Easter Picture

The Friday before Easter I took the girls to Bedfords Camera Store here in town and got their pictures taken with the real bunnies.  Meredith is scared of the Easter Bunny at the mall along with Chuck E. Cheese or pretty much anything dressed up as a character other than the Disney Princesses, so that pretty much guarantees not a great picture at the mall.  She and Alli really love the real bunnies so it's a good time for all.  Unfortunately, Bedfords does not have a link on their website to look at their photo session (this is something they really should add) so I scanned one of the pictures in my old scanner that doesn't work very well (hint, hint Michael) and am posting it (hopefully).  Alli was much gentler this year with the rabbits and cooperated quite well.  In years past I've kind of felt the bunnies were a bit at risk with her holding them around the neck, etc.  Anyway, I hope you enjoy.

Bye bye Chickezie

Well, it's a sad day.  I was really hoping that Chickezie would be able to stay a little longer on AI but I guess it was his time to go.  I really missed it with the girls however.  Ramiele wasn't even in the bottom three.  Oh well.  I guess we'll see next week what Kristy can do to stay on another week.

American Idol - 3-25-08

It definitely was Michael Johns' night to shine tonight on Idol.  I gave him my vote as much as I hate not to vote for Brooke (even thought I liked her performance as well).  I thought David Cook did a good job taking a risk but I was kind of confused by the whole thing.  It definitely was a different take on Bille Jean (I think that was the song he was singing).  Anyway, out of the girls I think possibly Ramiele is at risk for going home.  How many Heart songs have we heard this season?  I love the group Heart but I think it's been done already.  As far as the guys go, I thought David Archeleta's performance was very "peace" like.  However, the young ladies love him way too much for him to be at risk.  Chikezie is probably most at risk but I thought he did a fine job on Luther song.  I would agree with Simon that Kristy Cook was very clever in the "God Bless the USA" song choice and probably did save herself but I'd much rather see her go home before Chikezie just because of his likability factor.  Ugh, so for my prediction (I'll probably be wrong on this one) Ramiele will be going home.

We'll see tomorrow night!    

Broken Arrow Trip 3-14-08

Over the weekend (the beginning of Meredith's Spring Break) we headed over to Broken Arrow for cousin Cydnee's second birthday.  On Friday night (Cydnee's actual birthday) we headed to Los Carubas (sp?) for dinner with my brother and his family, my parents, and Carrie's parents.  It was a fun evening.  The wait wasn't too bad because Chris got there early to get our names on the list and they had a one man band playing.  At the time I broke out the camera to take the girls' pictures Cydnee was gone dancing on the patio to the music.  She's quite the little dancer.  Did I mention she turned 2?  Anyway, I got a good shot of cousin Carlee, Meredith and Alli while Cydnee was dancing.  Another great thing about the restaurant is they 

had a clown walking around to the different tables making balloon animals.  It was a life saver with Alli.  After we ate, my mom, me and the girls headed to the Bass Pro Shop which is located next door to the restaurant.   The girls always enjoy looking at the large fish in the aquarium there and pretended they were riding 4 wheelers.  

Saturday morning we headed to Chuck E. Cheese's for Cydnee's actual party which was fun. 

Cydnee was a lot more interested in checking out the games and dancing (yet again) to the Chuck E. Cheese band than opening her presents.  I'm sure she had fun with them later that day when there wasn't so many distractions.  

While we were spending time at my parents' house the girls had fun riding their bicycle and tricycle on their driveway which is much larger than ours.  It's nice that they have a place that they can actually ride their bikes without having to worry about getting hit by cars.

Well, Alli is screaming now (Meredith spent the night with Grammy & Papa) so I'll catch you all later.  Have a happy Easter!!!

Idol Results - 3/19/08

I apologize for my delay in posting but I was out of town in Broken Arrow from Friday until Tuesday so I'm playing catch up.  First of all, can you believe that Carly was in the bottom three?  I was so surprised since I feel she definitely has one of the strongest voices in the competition.  However, I was relieved to see Rocker Girl leave tonight.  It's funny that even though she was definitely not my favorite, I can't help but feel sorry for them at this point when they get voted off.  Especially tonight since only the top 10 go on tour and for sure get that steady income and experience.  I know I didn't post it but I predicted that Kristy would go home tonight because I felt she had the weakest performance.  Amanda may not be able to sing a ballad but she can definitely work the stage better then Kristy.  Can anyone not just help but love Brooke?  Let me tell ya, I just love her.  She's one of those people you just wish you could know because she would probably be a great friend.  Hopefully she'll be able to pick a song that suits her better next week.

I'll try and get some pictures posted tomorrow of my niece Cydnee.  We celebrated her second birthday over the weekend and, as always, enjoyed spending time with my side of the family for a little while.  

3-12-08 Results Show

Well, I just finished watching my recorded AI results show and I must say that I'm a little surprised.  When I saw that it was down to the bottom two being Kristy Cook and David Hernandez, I really thought Kristy was going home.  I definitely think that if David H. had a squeaky clean image that he wouldn't have been voted off tonight.  

American Idol - Top 12

I'm watching the performances that I missed due to the DVR mishap on americanidol.com as we speak.  However, I'm not sure if one or two are getting eliminated tonight.  If two are at risk I'm going to think Kristy Cook might be at risk, even though I didn't think the performance was as bad as some of the comments I've seen made.  It was definitely a country version all the way but I thought she performed as well as a country version could be.  I also feel  Ramiele Malubay had a pretty boring performance and she might be voted off as well.  The only guy I feel that is at risk of being kicked off David Hernandez.  I don't feel he has the "likability" factor as much now and his song was very standard and not near as good as the original.  The guys definitely ruled last night even though David Archuletta forgot some of the lyrics.

We'll see tonight!