Celtic Celebration

Here are some photos of the Celtic Celebration in Glendive, MT in March 2008. It is usually held the weekend closest to St. Patrick's Day. The Miles City Highland Dancers are asked to dance every year. It always turns out to be a great trip. We hang out with Chapwekse's and go a little early to shop at K-Mart (you know you're a redneck if...you go to Glendive to shop at K-Mart!) and then have lunch. This year we had lunch at the Mad Hatter. It's a great pub type dining place. They have a really cool room with lots of black & white photos of the city in its beginning. What a great historical reference. Abby and Josie danced and had a great time. When we came back to Miles City we went out with Chapweskes. We went to the tavern to eat corn beef and cabbage and drank lots of beer! We had a great time. Every once in a while (a very long while cause I certainly don't like the next morning) it's fun to let our hair down!

Girls Night In

This really isn't much of a family event but I would love to share some photos. I am a Brownie Girl Scout Troop Leader for Troop #141. Tonya Chapweske is my Co-Leader and she is a great help. She keeps me on task and helped tremdously with the structure of meetings. (Thank you Tonya!) It will be my third year as leader starting in September 2008. Each year the Girl Scout Service Unit (all the Girl Scout troops) plans certain events for all the Girl Scouts to attend. One of those events is the Mother/Daughter or Father/Daughter event. Our troop planned the Mother/Daughter event this year and it was called A Girls Night In. It was a blast! We had 6 stations setup in the gymnasium at a local church. There was makeup, nails, hair, food, photos and games/movies. Rhonda Holland, a local Mark Kay demonstrator, provided makeup instruction. The girls put makeup on mom's and mom's put makeup on daughters. Wow, was that fun! I never new I liked blue eyeshadow! The nails were self service, moms and daughters put polish on each other. For the hair station, which took the longest, we had 7 local hair dresser's volunteer their time to do hair for all the momas and daughters. Sarah Bice, Kathy Lawrence and Georgina Long from The Rave; Tanys Taylor from the Mane Cut; Jaci Sloan from Imagine That ; Jillian Gentry from The Cottage Salon; and Beth Watts from The Escape. They had the hardest job and all were wiped out by the end of the night! We had fondue and Italian Sodas for food. Alex Holland and a friend and 3 kids from the Highland Dancers, manned the food booth to make sure everyone was able to get what they needed. The last stop were games and movies. Everyone played games together and some of the younger girls watched movies that played continuously. The last station that anyone visited was to get photos. Lori Fahrenbruck graciously came in at the last minute and agreed to do photos for us. She did an amazing job and everyone had a great memento of the night. The evening was a big hit. Everyone had such a great time and I have already had requests to do it again next year. Now that I have this one under my belt I know what we could do different/better next time!

Making of the Crown!

Brady is going to kill me when he finds out I posted these pictures. Abby had a great idea this winter, we would have a family day for all of us to be together. She planned games and activities for the whole day. She was so cute she had a list and checked it off every time we finished an activity. This was the craft. We all had to design a crown and then we did a parade when it was all finished to show off our work. I have to admit I had fun. It was the best to see what Brady came up with. He was so sweet. He really worked hard on his crown and did it all by himself! Anyway, if we can't laugh at ourselves who can we laugh at. Enjoy!

Bobby Burns 100th Celebration

The Miles City Caledonian Society is a group that supports Scottish heritage. Each year they pay homage to poet and lyricist Robert Burns with a celebration of his birth (January 25, 1759)usually the last weekend in January. The celebration includes dancing, pipes, singing, poetyr and dinner. January 26th, 2008 marked Miles City's 100th year hosting a Bobby Burns celebration. The society also includes the Highland Dancers, which is a group for children ages 5 and up to learn Scottish Dancing. Abby has been dancing now for two years and we are so proud of her. My husband used to dance when he was a child so we thought it would be a great thing for Abby to do. She absolutely loves it and Maggie can't wait to join her. Here are a few photos of the 2008 Burns celebration. You may be wondering what the green thing is. It was the final dance with the whole group. Abby's class was the Lochness Monster. It was way cuter in person!

Sledding

I can't believe the last post I made was in February! I'll try to update a few of the fun things we've been doing since then. Here are some pictures of a sledding day we had. It was perfect. We took the girls sledding down by the Park Shop where Brady works. He pulled them behind the 4-wheeler and they had a blast. It was nice because when we got cold we went into the park shop and warmed up. It seems so long ago now that we're enjoying 90 degree days now!

Feeling Scrappy Class Continued

Here are the other 2 cards!

Feeling Scrappy Class

I just completed a great class on-line at http://www.feelingscrappy.com/ . It was a card making class using monograms. We completed the box and six cards. There were some bonus cards to make but I haven't been able to complete those yet. I do plan on finishing them also. Check out this website for upcoming classes. The projects are neat, the ladies are enspiring and the atmosphere is way too much fun. I had a great time doing this project. Best of all I got to be creative and actually completed something! Here are some photos.