Shlio is my little dancer

She had her first dance performance

Mrs. Lorna said that Shilo should be in the

4/5 age group now! How cool is that!

I think she is beautiful!!

We are so proud of her and how

far she has come in this dance class.

She has learned to do all sorts of

positions, take direction, and bow

the ballerina way, so graceful...

Shilo and I got to go on Chastin's 1st grade field trip last Friday, we had tons of fun!

My group of boys on chstins field trip- all other groups had girls and 2 parents. I guess the teacher knew I could handle the boys!

It was lowest tide of the year

We had a really great time!

I'm glad I was able to go with my son and enjoy his smile.Thank you Chastin for the wonderful memory!

Things we saw:

Jelly fish

Star fish

Sea slug

Crabs

Eel

Lobster tummy

Sea squirts

Muscles

Clams

YUM

Blueberry Cheese Rolls

1 Package refrigerated crescent dinner rolls (reduced fat)
4 oz Cream cheese (reduced fat)
2 TBS sugar
1/2 Cup blueberries

Heat over 375 unroll dough into 4 rectangles; press firmly to seal
Combine cheese and sugar; spread on dough to 1/4 inch from edges. Top with blueberries, bring opposite corners of rectangles together. bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 11 to 13 min. (less if you bake using convection heat)


ENJOY!!!
I made this recipe for breakfast before church on Sunday, and they were gobbled up in no time! i double every recipe i make, so there was enough for our house guests too! i made them again this morning per my families request. We love them, and they take practically no effort at all, and dirty very few dishes! which makes them even better!
This recipe came from the kraft magazine i subscribe to for free! Let me know what you think if you make them. i am going to try making them with apricot preserves next time and see what i think...

Happy Fathers Day Dads!

I read this Dad stats article in the paper this morning and thought it was cute!

• Seattle area fathers with children younger than 18: 290,144
• Seattle-area households where dad is Mr.Mom: 14,077
• Local dads who subscribe to premium channels: 20%
• Who sew or do crafts: 60,000
• Who've had cosmetic surgery in the past year: 2,700
• Who've been to McDonald's in the past month: 51%
• Who belong to a gym: 156,000
• Who camp: 44%
• Who commute to work more than an hour each way: 56,000
• Who read the daily news paper:47%
• Who practice yoga or Pilates: 35,000
• Who drive an SUV: 38%
• Who text message from their cell phones: 150,000
• Young children in the U.S who eat breakfast with their live-in father every day: 30%
• Who eat dinner with their dads: 64%
• First Father's Day, founded by a woman who lived in Spokane: 1910

Friends, share this list with your husbands, and see which ones of these he does. Then share with us!

The Barnes kiddos would like to say "thanks dad", for all you do for us!

We are really glad to have you as our dad!

Happy Fathers Day!

We love you!

woodland park zoo

Tim and Grandma Margaret

My cousin Tim is here from Salt Lake
We are so excited to have him here,and that grandma is in town too.

Yesterday we went to the zoo
we were there for 5 hours, and still didn't get to see everything!
It was such fun! My favorite part was the butterflies.. one even landed on Tim, so we were all excited, that should make for a good memory to take home with him.


Still to do:

• EMP


• Safeco field tour and Mariners game


• Quest field tour


• Seattle undergroud tour

And maybe there will be some time for the Aquarium!
Having company is so much fun! I get to be a tourist in my own town! I'm loving it!
~I hope we are good enough hosts that he will want to come stay with us again~

Sting and the Police

so here it is......

my shirt from the police concert!

that concert ROCKED!!!!!! what a lucky girl am i!

they did play our song, and a whole ton more.

the concert wasn't nearly long enough (never is)

and they played roxanne with a vengeance - red lights, repeating 'you don't have to, you don't have to' and 'i won't, i won't, i won't' share you with another boy"

i LOVED the whole experience! -so much that i went back the next night to get tickets from a scalper, but ended up standing at the door with the ticket checkers listening to sting rock out! it was cool, and i didn't have to spend any money on tickets.heehee. i felt like i was getting away with something, even though they said i could stand with them.

any way~ thank you boo for the great anniversary and the awesome evening!

the countdown

happy anniversary to me! john got us tickets to sting and the police for tomorrow night! i am so not sleeping tonight!!! i keep walking around singing- "roxanne" oh you know what i'm talking about...ahhhhhh i am giddy!!!!!! so excited! they are my favorite!! i hope they sing 'our' song, every little thing she does is magic, john said that this song reminds him of me when we were newly dating {9 years ago} ahh how sweet! happy anniversary john, i love you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxr1s24Frmc