Father's Day

My favorite people - the dad and the kids!  See - I'm still catching up for the summer.

A New Blog!

Here ya go - I'm hookin you up. I know you have all been anxiously waiting for me to get with it and blog again : ) Apparently it takes an entirely new site for me to do so. So here is the new address and new blog ---

ginakellyandkids.blogspot.com

Find us if you can!

I'm makin' waffles!

Reese wanted to help me make waffles a few mornings ago.  She is a waffle- aholic!!  Totally her favorite food.  She would eat them every morning meal if she could.  So I began to teach her how to make Grandma Grandma's whole wheat waffles.  We got the wheat into the blender and began to let it grind.  This takes about 8 minutes - and it is fairly loud.  A few minutes later Bran walks into the kitchen like this . . . .

We start laughing at him and he says - "This much better".
Crazy little rat!

And the waffles were delicious!!!

Memorial Day 2011

Reese helped to make the graves look really nice this year.  She helped me buy the stuff - she had definite opinions on what we picked- and helped me clean them and beautify them!  Such a pretty spot!

 Notice the extra little set of hands poking up : )

Crafty me

The young women and young men of our stake our going on a pioneer trek at Martin's Cove this summer and I got put in charge of bonnet making (that'll teach me to miss a presidency meeting!).  I was kinda discouraged about it, until I found a great pattern and some awesome blue and white fabric that our ward already had so we all can match!  The girls are each going to pick their own fabric for the brim so they can be unique but still "Grover".  CUTE CUTE CUTE!  Rae just loves hers!  We have since added a cute orange flower on it too - after the picture.

Rae also wanted me to post a pic of her new haircut - so there ya go.  She really loves it. 

Help the Golfers!

So you know how you are supposed to serve your fellow men right?  Here's what your good deed for the day can be!!!  (You didn't even have to think of it on your own - I'm doing the hard part for ya!) Help Kelly earn money for the golf program here in Star Valley!

Here is his problem - he often has young kids coming out to the golf course wanting to learn to golf - or at least try it to see if they like it.  And the first thing he has to tell them is -- go buy a set of clubs (that you will shortly grow out of) because you can't golf without clubs.  PROBLEM!!  He doesn't have any jr. clubs for these kids to use.  Mom's and Dad's really don't have the money to buy their kids a $300 set of golf clubs that they may or may not use. 

So he looked around and  found an awesome grant that his golf team can earn by having people take a survey on a site called Responsible Sports.  If his club is in the top 7 of the totals for surveys, they will earn $2500!  That's some jr. clubs!!  He can use these clubs to get kids started in golf.  The Afton Jr. Golf League is currently sitting in spot 6 - and the surveys close on the 31st.  So help!!

All you need to have is a email address to complete the survey - - and follow these simple steps :

1. Copy the following address into your browser:

www.ResponsibleSports.com/Grant

2. On that page, find the “Get Started” header and click on the “parent” button under it next to the prompt to take the quiz. (middle of the page, halfway down)

3. On the next page, click the button labeled “take the quiz” and skip reading course material.

4. Take the short quiz; don’t worry, you can keep clicking choices until you get the answer right.

5. After completing the quiz, fill out the personal info, create a password and provide your email address. (not going to send you spam- just have to make sure you are a real person!)

6. Next it will ask you to credit an organization. Just type “Afton” in the organization name, skip city, and select “WY” for state.

7. It will show “Afton Junior Golf League” in results. Select it and make to click the “credit” button.

8. LAST AND MOST IMPORTANT: You will then get an email asking you to confirm you took the quiz. Check your email, verify your response by clicking “verify me”, and you’re done.

Thank you thank you!  Kelly is surely hoping to earn some $$ to get some kiddos on the course!

Gotta Dance!

Another year of dance has come and gone for Reese. Oh how she has loved it! She loves dance so much! She took ballet and tap again this year - and here are some cutie pictures to prove it!

She danced ballet to the song "Think of Me" from Phantom and tapped to the song "Boogie Shoes".  Reese was BEAUTIFUL and GRACEFUL as always! 

Bouncin' in the Rain

 What's better than jumping on the tramp in the rain?!?

Oh yea, I know! Jumping on the tramp wearing a tutu and snow boots in the rain!

DUH!

Haircut

This boy and his hair just drive me batty!  Oh how he hates to get it cut!  I guess all little boys do.  Well, yesterday I finally broke down and decided to brave the crying and screaming and just cut his hair.  He gets to the point where he looks more like a muppet than a kid and I just cain't stend 'em!  (he he he)
So I get out the clippers and I begin to cut.  The crying and screaming did in fact follow along with many tears and much runny nose.  It was one big HAIRY ordeal!!  I used all of my mommy magic powers and summoned every ounce of patience that I had in my body and YES I was patient, kind and understanding.
So after buckets of tears and wailing, I got the poor kid cleaned up and dressed.  I wiped the tears and asked, "So do you wanna see how you look?"  He solemnly shook his head - yes, big pouty lips and all.  I picked him up and put him in front of the mirror.

He looks at himself.  He smiles big.  He shrugs his shoulders very exaggerated like and says, "I looks awesome."

Sheesh.  What's a mom to do?!   :  )  Silly kid!!

Brave Cadette Review

Went and watched the review of all of Rae's hard work this year.  Wow she has learned a lot!  She looked great!  We had a fun time watching her.  I was getting so so tired just watching her perform dance after dance!  Wow!  Reese and her age group did a little dance too as a Jr. Brave Cadettes.  And we auctioned off a cake as a fundraiser - thank you Jeff!!
 Fun night!  Way to go girls!!

Have you seen this man?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEK!

Happy Birthday great lady!  We kinda love you - old girl!!  ;  )

Happy Easter

Had some Easter fun around here - but slow to get it on the blog.  Oops! 

AHHHH!

Didn't I just say that we are done with winter!!!  Well --- apparently winter has other ideas!  This is the view from my back porch about every other day.  Or a few times in one day - in between sunshine!  Really.  It is a bit depressing!

VERY VERY ready for some sunshine  in Wyoming!!!

Done With Winter!

We are getting tired of snow!  So I am thinking positively with my new blog design.  I am going to remember days gone by to get us through!  On to summer!! 

Prom

It was Kelly's turn to be a teacher on the prom committee this year.  Not big news unless you are REESE!  Her dad asked her to go to prom with him and she has been in a dither ever since!  She has been so excited!  And FINALLY the big night arrived. 

It gets even better!  It was a masquerade themed prom - so she spent much time looking for the perfect masks to wear - and ended up making her own because it was much more fun!  When you are 10 it is definitely more fun to make your own :  ).

Oh yes, and the hair!  Don't forget the hours Rae has spent determining the exact perfect hair style!  And the day that was devoted for the actual "do". 

I can't believe that Rae could get all of Reese's Rapunzel like hair tied up into all those curls!  Wow!  You can't even imagine the number of bobby pins in that hair!   Reese loved it.

She had such a great time with her dad.  I am so glad that he took her.  It kinda made her year!