Kanoya and Apache Mike

2010-10-08T17:03:00.000-07:00

Wow It's been so long since I've posted.. I really need to spend some time on this blog.

Let's see.. Emily is now a rock star in First grade. she's a wiz at reading and spelling. She's really going great in Everything and loves her teacher. Gabbie is now in 4th grade and is doing remarkable! she's blowing away all her goals. Mike is doing well working hard on apaches all day and still going to college after work. he's taking two classes this semester. business statistics and an Aviation safety class. I'm getting hopefully over a bad headcold that might have turned into bronchitis. time will tell..

I'm decorating for Halloween and have about 1/2 up. I cut out spiders and they're hanging down the walls. bats will be coming out down the hall and up to the ceiling.. I'm hand cutting all these so it's taking time. the girls love halloween. it's my favorite month. I love the smell of leaves in the air. days are getting shorter and colder. I'll add some pics soon.

updated

2009-12-04T18:48:00.000-08:00

wow it's been along time. i need to update soon!

Emily and Gabbie's first day of school.

2009-09-01T17:30:00.000-07:00

Emily and Gabbie were very excited to go to school. Emily was besides herself with excitement. we walked to school and met grandma 1/2 way there. we picked up EMily and took her to lunch then when we picked up gabbie we took them to DQ for a special ice cream cone. was a great day ended at grandma's house for dinner.

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mad mimi

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Emily got her ears pireced

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her and her best friend Katie got their ears done today.

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Emily got her ears pireced

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HOUSE DONE

2009-08-16T21:24:00.001-07:00

well we're finally done with the house. it's sooo different! we've gotten tons of complement. Guess I did a good job picking the colors. mike is going to work on the side fence next weekend, and I have a plan for a water feature for the front. iy never ends but we enjoy doing it. once we get new carpet for the bed rooms and redo the kitchen cabinets, our house will be 100% different then the day we moved in. It's sure awesome to be married to a man so handy!

HOUSE part two

2009-08-16T21:18:00.000-07:00

well we're finally done with the house. it's sooo different! we've gotten tons of complement. Guess I did a good job picking the colors.

gabbie's 8th

2009-08-16T21:14:00.001-07:00

was a fun hot day. lots of kidos came and had a blast in the pool and slip in slide. the girl and mike did a dance. will post video too :)

Gabbie's 8th birthday party

2009-08-16T21:09:00.001-07:00

Gabrielle

2009-06-15T08:18:00.000-07:00

Field day 09

2009-06-07T17:23:00.001-07:00

This year they brought in a Black Hawk Helicopter. all the Apaches were busy playing war. it was a fun day!
they had twister jumpy and a foam machine. kids got super wet and had a blast.

Field Day 09

2009-06-07T17:13:00.000-07:00

more Emily ballet

2009-05-29T21:13:00.000-07:00

it won't let me add to the posts, so i have to make new posts

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her standing on the podium for her first place ribbon!

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Gabbie Has been doing great in Baseball. SHe has 4 days of school left. Not sure I'm ready, but I bet she is.we're movinf Emily into her room when they are at grandma's so it will be a suprise. they know it's coming, just not when.

Gabbie participated in a Special Olympic track and field met today. she took 1st in the 25 meter walk, 2nd in the 100 meter run and third in the 400 meter! she ran the whole lap! well she stopped some, but her buddy kept her going. she stopped a few times at the lines where she thought the race was over.

Gabbie and sammie

Gabbie and her buddy Amanda

2009-05-29T19:59:00.000-07:00

Emily's ballet recital was great. she did a wonderful job even though she was worried about going off her mark. she has lost the two upper front teeth too. She is ready to start Kindergarden in the Fall.

silly things kids do.

2009-05-01T10:32:00.001-07:00

Gabbie and Emily being cowgirl and queen of the spaghetti noodle.

Preparing for the Easter bunny's arrival

2009-04-11T20:13:00.000-07:00

The girls dyed their eggs tonight for the easter bunny.

The Tooth Fairy strikes again!

2009-04-11T20:05:00.000-07:00

Emily lost her 4th tooth!. the other big one is loose as well. the tooth fairy brought her a nice new dollar for her tooth.

Zoo

2009-03-23T20:10:00.000-07:00

we went to the zoo today with Heather. was very sunny out but VERY windy. spent 3 hours there. saw all the animals and took our sweet time. was a lot of fun. below are pics.

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Bikes

2009-03-02T18:03:00.000-08:00

For those of you who know our miss G. This is a HUGE Milestone for our daughter.
We're very proud of her and wanted to show her off to you all!

