Makayla (who is 9 yrs. old) decided to get her hair cut.
This was not just any hair cut.......she cut her hair so it could be donated to 'Locks of Love'.
I am so proud of her!
I've tak
en some before and after pictures.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Locks of Love
Today - Saturday, June 27th was a BIG day at our house.
Makayla (who is 9 yrs. old) decided to get her hair cut.
This was not just any hair cut.......she cut her hair so it could be donated to 'Locks of Love'.
I am so proud of her!
I've tak
en some before and after pictures.
Makayla (who is 9 yrs. old) decided to get her hair cut.
This was not just any hair cut.......she cut her hair so it could be donated to 'Locks of Love'.
I am so proud of her!
I've tak
en some before and after pictures.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
pool fixed
My (Heidi) neighbors pool has been repaired and the kids are swimming again!
They are sooooooooooo happy!!! The pool temp last night was 82*. It was even warm enough for me to get in. :-)
They are sooooooooooo happy!!! The pool temp last night was 82*. It was even warm enough for me to get in. :-)
Monday, June 22, 2009
Dance recital 2009
Wow....ok so it's been forever since I've written on the Moose Family Blog.
I'll try and be better - I promise!!
Makayla had dance recital on June 20th.
She did an amazing job and I couldn't be more proud of her!! :-)
This year she took a ballet only class. She enjoyed it but..... she would really like to take Ballet - Tap and Jazz next year.
Full dress rehearsal was on Thursday, June 18th. Some picture are from dress rehearsal and some the day of the recital.
Anyway...enjoy the pictures!
I'll try and be better - I promise!!
Makayla had dance recital on June 20th.
She did an amazing job and I couldn't be more proud of her!! :-)
This year she took a ballet only class. She enjoyed it but..... she would really like to take Ballet - Tap and Jazz next year.
Full dress rehearsal was on Thursday, June 18th. Some picture are from dress rehearsal and some the day of the recital.
Anyway...enjoy the pictures!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
My brother cutting a tree!
I came home from work yesterday to find my brother and father cutting down a tree at my house. I have many black walnut trees and I can't stand the mess so a few years ago, I told my brother he could cut the trees down and take the wood. (he burns a wood burning stove all winter).
When I got home, the tree had been cut but was hung up on another tree and was stuck on the stump that was cut. Winching it off the stump didn't work so I called my neighbor with a tractor to come over and pull it off.
Once the tree was off the stump it was still hung up on another tree.
To make a long complicated story alittle shorter........
The tree started to fall which in turn caused a higher branch to break off. This branch fell and hit my brother Dan as he was trying to run away from it. The branch hit him in the head, back, and hip. 911 was called and the ambulance came. (lots of excitement at my house Monday night!)
They took him to Rochester General Hospital.
He has multiple factors of his shoulder blade.
He's still a patient at RGH but I did talk to him and he's hoping to come home today!
Please keep my brother Dan, and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
When I got home, the tree had been cut but was hung up on another tree and was stuck on the stump that was cut. Winching it off the stump didn't work so I called my neighbor with a tractor to come over and pull it off.
Once the tree was off the stump it was still hung up on another tree.
To make a long complicated story alittle shorter........
The tree started to fall which in turn caused a higher branch to break off. This branch fell and hit my brother Dan as he was trying to run away from it. The branch hit him in the head, back, and hip. 911 was called and the ambulance came. (lots of excitement at my house Monday night!)
They took him to Rochester General Hospital.
He has multiple factors of his shoulder blade.
He's still a patient at RGH but I did talk to him and he's hoping to come home today!
Please keep my brother Dan, and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Tanner's last wrestling tournament
Tanner's last wrestling tournament for the year was last Saturday in Penn Yan.
We were up and out of our house by 6:15am. After a few hours at the tournament, it came to our attention that Tanner didn't need to be there until 11:30am. Ooooops.
Oh'well - we were there so we just watched the other children wrestle waiting for Tanner to start.
He wrestled hard and came in 4th place.
Accord to Tanner, this was his last tournament ever....time will tell.
Either way - I was proud of him.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Garage door project
Bob is getting closer and closer to finishing up the garage door project.
I can now say the walls really are done. The walls themselves are finished.
Bob just has some back filling to do.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Makayla's band concert
Makayla had her 2nd band concert on Wednesday night. She's been playing the flute since this past July. Her first concert was in the Fall and this was the last concert of the year.She was sooooo excited - yet alittle nervous.
She did an EXCELLENT job! I was very proud of her.
After the band concert, she came home and played some more. Tanner even got his baritone horn out and played with her. I had my own mini concert going on in my livingroom!!
