A Trip to Hollywood

This afternoon we ventured into Hollywood to The El Capitan theater to see The Jungle Book with Aunt Kim and cousins Ryan and Abby, as well as Gramie and her friend and her little girl. There were so many of us, we almost filled the entire row!The kids all enjoyed the movie and had fun being together. And of course, when our time together came to an end, Hannah was planning out when she could play with her cousins once again. Which wouldn't be a problem if she didn't have school. LOL.

Belt Ceremony

This evening was Hannah's Belt Ceremony. We weren't quite sure what degree belt she'd be moving up to. Based on her Belt Test a couple weeks ago, her instructor told her she'd messed up a part of on her form, so we kinda thought she'd just move up to the Senior Purple Belt. But tonight she skipped a belt degree and went straight to a Junior Green Belt!!

As Grant was giving Hannah her new belt he told her how proud he was of her and how much she had really improved these last two quarters. Hannah was pretty excited!!We talked about it over dinner, and Hannah would like to try and do both Karate and Dance. We are going to trial run it for two weeks and see how she does with 'springing' out of bed in the mornings for school and having a good and cheerful attitude. If there's any problems, then we'll drop Dance.

Weekend Fun with the Cousins

The girls were at Gramie's house when Aunt Kim and Ryan and Abby arrived from Oregon on Saturday night. Since their arrival, it sounds as though the kids have been playing pretty much nonstop and get along really well. When we arrived this afternoon to Gramie's, the kids were all playing on the slip n slide and have a ton of fun! We spent the remainder of the day visiting and the kids playing, as well as meeting Grandpa for dinner. Gramie recently had cleaned out closets and cupboards for a yard sale and ran across these light up snow boots, Hannah insisted on wearing them, despite their being no snow, and it was 90 degrees. Quite a fashion statement, don't you think?Hannah was sad we had to leave, and we reminded her it was she who had school tomorrow. We've already got plans to go to Hollywood this Saturday with Aunt Kim and the cousins. And perhaps it'll work out to see them once before the weekend.

A Weekend with Gramie

After I picked up Hannah from school today, we were on our way to Gramie's work. The girls are spending the weekend with Gramie. Last time the girls went, in July, they had planned on going to the city's Movies in the Park night. They packed a picnic dinner and went to the park, however, the movie ended up not being shown because the conditions were too 'breezy'. This is the final weekend for Movies in the Park, so they were attempting it once again.

The other special thing happening this weekend it that my Sister-in-Law Kim, and her two kids, Ryan and Abby, are driving down from Oregon and will arrive to Gramie's house late Saturday afternoon or early evening.

Kim's husband, Ed, is going away on business for two weeks and Kim decided to drive down to visit family! It's been just over two and a half years since we've seen them and we're really excited to see them and get to spend some time with them over the next two weeks. The girls are especially looking forward to playing with their cousins tomorrow night and on Sunday at Gramie's.

Dance! Dance! Dance!

Tonight kicked off the new season for dance at the dance studio we wanted Hannah to go to. We simply went to try the class out, no obligation, and if Hannah didn't like it, she didn't have to commit to dance. She went to the 7:00 Jazz class and was happy to have her friend Gabby in her class, as well as some of the older girls from our church lending a helping hand. When class was finished, Hannah came out saying she liked it and had fun and wants a pair of dance shoes. LOL.

Parents weren't allowed in the room where the class was being conducted, so this is the only pictures I got, through a little window in the door.

A Haircut and Saturday Fun

One of the Mom's of a classmate of Hannah's cuts hair out of her home. She has a complete beauty station set up in her garage. She cut my hair a couple of weeks ago and this morning, I had her cut the girls' hair. Hannah wanted to go short, however, I kept it just long enough for pigtails and a ponytail. I forgot to get a final picture (gasp!), but she did get about 5 inches cut off! And comes just below her shoulders now.Seeing how our party plans for this afternoon were cancelled, Trudi invited us to come back for swimming, and with temps peaking over 112 this week, me and the girls took her up on her offer and went back with our swim suits, towels, and snacks. Hannah had so much fun playing with Cameron and another friend from school. The pool was so refreshing and relaxing and a great way to spend a HOT Saturday afternoon!