Ice skating 11/27/09

Ice skating...I'm behind the camera

Thanksgiving dinner in Midway 2009

Dogness the pirate for Halloween 2009

I think that Dogness made a good pirate but he didn't much love wearing the outfit and would not keep the hat on.

Halloween 2009 as a good witch/bad witch

I really like this dress. The hat wouldn't stay on very well. After having painted half of my face I was pretty tired of having half a green face but didn't have time to redo my makeup. I played two characters at Kelli's murder mystery dinner so the makeup fit perfectly.

New hair colors!

I have a lot of updating to do. I'm not good at keeping up with my blog. This picture was taken on 6/23 after Kelli and I got our hair done. I had highlights put in and Kelli dyed her hair dark with some highlights. I like our new looks...minus the shining faces. This was in the evening after a long, hot day.

So much for weather stripping!!

I came home tonight to find that Dogness had ruined as much weather stripping as he could get to. This isn't the first time he has done it but it wasn't this bad before. I'm going to have to come up with a better plan for insulation. Any ideas are welcome. Good thing my dog is cute...it's his only saving grace sometimes. As you can see I made him a rope with toys to play with. If only they kept him occupied enough to not destroy things.

We met Chad at the Saint George airport to welcome him home from his mission in Chile.

This picture was taken on 07/17/09.

This is DOGNESS

Making a ladybug pinata

I started this pinata about 2 weeks ago by connecting a large and small balloon with tape, cutting out a large side of a cereal box and setting the large/small balloons partially in it. Then, over the next week I added multiple layers of paper mache. After it was all dry I cut away the cereal box, popped the balloons and paper mached a cardboard bottom with a door for candy. Then I glued crape paper to it in layers. Last of all I added the ribbon on top and 16 ribbons on the bottom. At the party I attached kids rings to the bottom of each ribbon and of course filled the thing with candy. There was one string that I had attached to the cardboard door and if pulled it would release the candy. At the party kids took turns pulling strings. (The other 15 strings were just taped on and covered with red paper.)

My fish is still alive...so I gave him an upgrade and got a second fish (it's in the old fish container not pictured here)

The next morning...

The next morning I took out their curlers and yes, Kya is wearing makeup. She is really girly and requested some. We put on eyeshadow and a little bronzing blush...she actually took over the blush brush and did that herself. I sent her home with one of my extra brushes because she loved it so much. The girls are posing with the posters I got for their birthdays...of which they just happen to have found on accident. They still have to wait until their birthdays to take them home.

Kya is funny. She changes moods very fast. I wasn't able to do more with her hair beyond taking out the curlers and separating the curls. She put the headband in her own hair. She also wouldn't let me get many photos of her "makeover". She wasn't really in the mood.

Kari, however wanted pictures taken and kept posing for me. It was cute! Kari's hair turned out really pretty! She has thick hair and it held the curls really well. She is not wearing any make-up.

Later, Kari and Kya's parents came to get them. My mom came over also and we all ate breakfast. It was good! Too, bad we all had to squish around my little table. It worked out okay though.

Sleepover!

We did nails and added curlers to hair. Before bed the girls decided they were hungry. Probably because they eat like birds the rest of the day. :)...They really enjoyed watching "The Best Sleeping Beauty Ever"!!! (It's a inside joke- my family members will know what the movie is.)