Congratulations Sydney

Congratulations Sydney, and the rest of the Lady Gators,

On your 2011 Undefeated Regular Season!!!!

Nice having a bye all the way to the Championship!

Various Happenings of Late

So.... lately we have been very busy. So many things are going on. It's crazy with three active girls!

First off, last Wednesday night, Kassie and Madeline were playing around. Madeline was acting like a dog and was play biting Kassie's sweatshirt. Well, Kassie pulled her arm away, ripping out Madeline's very loose remaining front tooth. It sounds bad, but it really wasn't. Both girls just laughed their little heads off at it. Silly children of mine..... Here's a picture of Madeline's smile now with BOTH front teeth missing.

Then, last Thursday. The girls had no school so we had a girls night out. We went and had sushi and teriyaki and then I took them to see the Justin Bieber movie - Never Say Never. Oh my goodness, I have never seen those girls more excited. Good thing was, I made it through the whole movie, getting only a mild headache. (It's because the movie was 3D and those glasses give me headaches, not because of the obsessed girls screaming for him.) Anyways, here's pics of them mowing down at our favorite sushi joint.

Finally, on Friday and Saturday, Sydney had a huge basketball tournament up in Port Angeles. 2 days of fun with 2 games each day. If they win all games, they'd win the championship. Well guess what. They won both games on Friday, with Sydney scoring 4 points in the second game. Then on Saturday they won both games as well, with Sydney scoring an additional 5 more points in the first game and she shot a 3 pointer! So... they won the 2011 Presidents Day Championship! Way to go Lady Gators! This is a picture of the team after they won.

So all in all, like I said.... we've been busy. But it's really worth it because it's so much fun!

Valentines Day

Turtle!!!

Awww, I feel so loved.

Kassie in the 2011 Esquire Hills Talent Show

Tonight Kassie and her BFF Jazlynn participated in the 2011 Esquire Hills Talent Show. It was a fun night filled with a lot of different talent. Singing, dancing, karate, flute, jump rope, violins, more dancing, more singing, and on and on. My baby girl shined up there when it was their turn. Check out the video below of their performance.

They rocked! I'm such a proud mommy!

*Last Names have been edited out*

Madeline and her Chopsticks

Really, the title says it all. Tonight at Girl Scouts, Madeline and her troop were learning about Asia. They got to make chopsticks and learn how to pick food up with them. Madeline is a pro though, she's been using chopsticks for years. Anyways, below is a couple pictures of her showing them off. :o)

Sydney's Basketball

So after a lot of begging and pleading and promising she wouldn't give it up, we let Sydney join basketball this year. (We had a long talk with her about dedication to something you want to do after the whole violin debacle.) She plays for North Perry, and has been having practices since November, but they just recently started playing games against the other teams. She loves it, and is really good at it, so it is a lot of fun to watch her. Tonight she had a game in Port Orchard at Sedgwick Junior High against the South Kitsap team. Above is a picture of her getting ready for her game. Below is pictures of her in action. She's #20.
They won, yay! It is so super exciting to see my big baby girl doing something she loves. She's growing into such a wonderful young lady.

Elks HoopShoot

*WARNING - PROUD MOM MOMENT*

If you don't know what the HoopShoot is here is the link to the website for it. Basically, it's been going on since 1972 and it's just a friendly nationwide competition that the Elks host to see who can shoot the most free throws in the appropriate age division. Yes, you get awards and such, and it can be a pretty big thing if you make it to Nationals, but it all starts at the childs school. That's where my oldest daughter comes in. This year, Sydney who is in 6th grade, beat all the other girls in her age group at her school in the Elks HoopShoot. So, that meant she got to go to Ridgetop to compete against all the other local schools. She did great. She shot 10 out of 25. She placed third. The two other girls ahead of her shot 11 out of 25 and 12 out of 25, so she was right there with them. Unfortunately, she doesn't get to move on (they only take the top 2) but she thought the experience was awesome. It was so fun to watch. I don't remember ever doing this when I was in school, nor have I heard anything about it from my kids in the previous years. Anyways, here are some of her shots I took pictures of.

She did so good. I'm so proud of her!