April 30th

This is Rocky!  He is a little boy.  Is the runt of the bunch and the one that whoops up on everyone.  He is one bad arse little dude.







This is Jeanie.  She is the laziest of all the puppies. She looks more like a shih tzu then the other ones.  She is just now starting to be playful. 

April 29th

Puppies will be 7 weeks old on Sunday.  They are growing up so fast.  This is one of them trying to chew on lila maes shoe.  Booger

I think they are shih tzu/blue heeler mix.  What a mix...lol

This little dancer performed a modern, jazz and tap dance.  She won titlist also.  She rocks!

April 24th

Ok..I think I finally got a picture to send to Spotlight for the 2007 catalog.  What do you all think?

April 23rd

Dress up!











The girls had a friend over and played dress up all day.  The fun of being a little girl with all kinds of fun dress up clothes.

April 22nd

Chandraya's favorite dance is her hip hop "Catcha Fire".  It isn't company so she doesn't have to stress on it and of course she just LOVES hip hop and being able to have an attitude.


This is Chandraya in her Jazz costume.  She is a scarecrow.
Can you tell?



This is my favorite costume.  So pink and girlish.  I want one.  This costume is for her ballet number. They are cats. 

April 20th

Some self portraits I took today.  Was looking at arnits site from dpc and got inspired again.
The middle one is my hubby and me. :-)

April 14th

Zachery got his drivers permit today. woohooo!!! Time to scare the crap out of mom and give her more gray hair. This is him behind the wheel of my suburban. Scary!



OK, let's keep our eyes on the road, shall we!



My favorite backseat driver. He was giving Zachery the hardest time while driving... "The speed limit is 30 not 10, Zachery. Don't slam on the breaks. You could have taken the corner a little faster." ROFL!!!! This is the grin after one of his comments. Gotta love these kids!.

From a photoshoot today.  Chandraya and her best friend in their dance costume.  Chirpy Chirpy is the name of the song they danced to and took Ruby both times they performed at Spotlight.  Way to go, Girls!

April 8th

This is Chandraya and her partner in her hip hop dance. You girls rock! The dance was awesome!

This was an incredible day!
I had never seen Chandraya perform her solo so well as she did this morning. Wow!

Thank you, God! She was dancing for you! I think your word got through to the audience this morning.

Chandraya said she felt so good on stage that she almost started to cry while dancing.

Her other dances also went very well. She had the best time and enjoyed every bit of it.

Awards:

Solo(I can only Imagine): Diamond, 1st place high score over all solos(BIG trophy), "Stealing the Spotlight" award. (this is an awesome award to get...she took highscore over all the petite devision, about 45 dances)

Duo(Puppy Song): Diamond, Catagory winner, 1st place high score over all the duo's and trio's(BIG trophy).

Duo(Chirpy Chirp): Ruby! You girls were the cutest!

Interpretive: Ruby and Catagory winner. You totally Rocked, Moo!
She listened to a jazz song 10 minutes before she got on stage to danced to it. She didn't get to practice for months on it like she did her others. It was incredible to see her up there dancing to this song. She was even singing it and really performed it. She used great facial expressions and did some great stuff on stage for a 7 year old. She got off stage and said, "I did way to many turns but I had to think of what to do next." She loved it. This will be a great memory for her.

Company Jazz(When I'm with You): Ruby and Catagory winner. (I was impressed!)

Company Tap(Charlie's Angel Mix): Diamond, Catagory Winner and 3rd over all group numbers.

Hip Hop (Catcha Fire): Ruby (An amazing performance from all of you girls! Keep up the good work.

April 7th

Chandraya took off for Casper Friday for a Dance competition. We went to the mall and decided to drive up Casper Mountain. Wow, was that freaky. Just as freaky as I remember as a kid. This is half way up looking down at the city, Casper. This is about a third of the City. Pretty big considering it is in wyoming. hehehe

April 6th

ok..got a small request for you all those who pray.

Zachery had a remicade infusion a week ago and didn't do to well with it. He has had them before but never had a reaction like this.
Started out with a sore knee and than hips and ankles. Last night he went to bed with a sore back, arms and hands along with the other aches. Poor kid is hurting pretty bad. I would appreciate the prayers.
Thanks
Sonja

April 4th

Yesterday I forgot to mention one thing about Lila Mae. She was outside for awhile with me and the dog and seen some little ants wandering around. What a scary site to a 4 year old girl. She thought they were little bugs out to get her. She jumped on my lap and wouldn't get down for nothing. I tried but she screamed so loud everyone in the neighborhood could hear. She begged to go inside and after that wouldn't go outside unless I held her.

A wonderful start to the Spring weather..lol

April 3rd

My Puppies!  I don't want to get rid of any of them..they are all so sweet.  I am going to take the second shot to the pet store.  I figure they would love to see the picture of the puppies with an ad. 

The first one is mine...Jeanie..isn't she cute?

Angelina got a bath today. I couldn't stand the way she smelled anymore.  ewwww..two of the puppies also got a bath.  One of them was ok with it but the other screamed and howled..it was so funny!

April 2nd

Day three without a PaD.  Feels a bit strange not working on a shot every day, but I am enjoying the time with my family.  My goal is to build my families bond. 

A quote I heard today:
"Take a twig from the backyard and see if you can break it...of course you can..now take a bundle of twigs and try to break them..you can't and if you could it would be exceedingly hard to break...that is family."

Family should be hard to break up and I am going to make sure mine is strong enough to hold through anything.

I am taking pictures of the puppies tomorrow.  Their eyes are all open and they are so funny because they are trying to walk around and can't seem to get their balance so they roll over..LOL..to cute. 

Thanks everyone for your support and friendship during this tough days I have encountered.  Not sure what I would have done without all of you.  Love you all!!!

April 1st

I am not doing a PaD all the time now. I don't have the time.  I will still be posting and writing in here to keep a journal for the kids.  I will take pictures just won't stress on it everyday.

This is a photo for the 24 hour speed challenge.  Something I entered when I first started.  Thought it was my best.