I just had to share..

I'm going to make these for my girls..

{I saw an easy, cute way to mount photos yesterday ~

I think this will be my first project!}

It's THAT Time of Year!

Yep!

Stadium of Fire!

This is the 3rd time we have been inside the stadium for this show..

Pretty sure this was my favorite year..

Hmmmmm..

I wonder why??

..getting started with the usual skydivers..

..but not the usual landing..

..this guy took out a barricade

AND a photographer..

But that's not the reason it was my favorite..

Could it be...

Those Walker gals!?!

Pretty sure that's a YES!!

Can you see Savannah there in the middle??

..one of the times they are both in one shot..

..both spelling out USA {separately}

Adi in her "A"

Savannah in her "U"

{dancing to "Rockin' in the USA}

..the Main Dancers in a wave..

{Savannah is one of those close red raised pom-poms}

..Adi mid-shimmy..

{she's the 2nd girl}

..most of the girls..

..our girls are both there..

..trust me..

..I can point them out..

The Main Dancers making the Liberty Bell..

Savannah is a red pom near the top of the "crack"

Gotta love the fly-over!

During the flag ceremony..

..Adi 2nd girl in top group..

..Savannah {are you ready for this??}

See the break in the bottom group?

She's right along the bottom

on the right side

the second girl..

This is where they sat during all the concerts..

Adi heading to her "pre-stage" position..

David Archuleta

Chad Lewis

..our host for the evening..

Recognition for Dave Rose..

..and BYU's basketball team..

...mmmm..

A litte Brad Paisley

Yes, he's a cutie!

I just think this is a cool picture..

..waiting to go on stage..

..and chillin' right next to her buddy..

..Dave Rose ~ BYU's Basketball coach!!..

..cheering about?..

{love that pic!}

..it's just about time to head on stage!!..

ON STAGE!!

{she is the the top left girl silhouetted on the right side}

{does that make sense??}

..running to the front stage..

{Dancing to "Firework"}

This was the dance where the firework show started!

..right there on the front stage..

{2nd row}

..ending pose!..

They were fantastic!!

{Savannah was out on the field,

but no pictures would turn out

because they danced in the dark

with just light up gloves on..}

And DONE!!

We're so proud of these two!!

This was a lot of hard work

over a short period of time!!

Chelsea can't resist getting in a few shots!

Heading out after a looooooong night!!

Our favorite year for sure!!

Signs of Life..

I really, really miss my blog..

I don't have a good reason for the drought in my posting..

I have stuff to talk about..

But ~ I don't feel like downloading any pictures..

Yet I want to prove I haven't forgotten my blog all the same..

So how's your summer thus far??

Good. Good.

Ours has been crazy busy..

Here is what's going on:

We didn't go on a beginning of summer trip for the first time in a long time.. Too much going on so far.. Hopefully we'll have time to go somewhere before summer slips away..

Savannah & Adi are practicing a minimum of 2 hours a day for their performance in the upcoming Stadium of Fire.. We're really excited to see these gals in the show.. Granted, there are about 600 girls performing, but we lucked out this year and our studio is right up by the stage, in fact, Adi will be on the stage! How cool is that?? She is considered a "Junior" dancer, but some of this group will be on stage. Savannah is a "Main" dancer. She was also supposed to be a Junior {technically ages 8-12} but because of her height, she was moved up to "Main". In our true procrastinating fashion we waited until Saturday to get our tickets {we'll call it the spendy route} ~ but in our defense, I wanted to get as close to the girls as we can so we can {hopefully} get some pictures, and be able to tell they're our kids! We {mostly meaning me} are really not looking forward to the final practices next week at BYU.. Because Adi is on the stage she has a practice Wednesday from 7:30-11pm, then stage and Main dancers have a practice Thursday 5:30-11pm, and then the real kicker, Friday from 6:30am-11pm {with 2 breaks for lunch & dinner} Then the actual performance is on Saturday, but not without a practice that morning 6:30am-noon. I know, you're jealous.. I am one of the mom helpers for the Friday practice, so here's hoping none of us ends up with heat stroke..

