Mckizzle

Are you tired of looking at the fireworks from the Fourth? Well to replace them, here is Miss Mckizzle. She has a fabulous new haircut and wanted some pictures to show it off...

Happy 4th!

Have a fun day!

Braces...

On February 14, 2006, M got her braces on. She was so unhappy! It didn't help that it was Valentine's Day and as soon as she got them on, she was going back to school for a dance!

Well...16 months and $4,500 later, she is brace free! HOWEVER...before I would take her to get them off, I made her take pictures with them on. So...here is what she looked like the day before they came off. I will have to bribe her into some "after" pictures!

Cody - All-Star!

We went to Twin Falls this weekend to watch Cody play in his All-Star football game. As usual, he did an awesome job! Cody...if you want to see yourself up-close, you can double click on the pictures to make them bigger (ha ha)!

Here are a few pictures from the game. I guess if you have a camera with a big lens, people don't think twice about you standing on the sideline of the game taking pictures!

The Beauty of Photoshop

The beauty of Photoshop is that you can take a picture of a boy eating a grilled cheese sandwich and change it to look like he was actually posing for a picture...

Grilled Cheese

M had her team banquet for track tonight. She wouldn't let me take my camera. :(

When we got home, L had to have a grilled cheese sandwich, because he didn't like the food at the banquet. I still got to take a picture, but it was L eating a sandwich and not M getting props for her track! Oh well! I'll take what I can get these days!

Ok...here's an update...

Here are the new countertops and the sink. Would you ever think that you could love a sink? I love mine!

Daily Kitchen Update

Ok...here is how my sad little kitchen looks this morning! Notice the cabinet doors today. Also, notice how clean the tops of the cabinets are...that is because my countertops are coming any minute now! Stay tuned..I'll post countertop AND SINK pictures later!

SLOWLY Making Progress

Here is how our kitchen looked yesterday morning. There have been some changes since this. We have most of the doors on the cupboards. They will be back again on Tuesday to hopefully finish the doors and the crown molding around the top. The countertops and sink will arrive on Wednesday, but I just found out that our plumber can't hook up the water until after Memorial Day! (YIKES!) Someday...I will have a functioning kitchen! By the way...I'm honestly usually more clean than this...

Look What Landed...

at the top of our street this morning! I thought there were military helicopters flying over again, but the noise kept getting louder and louder. When we looked out, Air Med was right over our house and coming down. Ron had seen a fire truck go up the street behind us earlier, but didn't think too much of it. I don't think I've ever seen so much action on our street at one time! When it landed, our neighbor's bushes and garbage cans were blown all over. It was really cool to watch, but a horribly sad story to go along with it.

Check this out...

Follow this link to watch M's track slide show. She had to put this together for an English assignment so I thought I would share. When you get to the Member Search field, just type in trusty. Obviously...it is the Track Show and not the Family Reunion Show.

Hopefully it works on your computer...the net nannies at my office block it.

http://www.photodex.com/sharing/memberbrowsego.html

Ouch!

Of all the pictures I took today at the Sophomore Regionals, these are the pictures I chose to post. This is what happens to your knees when they meet the track accidentally. This didn't happen today...these wounds are from last week's Regionals meet. They just reopen each time she runs! M got tangled with another runner in last week's meet and went down on her knees. But, in the true spirit of winning, she got back up and finished her 800 in third place!

It sounded like such a great idea at the time!

So...we decided to remodel our kitchen. It seemed like a good idea, but now every time I walk into our bare-wall, no floor kitchen, I wonder if it will ever be the same again! Not really...it is coming along. The electrical wiring and the wall should be finished today and then we can begin to install the flooring and paint. That will really help with the dust that is flying everywhere! I have dusted and dusted the rest of the house, but to no avail! I'll try to remember to post progress pictures; if I don't lose my mind first! :)

P.S. Move over Ty...L is doing our Extreme Home Makeover!

Good Bye Grandpa!

We will miss you!

One More...

Here is one more post for Easter Sunday. Of course the kids had to pose in their Easter clothes. We had a fun day and hope you did too!

HAPPY EASTER!

Hope you are having a happy day!

Runners...Take Your Mark...

Here are pictures from M's super rainy (and cold) track meet this afternoon. This one was at Davis High and was a Super Meet with at least a dozen different schools. She ran the 1600 meter and the 800 meter leg of the medley race. She did a great job again. If you check out this web page...you can see their scores, etc.:
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/webs/pbaniewicz/TRACKWEB/trackw.html

The Warm-Up:



Take your mark...




Running in the rain - just sucks!




Brrrr...




The finish line is in sight...

That's My Girl!

M had her first track meet today against Weber High. She did a great job! She ran the 1600, 800 and a 4 x 400 relay! She was also supposed to run a 400, but the officials messed up the line up and she didn't run. We don't have official times yet, but she came in 3rd in her 1600, 2nd in her 800 and her team came in 3rd in their relay. Not too bad for a first meet! Way to go M!