The Waldron Family

Soccer Season - Fall 2011

2011-08-19T07:16:00.000-07:00

This soccer season should be interesting this time around. We have 3 of the 4 kids playing! And what makes it even better is that Gary and I have been suckered into coaching Kallies team. Luckily these kids are just in it for fun, because we are learning as we go. Should be a lot of fun though. Shantel finally got on her team with all her friends from school. I can't tell you how excited she is (and me too...yeah mothers for me to talk to!). And Keegan should be fun to watch, because what 4 year old chasing a ball around is not fun.

2011 Soccer Schedule

Shantel - Pink Pirates
8/20   2:00
8/27   12:45
9/3    No Games
9/10   2:00
9/17   2:00
9/24   2:00
10/1   12:45
10/8   2:00
10/15 3:15 - I think we play cousin Ella!!!

Kallie - Blue Blueberries
8/20    10:15

8/27    10:15
9/3 No Games
9/10    10:15
9/17    10:15
9/24    09:00
10/1    10:15
10/8    10:15
10/15 10:15

Keegan - Green Sharks
8/20   11:00
8/27   1:00 9/3 No Games
9/10    11:00
9/17    11:00
9/24    1:00
10/1    2:00
10/8    11:00
10/15   12:00

There have been changes in the location of games this year.

The girls will be playing at Lone Peak Park

10140 South 700 East

Keegan will play at Flat Iron Mesa Park

8600 South 1700 East

As you can see our Saturdays will be fun filled and spent at the parks. We will even be dividing our time between kids. So please help us cheer them on!!

Happy Birthday Kallie Sue!

2011-07-29T11:03:00.000-07:00

Here is my Beautiful Birthday Girl!

I can't believe it has been 6 years already.

I swear she was just this big

All she wanted this year for her birthday was Barbies. Because the 10 she already had was not enough.

As soon as she woke up and scoped out her gifts, she spotted this package and just KNEW it was the shape of a Barbie box.

Being at the lovely age of 6 you just HAVE to have a friend party. She was so excited to have some friends come over and help celebrate! The party theme she picked this year was ladybug. I had a lot of fun planning this party. You can't really tell by the photo, but I had black and red streamers across the room, red balloons hanging everywhere and of course ladybugs and little green leaves placed on the walls throughout the kitchen.

Google became my best friend as I was planning this shin dig. I wanted to do fun ladybug cupcakes. There were so many ideas and designs out there I just kind of mixed and matched my ideas.

I took a dozen of this simple strawberry cupcake.

And turned it into a lush green field, where ladybugs could play.

Now comes the fun part! For the games/activities I bought some cute little pots and painted them red. I bought black sequence for the girls to glue onto the pots to make little ladybugs. This would then become their good pot to put all their prizes.

What is a party without games? Musical leaves..a form of musical chairs, but instead of sitting on a chair our little "ladies" flew around and landed on a leaf!

We also played Pin the ladybug on the leaf!

It was a small little gathering with only 4 friends

(due to the fact it is summer and most were out of town)

But we had a good time

We also had a family BBQ/party the next day. why not keep the celebration going. My mom (aka Grammy) brought over a swimming pool for the kids to play in. As you can see it is plenty big and kept the kids entertained all day.

Although the 2 biggest kids chose the tiny pool to play in. They said it was their hot tub!

Kallie was so excited to open yet some more gifts!

As you can see, she was spoiled rotten!

And another cake. I took the easy route and bought this one.

Soccer Gals

2011-06-25T06:02:00.000-07:00

Spring soccer this year started out rough. We had rain out days and yes even snow out days. This season has gone on through June...the longest season ever. Luckily the last few games have been great weather. And with all the rain outs, Finn got a chance to get a little older before we had to drag him out in the cold. Shantel has always played with cousin Ella, until this season. We have been trying to get Shantel on the Pink team with her friends from school. We something happened and we were not able to be on either team :(

Shantel was such a good sport and decided to stay on the Blue team (The Blueberries) and meet new girls.

It was very strange to have her on a team with all new people and against everyone one we knew..I mean who do you cheer for. I think I was the only one to cheer for both teams at the same time!

Kallie got in on the soccer action this year too. She is on the Red Dragons and even has a friend on the team who is in her Kindergarten class.

She loves to run around after the ball and eventually get a kick in. Hey she even came an inch from scoring a goal this season. And it is amazing this girl even ate something healthy! Oranges are the popular mid game snack, so watching all the other girls gobble them up, oh she had to join in.

And every great player needs a break too!

Mother's Day

2011-06-10T13:47:00.000-07:00

I had a great Mother's Day! It started out with French toast, bacon and coffee in bed (my favorite breakfast). Then I was showered with a bunch of handmade gifts. I have the best kids and husband around.

Kallie made me a ceramic hand print. You should have seen her face when I opened it..she was just as surprised as I was. Her teacher must have wrapped it when they finished drying and Kallie forgot about it.

Keegan got me a bunch of cute/funny sayings from his preschool class and the reason he loves me.

Shantel got me chore sticks. I pick out a decorated stick and she does the chore on it. Hmmm, I have everything from making breakfast to vacuuming!!!

Mr. Finn (and Daddy) got me Barnes and Noble and Starbucks gift cards. Now I can sip some good java with a good book!

Yes, we all ate in bed!

Later that afternoon we had our mommies over for a dinner of ribs and other scrumptious items. Mmmm.

Gary and his mommy

Me and my mommy

Moab

2011-05-16T10:31:00.000-07:00

My Uncle Pat, Aunt Rachelle and cute cousin Maggie were in town, from Michigan, for a few days. While they were here they wanted to SEE Utah. A trip to Moab was in order. What a better place to see the beauty, right next door to Canyonlands and Arches. It was only a quick over night trip so our journey was jam packed. We packed up and headed down with my mom and brothers, aunt Lori.

I decided to go spur of the moment (the night before), and unfortunately Gary had to work and the girls had school so it was an over nighter just me and my boys. I know call me crazy for taking the 2 youngest, or mean for not taking the girls, but I figure it was such a quick trip. Besides I want to do the real exploring with my family.

Warning: For those of you who have been here before, you know these pictures, just do not do this place juctice

A view just right of Mesa Arch. You can't even imagine the 2,000 foot drop.

I started backwards with the pictures. Canyonlands was the last place on our stop. We didn't do a lot of hiking it was mostly driving to the scenic overlooks since our time was limited and having 3 small children.

Dead Horse Point

wow what a name huh? Despite the horrific name, this place is amazingly beautiful. Legend has it that this very point I am standing on was once a corral for wild horses. It is said that cowboys corralled certain horses here and left them to die. 2000 feet above the Colorado River.

Of course I have to show Keegan and his new cousin Maggie.
He fell in love with this little girl and was showing her how to play DS.

hours of driving with 2 little boys.
We made it!

The most famous Arch. Delicate Arch...No we did not hike this close, but from a mile away my zoom lense takes a pretty good picture!

Me and my boys.

Grammy and my Little Brothers

I have to say thank you to my brothers for hanging out with Keegan. Helping him climb on rocks and go hinking with the big boys. He sure felt like one of the guys. But this kids has no fear, he was climbing on rocks higher than I could.

Don't you just love the peaceful nothingness in the background?

Windows Arch. This was the very first hike/arch we saw. When you ask Keegan what arches we saw, this is the Arch he remembers. It was a nice little hike after such a long drive.

This trip was absolutely amazing and I am so glad I got to share the beauty with my family from out of town, who may have never seen this place. I can't wait to bring Gary and the girls to explore the real beauty. It is a shame I have only been here, now twice, and I am 30 and it is virtually my backyard. Shame Shame.

Happy Easter!

2011-05-03T16:45:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter! We had so much fun coloring eggs this year. And not ONE egg fatality! The kids (except for Finn) are finally getting to the age that they can color and decorate eggs without me hovering over them like an over protected mother. This year the egg theme was monsters.

Here is a picture of Keeg with his monster...hmmm oddly resembles someone!

And what is Egg art without signing your name?

Kallie showing off her work.

Mine...an egg head.

Gary and our family egg. He wrote all our names on the egg.

And we can't forget Finn and his first Easter egg!

We had a blast finding eggs all over the house. Next year will be even better when we have another little one crawling (or possibly walking) all over to gather candy...I mean eggs :)

Shantel showing of her loot!

pure smiles and this was even before she had candy

Keeg unloaded and reloaded his basket for the pictures

And don't think the Easter Bunny forgot Finn.

Not as much candy, but enough to share with mom.

Here is a shot of ALL the kids and their baskets.

I know I am a slacker and didn't do your typical new Easter outfit. In my mind, why buy a nice outfit my kids will only wear one time. and besides it would be dirty before I even got them all dressed and ready for a picture. I did, however, have this really cute outfit left over from Keegan. Finn had to celebrate his first Easter in style! He was all smiles. What a handsome little boy!

10 year anniversary

2011-04-25T12:31:00.000-07:00

I made a great slide show for Gary for our anniversary. For some reason I could NOT upload it to my blog :( It was quite the tear jerker. I did however put this little slide show together that gives you the gist of the real one. It is a little glimpse of our 10 years together!

A month with Finn

2011-04-06T09:27:00.000-07:00

I can't believe a month has gone by since my baby boy was born. My pregnancy went fast, delivery was fast and this past month was FAST! He is the most precious baby and we are so happy to have him in our family.

I look at him and can't imagine life without him. (although sleep would be nice)

Here is a snapshot of our month with Finn.

I can't believe just one month ago, he looked like this.

He is ready to go home!

Yep, he's sleeping.

Here is my family. The first of many pictures with everyone looking at something else besides the camera.

His first bath. That was exciting for everyone. Look at Keegans face, he wasn't sure what to do. All the kids were concerned about his yucky umbilical cord. They all wanted to help bathe him, Shantel had the honors of washing his hair!

Happy St. Patty's Day! All my little leprechauns in their green.

Finn's first tub bath. He wasn't real sure he liked it.

He actually has his eyes open. And for all my girls I work with..YES, that is a binki! I know I said no binki, no bottles, but drastic times call for drastic measures!

And if you look close, YES, his shirt does say his name!

And really, what fun is a little brother if you can't hold him? The kids ask to hold him 895 times a day. Shantel is getting pretty brave and changes his position and moves him around like a pro. (scares me to death). Kallie wants to be more comfortable with him. and Keegan just likes to have Finn lay on his lap.

The are the best kids around and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

(maybe for an hour or two at night so I can get a good nap)

St. Patty's!

