Now that Bailey is 3 she is old enough to start taking dance classes. I started bugging my cousin Katie for information on where she takes her girls and I signed Bailey up for the 3 year old dance class at the Smithfield Rec Center. She is SO cute and it is SO funny to watch her! She has only gone twice and in her first class there were over 20 little girls ages 3and 4. Some of the older girls got moved to another class and with 2 teachers it is still the funniest thing I do once a week. There are little girls every where, it's awesome.Friday, January 28, 2011
Tiny Dancer
Now that Bailey is 3 she is old enough to start taking dance classes. I started bugging my cousin Katie for information on where she takes her girls and I signed Bailey up for the 3 year old dance class at the Smithfield Rec Center. She is SO cute and it is SO funny to watch her! She has only gone twice and in her first class there were over 20 little girls ages 3and 4. Some of the older girls got moved to another class and with 2 teachers it is still the funniest thing I do once a week. There are little girls every where, it's awesome.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Christmas '10
It was our year to be with Ben's family for Christmas this year, so we headed back to Idaho on the 23rd and was there until the 26th. We stayed with my brother Todd and his family because there just isn't enough room for all of us at Ben's mom's house.
Of course Ben had to get in a little sports with his family so on Christmas Eve he went and played basketball and than after the game we all went over for the Big Brown Party. We start out with a big amazing meal, we clean up and then the kids get ready to go. All the little kids get in about 10 cars because of all the car seats, than they sing carols, look at lights, and go see if they can find Santa. It was Bailey's first year going and she loved it. I stayed with Hinkley at the house to feed her face before the party really got going.
The kids are gone for about 20 to 30 minutes and when they come back Santa has magically come while they were gone! Its crazy but true and it happens every year. So we had a great time, Ben's little brother proposed to his girlfriend, everyone got spoiled, and its so awesome to just be together. Ben's mom got the girls the coolest bouncy horse. It holds about 300lbs so the uncles thought it would be fun to race them too, it was so funny.
We saved 3 gifts for the girls for Christmas morning just to have a little fun with them and my family the next day. Bailey had to play Santa and she was such a good helper, helping everyone open their presents! We had our traditional Christmas breakfast at Todd's, still amazaing after all these years! We were able to Skype with my parents, always good to talk to them. We had a great Chritmas holiday and it was great to be with family.
Of course Ben had to get in a little sports with his family so on Christmas Eve he went and played basketball and than after the game we all went over for the Big Brown Party. We start out with a big amazing meal, we clean up and then the kids get ready to go. All the little kids get in about 10 cars because of all the car seats, than they sing carols, look at lights, and go see if they can find Santa. It was Bailey's first year going and she loved it. I stayed with Hinkley at the house to feed her face before the party really got going.
The kids are gone for about 20 to 30 minutes and when they come back Santa has magically come while they were gone! Its crazy but true and it happens every year. So we had a great time, Ben's little brother proposed to his girlfriend, everyone got spoiled, and its so awesome to just be together. Ben's mom got the girls the coolest bouncy horse. It holds about 300lbs so the uncles thought it would be fun to race them too, it was so funny.
We saved 3 gifts for the girls for Christmas morning just to have a little fun with them and my family the next day. Bailey had to play Santa and she was such a good helper, helping everyone open their presents! We had our traditional Christmas breakfast at Todd's, still amazaing after all these years! We were able to Skype with my parents, always good to talk to them. We had a great Chritmas holiday and it was great to be with family.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Californai & Happy Days
Every year Ben has an exciting week of training for work somewhere out of town. I have gone with him every year but once. We really enjoy getting away, but it is SO VERY HARD to leave Bailey, this year I almost died because I wasn't just leaving Bailey I was leaving Hinkley for the 1st time!
This year his training was in San Ramon, California, about 45 minutes away from San Fransisco. Well our regular babysitter were all MIA this year, my parents in Germany and my brother Todd and his wife Brenda were in Jamaica, how rude. Well Ben's sister Bethany did a study abroad thing for school during the first part of the semester and couldn't go back to school for classes because it would be the middle of the semester so we hit her up to watch the girls. We took the girls to Idaho and they stayed at Ben's mom's house. We stayed the night with them and than left for the airport at 6:00am! I'm so not a morning person, not even for California.
It was really hard but I only cried for about 30 minutes, than I tried to stop because I didn't want Ben to think I wasn't excited to spend the free time with him!
I was planning on being in the hotel the whole time, sleeping, watching movies, sleeping, reading, sleeping, and sleeping. But another guy from Ben's work and his wife drove to California for the same training. Britt asked me if I wanted to go shopping with her and shopping in California, kid free, how do you say no? So she drove and planned out the shopping trips. So for three days I went shopping and hung out with Britt. I did little sleeping but had a ton of fun and took ZERO pictures!
We flew in at night and got home around 11:30pm the night before Bailey turned 3! We had Bethany bring the girls home that afternoon so they were here before we got here and I was so excited to see them. I had everything ready before we left so when she woke up it was all about Bailey. She had her preschool Christmas party that day and she was able to see Santa, we had her favorite dinner of pizza, cake, and ice cream. Ben took off a little early from work to be with her. Bailey calls birthdays - happy days, she loves them, hers or anyone elses.
I made her a cake but I forgot to spray the pan with pam before I put in the batter and we had major issues so it was such a disaster that it was basically to that point that I just handed out forks and let them attack the cake that way. I'm so not a cook! So sad, but Bailey didn't know any different and was happy as could be.
This year his training was in San Ramon, California, about 45 minutes away from San Fransisco. Well our regular babysitter were all MIA this year, my parents in Germany and my brother Todd and his wife Brenda were in Jamaica, how rude. Well Ben's sister Bethany did a study abroad thing for school during the first part of the semester and couldn't go back to school for classes because it would be the middle of the semester so we hit her up to watch the girls. We took the girls to Idaho and they stayed at Ben's mom's house. We stayed the night with them and than left for the airport at 6:00am! I'm so not a morning person, not even for California.
It was really hard but I only cried for about 30 minutes, than I tried to stop because I didn't want Ben to think I wasn't excited to spend the free time with him!
I was planning on being in the hotel the whole time, sleeping, watching movies, sleeping, reading, sleeping, and sleeping. But another guy from Ben's work and his wife drove to California for the same training. Britt asked me if I wanted to go shopping with her and shopping in California, kid free, how do you say no? So she drove and planned out the shopping trips. So for three days I went shopping and hung out with Britt. I did little sleeping but had a ton of fun and took ZERO pictures!
We flew in at night and got home around 11:30pm the night before Bailey turned 3! We had Bethany bring the girls home that afternoon so they were here before we got here and I was so excited to see them. I had everything ready before we left so when she woke up it was all about Bailey. She had her preschool Christmas party that day and she was able to see Santa, we had her favorite dinner of pizza, cake, and ice cream. Ben took off a little early from work to be with her. Bailey calls birthdays - happy days, she loves them, hers or anyone elses.
I made her a cake but I forgot to spray the pan with pam before I put in the batter and we had major issues so it was such a disaster that it was basically to that point that I just handed out forks and let them attack the cake that way. I'm so not a cook! So sad, but Bailey didn't know any different and was happy as could be.
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