Myah's Dance Recital Spring 2013 "Alice in Wonderland"

 Myah's ballet costume.  "I'm a little teapot" with her neighbor McKenzie.  I am amazed at how much these little people can learn!

 Tap costume.  "Rock around the clock"

 Practice.  One of Myah's assistants was Alice in the production.  Myah is the little one on the left with her arms up in the air.

 Just think they are all so stinking cute!

 Myah's dance teacher Miss Cathy is in the middle.  This is about half of the class!

 Sunday night's Recital.   Myah had strep throat the night before and couldn't perform.  You would never know this was at almost 10pm!!  Finale is always a fun time!

One of the teacher's helpers on family fun night.  Myah got her 2nd year trophy.  It is sure apparent that she LOVES DANCE!!

Snow...again!!

Snowmen and kids. Is there anything better. Uncle Jeff came and helped get the kid's started....and the snow was all gone a week later! You may notice that Noah's snowman is the biggest, Luke is the middle and poor Myah. The boys wanted to only do one snowball! Myah's snowman's hat and scarf were made by grandma Bea, so cute!

This is the fort that Jeff made. The kids are all reaching in the air to catch a snowball that Jeff was throwing...what a goofball!

Notice that this snowmobile was not on the ground. Jeff parked it up on this snow hill and I believe the snow was melting as he was here!

Food and Friends

Myah enjoys her queso dip at Norman Quacks...mmmmmm!!
Myah and daddy pose for a picture.

Luke enjoys his sprite.

Noah enjoys his drink and his fettuccine! We love Norman Quacks.

Dinner with the Riepes at Don Julios. Mary carries out 3 booster seats for her troops. We love spending time with them!

Bridget shows her personality....can't believe that we can bring 8 kids (half of them 2 year olds) to a restaurant and not only be able to eat a meal, but be able to enjoy it. Thank you God for bringing such great friends into our lives!

Luke and Olivia watch the DVD player....they plan to marry when they get older. Don't want them to grow to fast, but am interested to see if you can arrange a marriage successfully when they are 4 and 6!

Fun with Grandma Betty

Myah loves her Christmas dresses....the only thing she will wear. We loved being at grandma and grandpas! Gonna miss them when they go to Florida!
Grandma reads Myah the book that she just recorded for her so she doesn't miss grandma so much this year when she is in Florida! We can't wait til we get to go to Florida too!

Myah's favorite page reads "see you in Florida soon sweetie!" All in grandma's voice, it couldn't get any better than that!

Myah and her grammy enjoy a little cuddle time.

Water Slide Hotel with Grandma and Grandpa

We went to the Country Inn and Suites in Vadnais Heights with Grandma and Grandpa. The kids loved to swim and go down the water slide! Above, John Myah and Noah enjoy a swim in the pool.
Grandma and Luke enjoy a little warm up time in the hot tub. Kitty Meow Meow (what grandma calls Luke) gets cold frequently and needs a little warm up!

The view of the water slide.

Grandpa and Myah enjoy a little cuddle time and hot chocolate. Sure is nice to have a wonderful grandma and grandpa to spend time with!

Myah thinks about going back in the water after her snack....hmmmm, what do you think?

Noah coming down the water slide.

Noah and John come down the water slide.

John, head first??? What was he thinking???

Pretty in pink....she's getting big so fast!!

Building a battery holder at Home Depot

Myah shows off her glasses, what a great service this is. Thanks Home Depot!

Luke shows off his goggles

Myah uses the hammer "by myself" Watch out for your fingers mommy!

Busy at work. Mommy helps Myah and Noah makes his own.

Luke builds his battery box with the help of daddy.....

Myah shows off the battery box that she and Mommy made, it might be a little crooked!

Daddy assists Luke with putting on the back

Luke show off his completed project! Great job Lukey Michael!

Myah shows off her pretty Home Dept apron

Noah shows off his injured finger. The hammer missed the nail and hit his finger. OUCH!!

Noah shows off his completed project and certificate. Way to go Noah, he made it almost all by himself!

Racing in the Home Depot Car....going no where in a hurry!

Fun at Chaos Water Park in Eau Claire, Wisconsin!