2011-03-30T12:36:00.000-07:00

Happy St. Patty's Day! We had originally wanted our newest little leprechaun to join our family today..we scheduled our induction for today (YES, even though our doctor would be out of town). Well the little guy had a different idea. So instead of being at the hospital, I got to attempt being a crafty mom.

I wanted to make the day fun for the kids and have a Green day. I started with Green french toast. I know the picture doesn't really show how green they were. I originally wanted to cut them into shamrock shapes, but couldn't find a cutter :( As a matter of fact, I could find anything that was St. Patrick's Day. I traveled to 4 different stores one day and 3 another, but found nothing....not one shirt, necklace, decoration, NOTHING. I guess that is what I get for shopping the week of.

So Gary went to the grocery store and found a few necklaces and hair accessories (finally) luckily we bought Finn a shirt months ago! So here is a cute picture of my kiddos sporting their Green.

And you can't forget the new little guy. Had to take a picture of him since he actually had a themed shirt on.

And what a McCutie he is!!

We ended the day making green cupcakes and frosting! What a delicious day. We bought some corned beef for dinner, but since Gary had hockey, we celebrated the real food part on Saturday. It was my first time eating corned beef, and it was pretty good!

Introducing.....

2011-03-10T11:06:00.000-08:00

Finnegan James

Born

March 5, 2011 at 12:11pm

6lbs 15 oz

20 inches

It is hard to believe that after 9 hard months he is finally here. This pregnancy has been the hardest by far. Sick for over 20 weeks, diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes, contracting from 32 weeks and a baby sitting so low for weeks it hurt to walk...but yet I survived and he was born healthy and happy at 37.5 weeks.

Here is his first photo!

And My.... how I grew!

And his BIG brother loving him from the start.

Everyone knows I switch doctors with this pregnancy to have my favorite doctor, Dr. Ponder, deliver me. Not to mention I wanted to share this joy with all my friends at work. Well, at about my 34 week appointment she informed me that she would be out of town the week before my due date. WHAT!!! I can't believe I would switch docs to have her deliver me, just to find that she wont even be here. I can say I was more than a little disappointed! We were hoping for a St. Patty's Day induction. We decided to schedule it anyway and have one of her partners deliver us :(

With all the contracting I was doing early on I was certain I wouldn't make it that far anyway...I needed to have this baby before she left.

Well I hit my 37 week mark and was feeling pretty confident that the next week was the week. I worked my 3 shifts that week and oh yes, the dreaded On-Call shift that Thursday night. When I got off shift that morning I was contracting every 5 minutes (and not the most comfortable). I went to my appointment after work and was assured I would NOT make it to my induction date...YEAH!!!

I went home still contracting took a nap and woke up a few hours later still contracting. I thought this is it. Boy was I wrong. A few hours later it all stopped in time for a good nights sleep.

7:35 am Saturday morning I woke up to the the strongest contraction ever. Then again less than 5 minutes. Within an hour, I knew it was time. We took the kids over to Gary's parents and headed to the hospital. We checked in around 9 am...and the rest is history!

Here I am...Active labor trying to get my stubborn boy to flip around to face the right way! And if you are asking No, I had no epidural..so I was free to move around!

3 long hellish hours later we welcomed baby Finn to our family!

Love at first sight!

Boy isn't he the cutest!

The proudest big sisters!

Keegan took a little convincing. He was excited to hear we were having the baby. When he came to the hospital the excitement was over. I am pretty sure he was expecting a little boy his size to play with. But rest assured, he loves him now :)

Going home. Isn't the shirt perfect. I keep hearing how much he looks like Gary.

And occasionally he has his eyes open. It just happens when all the visitors are gone!

My 3 BOYS!!!

This is MY family. I love them all.

Happy Valentine's Day

2011-02-28T12:49:00.000-08:00

Valentine's Day is so fun. I remember growing up and every year trying to come up with a design for my Valentine box. 20 years ago, I didn't feel so creative. Now that I am a somewhat crafty mom I couldn't wait to come up with some kind of cool boxes for the kids.

I preschool all they did was decorate a BIG white envelope for their Valentines. Which I guess is OK by me since there are only 10 kids in the class. Besides it was a great art project for Keegan and he was so proud of his work.

The Elementary School on the other hand was a little disappointing. When Shantel was in Kindergarten we decorated a box for her ( and crafty me came up with the castle..I thought it was cute and original). Well this year, Shantels class decorated their own boxes for their art days. So we had to take in an empty shoe box a few weeks before their Valentine's party so they could decorate it at school. Talk about boring. Although if you know me and how much I have been complaining about this homework and that project, you would think I would be jumping for joy at the thought of one less thing I had to do. And yes, I am happy it is one less stress I had to deal with, but isn't that kinda what it is all about?

Here is Shantel with her handcrafted Valentine box...very festive!

Kallie's class had the right idea...once again Kindergarten :)

I asked Kallie what kind of box she wanted to make. Gave her all kinds of cool ideas, from castles to butterflies and she insisted on a pink box with valentine stickers. Yes..my girly girl wanted a plain PINK box with stickers. How do you argue with a 5 year old with her mind made up...you DON"T! So I went to the craft store, bought some pink paper and stickers and she went to town. I can't even tell you how excited she was for her plain pink box. I did pull out my cricut to cut some hearts and her name out.

Let me tell how you how funny this girl is. As you can see..her name is written in fancy writing..semi cursive looking. Well she insisted that it didn't spell Kallie right. She told me the L's looked like E's and no one would know that was her Valentine box. I assured her that is very princess like writing and YES, they would know it was her box. She kept insisting "no, that says K-A-E-E-I-E" she would tell me. I asked her if she wanted me to change it for her. She said no ( after much convincing) but asked if I would come to her party and tell her class that those were the letter L so they didn't make fun of her. I really didn't think that a simple font would cause so much drama in the Kindergarten world. After her party I asked if her friends knew it said Kallie....surprise surprise..they all knew it was her box. (although who knows what kind of stink she made at school!)

Here are the girls reading all their special valentines!

Where Did the Time Go?

2011-01-25T13:07:00.000-08:00

My Baby Boy is 4!

Happy Birthday Keegan!

I can't believe it has been 4 years since this little man surprised this family. Where did the time go? I swear he went from a baby... to a talking toddler... to a big boy over night. I guess I only have his older sisters to blame. He is such a bright boy, it's no wonder he wanted to grow up fast so he could play with his sisters.

He got to celebrate his birthday his first day back from winter break at school.

Since his birthday fell on a Tuesday this year, we kept it simple and made double chocolate brownies to celebrate. Mmmm were they good.

His birthday being after Christmas, when you asked him what he wanted for his birthday he couldn't give us an answer. What do you get a boy who just got everything??

4 Wonderful years with a very sweet boy. It is amazing how different boys are from girls. They play different and they LOVE their moms. He is the sweetest thing and we are excited to be giving him a brother. He is going to be the best big brother.

Here is his ultrasound picture. He was our "Surprise" from day one all the way until the end when he came out a boy! And what a great surprise he was!

Wow..he used to be so small.

How did he go from looking like this ^

To looking like this >

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-31T17:22:00.000-08:00

Christmas is such a magical time of year. Yes, it is busy in our home (not just with Christmas but the birthdays the week before and week after!) We really enjoy all the celebration.

Christmas Morning!

The kids were so excited to open presents. It was hard to get pictures of them all. I was the mean mom and made them open one present at a time. I just couldn't miss out of their excited faces.

And EXCITED faces they had. This is what makes Christmas so magical!

Look at the excitement and magic in their eyes!

This year we kept asking the kids what they wanted. The lists when on and on. Esp. for Keegan who wanted everything he saw on TV.

Kallie asked for her "Fur-Real Puppy" and of course at the very last minute told Santa she wanted an American Doll. Well Santa answered her call (kinda) and got her the doll. Her name is even Callie!

The only thing that stayed consistent on Keegans wish list was a Batman and Spiderman Wii game.

Among the Stinky the Garbage Truck and BigFoot.

All Shantel wanted and asked and asked for was a DS. Can you guess by her face, what she was opening?

Lemieux was even a good dog and got a present from the big guy. He couldn't wait to sink his teeth into his new toys!

The girls played their DS's all day and into the night. Do you think they even knew I was there?

Oh yeah, a quick look up for a pictures.

It was the first Christmas I have had totally OFF without worrying I might have to work since I started in the health care field. It was so nice to be able to enjoy my family not in Zombie mode!

And what is Christmas without a quick family photo!

Yes, all 6 of us!

And we can't end it all without a picture of the aftermath!

Here is what the house looked like the morning after Christmas....

This is after 4 bags of trash has been taken out and another 3 are not visible!

8 years already?

2010-12-17T15:57:00.000-08:00

8 years ago I became a mother. Everyone one gives you advice, but no one can tell you the adventure that really takes place in raising a child. It has been one wild ride. 8 years and a lot of laughing and tears (on both our parts)! I can't believe she is so big...well not big in the sense of tall

(my girls still squeezes into size 5)!

For her birthday she gave me a list of things she wanted to do for her party, and it changed every other day. I convinced her to go with a party at home so she could invite MORE friends. 10 friends later we had an awesome girly birthday bash at home.

10 girls and 2 siblings later the house was full of giggles and screams.

This is the crew that ran wild through the house! All innocent can't you tell?

For her party we decorated GIANT cupcakes with colored frosting and sprinkles of every color.

Then we played a fun game of blindfolded chapstick. Each girl took a chapstick and applied it to their neighbor..BLINDFOLDED. What a funny sight to watch. The girls had chapstick from their necks to their foreheads.

Then came time to play musical nail polish. Pass the nail polish around until the music stops..whoever the lucky...or unlucky person was holding that color was out and got to keep that color. The colors green and yellow went flying across the room...can't imagine why those colors weren't wanted :)

Then came the opening of the presents. WOW! what a fun scene..girls fighting over who was to be first as well as last. She got everything from petshops, to art stuff. What a great bunch of friends she has. Then came more running wild through the house until it was time to go home. It was so fun to put faces with names and meet some parents.

Cousin Ella and Shantel

Shantel's other lifelong bud Abbie.

Happy Birthday Shantel

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!

2010-12-03T09:55:00.000-08:00

Waiting for the first big storm of the season. Well a good one hit us and the kids had a great time playing in the snow the next morning. As some of you may have heard, Utah was expecting a ginormous BLIZZARD one Tuesday night. The Whole state seemed to be shut down for this Blizzard we were to expect. Well the snow came and went only leaving what looked like a normal Utah snow storm. The storm this Sunday morning and a week later produced more snow than this alleged Blizzard of 2010!!

