The Hand Fam takes on the SD Fair!

Last week my girls had their last dance performance of the season at the San Diego Fair...they were awesome! After the performance we decided to "take on the Fair" and not just the fair, but all the deliciousness that the fair had to offer. We started out by trying to get wax hands of the girls' little hands, but once Lila's hand touched the "warm" wax she screamed and it was all over with; Keeva wouldn't even try it (even though we had been talking about doing it since the fair last year, when Keeva was too afraid to try). Maybe we'll have better luck with the wax hand in 2013!:) Anyway, after the wax hand strikeout, we ventured into the art gallery; where Keeva had a piece of art on display. I wish I would have taken a picture of her next to her art, but we were so baffled as to why "her pastel flower" was hung upside down that I forgot to snap a shot, oh well. My girlie girls LOVE Star Wars and so we had to take their pictures with the cardboard cut outs. Then we preceded to the food area...and boy was there some food. Keeva and Lila stared out the food binge by sharing a soft serve ice cream. Next we all tried a beer battered-bacon wrapped hot dog. We all got a bite, Keeva a few more than the rest of us; it was her favorite. Then we went on to explore the chicken sandwich on Krispie Cream donuts; it was gross. Keeva and Pat also tried a fried twinkie, which they enjoyed. Then we headed to the spa expo; there were so many amazing spas. Some spas had their own cabana and bar and others were just enormous...I was definitely having spa envy. Anyway, back to the food. Next we hit up Lila's favorite snack, pickles, only these pickles were fried, delicious! And with all the fried tastiness we decided we needed a few drinks, "Hello, Orange Julius", boy those were tasty! And last, but certainly not least, we found the red-velvet funnel cake; it was delicious! Of course by the time we got around to sampling that "bad boy" Lila had already passed out in the stroller, but don't worry, we saved her a nibble. The fair was a blast! We were only there for 6 1/2 hours, but by the time we got home, we were all dead tired! I wonder why?!

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE!

YES, my girls LOVE to dance, and YES we love to watch them (at least Daz and I do)! Today was the girls dance recital, Keeva's 4th recital and Lila's 3rd. They both started dance classes when they were two and the "stage" performance at the end of the year is what keeps them going to practice once a week. Keeva age 6 Keeva age 2 Lila age 4 1/2 Lila age 2 1/2 In fact, they love the stage so much, they pretend that they are dancing for the judges on "So You Think You Can Dance". When they are practicing at home I here phrases like, "cue music", and "You're going to Vegas!" They love the show and even more they LOVE to pretend their on the show (costume changes and all). Their imaginary dance contests are so much fun to watch; especially when they really "get in" to their character rolls...it's definitely something! I love how Keeva and Lila play together and how they are the best of friends; they bring so much joy to my life. Thank you Lord for giving me the blessing of mothering these two sweet little souls.

Keeva's Kindergarten Promotion

"Mom, I'm not going to do anything special anymore, because you always cry."This is what she tells me as her arms encircle my neck...boy, I sure do love my Beanie! June 14, 2012, was Keeva's last day of kindergarten...it was an exciting day (with a few tears). It's a hard to describe the feeling of watching your baby grow up. My heart was swollen with pride and a smile never left my face. The morning started with Keeva wearing her graduation cap and then we heading to the park for a little ice cream party with her class. Lila was so proud of her Big Sis! After ice cream we headed to the school so the kids could collect their last few items from the class and say goodbye to their teacher, Mrs. Parrish (she was truly an answer to prayer. Keeva prayed all summer before K that her teacher would love Jesus; and Mrs. Parrish truly does). Keeva said, "goodbye" to her friends. I'm not sure how I missed getting a picture of Keeva & Zoe, but they are the best of friends. Here is Keeva with Reece, Austin and Cade. Once we left the school, it was off to Sea Life to have some fun family time and celebrate Keeva's special day. Keeva was all smiles; all day long!