The Dow Family

Monday, February 2, 2009

Tombstone Arizona

We spent the day in Tombstone with John and Jana. It was really fun to see the place that was in the movie where Doc Hollywood and friends ruled the world.

Here are some pictures...

Here is a picture of the gang...

The cutest little cowgirls ever...

Truly 'Dead Meat'...We went to a gun fight today and the lady that was a part of the show kept making reference to Tom's legs and that she could see up his shorts and from that point forward he was the only audience member that she paid attention to. You could see how a wife might be upset.

Isn't this just the cutest little S*&$??

If you look at the background behind the girls you can see the set for the town and the place they had the gun fight.

Pictures of Us after Driving 18 hours in 2 days...did I mention the number of Potty breaks???

Here are pictures of us in the truck after driving for 18 hours. We drove approximately 7.5 hours the first day and 8.5 the next. It was nice to get here and see all of the family. We met baby Hayden for the first time and Richards girlfriend Kirsten - they are both delightful. I finally met the infamous 'Simon' the cat which hates me by the way and the cat 'Jackie' which also just greets me with a hiss. 'Big Foot' the cat actually likes us all and makes us feel loved so it is ok.

Kayla was less than happy about the long drive.

These two girls had a nap.

This is Tom after a long grueling game of Golf...don't you feel bad?

Half-Way to Sierra Vista...Vegas!!!

We stopped in Vegas on our way to see Grandpa Ed (Tom's dad) in Sierra Vista, AZ. By the way, it is 66-72 degrees here since we have been here. Augh....

The girls were mostly excited about going to the hotel but we still visited Fremont street which was unusually vacant. I have never seen this small amount of people in Vegas. We gambled and lost...the girls got lots of souvenirs so along with losing money, we spent it too but it was all in good fun. \

We visited the M&M factory...here are some pictures...

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Santa at the Dance Recital

We were able to see Santa after the dance recital and tell him what we wanted for Christmas - it was fun to see Santa and perform the dances that we have worked so hard to learn! I ws surprised that Olivia sat on Santa's lap...I have tried to get her to visit Santa on several occasions this year and her answer was NO! Kayla and Olivia did an awesome job.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Kristen Turns 2!!

We celebrated Kristen's birthday on Saturday night. She turned 2 on Sunday. Her favorite cartoon character is Scooby Doo so we had a Scooby Doo cake and balloons. She was more interested with playing with the Ribbon than opening her presents. I am hoping that by Christmas she finds an affection for opening presents - Tom has already outlawed ribbon. Olivia and her cousin Abby had more fun opening presents and playing with the new toys than Kristen did. Her favorite toy was a racing track from her Uncles Mike and Andy!!

The Cutest Little Greaser!!

On Sunday, Kristen decided to do her hair. She happened to get her hands on the Vaseline in the bathroom which she mistook as mouse. She often likes to put lotion or soap in her hair and let it foam up like Shampoo when she is taking a bath. About 10 minutes before Church, I found her in our room with a golfball size of Vaseline massaged through her hair. Tom washed her hair with Shampoo three times and then tried dish soap. To no avail, the Vaseline was not going anywhere. Tom looked up on Google how to get it out and there were over 200K hits on how to get Vaseline out of your hair. I ended up taking her to the Salon at Wal-Mart so that they could strip her hair. It took approximately 4 days for it to go away entirely. In the picture it looks like her hair is wet but it is straight Vaseline!!