The kids playing out in the Winter Wonderland!!

Kallie giving Shantel a dose of her own medicine

Even Lemieux dressed up for the cold weather outside!

Trimming the Tree!
Of course it wouldn't be the holiday season with out trimming the Christmas tree. The weekend after Thanksgiving we decorated for Christmas. It was a fun family activity for us. The kids were so excited to decorate. Fighting over what they were going to set up, throwing things at each other...Ahh what a fun evening it was.

Ahh..lil baby W. hanging his first ornament with help from mom!

Sisters hanging their sisters ornaments!

Keegan so eager to hang Every ornament..up high!

The finished product.

After we decked the halls, Gary had a great idea to make Christmas cookies with the kids.

We pulled out the Christmas cutters and got elbow deep in dough!

The kids really enjoy eating the dough...I mean making cookies! I think the favorite part is decorating them. Not only do you have to lick your fingers free of excess frosting and sprinkles...you are that much closer to trying the masterpiece!

And YES, we had sprinkles and colored sugar everywhere after they were finished. And I think a few cookies had half a bottle of sprinkles on them!

After all the excitement, it was time to settle down for a nice Christmas movie. One of our homes favorite movies is The Polar Express. We got all snuggled in our jammies and a warm blanket and watched.

It was a wonderful evening spent with the family to help ring in this holiday season!!

What Am I????

2010-11-09T12:41:00.000-08:00

I know the feeling! 20 (well 14 weeks) of anticipation...Hey at least I didn't make you wait til the very end this time :)

The time has finally come we know whether we will be adding a brother or sister to the family!

And trust me, it couldn't come fast enough. I have been so sick with this one and feeling lousy that I needed a little hint as to what has been causing me so much stress for the past few months.

Profile of the newest Waldron! But who could be mad at this face?

The hand by Baby W's mouth and nose!

The foot that kicks. Keegans was lucky enough to go to the ultrasound with us and saw the baby kicking. We was so concerned with all the kicking he asked if the baby was hurting me. When I replied NO, he said "Good, I don't want the baby to hurt you"

Is he not the sweetest thing ever!

And just to keep the anticipation going...this is what it looks like after a night shift and 20 weeks. I know you are all surprised I would put a bare belly shot of me looking so hot...but hey why not..we are all friends...right!

Presenting

Baby Boy Waldron!!!

Yes it is a boy! We are so excited to even things up. Keegan was right all along calling it a boy.

Oh and Dr. Ponder for making the brave announcement at 12 weeks

(he must really be a boy if you can see that thing that early).

This makes life easier for us as well, with sharing rooms and having that built in playmate!

Now the tough part...A Name!!

Happy Hauntings!

2010-11-05T06:17:00.000-07:00

Halloween is such a fun yet spooky time of year! The kids had a blast picking out their costumes this year. Each of them knew what they wanted to be early in the season. I was so happy that for one actual holiday I did not have to work the night of or the night before (although Zombie mom would have been fitting).

This year I signed up to help in Shantels class with the Halloween party...But yes, just as luck would have it..I worked the night before. So my day was busy. After a long 12 hour shift I came home to get my little goblins ready.

As you can see Kallie is NOT a goblin, but she does make the best darn Dorothy ever. (oh and her little dog too)! She was so excited to be Dorothy this year that she wore the costume days before Halloween. The Wizard of Oz is one of her favorites.

Shantel insisted on a vampire this year. One day we were out and about and found this costume and she had to have it, along with the fangs, fake blood and black makeup. We had fun trying to make this sweet girl scary!

And last our dragon. Let me clarify..FIRE breathing dragon! This costume was a must, so warm and cozy and adorable. Keegan was very eager to tell people he was a dragon, and don't you dare call him a frog or alligator, or you would hear about it.

Gary and Keegan Breathing FIRE!!

After dressing these adorable monsters up, we rushed to the girls school for their Halloween parade. It is so fun to see all the kids dressed up (and teachers). There were so many great (and creative) costumes.

Here is our little Dorothy leading off the school parade!

Shantel not wanting to scare everyone away!

When the Elementary Parade was done we booked it over to Keegans school for his little costume parade.

So fun to see his little friends all dressed up.

Pumpkins!

What is Halloween without carving pumpkins! The kids did a great job picking out their own pumpkins.

We had a blast trying to figure out the perfect faces to carve.

Yes, I feed my children!

Keegan was hesitant at first to get his hands dirty. It took a LOT of convincing for him to scoop out the middle of the pumpkins.

Kallie was so creative creating the perfect face and was so detailed I had to take a picture of her "Spooktacular" artwork before we explained to her the face had to be BIG so we could cut it out.

Here's Gary! kind of a creepy face if you ask me..perfect for hacking up a pumpkin!

YES, it felt good to let out some frustration!

The Final Products!

Halloween Night! We are ready for the fright! We want tricks and treats...some yummy candy to eat!!

The Rock Cycle

2010-10-15T18:44:00.000-07:00

Shantel is loving 2nd grade. Her school has an award each year called the Prestigious Panther. To receive this you must complete so many academic goals per year. One of Shantel's goals she decided is the Great Brain, which is just a report she presents to the class. Her topics were really lame so I told her to skip it this year and we would work on all the other many projects she could choose from.

Well Shantel was set on doing a great brain again this year. The topics to choose from were:

Continents

The Rock Cycle

Local Plant or Animal

My dear sweet girl chose rocks...yes rocks. I tried to talk her into Antarctica, or an animal, but without me knowing and further discussion, my independent girl turned in ROCKS to her teacher.

I have to admit I was a little angry at first , knowing I would probably end up doing most of the work, but we had a fun time coming up with what we were going to do. I did some research on the rock cycle and found this nifty little ditty. We decided we would print it up, pass it out and sing it as a class. We went to the craft store and found this great paper that made Shantel think of rocks and pasted the tune on it. We also thought it would be fun to glue a rock to it....after all the report is on rocks.

Well, I guess the thing nowadays is to bring a treat for every school even, or you are just not cool. So popROCKS it was. A huge hit with the class!

We went to the library and found some books. I was determined to make Shantel do most of the work for HER project. So I wrote some questions down that maybe she should share with the class and made her hunt through the books for the answers. I put it all together for her (just so it would flow) and Walla we were done.

She was so excited to get up in front of her class. I though for sure she would be more nervous than she was. But, she was a "ROCK" star and presented it like a champ.

I am so proud of her for wanting to do such a project. She is a great little student.

BaCk To sChOoL!

2010-09-23T14:25:00.000-07:00

It is that time of year again. The days are getting shorter, the air a little cooler and the house a little more quiet! It's back to school time! This is the first year that all 3 will be gone to school (at least for some part of the week) We eased into all 3 of the kids going to school this year. Shantel was the first to go. A week later Kallie, and the week after Keegan. it was a nice way to start the year.

Shantel our BIG 2nd Grader!

Shantel was so excited to start 2nd grade this year. Although she didn't get the teacher she was hoping for and got the "mean" Miss Rasmusson, she loved her first day and said her teacher was actually nice. Imagine that, I guess a lesson for her to NOT judge! She was separated from one of her friends since Kindergarten, but kept another and is meeting new people everyday. This will be good for her.

When asked what she wants to learn this year she told me science, because it sounded interesting. Let's see what this year will bring.

Kindergarten here comes Kallie!

Kallie was super excited to start school like her big sister. She talked about it all summer and asked everyday when Kindergarten started. When Shantel went to school without her, she was very sad to learn that she still had ONE MORE week to wait. We went to Kindergarten testing that first week, so Kallie didn't feel too bad and we had lots of 'homework" for her to do and bring back that first week. And believe it or not...she was excited to do homework. Let's hope that lasts!

My girls off to their school together!

Keeg our lil Preschooler!

Keegan was beyond excited to go to school like his sisters. He asked more often than Kallie when he got to go to see Miss Chris. And everyday off that he has he asks if he gets to go to school that day. I am so lucky to have kids that like school and want to go. Let's hope this lasts. I can't believe my baby is all grown up and in school (even if it only 2 mornings a week). He is going to grow so much this year.

I know what you are all thinking...YEAH you get a few hours a week all by yourself...WRONG. Of course Keegan would be in school the mornings after I work. I work all night get the kids off to school then lay down for my few hour nap. It is Gary that gets the real break (yes from all of us) what a lucky guy. I guess next year will be my turn...oh wait just in time to add another bundle of joy to my day. I guess the real ME time will come in another 4 years. But at least I can handle one!

March 21, 2011

2010-09-10T11:54:00.001-07:00

We are excited to Announce that coming March 21, 2011 (if not sooner) Baby W. will join our family!

Yes, it is some what of a shock that we are once again going to welcome a little Waldron into this family. Although we had been discussing it for some time, we didn't think it would happen quite yet. We found out July 24th...what a great holiday celebration, but decided to wait until after our first Doctor appointment to share the big news.

We have decided that after 8 years with a wonderful doctor we would switch to the fantastic Dr. Ponder (who yes, delivers at my work). I wanted this to be a special celebration and share it with my wonderful friends I work with...Not to mention get spoiled in the process! There is comfort knowing I will be in great hands with people who really care.

Here is me with my lil baby bump already (12 weeks), yup couldn't really hide it much longer.

We shared the joyous news to family and close friends for my BIG birthday bash..I won't mention it was my 30th Birthday Bash. (oooops!) Happy Birthday to me! What a better time of celebrating life than to announce a new member to the family.

Creative me, decided instead of just telling them, I would decorate in baby decorations for my party to see just how long it would take for people to notice. Although most looked at the decorations and read the "Welcome Baby" sign..they thought, "hummm, did they run out of birthday decor" or "maybe she is just trying to feel young" and thought nothing of it. Well it wasn't until Grammy (my mom) read it and started crying that it was officially out to the family!
SURPRISE!!!

Everyone was shocked to know that we had kept such a secret for so long. I am officially 12 weeks with a very active and very beautiful baby W.!

profile pictures

The head is right in the middle of both pictures, with the body to the right

(for those of you not savvy on ultrasound pictures)

And NO..that is not the sex of the baby! haha

Summer Time Fun!

2010-08-27T09:59:00.000-07:00

There is nothing better than a good water fight in the middle of summer on a hot day. We had cousin Ella over one afternoon to play outside and have some fun.

These Girls don't mess around. Can you guess who is older...haha NOT the taller one!

Kallie and Keegan thought squirting me was pretty darn funny too!

Besides water guns we had sprinkler toys and a pool...yes I know, it is VERY small, but the kids had fun in it and that is all that counts right?