On top of all that^^ Savannah has also been to Beehive camp for 4 days, and is currently at Young Women's camp.. I'm really not ready for my little girls to be this old already. ::sniff:: Adi has also been taking swimming lessons again. She is a great swimmer, I really love the place we have taken them for years, and she is currently in a private lesson just to really perfect her skills!

Chelsea is actually busy.. {I'll give you all a moment to take that in, and possibly pick yourself up off the floor in case you fainted} She has her last final tomorrow for Spring Block, and will begin Summer Block on Monday.. On top of that, she's already registered for Fall semester.. For those of you who know our procrastinatey-ness ~ be duly impressed. On top of school Miss Chelsea also has a job. She is working at a couple of SnoShacks in town. It has been a great Chelsea job so far, and she's making money and fantastic tips!

I have a couple of big projects I'm really wanting to finish before school starts again {which is sadly feeling too close} I somehow manage to find other little projects to do, or worse, still love to randomly leave with the girls in search of something fun to do, or for a yummy treat..

Davy has been ridiculously busy with the whole 1800Contacts/WalMart business. We sometimes feel like he is traveling, but ironically he hasn't been on a work trip since April..

Wow.. That wasn't how I envisioned this post, and I'm sure it was a yawner to read {sorry about that}

One of these days I'll load some photos and liven this place up..

An Epic Tale..

To begin this exciting {teehee} story,

I must begin with some important information..

First:

In our living room we have french doors

that are.. I guess.. magnetized..

From inside the room they need to be kind of "hit"

so they will pop open..

We leave these closed to keep puppies in their

2 allowed rooms..

Second:

Only 11 days ago I was telling my friend Angie

that it had been at least 5 years since Adi had thrown up..

Fast forward to last night..

Adi had been playing in the basement

when she ran up 2 floors to her bathroom

and.. well.. threw up..

She came down and told me,

and then proceeded to be her usual happy, full of energy self..

I kind of chalked it up to one of those weird,

"just needed to randomly throw up" times..

Within a couple of minutes she did it again..

But, again, returned acting perfectly normal..

{dancing, playing on the Wii, talking a mile-a-minute}

After a while, she decided she was hungry,

so being cautious I fed her some toast and saltines and a drink..

She was being careful, but seemed just fine..

Then about 20 minutes later,

she popped up and tried to open the french doors..

{she sometimes has a hard time getting these open}

No one was really paying attention,

but at hit #3 she couldn't hold it in any longer and,

well, vomited on the carpet..

Chelsea was very close

and stood up quickly,

helped her with the door

and began rushing her to the bathroom

{probably about 10 steps away}

Unfortunately,

Adi wasn't done

and heaved right outside the bathroom door..

{don't worry, she even finds this story funny}

Well, these 2 girls were in a modified run,

and from my end I hear a splat,

slipping,

and falling..

BOTH girls slipped and fell in this one -

AND slid into the wall..

She still wasn't done,

and finally made it to the toilet..

Now, my friends, lets talk about a mess..

Lots on the carpet..

The entryway to the bathroom?

Wow..

On the walls, {about 2-3 feet up}

ALL over the floor..

and all over the floor in the bathroom..

*sigh*

I could be irritated,

but I have a hard time being irritated when my baby is so sick..

And when she threw up about 15 minutes later,

wiped her mouth and said

"I don't like throwing up.."

How can you be irritated?

Not like she was trying..

AND..

Well.. it was funny..

All 5 of us couldn't quit laughing about it...

The whole hallway episode just sounded so funny..

I love that we all have the same strange sense of humor that made it so we just couldn't quit laughing about it.. even those who stepped & slid & fell in it.. {and even got a little scraped up!}

So ya..

We had a fun night..

In spite of the adventure..

I am still needing to clean up the carpet better..

*sigh*

did I mention that the "beverage" was fruit punch??

*sigh*

Everyone's Children Embarrass Them at SOME Point..

Even when they're being good and attending General Conference..

Did you see it??

At the end of the second session of General Conference on Sunday,

some kid turned around and cheesed it into the camera..

for all of world to see..

His mother must be so proud..

Through my blog-stalking, I discovered these "motivational posters" using this kid's 2 seconds of fame..

Here are a few of my favorites..

See the original post here.. www.ldsfriends.com/general-conference-posters/

ya.. I'm still technology UN-gifted and don't know how to make a word link to a page..