Happy May Day....

This picture reminds me when I was child. On May Day, our mom would put flowers on the porch and ring the doorbell. We would come to the door and chase her.... once we caught her, I think we would get to keep the flowers and get a hug. Then when we got older, we would pick dandylions and put those on the porch, ring the bell, and mom would have to chase us.... It was fun! I remember looking forward to May Day to see what kind of flower we would get. My sisters and I also did mock May Day Poles. We used streamers and the pole in our basement. It was lots of fun!

Changes...

I finally got ahold of my friend, Kendra, the blogger expert! She helped me change my background! Hope you like it! I LOVE these new colors.
I'm tired today. My friend (Kate) and I made 40 jars of Strawberry Jam! We be jammin'.... as Greg and Omar said. It was great seeing Kate, haven't seen her since we left in February. So good to talk with her again and catch up!
Hint: Strawberries are really sweet right now! Best deals at Costco:)

I will keep posting on here...

Just wanted to let family and friends, near and far... that I will keep posting notes and pictures! It was fun while we were gone... I hope everyone enjoyed reading it! I like reading comments... you can create a user name and password for free. Go to blogger.com. Then you can post notes to my blog. Happy reading...

This was a picture taken at Santa Monica Beach, CA when Jessica and Greg came to visit us.

Were home...plus some

Kellie and I got in late Friday night. It was a loooooong trip! We made it safe and sound. It was so good to Greg and Jessica again. Plus, to see my doggies... Ginger and Sadie! They both had lots of kisses and love for me. Sadie and Ginger followed me everywhere for 5 days. They wouldn't let me out of their sight! When I would sit down, Sadie would jump in my lap. :)
This week home has been crazy... Kellie got to her EXPLORE test on Saturday. Then her Confirmation Retreat on Sunday. Greg and I got some yard work done. I got the Tahoe unloaded. We looked like the Beverly Hillbillies coming home! I mowed on Monday.. it was in the 70's! It has been warm to hot all week! BEAUTIFUL! Nicer than any weather we had while we were in California. Funny how that worked out!
Tuesday I went and helped with Jessica's Field Trip to Biz City. This is a cool place that helps the kids learn about jobs, money, paychecks and checkbooks. Everyone is assigned a job. Jessica was a Quest Designer. I think she is still trying to figure that one out! I was helping in the Deseret News office. It was very hectic and a bunch of work for the kids. But we got our paper out AND made a profit! The kids were great... they couldn't wait to get the paper printed.. so they could go out and sell them! They sold ALL we printed! I was quite proud!
I went to the gym most days this week. It was good to be back at my home gym and see familiar people!
Back to the running, running, running around grind. The girls are still dancing till mid-June. They have competitions the next 3 weekends.
Thursday was haircut day for Jessica and I. We both needed it very bad. Jessica wanted her shorter, so she is about shoulder length. She looks cute and loves it!
In May, we have Mardi Gras, Festival of Roses and my Birthday coming up. Big Month... plus our 20 year anniversary. Wow... time flies.

Were coming home...

Kellie and I will be leaving today to come home! We got everything packed up and loaded in the Tahoe yesterday. Were both very excited to get on the road! We were supose to leave at 7am this morning... but can't because her ZED cards aren't ready from the printer. So we will get those at 9am and be on the road. So we won't be home until later tonight. Looking forward to being home and seeing all our family and friends.

Happy Easter...

Just a quick note to wish everyone a Happy Easter! Kellie and I went to church at noon. Then we went to the Hannah Montana Movie. I was actually pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed it! There's something for everyone! Then she did some school work. Gotta get through a few more things before we leave! Hope you all had a great Easter!

Kellie's last Improv Performance...

Kellie had her last Teen Improv performance on Saturday. It was one of their best shows! She really loves it! She gets better and better! She also made some friends there! Hopefully she will see when we come back.

We stayed for the 2nd Improv show... and Kellie volunteered for the "Dating Game". How it works... they pick and unsuspecting girl from the audience. She sits up on stage and CANNOT look behind her. She has to ask meaningful questions to the potential dates. Like where would we go on a date, sing me a song, tell me a poem, etc. She was so dang funny! She was shocked and couldn't think of questions. She did get some asked though. One of them was where they would take her on a first date? YEIKS.>> It was all in good fun, as you can see from the picture. I know I don't have to worry about any crushes. The potential dates were the 3 guys behind Kellie.

Audition...

Kellie had a fun audition where they are looking for real teens to talk about technology these days. Like My Space, Bloggs, Twittering, etc. So the audition was on the street in Hollywood. Kellie had a mic and the guy filmed/asked questions. They wanted all types of teens... the geeks, popular, rich, etc. Kellie had a great time doing the interview! We won't hear on that one for a few weeks. I thought she did good. The guy seemed to like her. But he wasn't the producer.

America's Got Talent...

Last Wednesday we were audience members for AGT! It was lots of fun! We saw great talent and horrible talent! It was fun cheering them on to Vegas... and booing them off the stage with the X sign. There is a lot that goes into the show... preparing the stage and the audience. For example, we were the Chicago show. So when you see the shoe from Chicago... look for me and Kellie in the audience. LOL Anyway, it was fun to see Hoff, Sharon and the other guy. They do tell it like it is!

Few more auditions this week...

Kellie had an audition yesterday for a commercial. We won't hear anything until next week, if they are interested. One today for the lead role in a Short Film. She had to "dress up" like a tomboy. At first she wasn't to excited, but then after we got the outfit together and started running the lines.... she was excited! Her audition went great! One of the people there working commented on how confident she is... plus how beautiful. Funny... cuz she didn't feel beautiful... in her jeans, tennis shoes, cap and roomates (boy) T-shirt. I don't believe she got the part though because we didn't hear anything tonight. Then tomorrow another audition for a short film.
Then Kellie also has her improv performance tomorrow evening. She is having lots of fun with that!

Last one for now...

Here is one more that is beautiful...

Kellie's modeling pictures...

We got Kellie's raw photos back from her photo shoot. They are so great! This is one that I really love! Her manager really loved them too! We just dropped them off to her agency today. They will pick the one's they like, then we will get ZED (comp) cards done. Once the comp cards are done, her agency is supose to get some packets sent out for Kellie. Then maybe some modeling/commercial print auditions will come.

St George road trip....

Kellie and I left on Thursday morning March 26th and drove back to LA on the 28th. We went to meet Greg and Jessica. Jessica had a dance competition there, so we got to see her dance. She did awesome! Her team got 1st place. Plus, the Acheiver Dance Studio got the highest points overall for the whole competition! No, Kellie didn't dance, but she was a great help to many of the other dancers.
We barely saw Kellie the whole time. She had a great time seeing her friends on her dance team. She was a great cheerleader too! Her team took 3 - 1st place's. Kellie looks forward to getting back dancing with the team when she returns.
Greg, Jess & I went exploring on the red rock on the outskirts of town. We took a lot of pictures, but Greg took the camera home. So don't have any to post! Will soon...