Keegan didn't like the water to spray to big (it was cold) so every time he took a turn he made me go turn the water down. Shantel loved to jump through/over the water.

The kids had a great time putting the slide in the pool and sliding into the water. Sometimes they even got a little crazy and put the sprinkler to spray on the slide, that way they would go faster.

love the actions shots!and like I said..I know the pool was small...but we had a lot of fun with it!

Camp Waldron

Gary has had this tent for about 20 years and we have finally put it to use! We never got a chance to get away for the summer so we decided to do a "stay-cation" in our very own back yard. We pitched the tent (let me tell you, after sitting around for 20 years unused...not the easiest task) and had a BBQ. The kids thought it was the greatest thing.

You can't tell by their faces, but they were excited to go "camping".

After we set up "camp" we had a little BBQ on the charcoal grill. The fire was still raging after dinner so we decided to make s'mores!

Roasting marshmallows over the fire...just as good as the real deal!

Is started to rain very early in the morning so we had to pack up camp and take it indoors. We pulled out the sofa bed, brought the munchkins in and they were fast asleep..and nice and dry!

Beautiful Utah!

2010-08-12T11:32:00.000-07:00

So after the big MDA Harley Ride to Wendover the past few year, many of you know that Gary has been itching for his own bike. Well we were lucky enough to be able to purchase one this summer! It has been a lot of fun to ride...the few times I have :) And I have discovered a whole new side to Utah!

Alpine Loop

As close as we are to the mountains, I am surprised we do not do more. One Sunday morning we got up early and headed to breakfast up in Heber. (Thanks to Grammy for having a sleepover with the kids) What a great ride up. After breakfast we decided we really didn't have anywhere to be so why not take the long way home over the Alpine Loop. What a beautiful ride that was. It is such an amazing experience on the back of a bike...you feel so close to nature.

A view from the back of the bike heading up the loop!

Gar and I at the top of the loop.
Mount Timpanogas....breathtaking

Oh I might mention...we did the ride with my dad..here we are...I'm one tough motorcycle mama!

We had such an amazing time we are planning to do it again this fall when all the leaves start changing colors.

Silver Lake
So our next trip up the canyon did NOT include the new ride. We wanted to take the kids up for a "hike" around Silver Lake. It is a small lake and a perfect "hike" for little legs. Just when the kids were bored and tired...we were done! The weather was perfect and the scenery breathtaking.

A fun part about the walk is that there are info signs posted along the way to learn about different things. Like the grasslands, or the different types of flowers or how the water we see up there, makes it to our house within 24 hours. Shantel learned lots of interesting facts.

The kids had such a great time outdoors and experiencing different things. We definitely need to get out and do more.

The BIG 5 year old!

2010-07-24T14:29:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my baby girl is 5 already. Where does the time go? Seems like yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital. She has been such a joy and it has been amazing to watch her grow. She is our spunky "free-spirited" child. And is by far the girly one of the two. Kallie loves dresses and pretty bows in her hair along with princesses, dancing and anything pink! She was my biggest baby weighing 8 lbs 1 oz and a surprise with a head of brown hair.

Kallie 1 day old!

Ever since Toy Story 3 has come out Kallie has been playing with Keegans Buzz and Woody dolls nonstop. She plays Toy Story with Keegan and all our other toys. The only thing we have been missing is Jessie. Kallie has been begging for a Jessie doll for her birthday. Shantel, being the sweetest older sister told us, that was the gift she was getting Kallie. Boy Kallie was so excited to open it. She has carried Jessie around everywhere and has NOT put her down. Her other favorite toy she got was Mrs. Potato Head. We have a Mr., but you know "they had to get married."

The 3 musketeers!

As you can see from the pictures, we spent the afternoon at Chuck E. Cheese.

I know, I swore I would never go again, but the kids really wanted to go. So we gave in and took just the family for a "delicious" pizza lunch with fantastic games! I guess it wasn't that bad of a trip this time.

What is a birthday without cake? Of course there was cake...chocolate cake!

And if you can't tell...YES it was very yummy!

Happy Birthday America!

2010-07-14T09:38:00.000-07:00

Candle Tree of Fire!
We celebrated the 4th of July at home this year. (Ok we do every year!) We had a delicious BBQ with Papa Mark, Wendy and my lil'est bro Logan! We didn't get to any festivities, but it was good to just stay home and relax and NOT deal with bazillions of people.

Gar..the grill-miester extraordinaire!

Me and my little dude!

Shantel and Kallie

Papa Mark, Wendy and Logan

Me and my littlest Bro Logan....after a year, you would think he would smile a little more when I hole him....NOT the case. He still looks at me as if he has never seen me before. He must be playing hard to get. This picture was taken right before the....dum dum dummmmmm...

Incident!

(see below)

YES....he peed right on me! What a sweet boy for sharing!

What is a 4th of July celebration without

FIREWORKS !
I know we went all out to make this celebrations real good!

Logan's first firework extravaganza!!! He wasn't sure what to think, but hey he didn't cry!

G-Man our pyro-technician!

The kids love sparklers. Kallie and Shantel spell their names with the sparks and Keeg just loves waving it around!

It was a great time and very low key. The fireworks lasted just long enough to keep the kids entertained and ended when the kids started getting bored.

Happy Birthday and Father's Day!!

2010-07-05T12:52:00.000-07:00

I know it is wrong to combine two celebrations into one. And as you may know having 2 kids with birthdays around Christmas, you know I am all about separating the 2 celebrations. Well, usually Father's Day and Gary's birthday are no different, except for this year. This year we really splurged for a gift and got Gary the gift of his dreams and of his lifetime. His brand Harley! He has been talking for years about buying one (thanks MDA ride) and ever since we rented one and went on the big ride to Wendover he has been dying for one. I had joked around saying "yeah, get one. It will be your birthday and Father's day gift (for the rest of your life!). Well low and behold he really looked into it. Which is OK with me since I love riding just as much.

Here is our Brand new TOY!

Gar taking it for a ride!

As you also may know, Gary is a little obsessive when it comes to the colors black and yellow. So of course he did the research and found the fabulous helmet in his colors! Me on the other had...plain Jane black...but it suits me!

Her we are. I know I don't have a helmet on..but I was just posing for the camera!

I am excited to go for rides this summer...any volunteers to watch the kids while we go!!!

59th Annual MDA Ride for a Cure

2010-06-07T11:53:00.000-07:00

This year was the 59th Annual MDA Ride for a Cure with Harley Davidson. It is such an amazing event to be part of. Proceeds when to benefit the Utah Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Gary's work worked close with Harley Davidson of SL to promote this wonderful event.

This year Gary was able to participate in the Black and Blue Ball, as the Emcee, the night before the big ride. It is a dinner with a silent auction to help raise money for these kids. Gary and I were so moved by the event and we are fortunate enough we were able to donate enough money to send a child to summer camp. I had a friend in school with Muscular Dystrophy, which makes this cause even more near and dear to my heart.

Here is the Arrow team kicking off the ride to Wendover Let the ride begin!!

This is only a small portion of the amount of bikers that participated in the ride. Traffic was blocked off for blocks to let these riders take off. It is so incredible to see the Highway Patrol take off and the bikers follow...I can't even explain how neat it is and the pictures don't do it justice.

Gary has been doing this ride for the past few years, I have been fortunate enough to have gone out the past 3. For years Gary has been jonesing to get a bike and ride out. So this year he was able to take the motorcycle class with his buddy Tom from work to get their licences. They had a blast learning to ride and met some great people along the way.

We rented a bike from the Harley shop to ride out on. Gary and I have ridden around town on a bike, but never such a long distance....should be interesting.

Here is the bike we rented for the Ride...pretty sweet huh?

Gary's buddy Tom on his bike!

Once we got out to Wendover, there was another auction that Team Arrow helped with.

Here is Sue with the MDA spokes girl Carli. She is such an amazing girl, full of life and spunk who is not letting anything get in her way of doing what she wants!

Gary doing announcements and auctioning stuff off!

The Coach, Jon, Sue and G-Man

Tom, Lynda and Gary...these three met in class.

After the Auction it was time to have some fun!

Tom and his wife Penny

Can't forget the highlight of the Night. RATT! Yes 80's hairband Ratt. They were "Back for More" to go "Round and Round" and put on a great show.

And a special thanks to Harley Davidson for putting on such a great event...Teaching Gar how to ride...and renting us a bike!! Maybe we will be back for a bigger purchase than a T-shirt!!!

2010-05-12T10:43:00.001-07:00

HAPPY MOMMY'S DAY!!

Shantel decided she wanted to make me breakfast for mothers day. Gary and Shantel got up and made my favorite breakfast (french toast and bacon) and had it ready before I even rolled out of bed. All the kids came in to wake me up and surprise me with hugs and kisses and breakfast made.

Nothing like a picture first thing in the morning!

Kallie made me a cute little envelope and a comments about me!

Shantel made me a coupon book. The 3 coupons...Look close NO POUTING!!!
and the other 2 - vacuuming and making breakfast. I have a feeling I will be using the no pouting one first ;)

Shantel also made me a place mat. It states what she likes to do with me. It says "What I like to do with my mom is snuggle." and the picture is of the 2 of use snuggling on the couch together.

Last but not least Keegan and Gar got me a pair of Rollerblades. We have been talking about getting me some for a while (and since I have NEVER Rollerblades in my life) now was a good time to get them.

I will have to practice in the garage by myself so I don't look like a total goof in public!

It was a wonderful day spent with the family. I am so lucky to have 3 beautiful and wonderful children. They are all so different and complete me in their own special way.

A trip to the dentist that will be forgotten!

2010-04-26T11:05:00.000-07:00

A few month back at our routine trip to the dentist we discovered that Kallie had cavities in the back molars of each bottom tooth (despite all our brushing). We went in for a filling and she wanted NO part of the gas they had put on her. She did well up until the part she started feeling silly, then wouldn't let then go any further. Sigh...back to the dentist we had to go, but the next time would be a sedated visit.
The things you have to go through for a little Versed....2 signed waivers...a complete health history and physical from her pediatrician, and payment upfront (really?) and a 2 hour appt....You would think she was having major surgery. All precautions of course..but the nurse side came out as they were talking to me about the possibility of really really bad side effects..I was looking around the room for a crash cart and resuscitation gear. I left the office in tears thinking that my day was wasted and I had to come back and drug up my little girl.
Well we took her back and she did great with one tooth, but started getting a little fidgety near the end so they told us that we had to come back and do it all again. We let a few months pass...to easy any fear she may have had. All the while telling her we would have to go back soon.