The walls are done!
Bob, the worker bee, has been working like crazy. (I think he's ready to be done with this project).
He worked very hard last night and finished the retaining walls. They look awesome!
This morning he got up early and poured the concert. Once all of that sets - he'll pour the new pad and then back fill the walls.
This project is almost done!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Retaining walls
Ok so Bob really is on a mission.....he wants this project done.
You know how one thing leads to another..... well, this project was no different. :-)
A simple garage door project is taking weeks.
However, Bob can see the end of the tunnel (I hope anyway).
Here are the latest pictures (taken early this morning).
The retaining walls are "almost" done.
Bob is hoping to pour cement
this weekend.
You know how one thing leads to another..... well, this project was no different. :-)
A simple garage door project is taking weeks.
However, Bob can see the end of the tunnel (I hope anyway).
Here are the latest pictures (taken early this morning).
The retaining walls are "almost" done.
Bob is hoping to pour cement
this weekend.
Garage door project coming along!
Bob's been working hard on his garage door project! The door's installed but the outside work still needs to be completed. Which means- cutting the old concert pad, jackhammering the old concert out, installing new drainage pipe, building retaining walls, back filling....will this job ever end???? LOL
Bob just said - It might! LOL
Last weekend, Bob cut the old concert and were busy jackhammering old concert away.
I was helper - moving broken concert. :-)
More pictures and info. coming later.
Bob just said - It might! LOL
Last weekend, Bob cut the old concert and were busy jackhammering old concert away.
I was helper - moving broken concert. :-)
More pictures and info. coming later.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Babysitting adventure
We had a very busy day on Saturday. We started the day off by taking 2 trailers full of debris from Bob's garage door project down the the town recycling center. It's amazing how much nicer the yard looks without all that extra brick and garbage in it.
After that we had some breakfast and got ready for our BIG adventure of the
weekend....babysitting for John & Tracy's 3 kiddies who are 5, 3 and 1 years old! 
Our babysitting adventure started at 10am. We were alittle late arriving. I had Bob stop at a gas station so I could get a cup of Tea.
Tracy was her usual prepared Mom (you go girl) and had a very nice note written with all meal, snack and nap instructions on it. She even had lunches prepared - in the fridge with each child's name on it. I really was impressed.
It's been many years since either both Bob & I have watched young young children. Emily is 5, Andrew is 3 and Adam is 1.
When we first arrived - Emily was out with her Aunt Amy enjoying alittle girl time shopping for dresses. We did however have the 3 and 1 year old to keep up busy. Adam is a very comfortable walker and Andrew was very excited to have his Uncle Bob come and play with him. Adam & I were busy playing with play food and a fun ball game. Bob was kept busy with Andrew playing trains and trucks.
Emily was brought back home around 11:30am by her Aunt Amy.
After that we had some breakfast and got ready for our BIG adventure of the
weekend....babysitting for John & Tracy's 3 kiddies who are 5, 3 and 1 years old! 
Our babysitting adventure started at 10am. We were alittle late arriving. I had Bob stop at a gas station so I could get a cup of Tea.
Tracy was her usual prepared Mom (you go girl) and had a very nice note written with all meal, snack and nap instructions on it. She even had lunches prepared - in the fridge with each child's name on it. I really was impressed.
It's been many years since either both Bob & I have watched young young children. Emily is 5, Andrew is 3 and Adam is 1.
When we first arrived - Emily was out with her Aunt Amy enjoying alittle girl time shopping for dresses. We did however have the 3 and 1 year old to keep up busy. Adam is a very comfortable walker and Andrew was very excited to have his Uncle Bob come and play with him. Adam & I were busy playing with play food and a fun ball game. Bob was kept busy with Andrew playing trains and trucks.
Emily was brought back home around 11:30am by her Aunt Amy.
Lunch was fun! Adam ate all of his lunch - every single piece. Peas, bananas, and a turkey sandwich. Emily & Andrew ate most of their sandwiches but no carrots. They were too busy being silly. It's fun to be silly when Mom & Dad are not home!!!
After lunch was cleaned up we took everyone outside to play. It was a beautiful day so we decided not to waste the warm spring air and bright sunshine. Everyone had a great time!
While Adam & Andrew were resting, Emily was looking for something to do. So - I asked Emily if she wanted her hair braided. She said - Yes. I'm pretty sure Emily was used to having her hair braided. Nothing like shocking a child with two french braids! They looked very nice on her!
