative today even though the dress was “itchy” and the shoes hurt her feet.

And Natey – always happy to have some photos taken!

Miss Maddie

My favorite shot of the day! She picked the dress out all on her own and I couldn’t have picked a better dress for her!

Lexi Lou Who with a halfway natural smile. Her fake smiles take over when we do photo shoots!

Another kinda fake smile – but beautiful nonetheless!

Natey still happy as ever!

I love this boy to pieces!!

And a group shot!

And another….

AND WE’RE DONE! JUMP!!!!!!!!!!