Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Swimming


We took the boys swimming. Ed was splashing and kicking so hard! The whole time! Owen, who is usually very out of control, was a little more subdued. I think it is because the water was up to his chest and a little hard to run in. He did learn that he can jump into the little pool by himself. I don’t know if that is a good thing to learn because he defiantly was not waiting for us before he jumped. Even though he is only two, I think swimming lessons might be something we look into this summer.









Monday, March 29, 2010

Jr. Miss

The theme was Princess Boot Camp. Decorations were wonderful! (provided by Mary Clark and crew). Liza from Classy 97 was the emcee. She was hi-lar-i-ous! Dad was laughing out loud which he doesn’t do often. At intermission she raced Morgan Baum to the bathroom. We all got a good chuckle out of that.
. I had my camera out on my lap but didn’t think to start taking pictures until talent. Fitness was good. Jocelyn, Taylor, and Brit were dead on. There were three girls (count them, three ) with side ponytails – a fad that Kera brought to the stage. Next was Talent. They were all wonderful. Darcy forgot some words and Angela’s voice cracked, but other than that they were really all good talents. Brit’s dress was really pretty, but I couldn’t get a picture that looked good. She had flowers in her hair and the dress had sparkles. Taylor wore a tux with tails. Jocelyn had the hardest piece according to Charlotte Hillam. Next Kaite Nash did a piano solo while the girls were changing into their dresses. She played and sang the song “Baby of Mine” from Dumbo. I was thoroughly impressed.


The stage crew kept coming and interrupting Liza to tell her different messages. At this point in the program they interrupted her to say that the girls weren’t ready yet and to keep going. They tried to get her to tell a bunny joke, but she made them do it. And here it is: “What is invisible and smells like carrots? Bunny farts.” Oh, the stage crew was cracking up over that one! Then the girls were finally ready. I did have sense enough to get a picture of all the dresses.


1 Megan Davis


2 Jocelyn Allen

Jocelyn’s was AMAZING! It was so gorgeous and she looked stunning in it. It was by far my favorite. Her earrings were awesome too. They were about the size of a 3x5 card.



3 Darcy Baler



4 Taylor Cordingly





5 Angela Comstock





6 Brit Davidson




During the question part every girl paused and/or messed up in their answer except Jocelyn. During intermission I snuck into the dressing room and visited with Jocelyn. Then it was time for the results.









Fitness: Taylor Cordingly

Self Expression: Brit Davidson (This so should have gone to Jocelyn – even Dad was upset over this one. It made me think of how Kera was jilted on the fitness award, which I am still mad about)

Talent: Taylor Cordingly (yes Jocelyn’s was harder, but Taylor’s was showy and if you didn’t know piano you would think hers was harder.)

Scholastic: Brit Davidson

Interview: Jocelyn Allen (earlier in the day she had come over to Dad’s to say that she had done such a good job in interview and felt really good about it. I guess she was right.)

Spirit of Jr. Miss: Megan Davis

1st Runner Up: Jocelyn Allen

Winner: Brit Davidson (The only thing we can figure is that her grades must have been excellent because both Jocelyn and Taylor out-shown Brit the entire night)






A great big thanks to Laura, Jason, and Josh for adopting us for the night and letting us sit in the reserved family seating. (Oh, and for getting the tickets for us too). It was a great night and lots of fun.



Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Grandpa Great's Birthday

Great Grandpa Fred Reid had a birthday party. While there we got all the great grandkids together for a picture. Previously, though, he ventured up to our house and we took the opportunity to get some four generation pictures.


Owen took Grandpa Fred's hat and demonstrated how to ride a horse.


Front Row L to R: Owen, Ed, Riley, Jaycee, Fred
Back Row L to R: Caden, Grandpa Fred holding Clancy, Grandma Alma holding Dawson, Blake


Four Generations of Reid Men.

Owen had just woken up and wasn't too excited about these pictures (his hair was out of control!)

Snakes


This is Owen's new game. He traps snakes in a box and then lets them go so he can beat them with his broom. No, i don't have real snakes in my house; any little piece of paper or string serves as the snakes.

Other Important Things


Other happenings in our lives would include Owen trying on Ed's glasses. The funny part was when he took off running. I wish i would have had my video camera out because he would run really fast and then crash into things and be surprised about it. Normally he is able to avoid crashes so this was quite a shock for him.



One morning i found Owen in bed with Edgar. O brought his stick horse too; he was just so excited to see his brother that morning. (it isn't always like that)


We have the tradition that on your 6month birthday you get half a cake. Ed's was actually brownies, but he still enjoyed it --spit it right out! :)


So Owen made up for it by eating almost the whole thing.



I wanted to give Ed some time in the spot light but Owen was having none of that. The next video will show you just how mad he got.

Mud Buddies


The boys had lots of fun even when it decided to rain.

We were sad to leave Tucker and thought about sneaking him into our suitcase, but we thought Hailey might get mad. Luckily he will be coming to visit soon.

Disturbing Images


Monkey playing with a ball.

While we were in Washington Dusty took us to see his school. There were some disturbing skeletons and other taxidermy animals there. But that wasn't the scariest sight we saw...




Two headed sheep.


One headed twins.


Cyclops calf.



Grandpa on a stick horse.

Visit Tucker

Last month we had the awesome experience of going to visit Tucker (and fam) in Washington. We drove up in the "Big Truck" as Owen calls it. That was a great idea because then Owen could get up and move around instead of being stuck in a car seat the whole time.


We got stopped at a weigh station and Owen decided to just leave Grandpa there and continue on. That's how excited he was to see Tucker.


Tucker met us on the road and joined us in the big truck for a little drive.



Here are the two little ones together. Ok, so Ed isn't exactly "little" anymore -- especially when compared to Kimber.