Well today was the big day to do it all over again. Surprisingly she was rather excited to do it again. She got up and dressed in her favorite sweater dress and princess shoes..got her favorite barbies and off we went. No fighting her today to drink the "special" princess drink (motrin and versed) after about 20 minutes the effects were taking effect and my little princess turned into a drunken mess. I have to tell you, she is hilarious all drugged up and if she tries to pull anything as a teenager...HA I know what she is like already!

Here is Kallie playing with toys waiting for the special princess juice to kick in!

So far so good. She has her sunglasses on..kicked back and watching Alvin and the Chipettes.

Here she is with the silly "clown" nose on.

This visit she was exceptionally good. Well, come to find out she was sound asleep through most of the procedure. I was warned that she might be a little combative when she woke up and to do it gently and slowly....well that didn't work. My little girl was so drugged up that she wouldn't wake up. We were rubbing her and moving her and calling her name and there she slept..my sleeping beauty. The dentist turned full oxygen on her and we waited. He tried to sit her up a little and her eyes slowly opened as she tried to pull the mask off. We sat her up and her head fell forward and she was in a dead sleep again. We had to sit in the waiting area for 45 minutes until she could wake up and stay awake long enough that they knew she would be ok. During that 45 minute period she would wake up long enough to hug me then be out cold and snoring...sitting up, might I add. She woke up and barfed (twice) and fell right back to sleep. Finally they took us to the back to check her oxygen to make sure was still doing ok. Her oxygen was 96%, but she would not wake up. I started getting a little nervous thinking off all things that could go wrong..at what point they would rush her to the hospital, but the doc came out and assured me that this was normal and would wear off soon. FINALLY...I got her to wake up and sit up long enough by herself to convince them we would be fine and I would make it home ok. We got in the car and she was asleep again before we got home...my poor baby.

Here she is after getting home and into mom and dads bed. Cartoons on and a comfy pillow. I am happy to say that she has not fallen asleep since we have been home (1.5 hours). And we DON"T have to go back until July for her routine exam.

Egg-cellent Easter!

2010-04-12T12:24:00.000-07:00

What is Easter really without a few fun crafts? I was browsing the sale tub at the local craft store and found these foam packs to make and egg wreath. I thought it might be a fun opportunity for the kids to all work together and make something for Easter. This way they all got to make a few eggs to show off their personalities and we got something we could use as a decoration. Well it was a big hit and the kids had a lot of fun decorating these eggs.

Here is the end product a cure egg wreath that we hung on our front door on Easter to welcome our guests.

Saturday(yes, the day before Easter) Grammy came over to help color our eggs. The kids were so excited to FINALLY be coloring eggs.

The kids really got a hang of it this year. We only ended up with 2 broken eggs by the time we were done! Not bad!

And YES, that is my handsome rugged man of a husband with a bright PINK egg!

As he would say, in touch with his feminine side (you know after having 2 daughters)

Easter morning was lot of fun this year. The kids are at the best ages for holidays and really get into the fun of it. The bunny hides eggs and other goodies all over the ground level of our home, making the searching really fun and last a little longer!

After searching the living room and finding everything, or most experienced child (Shantel) informed the other 2 that the Easter Bunny also hides things in the family room....so off they ran to find their baskets and other goods.

The Easter Bunny not only stocked their baskets full of treats, but also fun activities!

What is Easter without a family photo? Well Easter at the Waldron's! It seems lately we can't get the whole family in one picture without a fight and have everyone smiling so we took it in a few different pictures!

Our little princesses insisted on wearing fancy dresses for Easter and Keegan insisted on wearing his shark shirt...very Eastery if you ask me! But hey we look good!!

Spring Soccer

2010-03-31T09:18:00.001-07:00

Spring soccer has started! Last fall Shantel had so much fun playing on an all girls team she wanted to play again and Kallie decided that she wanted to give it a try this time too. Shantel is on her cousin Ella's team again, which is a lot of fun for her. Kallie is on the preschool team with a bunch of new little girls and is excited to make new friends. Last Saturday was their first big game, and luckily the weather was decent.

The nerd mom of me came out and I picked the same numbers for the girls. I know, they need to be their own person, but I might as well do it while I can until they care enough to pick their own number instead of leaving it up to me!!! But you can't tell me they don't look cute!

Shantel has really learned to hustle and get after that ball. She is not afraid to go after it. It is fun for her to be on a team with her cousin, but the team she played against had 3 little girls from her school class. We was a little bummed that she doesn't get to play with their team. I guess next season we will have to get her with her school friends. She almost scored a goal this time and was really excited for that. Better luck next time!
Kallie had a blast! Her new team is really cute. Little kid sports are real fun to watch. They all chase the ball and try to kick it. They run into eachother and fall down and even cry a little. Her coach is amazing with kids and is very good with them. She has already made a little friend named Katie.
I am proud to announce that Kallie did score a goal! It was for the other team in her own goal, but she dribbled that ball ALL the way from one end to the other and scored. She was a little bummed to find out it was the wrong side, but we were proud of her anyway. We just explained that she just needs to do it again...just the other way! She had so much fun and asks every day when her next game is.

Games are played Saturdays at Flat Iron Park in Sandy

1700 East 8600 South (top of the hill)

Here are the girls schedule

Shantel Kallie

4/10 9:00 10:00

4/17 12:45 9:00

4/24 10:15 10:00

5/1 11:30 10:00

5/8 9:00&1245 10:00&11:00 (double headers)

5/15 10:15 No game

5/55 No game 10:00

Bring a chair, some snacks and maybe a blanket and come watch!

These are a few of our favorite things!

2010-03-24T09:52:00.000-07:00

Not a lot has been going on while the weather is transitioning and we are up to the same old stuff. I thought I would do a post on some of our favorite thing we enjoy on a day to day basis!

Anyone who knows us, knows that hockey is big in the family. Gary plays on a couple different teams along with my dad and little brother...like I said it is in the family! We have the cutest little dude equipment for Keeg...he just needs to grow into it a little better. Now on to teaching him how to skate.

Another favorite of ours...well more mine and Shantel, is the Junie B. Jones books. We started reading them together over the summer and now she is off reading them to me. These are laugh out loud books, that I think I enjoy more than she does. They are great because Shantel really can relate to the characters.

The band Train!

I have been a fan for years and recently made Gary come to a concert of theirs not too long ago. I think I may have converted him (just a little) Well their new CD is wonderful and the kids LOVE their new hit Hay Soul Sister. Keegan and Kallie will sing word for word..over and over and over again. Sometime Keegan will just start singing the song out of nowhere!

The girls have been doing gymnastics at the little gym for over a year now. Ever since the summer Olympics Shantel has wanted to do gymnastics. We got her into it and she has excelled. In just a year she has made her way to the advanced class. Don't get me wrong she is not doing flips and crazy stuff like that, but this class is working on those skills on a more personal level with a smaller class size. Kallie on the other hand is in the dance and gymnastic combo class. She loves the tap/ballet portion of the class. She is such a little natural dancer.

So lately Kallie and Keegan have been watching Coraline. NONSTOP. The pretend to go through the little door and always ask me to pretend I am the "other" mother. They also get into the craft kits and find buttons for their button eyes. I have to admit, it is an odd little movie, but it does get the kids imaginations going.

The Biggest Loser is a family favorite. I mean what 7 year old asks to watch it? Shantel looks forward to our Biggest Loser TV time. Every week I am good for a cry with the show. It is so inspiring to watch. Although the last few seasons, I find myself not liking the cast as much and there is always that one person I hate. We have bought the cook book and have made a few healthy meals, which haven't been that bad! Now if only we could make it a daily habit!

Wonderful Waldron's!

2010-03-05T10:38:00.000-08:00

I am proud to announce that this month both Gary and I were recognized in our jobs. I thought I would take the opportunity to share with you.

Employee Highlights of DMC Values
Gary Michaels—KRSP-FM Announcer
I would like to nominate Gary Michaels. I believe he is a great example of the value “Improve Lives.” Gary works closely with The Utah Food Bank in delivering food packages to elders, does their snow removal and deals with their leaves seasonally. He not only used all of his MAD hours in this pursuit last year, but is doubling the amount of people he serves this year.” - Sue Kelley

That was a little blurb in their company newsletter that I copied for you all to read! Way to go G-Man!!!

I was nominated as Employee of the Quarter for my work. It is great that my peers think so highly of me and voted me in. I did, however, tie for this award with ironically, the gal I voted for! I work with a great group of people. Now I am up for Employee of the year! Wish me luck!!!

Making Movies

2010-02-24T08:33:00.000-08:00

The kids love to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house. I believe it is for all the treats they get, but they LOVE to play on grandpa's computer. He has found a lot of fun websites for them and he also has fun new features on his new computer. This was emailed to us from Grandpa after one of their last visits. I just had to share because it is the funniest thing I have seen.

WARNING: grab tissues (and a bathroom break before hand) and be ready to laugh!

I just love these kids!

Waldron Family Fun!

2010-02-17T10:34:00.001-08:00

Gary and I got bowling balls for Christmas a few years back. We haven't bowled a lot, but we have just gotten back into the sport with the kids. They have such a great time, and they aren't too bad!

Kallie won the first game (of the kids) and Keeg won the second. I can't believe he got more strikes and spares than me! Since our few times out, the kids has asked when we are going bowling again..they just love it. They have also been playing it on the Wii and they are really good on that. They each beat me every time!

We also too them ice skating. We keep saying we need to go, so we finally did. We took them to the Olympic Oval (where the athletes train!) for open skate. They did amazing. We got a bunch of little kids hockey gear for Keeg, so we wanted him to get used to skating.

Here he is with his own little hockey skates. It took a few minutes, but once he got used to the feel of the ice, he was cruising around.

Shantel is a natural and was skating circles around us! Kallie was a little natural too! Once she learned to keep her feet under her and her legs moving she was pulling me behind her! She was so confident in herself that she was going real fast trying to get away from me!

Missing Tooth!

2010-02-02T13:14:00.000-08:00

YES! It finally happened, Shantel lost her first tooth. After months of her friends losing all their teeth and the question.."is my tooth wiggly?" I could finally answer yes! She was so excited to have her first wiggly tooth, that she was always playing with it. Twisting it this way and that, pushing it forward and back. Me, being the grossed out mom I am had a hard time pulling it our for her and she wouldn't do it herself. Her 'big tooth" was coming up the back side and had already broken through the gums.

So one night while I was at work I get this picture on my phone. I was shocked that it had come out, and yes a little sad that I wasn't there to see the first tooth lost and get it all ready for the tooth fairy. When I found out that Gary had pulled it out, I was even more upset. But I look at it this way, I got to see every other first that the kids have done.