After some quick quiet time / nap times, we all played on the living room floor. We had a late afternoon snack and decided to try the TV for a diversion. Bob & I were both taking turns running after Adam and trying to keep Emily & Andrew busy. We found the Disney movie channel and Tarzan was a hit! Hopefully John & Tracy didn't mind them watching Tarzan. It was a 'G' rated movie so we thought we were in the clear.
John & Tracy got home around 4 pm. They offered to have us stay for pizza but we both thought we were ready for some quiet time of our own! :-)
Little children are so much fun! We really had a good time but at the end of the day - we both agreed, we were happy our children were older.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Car all fixed
Bob got his car all fixed up. It took alittle work but he did the repairs. Maybe someday he'll look into a different car but not this week.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Bob's car and the deer
It's been a very bad evening for my honey Bob. He was on his way over to my house (I hate living so far away sometimes!) and he hit a deer. The Audi is not drivable at the moment. Bob said it has so much damage that it's not worth repairing. Big bummer! My heart goes out to him - it sucks when you have to have a car payment after you haven't had one in a while.
Heidi
Bob's new door
A few weeks ago, Bob decided that he wanted to change his basement around alittle. He wanted some space he could work on something alittle larger than a bike. Ok ok....I'll just say it, a snowmobile! He wanted the space to work on things at his house. Not that going to the shop or his father garage was a bad thing - but he liked the idea of working from home.
With this in mind, he did some serious cleaning, hauling, removing and painting in 1/2 of his basement. Soon after, he found a 5' garage door on Craig's List. Once it was purchased - he was on a mission to install it.
He worked every night last week digging out the dirt for the opening. Friday night he worked late and then on Saturday he was ready to cut the hole in the wall. By Sunday afternoon, his door was installed. He still have some trim work to do but hey - atleast the door is installed!!!
Bob did have some helpers for this project. Bruce ( a co-worker) came over Saturday and helped him dig. And his father was over on Saturday & Sunday to help. I know he is grateful for their help.
Congratulations to Bob on a beautiful door. I'm very proud of him.
He does excellent work!
With this in mind, he did some serious cleaning, hauling, removing and painting in 1/2 of his basement. Soon after, he found a 5' garage door on Craig's List. Once it was purchased - he was on a mission to install it.
He worked every night last week digging out the dirt for the opening. Friday night he worked late and then on Saturday he was ready to cut the hole in the wall. By Sunday afternoon, his door was installed. He still have some trim work to do but hey - atleast the door is installed!!!
Bob did have some helpers for this project. Bruce ( a co-worker) came over Saturday and helped him dig. And his father was over on Saturday & Sunday to help. I know he is grateful for their help.
Congratulations to Bob on a beautiful door. I'm very proud of him.
He does excellent work!
Friday, March 20, 2009
Friday funny
One of the girls I work with gave me a calendar for Christmas.
It's a new page for each day of the year.
The title of my calendar is 'Duh! The dumbest things ever said or done'.
Some are not funny to me and then there are good ones - like today.
"In the 1980's residents in Newfoundland were surprised to find bull moose charging into railroad locomotives. Finally, railroad engineers figured out the problem: Their train whistle sounded too much like the moose mating call. Once they changed the whistle's tone, the bull moose went their own way and do did the trains".
Ok - I have always said I want to see a moose in the wild but - I don't want to see them being goofy and running into trains!
Happy Friday everyone!!
Heidi
It's a new page for each day of the year.
The title of my calendar is 'Duh! The dumbest things ever said or done'.
Some are not funny to me and then there are good ones - like today.
"In the 1980's residents in Newfoundland were surprised to find bull moose charging into railroad locomotives. Finally, railroad engineers figured out the problem: Their train whistle sounded too much like the moose mating call. Once they changed the whistle's tone, the bull moose went their own way and do did the trains".
Ok - I have always said I want to see a moose in the wild but - I don't want to see them being goofy and running into trains!
Happy Friday everyone!!
Heidi
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Day 3 of our trip to Splash Lagoon
Our last day of Splash Lagoon was on Monday, March 9th.
We packed up our cars, eat breakfast and then waited for the waterpark to open at 10am.
While we were waiting, Brandon and Rachel decide to snuggle with their Dad. Makayla decided to join them! LOL
Trip to Splash Lagoon - Day 2
On Sunday, we had early splash passes so we got up, had some yummy breakfast and headed over to the water park. 
After we spent a day at the park, we decided to go out for dinner. Everyone decided a dinner at 'Quaker Steak and Lube' was the perfect place to go!
After dinner, we ( Bob & I ) decided to NOT get back into the water so - we let the kids enjoy the whirlpool tub in our hotel room.
Pictures are from Splash and our hotel room. 
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