Wow. David Archuleta throws a good concert!

I took Katie and Kelsey to the David Archuleta concert because they really like him. Actually, Katie is in love with him and plans to marry him someday. I thought I would enjoy it, but I was actually surprised at how good the concert was. Benton Paul came on first and sang. He was very, very good. Then some girl (can't remember her name) came on and sang a few songs. It seemed like she had a good voice until she kept singing and then it was just weird. Kelsey summed it up nicely, "Mom, she would make a good Yodeler" Uh, yah. it was odd. Then, out comes David Archuleta and it was loud...the screaming girls that is. But, he can really sing. He's got a great voice, he talked to the crowd and was really cute about it all. At one point he asked if he could video tape the audience because he had been doing that at all of his concerts so he had memories. It was a fun and entertaining night to say the least.

I think this is during his encore. He came out alone and played a couple of songs. It was funny when he came back on stage because he said, "Well, I'm back" He is so funny and I don't think he tries to be.

Both he and his band really got into all of the songs and danced and bounced all over the stage. It was pretty high energy. We stood for half the show.

We were pretty close. Row 11 and about 15 chairs away from the stage.

The Calton girls at the concert -- fun times! Okay. So, it's a pretty close head shot of me, but I was the one taking the picture.
It was a fun night and definitely worth going. Katie loves him even more now and also loves Benton Paul now. She has so much love to share. And, while Kelsey always did like David, she does like him more now.

That's all I'm going to post because Katie will be updating her blog and I'm sure that will be much more entertaining than mine.

Face Painting Fun

I'm always so happy when my girls are getting along and playing with each other. The other day was no different...Well, with the exception of how impressed I was at their creativity. Face painting with make up? What fun! Anyone want to hire them?

Can you say, "The Joker" -- Ringing any bells?

I love the uni-brows.

Dog vs. Cat

Every time we take Molly outside, she tries to attack our cat, Moshi. Saturday was no different. I let Molly play outside while I washed my car. Here came Moshi the cat. She flops down on the grass and lays there, apparently waiting for Molly to visit. It was interesting because Molly acted like she wanted to eat Moshi. At one point she even had Moshi by the throat, but the weird cat just layed there like she didn't care.

I decided she either wanted attention so bad (we give her none) that she would take whatever she could get, or she has a death wish and was just hoping Molly could put her out of her misery.

The Wax Museum

Every year at the grade school, the fifth grade classes do a wax museum. The kids have to study someone in history, write a report, then dress up like that person and pose (as though made of wax). They all have a "button" on their desk and when you press it, they are supposed to say something that person would have said.

Kelsey was Christa McAuliffe. She was to be the first teacher to go up into space but the space shuttle exploded on take off killing all on board.

Here is a picture of Kelsey and her Grandpa Don and Grandma Sara. Kelsey is doing a great job of being wax.

Next we have President Obama....

I think these two were Powell and McArthur (something like that). I took their picture while they were "wax." When they realized I was taking their picture, they said, "take another one" and did this pose. What a couple of goofballs.

I thought he might be Jimmy Hendrix, but no. Apparently, Muhammad Ali had a fro at some point in his career.

Davy Crocket and Jose something. I can't remember who the girl was.

Well, it was a lot of fun. Every school should do this.

Molly Gets up Close and Personal

Molly decided to stand on the arm of the couch and sniff Tyler's elk. I'm not sure what she was thinking, but it is a cute picture.

Natural Hairstylists

So, after Christmas, Kelsey decided she really wanted to cut someone's hair. She decided to cut the hair of half of her Bratz dolls. Well, Katie joined in and they ended up actually cutting the dolls' hair into "styles" and then rated them. They had fun doing it, but I didn't get pictures, so when Kelsey decided to cut the hair of her Bratz hairstyle head, I got pictures of the whole process. She had fun doing it and she actually did a pretty good job. Oh, the things we do to entertain ourselves. In the end, the head went in the garbage. It's haircut went from short to bald in a matter of minutes.

Then it was Christmas!

I love Christmas. It's just such a feel good time of year. We put up our decorations the weekend of Thanksgiving. Kelsey made an extremely cool snowflake at school. Nothing like I've ever seen. I think we'll make them every year. She made a couple more at home and we hung them from the ceiling....

The kids set their alarm for 5:30 am Christmas morning, but they were so tired that they snoozed for another hour. So, we got up about 6:30 to unwrap gifts.

Our beautiful Christmas tree.

Kelsey gets her first ipod. It's very cool. She can watch movies on it and play music. Katie got a touch ipod which is way cool. I wanted one after she showed me all the stuff it did. No picture to show though. All Katie pictures on this blog have to be pre-approved by her. :0)

Kelsey and Katie opening the gifts they gave to each other.

Kelsey took Dan his monster Christmas bone.

Dan liked the bone, but after a day it was no where to be seen. In the spring I'm sure we'll find it buried under something.

Just a few more pictures that are too cute not to post. The first is Tyler with his little brother, Mason. Ahhhhhh. The second is Ken (Tyler's dad) and Linda (Tyler's bonus mom). Aren't they cute.