Shantel thinks she is the coolest thing ever. And acts like she is the first person to have lost a tooth. She is constantly sticking her tongue through the hole. She has discovered that she doesn't have to open her mouth to get food in. She is amazingly funny with that gap and insists all her other teeth are loose now too!

Happy Birthday Little Man

2010-01-19T16:30:00.001-08:00

Happy Birthday to our little man Keeganator!

Here are a few pictures from the last 3 years.

Ultra sound of the little dude.

Here we are 3 days before he decided to grace us with his presence!

Keegan Michael Waldron was born January 4, 2007
at 2:27 pm (1 hr after admitted to L&D)
weighing 7 lbs 15 oz and 20.5 inched long

Keegans First Birthday!

2nd Birthday!

I cannot believe how fast the years have gone by. He was such a surprise and joy for us. He has grown so much and is as smart as a whip.

I am not sure were he learned this cheesy grin, but whenever a camera is out, this is the face we get!

He is really into Toy Story right now and loves Buzz. So we got him some sheets to switch out with the spiderman.

We made brownies the night before his birthday and sang Happy Birthday to him the night before (due to the fact I worked his real birthday night)

Our 3 Musketeers!

And as you can see in the past 3 years he has not changed his cake eating habits!

Here are a few tid bits of Keeg:

Favorite color: Green

Favorite movie: Toy Story and Aladin

Loves Spiderman and carries his spiderman back pack everywhere.

Best Friend: his sister Kallie

Favorite food: chocolate!

Merry Christmas

2010-01-04T12:56:00.001-08:00

Waldron Christmas Family Photo!

Keegan and his new F-150. Keegan sat in his new truck all morning opening his presents. He was so excited to have a truck like daddy.

Shantel and her loot.

Kallie sitting next to all her goods.

Shantel opening her beloved Bendaroos! Boy was she excited about these little wax covered yarn sticks.

Santa was good to me too. I got a cricut machine that I have been wanting since they came out years ago.

Keegan was excited about all his new toys. Every gift he said "yes a boy toy". Is that a sign he is playing with princesses too much?

Kallie got more than enough Snow White dolls and other princess dolls. She plays with them non stop...way to go Santa!

Gar got an Ipod finally and can't wait to download lots of his hairbands! Also is his Steelers mug..I think he drank out of it everyday for the week.

Keegan has been really into Toy Story and especially Buzz Lightyear. Well, he got a Buzz and Woody doll. He is in heaven...now if we can only find the 1st movie that he has managed to misplace.

Lemieux even scored big and played with his green Santa wiener dog all morning. He even snuggled up with it for a nap.

Sittin On Santa's Lap

2010-01-04T12:38:00.001-08:00

We didn't get a chance to get to the Mall to see Santa this year. Luckily he was invited to The Little Gym (TLG) for their annual Christmas Party for members. So this kids lucked out and got to tell Santa what they really wanted for Christmas this year.

Shantel kept telling everyone that she was going to ask Santa for Bendaroos. Who really knows what they are or why, but that is the thing she wants.

Kallie was excited for Santa until we got close to him. So Miss Stephanie (her dance teacher) sat with her and told him that she wants Snow White dolls.

Keegan jumped right up in his lap and asked for a big truck and a candy cane. Yes, a candy cane. Any time you asked him what Santa was going to bring he said a candy cane...no toys, just a yummy little candy cane.

Because Shantel is in the advanced gymnastics group at "TLG" they were to perform a little show for all the members and their families. Shantel only had 2 days to learn the skit, because she played hookie on her birthday;) Shantel was a little nervous with all the people and not knowing all the parts, but once she got into it, she did great. You could hardly tell she didn't know all the parts and she just DID it! We are so proud of her.
Action shot of her forward roll.

See Shantel on the big round mat? That is how they teach them to do back hand springs. She will be doing them soon enough.

Kallie's Annual Preschool Christmas Program

Kalli's preschool class has been working hard on their Christmas program. It is a lot of fun to see all the kids sing song they have been working so hard on. It is especially fun to see the kids that Kallie has been talking about. The little girl (in the black) standing next to Kallie is Bella one of Kallies best frinds at school. They are holding reindeer puppets singing Rudolf!

And Then She Turned 7!

2009-12-20T11:13:00.000-08:00

Shantel Marie

was born

December 17,2002 at 11:34 am

7 lbs 13 Ounces

20 inches

I can't believe that just 7 years ago this beautiful girl was born. What an adventure it has been. Walking into the hospital for a 7am induction and delivering her just a short 3 1/2 hours later. I remember the nurse saying we were having a redhead before she was even born and by George she was right. She still has that head of crazy thick red hair!

When she was born Gary came home with the idea of starting a Birthday tree for her to giver her birthday a little something special due to the fact that Christmas is just right around the corner. We decorate it in non-Christmas items (usually the theme of her party) and set it up her birthday week.

Her new bike!

She insisted on a Chuck E Cheese Birthday party this year. I gave in of course...because less work for me right??? I let her invite 5 little friends from school and they had a blast playing all the games..watching the "band" and eating pizza..what could be better?

Here is Keegan trying to play Skee-ball. He couldn't get the ball to the end so he decided to just walk up to it and throw them in the holes.

Shantel and the Big Chuck E Cheese himself after singing Happy Birthday!

The "Band"

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-12-14T09:56:00.000-08:00

I Know it is late, but out computer was down and out for about a week.

For Thanksgiving this year we got to celebrate with Gary's family along with some of his cousins he hasn't seen in like 20 years. It was fun to see the people Gary grew up with and meet new family (10 years later).

Gary battling the guest of honor!

The Cute Waldron Kids

Big and Little Gary's

Grandma and Kallie having chocolate pie!Who doesn't put olives on their fingers?

Of course we had to partake in the Black Friday Sopping deals. However, I did NOT do the crazy midnight madness or early shopping this year..I felt like sleeping and going later that day. After I got home and we had some delicious turkey soup that Gar made we all got our jammies on and decorated the Christmas Tree! The kids had a blast putting out all the decorations. Keegan kept wanting to put the ornaments up high so Kallie couldn't reach...ummm how about so HE can't reach!

Of course the family photo by the tree! The Final Product!

After the tree was trimmed and the halls were decked we settled down on the couch and snuggled together while we watched Polar Express...little did I know I would be watching 10 times a day for the next month.

Girls Night Out!

2009-11-24T09:18:00.000-08:00

I thought it would be fun to share some fun photos of a girls night out I recently had. Just to show that yes, I do get out and have a little fun once in a while. I have the greatest group of gals that I work with.

In all the hype of New Moon coming out in theaters some girls and I bought tickets for the midnight showing 3 months ago. The tickets were $40...but it included a gift bag! And yes it was worth it...in case you are wondering!

Carmen, Heidi, Me and Steph

Our delicious new Edward mugs!

(free in the gift bag)

Yes, after a while I even joined in the vampire madness.

We want a bite!

The movie in itself was great. A LOT better than the first. I have to admit the book was my least favorite (as I am NOT into warewolves), but after the movie...I think I may be a changed woman! I was a total Edward fan to begin with, but I think Jacob (or his abs) won me over!

Fabulous Fall Fun!

2009-11-16T11:00:00.001-08:00

Fall is such a beautiful time of year. All the colors that surround us are amazing. We have been lucky to have such great weather. Although the day after taking these pictures it snowed...imagine that, we got these great pics, just in time! Here is Keegan throwing leaves on Kallie

Keeganater!

Kallie not enjoying it as much!

Making a pile!

This has got to be one of my favorites!

You can see the pure joy in Kallies face, and how much fun she was having!

Another of my favorites!

We were raking leaves and Keegan jumped right in. The pile was bigger than him.
He thought he was so cool hiding out.

A BOO-tiful Halloween!

2009-11-02T10:41:00.000-08:00

The Waldron Halloween Family Photo! No we didn't add another member to our family, but the little neighbor girl insisted in joining in our pictures. As you can see Gary and I didn't really get into the spirit of Halloween and dress up this year...Kinda boring, but that's us!

BOO-tiful Snow White, a little Kitty Kat and the Itsy Bitsy Spider

Snow White in her best pose for a picture.

The Itsy Bitsy SpiderKitty Kat Kallie

Pumpkin Carving

Again posing for the camera..I swear I don't know where she gets it ;)

The girls were each in charge of their own pumpkin this year. They picked out their own, cleaned their own and made their own face...Shantel even carved her own. It is amazing to see my little ones, not to little anymore, and doing things on their own. Shantel had a great time cleaning the pumpkin out and came up with every pose that included her eating or touching the pumpkin guts. Kallie and Keegan weren't that into it.

School Parades

The Annual Halloween Preschool Parade. Kallie was so excited for her parade this year at school. Refreshing that she was not one of the many princesses, or pretty fairies! They walk up the street playing instruments and showing off their wonderful costumes!

This year we also went to Shantel's school parade. There were so many great costumes that kids (and parents) came up with. We saw the traditional princesses, witches, babies, Star Wars Figures, zombies, faceless men, as well as some really creative ones like a boy in a hot air balloon, a Wii remote, and an Ipod. Bit our little princess was of course the best!

The Fair

2009-10-28T10:30:00.000-07:00

I know this post is a little late, but I just found the pictures of the Utah State Fair. We love going to the fair. There is something about looking at all the animals, browsing through the vendors, riding the rides, and of course the delicious food!

This year we went to the little hands farm. Somehow we missed it last year. The kids thought it was a blast. Everything was their size and they were able to see how a real farm works, from planting the crops, feeding the cows, getting their milk and selling it. They felt like they were really doing it.

Kallie driving the tractor Keegan gathering eggs.
Shantel milking the cow

THE BIG YELLOW SLIDE!!

Who goes to the fair without taking a ride down the big yellow slide?

Here is me and Kallie going down the slide.

Daddy and Keegan...is Keegan having fun?

Shantel and Gary loving every second!

Lagoon - It's where fun is!

2009-10-19T10:07:00.000-07:00

We got free passes to Lagoon this year and just now got a chance to use them. Can I tell you this was the best time to go. The weather was perfect and the lines were short. They are doing there Frighmares for Halloween, and because most of that stuff starts in the afternoon and goes til dark, we got there when it opened and beat the crowd. I went with Shantel a few years ago with her dance group and we haven't been back, so this was Kallies first trip! She didn't know what to expect and was a little scared to go on the rides at first. So Shantel got on a ride and Kallie watched watched at her sister having fun, so we decided to do a little bit of a slower ride to start Kallie off. The cars below were just perfect to let her get a taste of what fun she could be having.

