Ella's Dance Pictures

Here are Ella's very first dance pictures. Little Snow White :)

Kaiya's Dance Pictures 2011

Extra Terrestrial...I think by Katy Perry. This routine got a huge applause at the dance recital.

Hip Hop Duo with Tatum- Whip My Hair, G6

Kaiya's "buddy" Starley, each kid has an assigned buddy at dance. Kaiya looks up to Starley, Starley is an amazing dancer! If you watch her dance you would think she is 17 or 18 but she turned 13 this year. She does like 20 dances in each competition, her solo dances are flat out fabulous.

One Day I Will Be Bigger Than You Kaiya...Jett

Kaiya DID want a little brother. Not sure whether to laugh or be concerned.

Not cute, not cool, not funny- DAD

Get this off me!!!

I asked Kaiya to watch Jett for me so I could clean the house in peace but when I took a short break this is what I found.

Oh oh

Oopsies

Jett Jett climbs through and over anything he can spot. He is a little striker....

Face plant....great form

Our Little Guy Is Growing Up!

Jett woke up from his nap and this is how I found him...he pulls himself up all day long now.

The little stinker. We need to move down his mattress asap!

Somebody loves bathtime in the kitchen sink!

Casey's the Pirate - 3!

Casey's 3rd birthday party was this past June. It was a pirate theme.
The kids had a blast! Happy Birthday Casey!

Over and Under and Through

Homemade obstacle course...he can't get enough.

Another Talent Show Video

I took this video. I didn't realize all the kids would rush to the front of the stage. Those kids are tall! It was hard to see Kaiya...

School Talent Show

Kaiya really wanted to do the school talent show this year. When I asked her what she wanted to do for it I thought she would say tap, ballet, hip hop or jazz but instead she said....piano!! I was shocked! Piano??? She does take piano lessons but she spends so much time at dance and she is really good at it. I told her no way jose. She would be dancing.
I talked to a lady at dance who teaches 3rd grade at Kaiya's school and who has a son in 4th grade. The boy (Matthew) is also in Kaiya's hip hop class. We thought it would be fun for the 2 of them to perform together. They had a couple practices before the show but they pulled it off!
The kids in the school loved seeing Kaiya dance. Lots of kids came up to her afterwards to talk to her about dance and to tell her what an awesome job she did. One girl even brought her mom to come watch Kaiya. It was cute.

First Toothers

The last night we were in Oregon, Cirdan, my Mom and I (who was sleeping in the room next to us) got NO sleep. Jett was up for hours crying. He had never done that before, Cirdan and I tried everything to calm him down. Fed him food, nursed him, turned on the fan, gave him Tylenol, gave him a cold celery stick, changed his diaper etc. The next morning we were all exhausted. A few days later when we were at home I noticed his bottom teeth were popping up! Poor guy was in pain. He now has 2 bottom teeth...the top ones have yet to make their appearance but I am hoping it's not next week while we are in California.

Rockaway Beach Oregon

We had a nice getaway to Rockaway Beach in Oregon over Memorial Day weekend. Rockaway Beach is close to Cannon Beach on the way to Tillamook. It is a place where my family went growing up. Not sure why my parents picked Rockaway Beach I am glad since the beach seemed to be a lot less crowded than Cannon or Seaside.
Amy found a nice townhouse just steps from the ocean. It was a very nice house and was the perfect size for all of us. We all had a blast!
I tried to put all the pictures on one post but me and my crazy picture taking I had to split it up. I like for the pictures to tell the story of what we did rather than me writing our every move.
It was a long drive. For some reason it felt like it took forever until we got there. We had to stop a bunch of times to use the restroom, eat and even buy an umbrella stroller since we accidently left ours at home.

Always performing...

We visited the Tillamook cheese factory...

I am not sure which was better. The ice cream of the fresh waffle cone.

They were fighting over who got to drive. Sorry Kaiya...your 3 year old sister is a bully!

A great store name...Stuff and Things