This last weekend was our annual ski trip to the UP, our 7th consecutive year! It was a really fun trip as always! My Mom was able to be with us this year and experience the weekend with all 8 of us! We stayed at the cottage with her and Tom this year as usual. We brought Owen and Grace along and Owen stayed behind with Grandma and Grandpa while Grace decided she wanted to ski with us both days! We started out on Friday at Blackjack and I took Grace down a small hill where she had quite a tumble and was having a hard time finding her balance afterward. We decided to get her a 1 1/2hr. lesson. About 45min. into the lesson I caught up with her and she was cruising down the hill with comfort and ease. There after she didn't want to stop skiing. The second day we went to Indianhead where she skied right along with the whole group even venturing down some black diamond runs with the boys!!
We had beautiful weather for the trip 40 degrees and sunny! It was so nice I couldn't even stand to wear my ski jacket and wore a light weight spring coat! The girls and I enjoyed a couple pitchers of beer out on the sun deck of the bar at the bottom of the hill on Saturday and I really felt like I was on vacation!!
We all made it home in one piece from the two days of skiing. Aaron won the trophy for the 3rd time in 7 years. He took a nice tumble racing Joe down the hill for a beer!! I had one fall trying to do my thing in the terrain park! As always we enjoyed all being together again along with many stories to tell in the future!!
Monday, March 8, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Applause Dance Competition
Grace is off to a running start this year with her first dance competition!! This weekend was the Applause Dance competition in Middleton. Grace was apparently awakened by her nerves at 6:30am on Saturday morning. On the way to Middleton she kept saying how nervous she was. However when we arrived there that morning all the nerves turned into excitement. Seemed as though I couldn't get her ready fast enough! She requested that we wait to do her hair and makeup with the rest of the girls. What a project that turns out to be. Hair needs to be puffed up in front and in a high pony. We have 3 different eye shadows that are to be applied, eyeliner, mascara, eye gems, blush, glitter glimmer for the cheeks and of course lip liner and lip stick, whew!! They also all wear a sparkly choker necklace and hair pony. Then you can't forget about the costume!! It is all quite exhausting and we are always in a rush but it is exciting at the same time.
Grace's jazz group did really well earning a high gold award and her tap received a gold award. Platinum is the highest followed by high gold and gold. The team gets a trophy and the team members each get a pin to wear on their team jackets for each award they win. Grace had a fantastic time and is already counting down the days till the next competition, apparently in 15 days which will be in St. Charles Il!
Grace's jazz group did really well earning a high gold award and her tap received a gold award. Platinum is the highest followed by high gold and gold. The team gets a trophy and the team members each get a pin to wear on their team jackets for each award they win. Grace had a fantastic time and is already counting down the days till the next competition, apparently in 15 days which will be in St. Charles Il!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Ok, so once again I am lagging a month behind on my posts!! Let's see what has the last month brought us. Well, it started out with my bday weekend which was spent up north at my Mom and Tom's house and celebrating Ghiloni Christmas. I always love the big family atmosphere!! We sure do pack em in there with 8 adults, 2 big kids and 3 smaller ones!! The kids enjoyed the weekend with some playing in the snow and sledding down the long driveway. Us girls enjoyed some scenic snowshoeing with my Uncle Gerry. As always there was the usually adult gift steal/exchange and a exciting round of Pictionary complete with video playback thanks to my Step-Brother Nick. I don't know how we made it through the games in the past w/o it, it might be getting a little too serious!! The kids were thrilled with their Christmas gifts. Grace got a Barbie Dream house and Owen got a Hot Wheels Craftsman Ford truck both from G&G. They also got some great gifts from the extended family. Grace and Cameron always exchange small gifts and it so neat to watch them interact together. They are attached at the hip for the whole weekend like best friends! Its always so wonderful being up there with the family!
As for the rest of the month it was pretty low key. Grace is getting into the sleepover craze and had two in one weekend. She just got a report card for the quarter and had straight A's!! Dance has been demanding for her with her regular 1 1/2 hr. classes on Wed and then a 2 hr. practice on Sat. for competition coming up. She is being a trooper and working hard! Owen is his usual cute and curious self. I think him and I are really getting cabin fever with the cold weather and just plain yuckiness the winter has brought. It has been chalenging to keep him occupied during the weekdays.
This last weekend my Nephew Josh and his wife Lindsey came down and all of us went to the Janesville Jets Hockey game. I was really leery about taking the kids but it turned out to be a blast. Owen loved cheering them on first starting out with "Go Badgers" which we corrected. Along with that was "Ohh, come on", "Go Jets", "Swiss Cheese" and anything else he picked up from the crowd around us! He was glued to the game the whole time. He was in Hockey heaven when Dad and Josh took him up and had him stand on the boards against the glass, flinching every time they skated close. It was a really rough game and SO much fun to watch!! They really draw a great exciting crowd and won 3-2!! Grace enjoyed herself also and even got a free tshirt from the drunk guys behind us!! I was really looking forward to a game w/o kids but don't know if that will happen anymore, their hooked!!
As for the rest of the month it was pretty low key. Grace is getting into the sleepover craze and had two in one weekend. She just got a report card for the quarter and had straight A's!! Dance has been demanding for her with her regular 1 1/2 hr. classes on Wed and then a 2 hr. practice on Sat. for competition coming up. She is being a trooper and working hard! Owen is his usual cute and curious self. I think him and I are really getting cabin fever with the cold weather and just plain yuckiness the winter has brought. It has been chalenging to keep him occupied during the weekdays.
This last weekend my Nephew Josh and his wife Lindsey came down and all of us went to the Janesville Jets Hockey game. I was really leery about taking the kids but it turned out to be a blast. Owen loved cheering them on first starting out with "Go Badgers" which we corrected. Along with that was "Ohh, come on", "Go Jets", "Swiss Cheese" and anything else he picked up from the crowd around us! He was glued to the game the whole time. He was in Hockey heaven when Dad and Josh took him up and had him stand on the boards against the glass, flinching every time they skated close. It was a really rough game and SO much fun to watch!! They really draw a great exciting crowd and won 3-2!! Grace enjoyed herself also and even got a free tshirt from the drunk guys behind us!! I was really looking forward to a game w/o kids but don't know if that will happen anymore, their hooked!!
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