Coop Gets A Bath!!

Cooper our puggle was in need of bath and I didn't feel like packing him into a hot truck to take him to the groomers chancing that he might 'puke' on the way.

So, Emmy and I decided to give him a bath at home. I had bought some doggie shampoo a while back and she held him and squirted him down with the hose and then we sprayed on some foamy soap which actually smelled really nice!!

He was a good boy!!

Let's just hope he will stay out of the dirt for at least an hour!! During the summer our grass takes a beating. I don't seed it with summer grass so it tends to die and makes our back yard a dust bowl. Add to it the upcoming monsoon season and we are looking at a mud bog which turns to hard clay within an hour of a massive rain storm!!

Foamy doggie, even his tail :)

Coop shaking it out, haha. Action shot ftw!!

The after shot. Still a little damp but a happy, sweet smelling puppy.

Father's Day

I thought i would try to be a 'fun mom' this summer and do some cool crafts with my kiddos and one of our crafts was for them to each decorate their own apron. They love to help me cook and bake things so I thought what the heck, why not. Well when we were making theirs I asked them if they thought Dad might like one for when he bbq's or cooks, that isn't a girly one. They all thought it would be a cool idea so we decided to make one that would have their handprints on it so we could all look back over the years and see how they have grown. I also had them sign their own names and so they can also see how they used to write!! (well except for Max)

Jase thought it was a neat idea and seemed to like it.

It's kind of neat, both our girls are right handed and from what it looks like Max is going to join Hudson in being a lefty!!

Emily holding it up just before we brought it up the stairs to Dad for Father's Day. We also got him one of his favorite movies!!

Tori giving Dad some 'loves'. She loves her Daddy and she also loves her new dance dress that we have to force her to take off so it won't be ruined a week after her recital :)

On Sunday evening we also went over to Gram and Grandpa's to celebrate Dad's Day and we brought Grandpa two six packs of his favorite rootbeer, IBC. It has become a sort of standing gift each year!! We had a great time over at their place for a bbq and a visit with them as well as Uncle Ty and Auntie Katie.

Dance Recital 2009 :)

The girls had their end of the year dance recital on Saturday June 20th at the Mesa Arts Center. They both did very well and had a great time!!

Emily had three dances she was a part of and Tori had one. For Emmy's ballet number Jason had to join her and for a part of the Josh Groban song, "So She Dances". They danced together and were awesome! It was really wonderful to watch. Jase was sooooooo nervous he wasn't sleeping for days if not a week before!! I felt really bad for him when I told him that the entire 2000 seat theater was sold out!!!

Tori and her tap costume. They did their number to 'The Curly Shuffle' She did really well :)

Emily and her friend Nicole before dress rehearsal for their tap number.

Emm and Jason before their dress rehearsal for their number!!

Emm and some of her musical theater buds doing one of their numbers.

Emm and her tap/jazz class just before they went on for their tap number the night of the show!!

Waiting backstage to go on!

Tori and Jason backstage with her flowers from her daddy :)

Emm and Tori after the show was all over with their AZ Desert Dance shirts that the studio gave them for the finale as well as their flowers from their dad and their medals from the recital. It was a very long day but it was a lot of fun.
Next year Tori decided not to do dance. She wanted to do soccer!!
Emily tried out for and got a spot on the company dance squad so she and I will be very busy when dance starts up again next month. It is kind of nice to have the month off!!

A Zoo Trip Becomes a Water Day!!

Last Thursday the kids and I went to the zoo with our friends.

Sundee and I used to teach preschool together two years ago so Georgia and Tori are friends.(as well as being in the same primary class at church) Hudson was in the same class at school as Mallorie and the kids usually walk home with Mallorie so they were excited to get to spend the day with them! We went to visit the animals but it was such a nice day without much wind that the kids wanted to play in the water areas!! The first area we hit had a cave and some small water slide that the kids could play in and a splash pad.

Georgia, Mallorie, Emily and Hudson playing on the splash pad.

Emmy and Mallorie in the caves!

Max cheezin it in the caves!!

This photo was taken during our lunch break. I asked Hudson and Mallorie to stand up by the rhino for a photo and Mallorie put her arm around Hudson and he got all embarassed. It was priceless, she turned to him and said, "I'm your friend and friends hug!!"

After lunch we took a train ride around the zoo to finally check out some animals.

Back to another splash pad!! After lunch and the train ride the kids wanted to try out the other splash pad. Sundee and I decided why not let them get cooled off before the ride home. We hung around long after the zoo closed at 2pm until a guy told us we had to leave, lol.

In this photo Max and Hudson are waiting for the water to spurt out...

And here it comes!!!

Georgia was so cute!! She stood over the top of one of the blasts of water and it was almost like a Marilyn Monroe moment...

Sundee and Sabrina playing in the water!!!

The ride home. Max was one tired lil dude!