Katie's 1st Winter Matinee

Katie school, Gilbert Magnet School, has two Matinees every school year, one in the spring and one in the Winter. For this year's Matinee the 1st graders performed "Let's Make Lemonade" a story about all the fairy tale/mother goose characters. 4 students from each class were chosen to have speaking parts. Katie was chosen to play The Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe. She did a fantastic job. She really had the audience chuckling. She is quite a performer and loves being on stage. Enjoy the little clip of her performance.

Trip to Arizona

The day after Christmas we loaded up the car and headed to Arizona to visit Dad, Corinne, and their new puppy, Buddy. When we arrived at Dad's new house, we were surprised to see my brother, Jeffrey, had stopped by on his move across the country. It was great to see Dad's Arizona house and celebrate Christmas with my side of the family. The kids had a great time playing with Buddy, playing games with Grandpa and hanging out with Jeffrey. Some highlights of the trip are:
* seeing Grandpa and Corinne's new house
* meeting Buddy
* surprise visit from Jeffrey, Ashley & Tristin,
* going to the Circus
* eating at Organ Stop Pizza
* Don's birthday dinner
* lots of game playing
* riding bikes and scooters

Merry Elfmas!

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Katie's pj party

We had a great morning at the Oppenheim house. About 12 kids came over for breakfast and a pj party. The kids played and played and played. Katie is so lucky to have such wonderful, kind kids in her life. Each kid brought a game, Katie opened each package, she chose one game to keep, then each kid got to choose a game. A few kids chose the game he/she brought, including Katie and Alex! It was a great way to celebrate Katie turning 7. Stay tuned for more pictures of her her family party that will be on the 25th.

Update

Well, I'm really behind on this blog. My goal is to keep current for the next few months. Here are some pictures from October. They include: Alex's trip to Gilcrease Orchard and Pumpkin Patch, Alex at Kidshine, Alex at Yoga, Katie's class and Halloween. Guess we know who I've been hanging out with more. :)

WA trip

I don't know why I can't get it together and blog a little. I can't believe school starts on Monday and vacation is over. I'm glad we had one last great adventure to Washington.

Katie and Alex had a blast playing with their cousins, aunts and uncles. My favorite day was our last day there, we spent it boating on the Columbia River with family. I'm so glad my kids got to experience a day like that. My favorite family memories are of us boating on the river. The weather was perfect, the water was calm and the company was the best. Alex didn't leave my Uncle Greg's side and I think he was in the boat for every trip out. He loved helping Uncle Greg drive the boat. I was really wishing for a "pause button" so the day would never end.







I was able to catch up with some long time friends. I can't believe we all graduated from HS 15 years ago. It was so fun to get together again and see each others' kids. Thanks, dad, for letting us invade your house and for grilling for us. :)




Another great thing about being back in WA is all of the wonderful fruits and vegetables. We stopped at a fruit stand on the way back from my sister's house and the kids loved picking out their own fresh fruit. We had amazing nectarines, peaches, pears, cherries, and huckleberries. Most of all we had AMAZING Quincy Corn.


It's always nice to get back home, but it sure makes me miss living close to my family. I'm sure glad I have so many wonderful friends in Las Vegas.