Sunday, April 8, 2012

Easter Weekend 2012

Easter weekend we had the cousins over to dye Easter eggs and have a little lunch.  

Maclaine, Mallory, Aubrey & Ellie


There's cute Donovan!




















Grandma Paulette and Grandpa John always bring over some Easter goodies for Clainey



Right before heading to church

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Fancy Clothes...Opera 2012

Our friend, Maytee, sang in the Opera in 2012 so we put our fancy clothes on and went to see her.  We had a delicious dinner with some friends and then headed on over.  I have to admit, I'm not a huge fan of the Opera but it was cool to see our friend doing something she loves.  I'm glad I went and can now say that I've been.

I just had to post these pictures because you don't find me in a dress very often...








Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Look who's 10!

Goodness Gracious!  Where the heck does time go!  I can't believe I birthed this sweet girl 10 years ago (10 1/2 as I write this)!  


Happy 10th Birthday Clainey Girl!




We had the usual house party with family and close friends....

Aubrey, Delani, Philip, Joshua, and Seren


Delani, Maclaine, and Seren

We always have to have a Pinata...

Getting ready to open gifts...



How many people and doggie's can we fit on the couch?







I wish I could remember the story behind this picture.  I think this is the card that Uncle Kenny bought that was actually for a boy, or grandkid, or dog???  I can't remember...




The next day, we had a little party with some of her school friends

They made tye-dye pillowcases...


Turned out super cute!

They also wrote and composed a song and performed it!


Morning of her actual birthday
She got a camera!
And started taking pictures immediately...

She wanted to go to Party City on her birthday...crazy girl!
We had fun trying on all kinds of masks...



and hats....



and glasses...
She also got her first pair of high heels.  She was super excited!




These are all the pictures I found on her new camera














I guess she likes it!













Monday, February 13, 2012

4th grade Invention Convention 2011

Our Maclaine had to come up with an Invention in 4th grade for what is called Invention Convention at her school.  She knew from the beginning what she wanted to do.  

One of her daily chores is to pick-up dog poop and as you know, it's not the most glamorous of jobs so she decided instead of having to torture herself with the stinky smell, she was going to come up with something to make it more pleasant.

Here's some of the pictures she used for her display board showing the different ways she's tried to pick-up poop.



This is one way to pick-up dog poop...still smelly.


Using a pooper scooper...still smelly.





Having someone (daddy) hold air freshener to make the job better...not very convenient...




I absolutely love this picture!!!!
Finished product.  Attaching air freshener to the pooper scooper for a wonderful experience :)

Friday, January 6, 2012

Makin' Brownies


The girly loves chocolate!!!

Clainey making brownies



I'm pretty sure that she's most excited about licking the spoon and the bowl