i used to do these "randomness" posts all the time. need to remember to do these more often. so here we go. a different sort of version of the randomness. 10 totally random photos from the past two months, and their stories.
alyssa and her dad bought this little dude yesterday. it's been a while since we had a hamster in the house. the girls have actually been asking for another hamster for ages now. they must have caught me on a good day, because i said "yes". they're still trying to decide on a name.
in fact, i dug out this photo of the last time we had a hamster here (sarah is holding him in the photo). august of 2007. and look at haley! she's so tiny, and only about 9 months here. so stinkin cute. just looking at this photo, i'm having an "awwwww, how did my daycare girlie grow up so fast" moment.
this photo is from the band concert back in december. but alyssa was chosen to participate in honor band this year. they had about 70 jr high students, from about 10 different schools in the city. they practiced one night a week, for a month. they had the honor band concert about 2 weeks ago, and it was incredible. seriously, they sounded so amazing. i wish i had gotten photos that night.
sarah was in the band concert in december too. you can almost tell that she's holding an instrument in this photo. lol! but she is. she's learning the flute and is sounding better each day. her BFF, tawny, is also learning the flute (along with another BFF, vanessa). and see that boy, poking his head out next to tawny? that just happens to be one of nikolas's brothers 🙂
joe's getting geared up to start umpiring again. he's had some meetings, taken and passed the super long written test, and been evaluated in action. as long as it doesn't rain this week (which it's supposed too), he starts actual games this week. i think he has 4 of them on the schedule just this week. so he'll be super busy.
alyssa scored a part in the drama production that the jr high will be performing in a few months at school. she was in it last year too, and i was so impressed with the show they put on. this year is "alice in wonderland", and she'll be playing the part of "small alice". there are 3 alice's in the play, and one of her BFF's is "big alice".
my island photo of the week. can you tell what i'm working on? sure, there's a few layouts up there. i'll share those next week. but mostly, it's tax stuff. boring, but it has to be done. i had a years worth of receipts that i was sorting and itemizing. i made my appointment with the tax people for next weekend. figured it would force me to actually get everything ready.
joe's been trying to fit in some golfing, before he gets too busy umpiring. not even sure when this photo is from. my brother just happened to send me some photos he had from one of their days out.
alyssa went zip lining back in december, with her dad and her grandpa. will have to share more pics another day. i'm scared of heights. and yet i think it would be so much fun to do this. we're going to have to make a point to go sometime. but sarah's not old enough yet, so we'll wait for her 🙂
not the greatest photo of either of us. but i'm sharing it anyways. our disclaimer? it was like 8:00am in the morning. i hadn't done my hair yet, or half my makeup. nikolas is doing his new smile, which consists of closing his eyes really tight and actually thinking he's smiling. anyways. my point to this photo, was that i've been wearing my hair straight for over a week now. first off, i'm amazed at myself for actually figuring out how to straighten it using only a round brush. second off, it's growing on me. it's a lot easier than the curls, to be honest. although i keep asking the family, "what do you REALLY think of the straight hair". lol!
and consider this a bonus, eleventh photo. just in the last few days, the almond trees in the orchards out here have blossomed. it's crazy how quickly it happens, and how quickly they'll disappear. i really want some new photos, just like the ones i got last year. hoping the weather permits and we can get out there this week. i think i'm even going to make a little blue tutu and take haley over there :)
Laura Vegas 
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