Family is Everything!

Wii Yoga

Dustin doing the tree pose.

Wii Fit Anyone?

We talked my dad into doing Wii Fit today so we could know his Wii age. His Wii age was ----- 84! His actual age! Before you know it the kids will have him playing Mario Cart Wii with them. Go dad!

Subaru anyone?

We've always had a thing for a reliable Subaru. And now, with the married kids living with us we have a few. Welcome to our parking lot :)

 

It's that time of year

for recitals and concerts. I think this is the last.  I think.

Melanie's piano recital.  She played Toccata by Kachaturian.

Melanie Piano Recital - Toccata from Shirlene Hicken on Vimeo.

They're back!

 Due to circumstances beyond their control --

 

There has been a lot of this going around our place of late:

Nicole and Talon moved in a week ago.  They're waiting for their new apartment - sometime - soon.

Chelsea and Brigham will be moving in tomorrow as well.  They're waiting to move to Alaska - sometime - this summer.

Come one, come all! We still have one empty bedroom! 

 

"L"

Dustin lettered in tennis at Logan High School this year! He played first doubles on JV and second singles on JV.  To letter you have to play a varsity match and win, and as a Sophomore and a JV player, those opportunities don't come along very often.  However, Dustin was given a varsity match at the Ogden Invitational -- and he won! Woot woot!

Here's Dustin in action!

 

And receiving his official "letter" certificate!

 

What a dapper guy!!
 
 
 

We're at it again ...

video posting, that is.  Nicole and Melanie had yet another voice recital.  They each take a sec to explain their song, so feel free to fast forward a bit. And I don't know why the multi-colored thing is showing instead of the actual picture of what you will see??? 

Melanie singing Cielito lindo

Untitled from Shirlene Hicken on Vimeo.

Nicole singing Beau soir

Untitled from Shirlene Hicken on Vimeo.

Video #2

Now that I am a pro at this video sharing thing, I thought it would be fun to actually see AND hear Greg administering the oath of office to Brigham. It's almost like you are actually there with us!  We are very proud of Brigham!

Brigham becomes 2nd Lieutenant Brigham Moore from Shirlene Hicken on Vimeo.

Video

This is my first attempt at uploading a video from my Flip into my blog.  Thanks to Dana for literally "walking" me through the process!

Nicole & Melanie - voice recital duet from Shirlene Hicken on Vimeo.

Your life is bound to be fuller now with my newfound digital skills!  Enjoy!!

Sorry for the poor video quality and the inability to see the girl's faces.  It was a bright, sunny day (obviously an anomaly for Logan).

Project Mania

In January I decided it might be wise to list all of my projects that are hiding in closets and cupboards.  I naively thought this would give me the motivation necessary to complete these hidden projects, and perhaps, not take on any new projects until all on my list were completed.  

So -- as of January 15th, I had listed 35 projects.  Thirty-five!!  Well, two weeks of the year were already spent, so I now had 50 weeks left in which to finish these thirty-five.  AND, if I perchance added 15 more projects, I would still only need to complete one a week to have all finished by December 31, 2010. Possible and achievable?  Yes.

And so I began ...

1. quilt for Aunt Margie's 90th birthday; 2. baby quilt from Maui Quilt Shop bundle; 3. baby quilt from JoAnn Fabrics bundle; 4. Christmas quilt from random purchase kit; 5. bag from Hawaii fabric scraps; 6. baby quilt from Maui Quilt Shop bundle; 7. T-shirt quilt from my girl's camp t-shirts and sweat shirts as a leader; 8. an applique block on my t-shirt quilt (had to show it cuz it is so dang cute); 9. block from my t-shirt quilt; 10. another baby quilt to match #6 but with different colored fabric on the back.

            
           

Other completed projects without photo proof:

- 30 burp cloths

- two skirts for Melanie

- I'm thinking there are a few more (um maybe about five) that I've blocked from my memory :) or maybe they are secret projects that are ... a secret and so no photo for you!

So that makes approximately 13 projects done (some, like the skirts were only listed as one) with 234 days left in the year, or 33 weeks.  I've added about five projects to the list, so: 40 - 13 = 27! It can be done! 

So what am I doing blogging when I have projects to do?! Wish me luck!!

P.S.  Not all of my projects are sewing type things. Some have to do with photos, and some have to do with leftover not finished stuff from Relief Society activities :)