Wild Weekend

I must admit I'm a little star struck and enjoy all things celebrity-related.  So how tickled was I when I read in my morning paper that Peter Facinelli, aka Dr. Carlisle Cullen of the Twilight Saga, was coming to my local mall for an autograph signing.  I was SO THERE!  It became a girls' night with Sienna and her friend Laila, and my teacher friend Sue and her daughter Jessie.  After Peter's arrival, he began signing.

 

While waiting, we played Twilight trivia.

 

 

Then the time came!  Here I am giving him my doll to be signed.

 

Check out the finished product, personalized and everything!

 

 

I ALSO GOT A HUG!  (It only took 3 hours, so that's how rabid of a fan I am!)

 

Then the next day, Victoria Justice made an appearance.  I just stopped in, took a few pictures, and left.  Easy peezy if you don't need an autograph!

 

 

I even got a wave from her on video!

 

 

Then after that craziness, it was time for Sienna's last performance with the Perry Winter Guard.  They performed at Grand Canyon University Arena, and they did great!  They earned 2nd place! Here they are celebrating after their performance.

 

 

Not much opportunity for pics, so here are a couple old ones.

 

 

 

Here is her retired costume along with her 2nd place medal.

 

 

Another great season, 2 in one year!

 

WOW!!

 

 



 

Loved and Lost - Almost Last

This Saturday is the Winter Guard Championships for the Perry Winter Guard.  Tonight they had a full rehearsal and tune-up to competition with a performance for parents.  The good news, we could video!  Here's what I captured with my camera.

The show looks great and after their Saturday performance, the season is officially over.  However it ends, we are so proud of our little girl.  Marching Band + Winter Guard?  You amaze us!

Here are some pics of set up...

 

 

 

and clean up.

 



 

 



 

Good luck Perry!

 

 

 

Spring Break Room Switcheroo

With no out of town trip to occupy my time I thought a small project around the house would make it worthwhile.  You've seen the results of Spenser's new room and you probably remember his old room, one that Grandpa helped decorate with the construction border.  Spenser's desire to move out of it showed that my little boy is all grown up, sniff sniff, and the removal of the baby boy border only solidified that for me.  There are remnants that remain:  the blue walls, the crib stored in the closet, the few stuffed animals he had as an infant.  My "little baby boy construction worker" is now a "pre-teen video-game-playing drummer," but I'll always remember his patient, adorable face waiting for his mommy or daddy to pick him up out of his crib.  That remnant will never leave me, no matter what changes are made to the room.

 

Sentimentality aside, the process was a messy job.  I went to Home Depot and purchased the required materials (gel spray and a scraper).  Having never done this before, (too bad Grandpa wasn't here), I learned as I went that the more spray - the better. 

 

 

As it started to come off, it revealed the seam from the two colors. 

 

 

I did not plan on painting so I had to come up with a quick and easy fix for the seam.

 

 

 

Off to The Dollar Tree I went and purchased these mariposa wall decals.  Ten bucks later, easy on, easy off, and  - VOILA - seam covered. 

 

 

Now the room has a piece of both my kids.  Here's what it looked like after adding the new butterfly border.

 

One more purchase, a bedding set to pick up the pink of the butterflies.

 

 

I got to reuse some of Sienna's old bedding (sheets, pillowcases, shams) which was a great bonus.  Plus they have guitars and ROCK STAR on them so that's just perfect. 



 

 

 

Sienna really likes the room and considers it hers since it's right next door.  Now she says she has two rooms!

 

 

The only thing it needs now is a t.v.  Once that's there I might use the room too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guard Extras

Here are a couple snippets of the show taken with my camera.  I tried to zoom in a bit closer to get a better look at Sienna's facial expressions.

 

 

 Here's a clip of the middle section, where the black flags and skirts symbolize sadness.

 

 

And a clip of the end of the show when they find their smiles again.

 

 

 

 

My new cell phone actually takes better video than my camera, go figure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rockin' Redo

Spenser has been wanting to switch bedrooms for some time now, and the arrival of spring break brought the right time to do it.  We accomplished quite a bit in our first Saturday of the vacation, with Rob and Spenser pitching in a bit. 

 

Moving did require forethought as I had to shop for and order several items before the move could be made.  I ordered three things on-line:  the cool drumset wall decal, the bedding, and a new desk.  Rob built the desk today with some help from Buddy, and I installed the drum-set - anxiously I might add.  But it turned out great - luckily!

 

His t.v. and table are on the right, but we plan on hanging the t.v. on the wall as part of the redo.  Here's a better view of his bedding, his desk, and the view out the window. 

 

 



 

And there he is - locked in to the all-enthralling computer.

 

 

 

Tonight will be his first night sleeping in the new room.  I think we'll count this as his vacation.  I hope he will remember how nice it is to have it clean and sparse.  Let's hope he keeps it that way!

 

 

 

 

 





Loved and Lost (and Changed)

Here's another pirated video of Sienna's latest performance.  We recorded the whole thing this time.  Shh!  There were several changes in choreography and effects since the last show.  See if you can catch them!



 

 

Did you see Sienna and her graceful gait? 

 

Rob also continued to video so you could see what the break-down of the set looks like. 

 

A great performance earning 2nd place!

 





Loved and Lost

You all know Sienna had an awesome marching band season and she is currently in the middle of her winter guard season.  She wowed us with her marching and clarinet playing, and now she is wowing us with her beauty, grace, movement, and elegance in winter guard.

She's very keen on her parents coming to every event, but not so keen on pictures.  I was able to snap this one, begrudgingly on her part, after her performance at the Casa Grande Invitational.  Make-up, hair done, and a red dress!

 

 

 

One of the most annoying things about the winter guard competitions - they allow ZERO videoing.  So I definitely did not use my camera or video camera, but I did capture some of the show from my phone.  I was trying to not get arrested (or risk disqualification) so I didn't record the entire show.  But at least you can get a sense of the tone of it, and see Sienna in her scarlet glory.

 

 

I had to steal it, but it was worth it.