Speed deamon Gabbs.

2009-03-02T18:00:00.001-08:00

Gabbie rides her bike!

2009-03-02T17:59:00.001-08:00

McCall weekend

2009-01-21T13:48:00.001-08:00

our snow day

2008-12-14T19:15:00.001-08:00

Halloween 08

2008-11-02T15:56:00.001-08:00

Emily and gabbie Fairies

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Emily before Ballet.

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mad hatter tea party

2008-09-21T19:05:00.001-07:00

Mimi on her way to Ballet

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Gabbie just might be the next Bruce Lee

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slides of our house. some thought the video was too fast

2008-08-05T19:08:00.001-07:00

house

2008-08-03T17:33:00.000-07:00

Well our house is 99% done :) all we have left is the laundry room floor and trim. this video is a shorter version from the original. had to be small to upload. as you can tell- well those of you that have been to our house, our ugly grey-blue carpet is gone. YAY!! and we put in wood floors. all the rooms have fresh paint and new trim. we went white. :) we still need a dining room table, and a new lamp for living room, but that's about it. MIke is almost done with the plumbing in the bathroom.

Next we paint our bedrooms one at a time. Gabbie's will be first. after the rooms are all done, we will put new carpet in them. that's a next summer project. along with painting the outside and a roof over the patio.

Our newly remodeled house :)

2008-08-03T17:31:00.001-07:00

Little league picnic

2008-07-23T09:23:00.000-07:00

here are a couple photos (taken by grandma)Gabbie and Emily met humphrey the Hawk. our local minor league's mascott.

And gabbie with Coach Billy and Coach Al. Coach Mike was in the desert playing Army.

Camping Bruneau Dunes State Park

2008-06-16T12:49:00.000-07:00

We went camping this weekend with our great friends Theresa, Byron and their children Riley and Katie. We always love to go to Bruneau for our first camping trip of the summer. this year was especially great because we had friends with us. The kid's had a small tent to play in. well ok to hold all their toys in. they played more in the sand then anywhere else. They tried to sneak into the tent traier more then our tent hah. Chloe had a blast and got to swim and hike the dune. Since she's an older lady, she was done faster then we all were. It was hot, but not as hot as it normally is there. We had good eats, groovy music and awesome company. Mike and Byron took the kids fishing and Theresa and I had some down time. which was nice by the way. thanks guys.

Camping

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Liberty Field day

2008-06-04T08:56:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was field day at Gabrielle's school. Mike arranged for an Apache to land and spend the day there. the Pilots were awesome and spent the day in the rain. All in all the kids at the school loved the Apache. it was awesome watching it land and the kids were all cheering and screaming. Gabbie's class got to go see the Apache first. It was fun listening to all their questions. of course the boys were all baout the guns and rockets and missles. the girls just ran around for the most part. Gabbie was so happy to get so close to one she asked what pretty much every part was. Emily was into the rockets and gun also. she's such a girly girl and a tom boy!

Mike launched the Apache off around 3 Pm. all the kids were asking me why he was hooked to the helicopter. when I started explaining, I looked around and everyone in close rainge was listening to me. good thing I knew what I was talking about! the kids thought his back pack was a parachutte and he was going to stand on the outside of it when they took off. hah. I explained that was his tool back pack, and no he would unplug his head set before it took off.

they did a fly by after they left over the school. was pretty cool. nice and low too.

here are some pics and I will upload a video soon as i edit them.

Emily's Dance recital

2008-05-11T22:29:00.001-07:00

Mike and Stephanie 7 years

2008-05-11T22:00:00.000-07:00

We celebrated our 7 year Anniversary this past April 20th. He was in AZ in an Army school, But we managed to still talk and he sent me flowers. Wasn't our first Anniversary we missed spending together. Our 5th he was in Afghanistan. enjoy the video of our life together so far.

Emily's dance recital

2008-05-11T21:46:00.000-07:00

Emily is in her second year of dance classes. she loves to dance and has made some good friends.

gabrielle's Little leage baseball games

2008-05-11T21:32:00.001-07:00

Gabrielle's Little League Baseball

2008-05-11T20:45:00.000-07:00

Gabbie is playing Baseball now! she loves it and has a great time. She even hit's them when pitched to her. this is no T-ball! they play 4 innings, and the games are always tied. All the kids seem to enjoy playing. Gabbie even wants to practice after school. So now I am a baseball mom!

Mike's a coach and Emily is the official Tiger's cheerleader. And grandma and I are her biggest fans. She's come to every game. Uncle Kelly has got to come to one too.