We went to the Metropolis Hotel in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on Wednesday December 29-December 30. The hotel is connected to Chaos water park (indoors) and four water park passes were included in the cost of the hotel. John, the kids and I had a blast and here are some of the pictures we took. The first pictures were of just the water park so you can get an idea of what we saw. The kids want to go to another water park soon....I better rest up. This was a lot of fun, but non-stop activity!!

A view of the water slides...these two went didn't go into a pool, just had standing water in the slide at the bottom. Myah wasn't tall enough to go down these, but the boys had fun!!

These cars squirted at you as you rode on the Lazy River....to top it off the water was COLD!!

This is the view over the pool with the basketball hoops. Loved the plane hanging down from the ceiling!!

This was a little fire station with small slides that were completely dark that petrified Myah even thought she loved the big slides!

This is looking into the small kiddie area where the water is no deeper that one foot...the green and yellow water tower squirted water all the time. The kids couldn't wait to get in there!!!!

Noah squirting at something. This was a new toy we had to buy there....it cost $5, but they were well worth the money for the amount of fun they had!

More squirting.
They had a special machine to fill up their squirters....one had to be very careful there so as not to get shot in the eye with water....

Myah had a nap there the first day. She had a fever of 103, but still wanted to play. A little Tylenol and ibuprofen fixed her right up and she went right back to playing!

Luke navigates his way across the pool using the net and the lily pads in the pool.

Luke does love going across this net to the other side. I think he better watch out for that girl coming from the other side!!

Luke coming down the water slide. This water park seemed so safe. The life guards were very cautious.

Noah with his squirter. It appears he is squirting himself.

This is John's favorite picture. Noah had so much fun with this squirter...if you swim with us next year you better watch out...this squirts up to 30 feet!!

Noah coming down the water slide.

Myah and Mommy on the Lazy River. We weren't trying to avoid the camera, we were trying to avoid the cold water as it squirted at us....brrrrrr!

Luke hangs around in the Lazy River. He liked being at the water park, but he got very cold and had to come back to the hotel room to warm up.

Myah saw grandpa when he came to visit. She was so excited! She ran to him to give him a hug, but she was wet so she had to settle for a pat on the back.

Myah tells grandpa about all the great times she was having. She loved going down the slide on a tube with daddy. The water slide went outside and it was completely dark the whole way down, but she loved it anyway! She is a brave one.

Luke wants dessert...can you guess what he wants??

Luke is being silly after I was teasing him about what he wanted for dessert. He told me it started with a "C" and I started guessing celery, carrots, cauliflower....he didn't think that sounded like dessert! Isn't he so cute?? Just so you know, he wanted to have.....CANDY. I guess that does start with "C"!!

Noah came to visit with grandpa and I got this rare picture of him standing still. Poor Noah had so much trouble in this water park with his asthma. The air was very humid and it smelled like some icky chemicals. He is doing much better after only 24 hours at home!! Asthma is certainly not something to mess with!

Myah got cold with all of that time in the water park. Her poor lips were turning blue and her teeth were chattering. We went and spent a few minutes in the hot tub before we realized it said that kids under 6 are prohibited from using the hot tub...WI state law. We were very disappointed, but Luke loved the fact that he could be there!

Noah plays in this thing....he loved pushing on the water sprays to make them spray you....thankfully I got the camera out of there fast!!

Myah loved walking through the kiddie pool, going into the bigger pool, but always tried to avoid the water sprays....it is completely impossible to do without leaving the pool!

Myah loved sitting on this snake. Isn't she adorable. Even with my complete fear of snakes, I can say that I LOVE this picture!!

Go Noah Go!!!

Noah still navigates his way across the pool. It looks like he is still training to be on "Ninja Warrior" some day. As long as he has quit using my house as an obstacle course I don't care!

This is what daddy and Myah look like as they come down about a three foot slide. Myah loved going down this slide with daddy, but refused to do it on her own...after looking at this picture I can't say that I blame her!!

Daddy and Myah on the Lazy River....she loved sitting on daddy!

And it all must come to an end...all of the kids were disappointed when we had to go home, but when it got almost impossible for us all to breathe we had to leave. Myah cried most of the two hour trip home...we will go to a water park again, hopefully soon! Thank you to Grandma and Grandpa for this wonderful trip!