big brother. little sister.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

disney on ice.

For Christmas, Cassidy received tickets to see Disney on Ice. The show was in mid-January at the Talking Stick Resort Arena, which is where the Phoenix Suns play. It was a super fun girls day!

Cassidy posing in front of the giant basketball outside of the stadium.

Cass & I ready for the show!

There were four segments to the show (Toy Story, The Little Mermaid, Cars, and Frozen) with Mickey and Friends entertaining us between sets.

One of my favorite portions of the show was the Toy Story segment. how cute are these characters?

And what little girl doesn't love to see the cast of Frozen?

Elsa in her "ice castle".

Elsa getting her spin on.

So pretty.

happy birthday, dunkin!

Dunkin celebrated his 1st birthday on January 10th. Woof!

Um, can you please take this dumb thing off of my head? Can't you see I'm ready to go for a W.A.L.K.? I have my harness on. Let's go already! Put the camera away!!!

This year, there were 5 of us traveling from Arizona to Michigan for the holidays. That's right, we brought our dog, Dunkin, with us. How could we possibly leave him behind? I wouldn't say he enjoyed being Matt's carry on bag and being stuffed under the seat for the 4 hour flight, be he did manage alright. He quickly made himself comfortable at my parents house and even had the pleasure of seeing snow for the very first time!

Dunkin, Matt, Lincoln, Julie, Cassidy ready for the Christmas Eve service in Northville.

The kids with my parents.

The kids with Matt's mom.

The kids and Matt with Barb, Matt's stepmom.

One of the brightest spots for Linc & Cass when we travel to MI is that they get to hang out with some of their cousins. Here they are with Nicole and Alli (and Yiayia and Papou).

My brother, Jeff, made this awesome Barbie cake for Cassidy's 8th birthday!

Me and our crazy pooch, Dunkin.

Dunkin made himself at home, finding the most hilarious spots to lie down throughout the house.
I think he's part cat.

It was bitter cold, but we quickly viewed the ice sculptures at the Plymouth Ice Festival. Brrrr.....

And, finally, here are the boys sharing headphones as they listened to the Lions game as we awaited our luggage back in Phoenix in early January. Diehards.

Monday, December 19, 2016

Christmas at the O.K. Corral

Cassidy participated in the 2nd grade musical on her birthday this year. It was a Christmas in the West theme and Cass earned a speaking part as The Candy Cane Kid. She said she was nervous before she went on stage, but she did great, delivering her lines flawlessly and with good vocal projection. Way to go!

Proud brother with The Candy Cane Kid after the daytime performance.

Westerners.

Cass sitting with the chorus after the show.

eight.

Cassidy celebrated her 8th birthday with a "Bake With Me" party at the rec center. The girls made their own pizza and cupcakes. Very fun!

Personalized aprons for the girls to wear.

A little something to take home.

The girls learning about cupcake ingredients.

Happy Birthday, Cass!

Party friends.

Mom with the birthday girl.

Cass (middle) with a couple of girlfriends from school at Birthday Book Club, which is a celebration in the school library. With a donation, students get to choose a brand new book that will be added to the school library, they are first to check it out, and they get a bookplate with their name and birth date in the front cover of the book. What a great way to support the library.

softball wrap-up.

In early December, Cassidy finished up her first softball season on the Purple Panthers. The team didn't exactly have a stellar record, but Cassidy earned the honor of most improved player from her coach. She made great strides from never having played to making good contact with the ball and trying out different positions in the field. Go Cass!