Post that was supposed to happen February First!

January 2011's Top Ten

(as usual with my lists...there is no relevance to the order of the items in the list...that would require too much thinking and decision-making...must save that energy for other things)

10.  Visit to Hardware Ranch...500 elk and a horse-drawn sleigh...can you beat that?  Miles and Siena don't answer...you can beat that!

9.    Giada winning a top spot at the school Science Fair...she is off to District...and did you know that drinking lukewarm water before singing is much better than drinking cold water before singing?

8.    Bernina singing for nearly 48 hours straight (a little exaggeration I guess) with the State Junior High Honors Choir...glad she didn't pass out (at least 5 or 6 did)...maybe its 'cause Giada reminded her to drink lukewarm water!

7.    Slick's trip down south with her cousins (and without her family, what a big girl...Slick how about a post on your trip?) to warm and toasty St. George.

6.    Queen Bubs and Junior finally deciding that they can sleep in their own beds ALL night long...if they get a piece of gum in the AM...my kids will do just about anything for gum!

5.    Senior's parents celebrating 45 years of marriage...Wahoo!

4.    Slick's and Giada's costume fittings for CDT's Spring Concert "Alice in the Looking Glass"...that costume shop is amazing! We've been had LOTS of fabulous CDT costumes over the last 8 years and at least two more fabulous ones this year...We haven't seen Bernina's yet...

3.     Daddy/Mommy/Junior date to Chuck-A-Rama while the rest of the yahoos were partying it up on a Friday night...that little guy can pack it away plus he is free...I think Chuck-A-Rama lost money on that night!

2.     Celebrating Grandma Hansen and Grandma Elyse's 83rd birthday days!  My kiddos are so lucky that they have been able to get to know some of their great-grandparents so well.

1.  We survived one half of the school year with good grades, happy teachers and happy children!  Less than half to go...let the count down begin!  We love summer around here...Chocho's new year's resolution...more time on the lake...although Senior's church calling does get in the way of that just a little, I am still determined to make it happen... ( Just ask Bernina if you need help with the countdown...she can give you the number of actual calendar days and the number of actual school days...I think her count down is actually a" no more junior high" count down...she claims is ready for the big leagues...or so she thinks..haha)