Owenisms

A couple of weeks ago I had a meeting at work and had to take Owen. I brought along the DVD player so he could watch Toy Story during the meeting. Just yesterday Owen came in with Dad while Dad got his hair cut. My boss, Anita asked Owen "Where is your Toy Story?". Owen replied "Its in my pants", and started to pull his pants down!! Well, Anita didn't know it but Owen was wearing Toy Story underwear!! Well Owen that's one way to pick up the ladies ;)

Ski Trip 2010

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!!

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!

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