Fan for life - NKOTB

New Kids on the Block came back into town on July 7th so I HAD to get tickets. I was such a huge fan when I was little and it's so fun to go and hear the songs I grew up loving. My sister Kaylee and friends Erika and April went with me. Kaylee had never heard any of the songs but decided it would be a fun girls night out anyways. It was fun sharing with her some memories I had of listening and loving their songs. She ended up coming out of the concert with a crush on Joey.

The NKOTB concert wasn't as good as the one in the Tacoma Dome last November but it was the first concert that I had been to at the White River Ampitheather and it made me want to go back for more!
The openers were Jabbawockeez and then Jesse McCartney. The Jabbawockeez weren't as good as I thought they would be and Jesse McCartney was....well Jesse McCartney. I'm not really a fan.

The night was fun and it was nice to have a night out with the girls!

In the car trying to convince Kaylee she would have fun...

Kaylee at the beginning of the night trying to act like she was bored (sleeping)...

By the end of the night she was having a blast! Proof!!!

Go M's!

Last week was LDS night at the Mariner's Game. My parents had bought 3 tickets, 1 for each of them and 1 for Kaylee. I had a concert the same night and talked Kaylee into going with me so Kaiya was the lucky one to take Kaylee's ticket. This was her 1st Mariners game. Kaiya had fun from what I hear and didn't get bored. She took her camera with her so that helped and gave her something to do. My parents and Kaiya got a free t-shirt and hat and were even lucky enough to meet the Mariner's Moose (Kaiya has worn the hat every day since). The M's played the Orioles but the Orioles won.

The last couple weeks...

this is what we have been up to...

Kaiya playing school or house with her stuffed animals. One day they are all her students...the next they are her kids.


Ella being the dare devil she is. She has been crawling onto the chair under the table, she gets stuck, then screams for help.

Ella found the swing in the spare bedroom/office and wanted to swing in it so Cirdan brought it out to the living room. I caught her doing this on it...surfing!!

The other night we were playing with Ella in her room. She climbed up on her zebra toy which she has been doing lately but this time she took her hands off of her crib or toy and was standing on the seat hands free! I didn't get a picture of her doing it cause I didn't want her to get hurt!

We have been helping Casey learn how to walk...he has been taking steps here and there. One of these days soon!

Kissing cousins...

We have been making crafts. This was a stepping stone that Kaiya made for the front yard.

Playing on the slip and slide and in the little baby pool...

Kaiya playing dress up with Ella...

And last but not least...playing on our swing set and trampoline...

Cirdan has been working hard with his moving company! He has been booking jobs like crazy!!! He is such a hard worker. WOO HOO!

Dance! Dance! Dance!

Kaiya took a tap, jazz, ballet combo class this past year. We put her in a combo class so that she could see what style of dance she liked the best. A week before her big performance they had a rehearsal which parents could attend and take pictures (since we couldn't take pictures of the performance). I was very surprised at how well she did! There were only 5 girls in the class but Kaiya was the star! After rehearsal her teacher came up to me and said that Kaiya did really well and that she was the only kid in the class that would be ready to advance to the other class. She said that she was a natural. Here are some pictures of rehearsal.

The performance was on Father's Day. Kaiya did so well! I didn't know how she would react dancing in from of all the people there but she was awesome. We were so proud of her. Her class was the 1st class to start the show and they had 2 other dances within the recital.