It must be SPRING

Yesterday it was warm enough that the kids ventured out to the hose; a sure sign that summer is not far away.

Ryan Montana

Ice Skating Show 2008

This year Emily's skating show number features the Gamma/Delta level skaters as Hannah Montana(s), skating to "The Best of Both Worlds". Lovely idea, cute routine, nightmare wig. First we have to brush, braid, braid more, then pin up her long, thick hair. Then the wig...with 1,000 bobby pins. Let's not even talk about the 8 piece costume OR the skates that need lacing! She does look pretty cute though. ALL the Hannahs do!







Waiting to go on!






With the Skating Bear. Em is front & center.

Emily's Room!

Friday we went to IKEA. Saturday Em woke us at 6 A.M. so her dad could start putting the loft bed together. Not an easy thing to do. One boo boo and it's all over. =0)
Later that same day, Billy got a little help from our buddy Scott. They got it done JUST in time for the Phineas & Ferb party to go on as scheduled, and then have Emily go to sleep in her very own bed in her very own room. Happy endings. What a great Daddy she has!







Her cheeks match the room!

Chariot Race night on Phineas & Ferb

This time we had a Grecian theme for the new episode of P & F. We even lit candles because Ryan wanted it to feel like a "Grecian temple". Hmmm.

Home made wreath around Em's head



The Girls


ok how funny is THIS?? Double click on the picture to check out Scott's Grecian expression...

My Friend Robbie

I am not too proud to say that I think it is way cool that the director of the new movie "The Forbidden Kingdom" is a very old friend of mine. I knew him when he was just a kid; in our teen years we watched him draw pictures on napkins at Lyon's and listened to him talk about wanting to be an animator. He went on to create characters in Disney movies and eventually directed "The Lion King", among other movies. His latest film opens today and it looks pretty fun. Here is a picture of him with his adorable wife Crystal & the stars of the film.
See-I told you it was way cool!!

Silly Fruit

We have come across some pretty silly fruit lately! Silly strawberry:




Silly tiny pear:




Silliest strawberry EVER!

Argh Matey-it be Phineas & Ferb Pirate Night!

I know that all across America, people gathered together, made Pirate stuff out of construction paper and watched the new episode of Phineas & Ferb. Okay so maybe we were the only ones..."Why yes; yes we were"

Our Amazing Son

This morning we went to Emily's school for a fun pancake breakfast. It was a beautiful morning and Ryan's first day of freedom (he has spring break next week). Everyone was great, when out of nowhere Ryan began to cry. I could not for the life of me figure out WHAT could be wrong! I kept asking him to try to stop sobbing and tell me what had happened to make him so sad. He finally said "I was just thinking about our cats". Oh, no! I thought he was finally over their deaths; he hadn't brought it up for months and months. Eventually he recovered and we came home..
A while later, it occured to me that our 20 year old cats had died in April. I pulled out my journal and looked it up. They died on April 12, 2007, exactly one year ago today. A chill went up my spine. When I realized that he started to feel sad at the very moment they went down, I couldn't believe it.
There is so much we do not see or understand in this life. Sometimes I wonder what else Ryan can feel or see that I cannot...


FIGARO

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DINAH

Emma's 5th birthday

Emma is the last baby of her generation in our families. She turned 5 and there was a little party at her house.


Cousins Em & Em



Here is Matthew, one of my nephews, with my mother in law, Barb. Once again we see the TALL gene:



Here is Sam, flying off the swings



Here is MY son's version of flying off the swings. He cracks me up!



Emily & her dad played the hand slap game. Looks like she got him GOOD.



Ryan had a great time with the tether ball. We may have to get one...

PINK ROOM

"see zee room-it is pink now"

  Well, at least the PAINTING is done. Now we move ahead to furniture and all that stuff.........here is our patient, magically evolved girl, dreaming of more pink....she rocks AND she rolls. How could there be a better girl than this ??

Sleepover

A lovely time was had by all.........girls under the age of 30.

  The girls had pizza, screamed, ran around, did makeovers and hairdos, had dessert, watched Nickelodeon, played DS, stayed up until 1 AM, had pancakes and hot chocolate, screamed some more, and of course did a lot of talking about what, I have absolutely no idea.....

EMILY'S VERY OWN ROOM ALL DONE! not

Oh, well!  Slow & steady wins the pink race, right?