2012 Arsenal Challenge

 

Yes, we are going to play the proud parents for a moment...bear with us! Conlan just finished his first tournament for the season and they did amazing! They won 1st place against the 3rd placed team in the state. They gave them a run for their money, but Con's team held their own. We are very proud of all of you, way to go guys/girls you earned it! 

 

 

Ballet Under the Stars





Every September, when the temperatures start to fall a tad, Ballet Arizona puts on several performances across the valley. We finally got to go and watch. We went with the cousins and all of the little girls were in heaven doing little leaps and dances with the performers. It was a great way to get the kids some exposure in a casual setting. It didn't hurt that there was a full moon bathing the scene in moonlight! Beautiful!

 



The dancers warming up

Our future ballerinas?

Demi was all tuckered out

Aisy was so excited that she wants to go again

A Deeee-licious Tea

Jenna got a bee in her bonnet and decided that it was about time to have a formal tea. The theme was "Pride and Prejudice" and it was decided upon that after the formal tea we would watch the movie and have tea-tinis (martini's infused with tea). A perfect excuse to go with a girly color scheme of pink and white, and a chance to get dressed up and decked out in hats and gloves, we were ready! The day arrived: the chairs were wrapped in toulle, tables were set with fine china and serveware, flowers arranged, placards arranged and food ready to go, the guests arrived. We were blessed to have 3 of our family members join us all the way from California! The afternoon was delightful amongst good company, yummy food and a wonderful movie! The tea-tinis were a hit! We had chocolate, vanilla and raspberry teas to go with them. Some people even got to try one of each and then the fun really began! Here are some pictures from the day, but as usual the hostess didn't get a chance to take many because she was trying to be the hostest with the mostest!

Place setting for the Pride and Prejudice Tea

The adult table

The table would not have been complete without a copy of the book

The menu: Soup-Shrimp Bisque, Salad-Savory Romaine & Tomato,
Scone-Sundried Tomato w/Basil Pignoli Cream, Sorbet-Raspberry w/Fresh Mint,
Sandwiches-Smoked Turkey & Jarlsburg, Seasoned Cucumber & Onion,
Zesty Pesto, Muenster & Turkey and Tart-Creamy Onion w/Lemon Thyme Crust...Yummy!
 

Kids Table

Dessert...Mmmmmm

Aislinn rockin the feathered hat

Going, going, gone!

The party girls: Aislinn, Emmalina and Kyla (minus Demi cause she was sawing some logs on the floor)

Party Ladies: Back Row-Audra, Roxanne, Michelle, Sasha and Brianna
Front Row-Sienna and Barbara

Damara all rested and ready to par-tea!

Grandma Barbara having deeee-licious tea with the girls

Jenna and Roxanne

Mommy and Damara stealing a moment for snuggles

No David!!!

Before bed, we love to spend some time together reading, talking and singing. On this particular night the girls decided to "read" to us. There is a book by writer/ illustrator David Shannon that has become a family favorite. It is about the antics of David as a little boy and his getting into troublesome adentures. For some reason the McCoy children identify with David! Below is a video of Damara "reading" the story. We wanted to capture the moment because, as we have seen in another post, this time will not last!

Damara's version of "No David"

New Products at Hartfelt Expressions

We have recently added some fun new products to our Etsy store! If you have a moment check it out:

www.hartfeltexpressions.etsy.com

Back to School

Another year of school has begun! Conlan is now in 3rd grade and loves it so far! Let the fun begin!

Conlan feeling a bit uneasy, until we got there and
his friends came running up to see him! Oh, and a cute
girl in the class helped too!

Tristan and Conlan

Kyla not so thrilled to be starting Kindergarten. Poor thing.
She worked the pout!

Back to School Party 2012

With sad hearts and anticipation for the upcoming school year, we said good-bye to summer with a Western themed back to school party. Everyone came dressed decked out in their finest cowboy/cowgirl gear! We started the event off with pony pictures (not a live one, just a stuffed). We panned for gold, shot targets with nerf guns, and had a pie eating contest for dessert. We had a bbq with all of the fixins and ate our grub off of pie tins and drank out of mason jars! The day ended all too soon though and it was time for our cowboys and cowgirls to giddyup home and get ready for school the next day! 

Aisy's interpretation of a princess cowgirl

Yee-haw Cousin Sienna and Conlan the Terrible

Ride em' cowboy

Giggles McGee

Bryan and Jenna

Auntie Bree and Caydon

Tristan lookin' mighty sinister, better protect that gold guys

A party wouldn't be complete without cupcakes

Sisters sportin' a stash

Diggin' for gold

Loot bags

Pie eating contest, cousin Sienna won with the fastest time and won another pie. LOL!