New project

Check out my new blog. I'm trying to document a year in photos, one photo a day. I wish I could figure out how to make all the pictures appear in order. If you have a solution for me, please let me know.

http://oppfamilyphotos2010.blogspot.com/

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. :)