Graycies 1st Grade Play

She did great. There was a lot of dancing and singing and individual speeches. Graycie had to memorize 5 sentences. The play's theme was The USA and Proud to be American. They did a couple of fun dances, one to "America" by Neil Diamond, and New York New York.

Video: Here's the first 5 minutes of the play (graycies speach is at the very end of this video)



After the play which lasted about an hour we had an after party viewing of some of her school work and there were treats and all kinds of food. Here are some video's and photos of the night. You can click on the photos for a larger view... then hit "back" on your browser.

VIDEO: Graycies Class coming out to the stage (she is in the front row, all the way to the right)


VIDEO: Surfin USA dance and song


VIDEO: Getting ready to do New York, New York


VIDEO: Singing Coming to America by Neil Diamond


VIDEO: Cotton eyed Joe Dance


VIDEO: More Cotton eyed Joe Dance


Photos..............

A nice weather weekend

A nice weekend and week of weather we've had. Its reached 70 a few days this week and the girls were able to get out and play outside, all day...till dark. The turtle was out and about in the front yard, we made a fence for it so it won't get away. The kids enjoy picking dandelions for the turtle, her favorite food.

Graycie was able to use her new Rollerblades. She loves them and is really getting good on them in such a short time. We had to tell her no more rollerblading for a few days because she had them on so much the last few days that her legs are swore.

The wind was blowing pretty good for a couple days and the kids wanted to get out the kite. We walked down to the school and were able to get the kites pretty high in the sky. The girls walked down with their neighbor friends Gretta and Mandy. Both girls did great and Pinot had a blast chasing them around.


Photo Slide show

Graycies 7th Birthday Party

She had such a good time at her birthday party. We had it at the house and she had her friends come over for the party. Besides Graycie and Mia, there was Hanah, Karli, Gretta, Mandy, Siera, Akashia, and Kyler. We ended up ordering pizza because most everyone was still here and we just let the kids play until dark.

Here are a few videos of the girls at the party. I will post the rest on the webshots photo album that you can view here. The house looks like a bomb went off, but the kids had fun. Tons of cake, ice cream and good friends.

VIDEO: Singing happy bday to Graycie and blowing out the candles



VIDEO: Kids playing in the toy room before party



VIDEO: Opening up a few presents



VIDEO: Graycie reading Nana & Pops Bday card



VIDEO: Opening presents




Graycies 7th Birthday

Just photos of the last week at home

Just a normal weekend with some nasty weather. It snowed, hailed, rained, wind blew, and a little sun and clouds. The girls are both over their colds so this was a good week in that regards. Amber and I have been trying to catch a cold but I don't think we'll get the full blown cold some of our friends and co-workers have had. We got Mia a new scooter, just like Graycie's. Now she has a "big girl" scooter. Graycie needed a new helmet, her's was hammered so she got a new helmet and now they're both happy.

Frank took the girls shooting last weekend to the lava flows just 6 miles or so West of Idaho Falls. Steve was over there hunting with some family and we got their just as they were returning from the hunt. The wind was a little nippy and the girls were anxious to get out. Graycie plugged off a few rounds and did pretty good. She hit the target that we just made earlier in the day out of 2x4's and targets they drew. Mia decided it was too chilly so she didn't shoot. Steve busted out the SKS and squeezed off a few clips. The girls didn't know what to think when they heard the SKS blast off. Pretty rifle!

Graycie and Mia both had great weeks at school, no sick days finally. Frank and Amber spent a day at Graycie's school helping out with the classes "tech bus". Its a normal school bus stripped of seats. In place of the seats are 5 or so "science" centers. We had to each take 5 kids in the class and help them with various science and technical things to build. Pretty cool idea. I was ready to get back to the quiet office at work after spending an hour in that bus... with all the kids, with all that noise!

Snow is just about gone. The girls helped me get some wood today, then stopped by Steve's to hang out for a while and let the kids play with each other. It is supposed to snow for the next three days, a little windy also. So, we're all stocked up on wood and have been burning ever since. The turtle is good, Pinot is still a coward, and the cats just need to go away :) I think Steve and I are going up the the Heise area or Twin Bridges tomorrow in the snow and fish, build a fire, cook our fish on the banks and just enjoy the snowy weather on the Snake River.

VIDEO of the girls practicing casting in the backyard


VIDEO of Amber sweeping outside and the kids


VIDEO of outside and yard

Graycie lost her first tooth!

I just thought I'd throw out a post because Graycie lost her first tooth today at school. She was soooo excited. So are we, now we don't have to watch her play with it and have her fingers in her month. The girls both just got over sickness... Graycie with a double ear infection, Mia with the Croup. Fun.

Nothing much is new. The weather has been somewhat crappage over the last few days. The week before we were enjoying sunny and warm weather. We are starting to plan the first camping trip already. Got the new tent so we'll be off soon as Spring is here. The girls have been spending a lot of time inside due to the nasty weather so here are a few videos of the last few days. Remember you can click on any photo to enlarge it. Then, click "back" to get back to this post.

Here's a few video's of the last few days...

Here is Graycie showing us her tooth


Daddy and the girls and Pinot on a walk


Girls spazzed out in the kitchen


Mia giving Daddy a haircut

Target shooting with the girls

Took the girls shooting about 12 minutes West of Idaho Falls. It was Mia's first time shooting the .22 caliber rifle and Graycie's 5th time. Graycie absolutely loves shooting the rifle and after Mia saw her shoot a few times, she wanted a turn.

Graycie didn't want to give up the rifle, she really enjoys looking through the high-powered scope and lining up the X. She'll always tell me "daddy, its on the X"... and I always say... "we'll what are you wait'n for girl, shoot that thang!" She loves it. Pretty good shot too. She is just about nailing a 2 litre bottle about 60 or so yards away.

We went with our neighbors Dave and Sara. Dave brought a few nice rifles including a .17 rim fire. Graycie shot this once and seemed to like it. Was was nice... when Dave busted out his muzzle loader, what a nice weapon! My .22 is a Savage, all black stock, with a 12x9 on top. At the time I bought it, the Savage .22 caliber long rifle was the straightest shooter out there.

Here's a video of Graycie shooting away at a target about 50 yards away