SNOW DAY 2007

Sunday, April 29, 2007

A New Addition To The Family......

No I was not, nor am I now pregnant. The girls finally talked us into getting another puppy. Her name is Skye.

She is about 5-6 weeks old and is a mix (probably small shepard, maybe lab). She is almost completely black, except for a little bit of white sprinkles on her chest.

Tim finally told the girls that they could get a new puppy and we had to go down today to find one. We went to the South East Area pound to look and didn't find one. We left (with a few dissappointed girls) and went to the Southgate area pound and there, after walking around for 30 mins, we saw Skye and her sister & brother. Ahnika knew which one we were going to get and asked the kennel tech to tell us the number for the "puppy in the middle". They were all so cute, I don't know why she pick her (unless she looked the saddest).

We took the number up to the front office and they said that she would cost $77 and that we could take her home today. The girls were so happy.

On the way home (with a stinky puppy) we stopped and bought a few supplies - food, a dog toy, a little kennel (for inside), a big kennel (for outside), and a new water dish.

Sunday, April 01, 2007

New names for the girls...

Regan

1. Your real name: Regan
2. Your Gangsta Name: (first 4 letters of real name plus izzle:}Regizzle
3. Your Detective Name: (fav color and fav animal)Navy Tiger
4. Your Soap Opera Name: (middle name, and childhood street)Ashley Gardenhill
5. Your Star Wars Name: (the last 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, first 3 letters of mom’s maiden name)NesRestr
6. Your Super Hero Name: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink)Green Tea
7. Your Witness Protection Program Name: (grandmother/grandfather’s first name and Jones)Maryann Jones (ironically it is my grandmothers name)
8. Your Goth name: (black, and the name of one your pets). Black Hanna

Ahni
1. Your real name: Ahni
2. Your Gangsta Name: (first 4 letters of real name plus izzle:}Ahnizzle
3. Your Detective Name: (fav color and fav animal) Yellow Dog
4. Your Soap Opera Name: (middle name, and childhood street)Marie Gardenhill
5. Your Star Wars Name: (the last 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, first 3 letters of mom’s maiden name)Nesahstr
6. Your Super Hero Name: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink) Green Milk
7. Your Witness Protection Program Name: (grandmother/grandfather’s first name and Jones)Maryann Jones (ironically it is my grandmothers name)
8. Your Goth name: (black, and the name of one your pets). Black Hanna

Kiwi
1. Your real name: Kiwi
2. Your Gangsta Name: (first 4 letters of real name plus izzle:}Kianizzle
3. Your Detective Name: (fav color and fav animal) Pink Snake
4. Your Soap Opera Name: (middle name, and childhood street)Nichole Gardenhill
5. Your Star Wars Name: (the last 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, first 3 letters of mom’s maiden name)NesKistr
6. Your Super Hero Name: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink) Red Juice
7. Your Witness Protection Program Name: (grandmother/grandfather’s first name and Jones)Maryann Jones (ironically it is my grandmothers name)
8. Your Goth name: (black, and the name of one your pets). Black Bubba

They thought that this would be fun to do. They enjoyed reading all their new names.

New Names (Thanks Laura!)

I found this on my friend Laura's Blog. I thought it was way to cute to pass up.

Please feel free to add this to your own blog too!

1. Your real name: Shellie

2. Your Gangsta Name: (first 4 letters of real name plus izzle:}Shelizzle

3. Your Detective Name: (fav color and fav animal) Yellow Horse

4. Your Soap Opera Name: (middle name, and childhood street) Renee Hastings

5. Your Star Wars Name: (the last 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, first 3 letters of mom’s maiden name) Nesshwin

6. Your Super Hero Name: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink) Purple Tea

7. Your Witness Protection Program Name: (grandmother/grandfather’s first name and Jones)Peggy Jones (Man I didn't even get to change my name!)

8. Your Goth name: (black, and the name of one your pets). Black Anushka

These are too cute! I like my Soap opera name and my Detective name.

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Ahnika took bronze

I have to ask - Where did February go? It seems to have flown by.

Last weekend, on the 18th, Ahnika competed in her 2nd Red Scorpion Tae Kwon Do Tourney. We spent the day at US Irvine's "Bren Event Center", where the event was held. Ahnika did a great job out there on the mat. She was more than agressive and she actually forced on of her opponents (a little boy) off the mat about 5 times. In all Montessori took about 25 kids to compete and there was about 400 competing in all.

Sunday, February 11, 2007

Ahnika turns 7...

When the girls were born, everyone with kids told me that the time would go by quickly, but I have to admit - I am amazed by just how fast it seems to have gone. I can't believe that Ahni turned 7 on Feb.9th. Where did all the time go. NO only that but Kiwi will be 5 in May and Regan (who was a baby yesterday) is going to hit the double digits this year and turn 10. OUCH - does that make me feel old.

We spent Ahnika's birthday together as a family. She chose to go to dinner at Elephant Bar. She had a great time. The waiter was great and really made her feel special. She opened presents from us, Grandma, auntie Linda, and aunt Kathy (Jessie & Colie too). On Saturday, we planned a special morning of just us. We went to Downtown Disney and had the girls get makeovers at Libby Lu's. Regan got a "rock star" look - complete with microphone, Kiana got the "Tween Idol" look with an tiara added in just because, and Ahnika got the "Pop Star" - the pink hair and curls looked adorable on her. It did help of course that she was wearing pink anyway. In addition to getting their hair done, they also got their nails polished, and make-up done. They had a great time (they normally don't like their hair done). After they were done, they got a backpack and were able to pick five items from the store to put into it. They also had the chance to make their own lip gloss or get pixie dust.

As if that wasn't enough, after we were done, we dropped Ahni off at Grandma's house for a birthday sleepover. Each girl (for her birthday) gets to have a special sleepover - just for her.

HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY AHNIKA!

Sunday, January 07, 2007

The Holiday Break is over...

and we have had tons of fun.
We spent New Years Eve with the Skenes' Family - hanging out, talking, and playing games. We all had a blast - It is so nice that the kids get along so well. We celebrated an Eastern Newyears (@9pm) so that we could get on our way home before the crowds.

On New Years Day - we stayed home and just vegged. Grandma Maryann and Auntie Linda came over for an early dinner of Pizza and played with the girls for a while before going home. I was able to get some things cleaned up as well.

Ahnika and Kiana went back to school on Tuesday, but Regan & I still had the week off. We went to Disneyland on Tuesday and had a great tim e 0 just the two of us. We were able to ride adult rides for once.
On Wednesday we went to breakfast at IHOP and then ran errands. We needed to go to the ranch and take care of George (our horse) and a couple of other things.

Thursday was the best day of the week. Tim was able to get the day off and we all went up to snow (Ahni & Ki played hooky from school). We put the girls into the childrens academy up at Mt. High so that they could get some more ski lessons in. Tim & I sat at a table at the lodge and watched them during the lessons. I was able to get some great pics of them skiing (& falling) LOL. They are a blast to watch. Here are some of the pics.


Friday - we just kinda vegged again and recoperated from the week.

Sat we took Grandma Maryann to lunch at the Cheesecake Factory and then walked around Eddie Bauers and Nordstroms. Tim & I went to see "Night at the Museum" - I thought it was a great flick and highly reccommend it. We will be going back to take the girls.

Needless to say, I am sorry that I have to go nback to work tomorrow.