Claire's big day

Claire had her annual spring music program tonight -- including a solo (in Spanish even!)

She wore a new dress, sweater and shoes and has been excited for days. I got all of my running around done by the time Claire was out of school, so I decided to surprise her by going to get her nails done. The look on her face when I told her where we were headed was priceless. I hope to see that as much as possible for the rest of my life.

She was raving about the 'jacuzzi for my feet' and massage chair all night!

Her feet were really ticklish!

It was pretty fun taking her for her first nail experience.
I hope this is just the first of many days like this that we have!

The woman who was painting Claire's nails, Annie, put flowers and sparkles
and polka dots on her nails for free because she had a special event.

And for the grand finale, I got one of Claire's two lines that she sang during her solo --
camera ran out of memory. :( It's better than nothing though, I guess!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIMMY!

Today is Timothy Kale Balice's 24th Birthday! It's so hard to believe that our cute little Hawaiian "charmer" has become an even MORE charming young man :-) Have a fun day celebrating and a fantastic, exciting, successful year - we love you!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANNAH!

Today is Hannah Grace Marion's 9th Birthday!!!!! I can't believe my little granddaughter is so quickly growing into such a darling young lady :-) Happy Birthday Hannah - have a fun day and an awesome year being nine! Grandma and Duck can't wait to see you next week :-)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARVEY JOE!

He's the big 6-3 this year and anxious to spend his birthday at the beach! Here's wishing him a fun day and an awesome year with his beautiful, sexy, intelligent, and tan wife :-)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLIE!

It's almost impossible to believe, but we have a brand new teenager in the family now! Happy 13th Birthday to Elizabeth Ann (aka Ellie) Marion. Have a really fun birthday and an awesome year!

January Birthdays!

I know Kirsten has been very busy and I'm sorry to say that I have not been paying good attention to the blog, even though I look at it every day!

Happy 19th Birthday to Leigh on Jan. 23rd - hope you had a fun celebration!

Happy 22nd Birthday to John on Jan. 25th - I'm sure your mom & dad provided a fun day for both you and Leigh!

Happy 35th Birthday to Sarah on Jan. 27th - did you have a fun day today? I'm sure those gorgeous boys in your life provided a fantastic birthday party!

Happy 36th Birthday to Jeff on Jan. 29th - have a really fun day, a great weekend, and a joyful year!!!!!!

We are so proud of all of you and love you very much! Celebrate all year!!!!!!

Buys Christmas at Chez Baidas

Dan shot some video with his iPhone while we were opening presents and put together this little video of it yesterday. Unfortunately, Alexander was sleeping at the time (but hey, it's never really unfortunate if a baby is sleeping right???

Buys Family Christmas 2010 from Daniel Johnson on Vimeo.