Lego Maniac

A couple of Bruce's favorite activities are listening to audio books and building with Lego's. His favorite series books are Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Peter and the Star Catchers. The ships he makes are amazing. His creations come from his own imagination and always have parts that have various functions based on how the ship might need to move or counter an attack. He starts over with a new design every couple of days. He told us that someday he might want to work for the Lego company as a designer. Cool!

Do you believe in Santa?

We carpool with a darling young girl that is Jewish. Audrey and Sara were discussing the different Christmas and Hanuka traditions as we drove home from school last week. It was fun listening to their conversation. Toward the end of the conversation I heard Audrey say, "Well, in our religion we believe in Santa. Do you?" LOL

Maui December 2009

My Mom and Dad took a trip to Maui! The weather was sunny and warm - 80 degrees, must feel great in December! Dad had to work during the day, but they enjoyed morning snorkeling and saw whales, tropical fish, manta rays, and sea turtles! They also soaked in the sunsets as they walked down the beach in the evenings!

MaMa's Fish House North Shore, Maui - Mom's favorite restaurant!

Out side the restaurant


Ulua Beach in Wailea, Maui - A great place to snorkel and lay in the sun ! There condo was by this beach.

Dad will be traveling back and forth to Maui quite a bit in the upcoming couple of years. Anyone want to come along?

Nutcracker!

This year I performed in my 5th Nutcracker! I performed with Northwest Classical Ballet at Prairie High School on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of December! I was a Doll and a Palace Maiden. This was the first year I got to dance in my point shoes-on stage (in the doll dance)! I also had a lot of fun with the costumes and make-up!

The Doll dance, I am the taller doll and the one that jumps out of the box second!

The Palace Maiden Dance, I am the dancer closest to the stage on your right!

Christmas Tree Transformation

After

Before

Every year the kids each get a new ornament! Meaning that now we have several ornament from our family tradition and school and party's! Plus all of my parents ornaments! We also cover our Christmas tree with lights so it is very fun to see what our Christmas tree looks like before then after!