If you are able to click on these 2 pictures (above and below) to enlarge them..do it! You can see the pure JOY in the girls faces. Just the look on their faces makes the trip worth it!

I know there is alot of pictures, but I wanted to share how much fun we had.

All Stitched Up!

2009-10-05T11:56:00.000-07:00

Here is an updated picture of Keegan. We have had the stitches out about a week and it looks great. I tried to get a better picture, but the goofball insisted on sticking out his tongue...esp. since he new I was trying to get his lip. He is such a trooper and hasn't let this slow him down. He is good at helping us apply vitamin E to the site (as he is Mr. Independent). You can barely see the scar of the actual stitches, what you can see is the abrasion above it where a layer of skin peeled off.

Back to School

2009-09-25T08:46:00.000-07:00

Shantel is the Big 1st grader this year. She is sooo excited to eat lunch at school and have 2 recesses! Her teacher is Mrs. Buchanan and she is lucky enough to have two of her little friends in her class too. I am excited for the school year to see how much Shantel will grow.

Walking Shantel up to the 1 st grade doors!

Shantel in line waiting to go in.

Kallie started her second year of preschool with Miss Chris. She wass excited to see Miss Chris and her friends again (only, they are not going this year ;( ) We are not carpooling this year, which takes a little pressure off me. Kallie has grown over the summer and can spell her name and write it... well, as well as a 4 year old can. I can't wait to see what she learns this year.

Kallie waiting for school, with curlers in her hair!

Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to school she goes!

Here is a picture of Keegan after Kallie got out of the car and headed into school. He was upset because he wanted to go to school with Kallie. What will he do for 2 hours alone with just me and Gar? I am excited to spend some one on one time with my little guy.

Keegan in Stitches..and I Don't mean Laughing!

2009-09-14T08:23:00.000-07:00

We spent our Sunday night at the ER with Keegan. What happened? He was running away from the neighbors front door and Shantel was riding her bike down the sidewalk and BAM! They ran right into each other. He fell to the ground, Shantel fell to the ground and the bike flipped and landed on Keegan.

Gary ran over and threw the bike off Keeg and ran him home yelling we needed to go to the hospital for stitches. I saw the blood, ran into the house and grabbed a rag with ice and held it to Keegans mouth. We left the girls with our neighbor and sped to the ER.

Here is a picture of the battle wound before stitches!

The MD in the ER decided it would be best due to the location and nature of the injury that we should have a plastic surgeon stitch out little guy up, and there may be a possibility of having to do touch up work later in life. Because it is right in the middle of the face we opted for the plastic surgeon, so they called the on-call MD to come evaluate.

1 hour after being admitted to the ER, he shows up to fix our little man! We had the ER tech hold his head, I held his arms and Gary held his legs. Both my guys were so brave and did well.

Here is our little guy after the MD stitched him up. He was crying so hard he put himself to sleep. The wound itself was an amazing 3.4 cm on the outside and about 2cm on the inside. Because it split in a T shape, the surgeon had to trim off the lower part of the wound to make it a clean cut to heal better. The final count of stitches....unknown. They had to stitch in layers. From the outside what I could count is approx. 20.

8 on the outer lip

7 inside and about 5 in his gums.

Keegan and Daddy waiting for the plastic surgeon to come! He got a new friend from the hospital.."Green Bear". How lucky that Green is his favorite color. He held on to him all night.

Keegan wasn't sure what really happened to him and why everyone kept looking at him. Finally he got curious and started feeling around. So I gave him a mirror to see it all. He looked and stared open mouthed at the amazing stitches. Touching them softly at first them after about an hour he was ready to have them taken out and started pulling at them...it is going to be a long week, trying to keep him from pulling those. All night he kept looking in the mirror at them. He is so swollen and last night we was so numb that he could quite swallow and would, as he calls it, slobber down his chin.

Here is our little trooper this morning. Still swollen and looks like he has been through the ringer, but all in all doing well.

We go back to the plastic surgeon later this week to take the stitches out and make sure everything is healing and no followup is needed!

All Girls Soccer

2009-09-04T10:44:00.001-07:00

We decided to try soccer again this year with Shantel. Cousin Ella asked if we wanted to join the team. After our last experience with it and Shantel NOT being impressed, I thought I would ask her if she wanted to play again leaving out the fact that Ella was going to play. (I didn't want to sway her decision). She shrugged her shoulders and told me "sure, I'll give it a try again". What a mature response, I can't believe how old she is getting.

Shantel ready to play. She is on the yellow team as you can see and Gary couldn't be happier that her colors are black and yellow!

A few action shots from her first game. After the game she told me she loves it, esp. being an all girls league! Shantel is a natural athlete. She dribbled (is that the right term in soccer?) the ball all the way up the field and then another girl scored a point for the team. Shantel thought that was the coolest ever!

Kallie also informed me that she wants to play soccer, but all the pre-K teams were full...next year.

If you want to check out a game, they play Saturday mornings

Flat Iron Park located 1700 East 8600 south.

Sep 12 10:15

Sep 19 9:00

Sep 26 10:15

Oct 3 9:00
Oct 10 10:00

Oct 17 9:00

Bring a blanket or some chairs and snacks and enjoy a great soccer game!

A Day at the Lake!

2009-08-17T11:13:00.001-07:00

We had the opportunity to go boating with our friends Rick and Leah a few weeks ago. We headed up to the lake in the morning and had to leave that afternoon. It had to be a short day trip because duty called at work and I needed to be there at 7. (the joys of nursing!) This was the first time we have been up all year and we had a blast.

Here are pictures of the kids playing in the water. Last year they had nothing to do with life jackets and this year they didn't put up a fight. They actually got used to the idea that they could float in the water with them. Not afraid to go in this year, they were fish and refused to get out of the water.

We went tubing..or rather the kids did..and yes if you look close I put Gary in the Kid category! At first the girls were a little cautious with the idea of being pulled by a boat in the middle if the lake. After a few minutes and a few bumps they were loving it. Of course Kallie was a little less nervous than Shantel..she is the fearless leader! Gary finally got on so Keegan could have a turn and he loved it.

Had to throw some pictures of us in there...don't mind the blinding whiteness of our bodies...like I said it was our first trip out! See, we really do get out and do stuff!

Keeg asleep in daddy's arms on the boat.

Here is Gary water skiing. It has been over 5 years since he has been. It took him a few tries to get up..which the kids thought was the funnies thing to see him fall over! Once he relaxed he got right up and was showing off his skills.

We had a great time and give a BIG thanks to Rick and Leah for taking us out. Of course Gar wants to buy a boat now..but we'll see what happens ;) I am just sorry we had to leave so early. Hopefully we can get out again before the season is over...which is coming fast.

Summer at Snowbird

2009-07-31T09:48:00.000-07:00

Gary had a week off from work and in attempts to do something fun we went to Snowbird and used the All Day passes we got a few weeks ago and the Grill on the Hill. It was such a beautiful day and best of all, not to busy!

Here is Shantel on top of the hill for the Alpine Slide.

What a cute polite little girl I have! Right before we head down the slide.

Gary and Shantel heading down the slide!

Me and Kallie going down the slide. She is such a daredevil, she wanted to go faster and faster down the hill.

The Tram! A ride on the Tram was included in the All Day Passes. It was the last adventure of the day. There is something about all the beauty and peacefulness you feel at the top of the mountain. Makes you appreciate that you have all this in your backyard and that there is so much more out there than what you can see.

Yes, we wanted to throw him over the side, but the side said do not throw things down the mountain. At this point Keeg was so tired we was grouchy and mean.

Our family at the top of the world!

We began the day by playing on the bounce houses. I think they spent well over an hour bouncing down the slide! A good babysitter if you ask me! Shantel went on the tramps and had a blast. The bottom picture is her trying to do a flip...but couldn't get her feet to swing all the way over. As you can see she was a little unsure at first.

We had such a wonderful day as a family in the mountains away from life and reality. It will be sad when we have to go back to work and real life.

And this is what happens when you have way too much fun.....asleep at the dinner table sitting up!

BIG Birthday Bash!

2009-07-21T10:27:00.001-07:00

Yes another Birthday blog post, but the week was filled with such fun, that I thought we would share. Friday was Kallie's BIG Birthday Bash at The Little Gym. She won a free birthday party for signing up for fall semester! Yeah big fun and less work for me! This also gave us a chance to celebrate with friends.

Here is our birthday monkey

Bella, her friend from Preschool!

Riley another a friends we met at preschool!

Chase, one more friend from preschool and carpooling with Riley!

Keegan and Gary after Keeg stubbed his toe. He hurt it so bad he wouldn't walk on it for 2 days. There was no bruising or swelling, so must not have been broken. But poor kid couldn't walk ;(

Wyatt and Ezra even travelled to the party! Ezra didn't slow down even with his poor arm in a cast. What a trooper!

Will, my friend Dana's son. Took him a while to get used to all the wild kids, but he had a blast. He is such a strong little guy too.

Cousin Ella just hanging around!

Shantel showing off her skills.

Keegan on the beam before the toe injury!

And you can't have a party without cake!

Happy 4th Birthday

2009-07-16T15:06:00.000-07:00

4 Years ago, Little Kallie was born with a head of dark hair and a face of beauty! The last 4 years have been a joy with her. She is spunky, witty and loves her thumb! Here is a quick look back in time...

39+ weeks, still feeling good!

Fresh out of the oven!

As The Years Flew By. . .

Wow! ONE!

Look, I grew...I am 2!

Look at me, I am 3!

Oh Score! I am 4!

A few of my gifts.

Mommy and daddy got me a big girl bike too, I was so surprised when I saw it, I didn't even know what to do. I just hopped on and wanted to go for a ride.

Mmmmm Chocolate cupcakes!

I had such a wonderful day! Mommy and daddy took me all by myself to Build A Bear and I got the cutest pink unicorn and a pretty sleeping beauty dress for her to wear. All day I told every one that is was my Birthday! After i got my unicorn, we went for ice cream and then went home to open more gifts and eat dinner...of course after we had my birthday cupcakes! What a great day.

Happy Birthday Baby Logan

2009-07-09T17:07:00.000-07:00

I am proud to announce that I am a big sister yet again. And YES it is another boy. I guess I am not destined to have a sister. Although it may be a little late to do each others hair and nails~! Maybe that is why I was blessed with two girls of my own.

