Olivia's First (Official) Gymnastics Class!!

Olivia is a Mini Hot Shot now!!! She was so excited to be in her very own class this year! On the first day there was only two girls and now the class is close to 10 kids! There ages range from 2-3. So we'll see how many of them end up at the Olympics!!!

That "determined" look

I cried watching this!!! :)

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Halie's First Day of School!

Halie & Miss Alexie

Halie started her second year of preschool on Tuesday, September 3rd! She went to class no problem too! (Usually she puts up a fight) Ever since I went school shopping for her and got her a new backpack she has been dying to go to school. She'd wake up in the morning and ask, "It is school today?". So when she finally got to go to school she had a smile from ear to ear!~

But now that she has started school again, she says she just wants to be in Kindergarten. So we'll start the countdown for Kindergarten early I guess. :) When I picked her up she was very excited to share all the papers in her backpack with me! I must say I love that time we get to share together, and honestly I have been looking forward to helping her with her "homework"!

Halie & Miss Candace

(And yes, I save almost all her papers she brings home. But, we have to give some to Grandma)

(That "hurry up and get out of my class, you're embarrasing me look")

New Puppy!

Here is a picture of our new puppy! (the one with the hot pink collar) We went up to see her in Okanogan. She is such a sweetie. She was raised in a really nice area. The owners are really great too! She is purebred Golden Retriever. She has papers and is good hip certified. She also comes from a good bloodline of champion hunting dogs! Her parents are pictured below. Their names are Tipper and Chase. Halie had a great time playing fetch with those dogs. I think she is going to love having a big dog! (Our first) YEAH! We are so excited! We didn't want to leave her, but she'll be home with us in 10 days, when she is 6 weeks old~I need help with names. Any ideas???

NEW PICS!

Here are some recent pics of Halie at the Flip Flop Finale! She did so well! She even vaulted by herself and the crowd went wild! The other pic is of Halie and Olivia in the beginning of May. All these photos are courtesy of J Olson Photography! Thanks Jenn!

Rascal Flatts!

So Mario and I got to see our first concert together since having kids! Whew! Who knew it would take so long to get out and away from the kids. Let's just say I am attatched to my children. This is only the 2nd time Olivia has stayed with someone else overnight. My friend watched the girls overnight and then my mother-in-law picked them up this morning so I had time to stop at the wonderful outlet mall in Northbend! Thanks grandma! Mario and I stayed overnight at his uncle Jaime's place. They live in this cool little penthouse right on the Puget Sound. Amazing! We also got to tour their yacht. We are already making plans to come back and visit again with our girls! It was so weird waking up this morning and not having to look after my kids and make sure they weren't getting into trouble. I must say it was nice, but definately not a feeling I want to get used to.

Oh and the concert? Freakin unbelievable!!! I have been dying to see Rascal Flatts for years now. Everytime they come into town, I am either way pregnant or breastfeeding. (I know I have the best luck!) We'll this time they came I wasn't either of the two!! Yippee!! So my wonderful mom bought our tickets! We sat right by them during the concert too! My mom brought her binoculars so we could see up close. Damn! Joe Don is a hottie! I would marry him anyday!! JK! Taylor swift sounded great too! I can't wait til they come back again because we've decided that we are going to buy the super up close tickets next time so we can get high 5's and autographs! (That is if I am not pregnant or breastfeeding...haha)

Not to toot my own horn but....

I finally got a haircut and a brow wax! It's been long overdue and let me tell ya "I feel great!" This is the first time I have had a brow wax! I will never go back to tweezing again. Waxing was soooo much easier and faster. I thought it was going to hurt like a "biawatchhhhh". But surprisingly, it wasn't that bad. It definately feels a lot better than pulling each hair out one at a time! So I have another appt set up in June for high-lights and another brow wax. If you haven't had your brow's waxed before, I suggest you get on it because you don't know what you're missing!