Gymnastics Video

This is a video from the last night of gymnastics. MaKena was on the final station for the night. (MaKena is in the light pink suit)

Happy 7th Birthday Mallorie!

Happy Birthday Mallorie!! WOW, 7 really?? I still remember getting the call the night you were born. We hope you have a wonderful day and we look forward to celebrating with you! We love you!

The BIG Reveal!!

Lane and I finished up MaKena’s Princess room the middle of March. I had thought about waiting to show MaKena her new room until after we got back from vacation but I was a little too excited to see the reaction on her face. We both knew once we showed her her new room that she’d want to sleep in it that night. So we made sure her bed was made with her new sheets and everything was ready. Once Lane finished vacuuming and getting all his tools out of the room we brought her down stairs and blindfolded her eyes. I helped walk her in her room as Lane videoed. I counted to 3 and told her to take her blindfold off. I think she was shocked at first. She knew she was getting a pink and purple room but she had no clue she’d have a huge Princess mural on her wall. It was priceless. After she realized this was her new room she got a little goofy. She crawled in her bed and was set for night. She was so excited and so thankful for her new room. It was cute!

MaKena blindfolded and waiting to walk back to her new room. Checking out her new room.

(I had the camera on continuous shot so I could get a good picture of her reaction.)

I think she finally realized she had Princesses on her wall!

I love the look on her face in this picture.

Relaxing in her new big girl bed and checking out her Princess wall.

Standing next to her Princess Measuring Chart.

Gymnastics

MaKena was in the Tumble Tots gymnastics class this winter at American Gold Gymnastics. Last year we did the Parent Tot class which was fun but a little chaotic; this year was much more relaxing for me! She was in a class with about 10 other little kids her age and 4 coaches. One of the little boys in her class was CJ who is Carrie’s son (a friend and co-worker). MaKena and CJ were in the Parent Tot class together last year too. Carrie and I had some good conversations while the kids were in class. It was our quiet time! The kids were in a little room while the parents got to watch them a TV. It was pretty comical watching the kids try and do the different stations every week. The last night of class was parent’s night. MaKena was so excited to perform for us. We got to sit in the class and watch the kids instead of having to watch them on the TV. She was so proud of herself.

MaKena sitting on her carpet square waiting for class to start. Relaxing in the pit. She loves the pit.

Stretching and getting ready for the rest of class.

MaKena sitting at her first station listing very closely to the instructions.

Tah Dah! She just finished a sommersault.

MaKena doing a hand stand.

Swinging like a monkey on the bars!

Doing her tah dah at the end of class.

We have several videos of her last night of gymnastics that I need to downsize so I can upload them to blogger. Hopefully I can get them added soon as they are hilarious!

The Comfort Cafe

For the 3rd year in a row, Jacob was in the school play. This year the play was called The Comfort Cafe. It was a cute play. Jacob didn’t have a big part but he was fine with that. He played a homeless kid. He seems to really enjoy taking part in the school play and I really enjoy watching him! Hopefully next year he’ll want to try out again.

The set. Jacob is in the yellow shirt sitting in the chair. I thought this was a funny picture. He ended up standing next to the tallest girl in the play. She sure made him look little!

A quick picture after the performance.

The Princess Wall

When Lane and I decided to move MaKena downstairs we thought it would be fun to do something different in her new room. She is obsessed with Princesses so we knew we wanted to do a Princess themed room. We looked online to get some ideas. We let MaKena pick out her bedding and the colors she wanted us to paint but the rest Lane and I picked and we wanted it to be a surprise. Lane found a large princess mural that he thought would be fun to put on her wall and a smaller princess picture that we would use to measure her growth. When we got the big princess mural neither of us knew it was wallpaper. We thought it was a sticker. We’ve never hung wallpaper on the wall before so I had a feeling this was going to be interesting. And it was. We managed to get it on the wall without too much trouble but honestly I don’t think I’ll ever put wall paper up again. What a mess! Jacob helped us keep MaKena out of the room and busy while we worked on the wall. Shockingly we were able to keep it a surprise and boy was it a surprise.

A picture of the wall half done. All done!

Behind

I am way behind on my updates, sorry. It’s been a tough couple weeks at the Husebys but I promise to have several updates soon. I’ve got a lot of pictures and stories to share I just need to get the pictures off my camera. We finished MaKena’s room and I have pictures from the big reveal, Lane and I went to Cancun for a week, Jacob was in his school play, MaKena’s last night at gymnastics and so much more. Hopefully this week will be a little less hectic and I’ll get some posts add.

Happy Birthday to you!!

Happy birthday to my all time favorite sister!! Jen, I (we) hope you have a wonderful day. Thanks for all you've done for me. You are my best friend. We love you!


Jen holding Emma at Justin's wedding July, 2010.

Happy Birthday to Anita! We hope you have a great day. Thank you for everything you've done for us. We love you!






Anita playing Barbie's with MaKena and Isabel at Christmas 2010.

Happy 11th Birthday Brandon!

Happy Birthday Brandon! WOW! We can't believe how fast you've grown up. We hope you have a wonderful day full of lots of fun. We love you!


Christmas with the Husebys. (Front Row L-R: MaKena, Alexis and Isabel. Back Row L-R: Jacob and Brandon)

Play date

Back in February we were able to have a play date with Maddie and Reese, who are my good friend Katie’s daughters. It had been a while since we’d seen them so it was fun to get together. Maddie and MaKena were a little shy at first but within a few minutes they were playing and having a good time. I wish I would have grabbed my camera earlier when they were playing so well in MaKena’s room. The girls had so much fun playing together and Katie and I had a good time catching up. We are hoping to make this a monthly thing!!

MaKena and Maddie coloring.

Maddie, MaKena and Reese