Happy Mother's Day!

Today was my very first Mother's Day! We celebrated it at the Brookfield Zoo (photos posted in our Photo Album). Here's a cute photo of Chase (and me) taken at the zoo in his new sun hat (the burping cloth over my shoulder is a classy touch, isn't it?). And if you look closely you can see the beautiful diamond circle journey pendant Chase got me for Mother's Day (click on the photo for a larger view). What can I say... the boy has taste! I'm such a lucky Mom....

Photos Posted

Photos of the weekend with my parents are now posted in our Photo Album. Enjoy!

Goodbye LaKisha

We said goodbye to LaKisha on American Idol last night. I was afraid that would happen this week. No one can deny that LaKisha is extremely talented. The girl has some serious pipes! But I think her song choices in the last few weeks did her in. She'll have some sort of music career as a result of this experience, I'm sure. Still, it was sad to see her go....

Grandma & Grandpa K Visit

My parents were in town for a short while this weekend on their way to Costa Rica (I'm so jealous!), putting me on the other side of the camera for once. Just thought I'd share one of the only decent photos I have of Chase and me as a result!

Chase's grandparents were also kind enough to babysit while Brian and I went on a much needed date! We went out for an incredibly yummy dinner and then to the casino to get rich (unfortunately that plan didn't work out as well and we lost $60 instead). Afterwards we topped the evening off by going out for dessert. Yummmmmmm.... Thanks, Mom and Dad!

Pics of the weekend coming soon to our Photo Album!

Easter Photos

Easter photos (which include photos of Chase's first swim!) are finally posted in our Photo Album. Check them out!

Slideshows

I've gone slideshow happy. I added slideshows to this page, our Photo Album, Chase's page and Our Travels page. Check them out!

I'm so proud of myself. :)

Goodbye Phil & Chris R

America got it exactly right this week on American Idol. Phil and Chris were the weakest performers left in the bunch.

Phil has a great upper range but his lower, softer range was weird for me. It was more old fashioned/borderline classical and it just didn't seem to match the powerhouse vocals he showed up top.

Chris has a cool voice but it could use some technical training. He needs to learn to sing correctly (he's going to hurt his voice!) and his pitch isn't solid. I think he depended on his runs and when he couldn't hide behind them his vocals were shaky.

The top 4 deserve to be the top 4 and it's going to be a good competition from here on out! I'm excited!