Prom 2009

Kyle and I went to a Bon Jovi themed "Prom" for a fundraiser for the Eastern Illinois Food Bank. Kyle was a sponsor for it and he had told friends he was going to wear a powder blue tux. Well, they held him to it so I dressed up 80's style too. Found a vintage dress on Ebay that worked perfectly. We were the only ones who dressed up like this (Kyle's mom did too). At the last minute, I thought about getting the corsage. It was about 4 in the afternoon and I called a florist and they said if we could be there before 5 when they closed, they would make them up for us. We had an absolute BLAST dancing to good 70's and 80's music till midnight. I am so not used to staying up that late anymore but it was worth it! Brought back memories. :)

Key Lime Cove & Shedd Aquarium

We had a great time visiting with family this week. My parents came out to the Midwest to visit my brother who lives in Wisconsin and us here. We met up in the middle in Gurnee at an indoor waterpark. It was so much fun! Unfortunately, Kyle wasn't able to go. We played the first day at the waterpark then Tuesday, we drove to Chicago to see the Shedd Aquarium. I had never been there and the kids thought it was so cool. There were lots of fish displays, a dolphin and whale show, and fun interactive exhibits for the kids. It was a little crazy because it was so busy there but a good time.

We spent one more day at the waterpark where the kids had a blast swimming in the pools all day. I'm so glad we were able to do it with my family. My girls had a great time especially with their bigger cousin, McCall. She was such a good helper and little mommy to them. Hope we will see them again soon!

We're back home and expecting my parents to visit us on Sunday for about five days. Hope the weather will cooperate so I can show them around here and what we like to do. So fun!

2nd night recital

Here are a couple more pictures from the second night of recital. We are officially done now! Kira had so much fun. Last night she told me she wants to do dance again in the fall... we'll see. ;) I'm glad she enjoyed herself so much and it was a blast for me to watch her.

Recital!

Kira has been busy with her recital week this week. Mon and Tues were her dress rehearsals and tonight was her first "real" performance. She did so good!! She really got into the performance and even afterwards told us how she "shook it". lol She absolutely loved getting dressed up, performing and especially watching all the other big girls dance. It makes all the classes worth it to see her smiling up there on the stage and having so much fun with it. We have one more performance tomorrow night then we're done for the season. I'm not sure if she'll want to do dance again in the fall. We're starting back at gymnastics for the summer so we'll see what she wants to keep doing.

Kaylee was such a trooper too. She sat on my lap and watched the whole thing. After each one, she'd say "more, more" or "watch another one?". I'll need to start her in dance too so she has the chance to do a recital. Fun stuff!





Taking the final bow.

Babies...

Birds! They hatched and we have two (big) babies in our flower basket. The kids have loved watching mama bird coming to feed them.

Bubbles, BBQ and bands

I got the girls a new bubble machine and they had a blast out chasing all the bubbles. It sure goes through the bubbles though so it's a good thing I got the gallon size.

On Saturday night we took the kids with alot of our neighbor families to Alto Vineyards to listen to a live band and have some BBQ. The kids had so much fun all dancing up on the stage together. Everyone cracked up at Kira and what a performer she is. I had taken her to get her recital pics taken earlier that day and she had begged me to keep all the makeup on her so she thought she was quite the princess. :)


Whew, dancing holding two girls. My arms are still tired! Can't wait to go back again for more this whole summer.

Some more stuff...

We've had alot of fun playing in the warm weather. This is a picture of the sun getting low. Just seemed really pretty.

We had a neighborhood garage sale day. The neighbors across the street hired this Hello Kitty because everything they sold they donated to a "save a cat" fund. Pretty cool. Kaylee couldn't wait to go say hi but Kira wouldn't go near her.

We made our first visit for the summer to Hessel Park to play in the water fountains. It was quite chilly that day but they didn't seem to mind. They had a blast and we've been back since already.

There is a goose family in the pond behind our house. They kids had a great time throwing them some snacks and watching them eat. Papa goose kept hissing at us until he chomped on a cracker then he wanted more too.

We're looking forward to Kira's dance recital next week then Grandma and Grandpa Reid are coming to visit the week after that. So excited!!