Monday, May 30, 2011

HaPpY 14tH bIrThDaY jUlEe!!

Happy birthday Julee!
Poor Julee spent the morning of her birthday marching in the Watervliet Memorial Day Parade. That meant getting up early even though there was no school, carrying 40lbs worth of bells, and marching from the high school to the Memorial Park in Watervliet in 90* weather.  She did an awesome job though and was even good sport enough to smile when her crazy mother was chasing her down the parade route with a camera.
Here are 14 things you may or may not know about Julee:
1. Her favorite color is blue
2. She LOVES going to the movies
3. She still has the same crazy, curly, thick hair that she's always had
4. She does not know how to keep her room picked up
5. She is a drummer at heart
6.  She kills her dad playing the "yellow one" car game EVERY morning
7. She is semi-excited (her words) that she gets to go to her first youth dance in 2 weeks
8. She loves to play the piano
9. She is a saver, not a spender
10. Her favorite food is Hawaiian Haystacks
11. Her favorite TV show is NCIS
12. She can (still) touch her tongue to her nose
13. She joined the jazz band this year
14. She is an all-around awesome girl!
Happy 14th Lulee!  We love you!
A fun picture of her jazz band director helping Julee stay cool during the parade

Monday, May 16, 2011

DEAD or not DEAD

Rick just asked me when the last time I blogged was.  I told him it was February 27th.  He said the blog was DEAD.  I told him he was wrong.  So as to not be a liar, here I am.  We were behind this car in the drive-thru at Burger King the other night.  Now, I like Twilight just as much as the next guy.  We've read the books and seen the movies.  I think Julee even had the Twilight conversation hearts around Valentine's Day.  But really?!?



Sunday, February 27, 2011

So very wrong....

Thought you would all get a kick out of this little 'tribute' to the Dunklees I came across on the blog of one of our 'friends' in Tucson:


Extreme Weather Warning . . . . .
Enough is enough!! Just don't think I can handle much more of this frigid weather . . . and yes, I am teasing some friends living in New York who have had their little tushes frozen off a-a-a-ll winter! 


Isn't she funny?!?! NOT!! It is pretty amazing that there is actually visual snow in Tucson.  Lightweights probably tried to cancel church.....

Friday, February 25, 2011

Monday, February 21, 2011

Just chillin' out

Today is the first day of Winter Break which means a week of no school for Julee and Alexis.  Unfortunately, their mean mother stayed home from work today and made everybody clean house.  The girls were very helpful around the house and then they did a great job on their rooms!  The worst part of the day - cleaning.  The best part of the day week - just chilling out.

Lekkis loves her little desk area under her bed. 
You can't see it but she is reading a new book she got today.
Lulee working on one of her infamous projects and watching Harry Potter 6.
She will be less than thrilled to see her mugshot on the blog (shh don't tell her).

Monday, February 14, 2011

Spelling Bee

A few weeks ago Alexis represented her 4th grade class in the school Spelling Bee. She studied her words really hard and was super excited to get to spell in front of the WHOLE SCHOOL!  There were 12 other students from 4th, 5th, and 6th grade who participated.  Alexis ended up coming in 3rd place behind a 5th grader and a 6th grader!  These were her words: crew, bunt, hitch, hammer, empty, kettle, nudge, leapfrog, service, innocent, gallant, station, magical, and abolishinists.  Not too shabby for 4th grade!

 Alexis waits her turn to spell
Just a little bit nervous
Great job Lekkis!!

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Christmas Eve & Christmas Day

Christmas 2010 was AWESOME!   We mostly stayed home and hung out as a family. We had a good time watching movies, playing games, and sleeping in.

Christmas Eve brought new jammies
 Santa ate almost all the cookies
And he brought presents
New socks are always on the list
Alexis was thrilled to get stuff for her zhu zhu pets
Julee was excited to get the long awaited for Ipod Touch
Rick was super surprised to unwrap an iPad. Can you tell?
Merry Christmas Everyone!