Logan was born on 7-8-9 9 (cool date I know)! He was a whopping 7 lbs and 11 oz and 19 3/4 inches tall. We went to visit papa Mark and Wendy at the hospital and snapped a few pics of the girls holding their new uncle! (yes I know that is a little weird!)

The girls thought it was so cool that they got to hold the baby and keegan just wanted to pet him. Shantel never got tired of the little one and would have held him all night if she could.

The only downside is that now they are asking when we are going to have another little addition to our family so they can have a baby...little do they know, they grow up...fast.

Jump, Flip, Roll!

2009-06-24T09:53:00.000-07:00

Here is some video of Shantel on the uneven bars and doing her floor routine. She was a little nervous in front of all the people, so she paused a lot, but she did very well.

Kallie Sue playing on the mat with her friends! They do a lot of work that requires team work. They love to play with the props that the instructors incorporate. I have video of her doing her other stunts, but for some reason it is too big for the blogger to handle. So sorry ;)

Princess Festival

2009-06-17T09:36:00.000-07:00

Last week we I had the opportunity hang out with my favorite Princesses for a couple of hours. Everyone from Rapunzel to Sleeping Beauty. My friend Liz told me about a company, In Our Own Quiet Way, that runs the wonderful even where all the money raised goes to help the people in Kenya.

Princesses Kallie, Shantel and Abbie!

Riding to the Royal Ball in Cinderella's carriage!

It was a 2 hour adventure where all the girls show their inner beauty and pass 5 tests to become a real Princess. They were greeted by the Blue Fairy (from Pinocchio) and had to save all the Princesses from the evil witch, and get them to the Royal Ball.

The Future Princesses meeting the Blue Fairy.

Their First test was to help Snow White get away from the evil witch and NOT eat the delicious red apple. Here are the girls with Snow White after they saved her!

Test 2: To help the prince get Rapunzel out of the tower. Look close you can see her hair hanging down the tower!

The next test was learning to act and dance like a princess. Rapunzel showed the girls a few ballroom dancing moves they could use at the Royal Ball.

Test 4...to save Sleeping Beauty from her deep sleep and tell the Prince how to wake her up. Some suggestions where to dump a bucket of water on her head...but they all finally came to conclusion she needed a true loves kiss to wake her up!

Sleeping Beauty looks so fresh for sleeping so long! A photo op to say Thank You!

The last and Final test was to rid the land of the evil witch by saying Bippity Boppity Boo! Now they were True Princesses and went to the Royal Ball with all the other Princesses.

Cinderella getting ready...The glass slipper fits! Prince Charming was so grateful we were able to get a photo with them!

Beauty and the Beast were there!

It was so much fun to go and see all the girls working together and for such a great cause. Shantel was a little shy meeting all the Princes and Princesses. Kallie got into the whole process and couldn't wait to help save them all! If you have little girls I would definitely suggest going next year!

Visit the website and www.inourownquietway.org .

MDA Ride 2009

2009-06-09T17:42:00.000-07:00

Saturday was the 58th Annual MDA ride for a Cure out to Wendover. What a great cause this is. Raising money for Muscular Dystrophy. This cause touches my heart because I had a friend in High School who had muscular Dystrophy.

In the morning the Arrow gang met at Harley Davidson to kick off the ride. I was lucky enough to be part of it this year (thanks to Grammy for babysitting!). I was amazed at how many people turn up for this event.

For all you who think "bikers" are rough mean dudes...take a look at the photo below. Those are all Harley Riding folks, and that is a shot only looking south. The street looking North was even more packed. State street was liked with bike after bike after bike heading in both directions.

Once we all got out to Wendover came the auction. That is a fun event. There were many things up for Auction to raise money.

The Arrow staff on stage, making announcements....and having a little fun! Even Mark Koelbel from Channel 2 turned up for the event!

Here are some of the families that are helped from all the donations and money raised.

This is Luke, the Youth Spokesperson. He was the funniest kid. Cracking jokes on stage and he even told Gary he had a face for Radio!

The trip was a success and we had a lot of fun. The weather could have been a little nicer, but it was a great trip for a great cause. Can't wait to do it again next year.

Field Trips

2009-06-01T11:57:00.001-07:00

Field Trips are the best part of school. I was lucky enough to be able to help out in each of the girls classes this year. We had a lot of fun and I think the girls thought it was cool that mom got to go. (at least they think it is cool now.)

Kallie's class was doing a unit on safety. During the fire safety week, we got to go to the fire station down the street from our house. What a neat experience. Their kitchen is beautiful and nicer than my own... but then again they probably actually cook in theirs! The kids thought the fire truck was the best part. I have to admit, they are pretty cool. It is amazing all the gadgets and thing-a-ma-jigs on the truck. The fire fighters were great with the wild kids, it is wonderful how patient they were.

Here is a picture of the kids and the cool fire truck.

Shantel's class had a trip to the Thanksgiving Point's farm a while back. We saw all the baby animals and learned about them.

Shantel's class

A very friendly cow.

What is this?? Should I be worried that they are holding hands already? This little boy is Tyler and apparently Shantel has a little crush on him. She used the "hold my hand so we stay together" line; and then never let go. I don't know where she learns such things.

Sigh... she better knock that off for another 20 years!

A born Star

2009-05-20T16:56:00.000-07:00

The other day was Kallie's big preschool performance! We had been practicing her lines for a month. I personally thought it was a little hard for a 3 year old, but she was a trooper and did a fantastic job reciting them.

"I watch the stars come out at night,

I wonder where they get their light.

The starfish in the ocean deep,

Will give me light when I sleep."

Here is Kallie assuming her normal position with her thumb in her mouth...getting ready for the big show!

Here she is before the the big debut ready to steal the show. The show had a beach theme to it. There were lots of water song and cute underwater decorations. Kallie had a fun time singing Octopus's Garden and Yellow Submarine for weeks before the show. The kids were so cute and fun to watch. Kallie got so into singing and dancing...definitely not shy at all.

As soon as I figure how to edit the video so it is not so long, I will get it posted. This blog can't handle so much talent in one download!

More Pictures

2009-05-09T11:31:00.000-07:00

As I promised here are some cute pictures of Shantel and cousin Ella.

As you can see, at one point Shantel was actually bigger than Ella! But they have always been best friends!

These are just some of my favorites that I thought I should add..Thanks Aunt Lodi for reminding me.

Best Friends!

2009-04-27T09:39:00.000-07:00

Shantel and Ella are not only cousins, but Best Friends! Shantel is the oldest by 2 months and the shortest by a head. Yes, she comes up to Ella's chin, which it a funny sight to see. They have been best friends since birth. If I had my scanner up and running I have a great shot of them sitting together as babies. We have been lucky that we only live a few blocks away, making play dates easy and frequent. They even attended the same preschool and dance class. They are the best girls!

Now, I can't forget my other two munchkins. No, I don't have 3 girls... I just have a handsome boy who loves to dress up with his sister Kallie. They are 2 of a kind. They play together well and torment each other even better. Keegan will grab toys out of Kallie's hand just to hear her scream. Kallie is good to look out for Keeg and include him when playing, hence the pretty purple dresses they are wearing. I will be using this as blackmail when he gets older!

Happy Easter!

2009-04-20T12:55:00.000-07:00

Holidays are so fun with the kids. I had to work the whole weekend (Saturday, Sunday and Monday night) so we tried to fit everything in between naps! Aunt Wendy took the girls to an Easter Egg hunt Saturday night. They had a blast and stayed out til midnight..I guess they knew the Easter Bunny would wait til they were home and asleep to make his trek to our house.

When I got home from work that morning, the Easter Bunny had come. We woke the kids up for a candy filled Breakfast. Keegan was a little nervous about all the jelly beans "spilled" all over the floor, but he and Kallie sure figured out cleaning it up and eating it in a hurry! At one point he had so much candy in his mouth he was drooling all over and couldn't shut his mouth. (I wish I had a picture). He was so excited about his spiderman basket all he could yell was about his spiderman.

Here are the kids in their Easter attire! Thanks to Grammy the girls were beautiful Princesses. Kallie had been begging to wear her Pretty Princess Dress for over a week. And Shantel once that dress was on she was ready for the photo shoot. She had MANY poses for the camera...this happened to be my favorite one she pulled out. Anyone have an agent?!?!

We went to Gary's parents for dinner..a very delicious ham and other yummy sides. Here are a few pictures of the kids in the back yard. Kallie so innocent (ha ha) and Keeg with a mouth full of gum.

Waldron Family Easter Photo!

April Showers Bring May Flowers

2009-04-15T10:23:00.000-07:00

We have been dealing with crazy spring weather this year. Sunny and warm one day and snow the next, so for spring break we did a lot of inside crafts this year.

Ella And Shantel with their Easter Egg Cupcakes!

Kallie and Keegan Dying to take a bite!

YUMMY

Here is what they looked like after we finished decorating.

Here is what they look like after you leave a 2 year old unattended for 5 minutes!

Easter Spring movies are always good on snowy days!

The girls painted a coat rack to hang in the closet in attempt to start hanging their stuff up after school.

And of course you can't forget coloring eggs! We got a hug decorating kit with paint, glitter, stickers and other fun decorating ideas. The girls had a great time making the eggs their own. We only had 3 eggs break! Of course all 3 were broken by me! We had a great time with all the crafts and activities. More Easter photos to follow.

All Grown Up!

2009-04-08T14:56:00.001-07:00

Notice Anything Different?

After much begging from Shantel we finally decided to get her ears pierced. She has been begging for a while; and after the explanation of how ear are actually pierced she usually changer her mind; but not today. Gary and I had explained once again that it WILL hurt and you have to clean them and take good care of them. She insisted, so on a cold Sunday morning we packed up and headed to the mall.

Not sure where to begin, I thought of Clairs. It was the only place I knew for sure that did ear piercing..besides the Piercing Pagoda in the middle of the mall and all so see.

After looking at all the earring options she decided on the pink "diamond" studs. She loves pink and wanted diamonds like me. (oh that was cute!)

She climbed up on the big chair and the lady drew blue dots where the earring would forever stay. Shantel grabbed my hand and held tight. SNAP! The first one is in! Shantel didn't flinch, she was so still. I was so proud and held back my mommy tears.

Then the lady asked if she was ready for the next.

SNAP!

My big girls ears were pierced with pink diamonds and she didn't cry or even tear up.

When we got home she ran to the mirror and wouldn't stop looking at her self. She said they made her look "Even more beautiful." She told me that she wanted to cry but she wanted to be so brave that she didn't cry. That's my girl!

I can't believe how big she is getting. What's next...boys and driving? NO! I will take summer then 1st grade.