The Bonham Blog

Going to the Ball

2012-03-24T17:30:00.000-07:00

Brad was invited to The Overlake Bandage Ball in Bellevue, to help raise money for a new Neonatal Unit at Overlake Hospital. I know that Sierra was not born at Overlake, but taking care of premature babies is definitely something that we can understand. So we got dressed up and went and supported Overlake Hospital. It was so much fun!!!!

Snow!

2012-03-18T23:01:00.002-07:00

Alex's Last Day of Beginner Acrobatics Class

2012-03-14T16:45:00.000-07:00

Alex has done so well in his acrobatics class and he is still loving it.

Next week he gets to start the Intermediate Acrobatics Class and he is so happy!

Cut, Color and More Color

2012-03-14T16:28:00.002-07:00

I finally decided to cut my hair and I had a little bit of brown/violet added to my hair

But it wasn't enough color so I went back a few days later and we added a lot more of the brown/violet to my hair and I Love how it turned out!!

Sierra Gets a HUGE Haircut!

2012-03-13T13:03:00.000-07:00

Before

After

Sierra loves it! And so do I!

Last Day of Gymnastics Class

2012-03-12T16:39:00.002-07:00

Sierra loves her gymnastics class and was very excited to show off everything that she had learned this session.

Sierra will start her next session next week and can't wait!

New Outift from Birthday

2012-03-04T10:05:00.000-08:00

Sierra's Rainbow Birthday Party

2012-03-02T17:16:00.001-08:00

Rainbow M&M Cake

2012-02-29T17:28:00.001-08:00

Make a white cake mix using the directions on the box

Evenly divide the cake mix into six bowls (for a full rainbow or you can always do more colors or less colors in your cake)

Add food coloring to your batter

Stir in the food coloring until completely mixed in. Add more food coloring until it is the color you want. Make sure to mix completely.

Spray two 8" cake pans really well. Take the first cake pan and add 2/3 of the batter around the very outside, do not add any to the middle of the cake pan.

Next add half the orange to the middle of the cake pan, but do not cover any of the red. Add half of the yellow right in the middle of the orange. Tap the cake pan gently on the counter until the batter is flat (no rounding in the middle). Add half the green right in the middle of the yellow. Tap the cake pan gently on the counter again until the batter is flat. Add half the blue, tap, add 1/3 of the purple, tap. Set aside the pan. Using the second cake pan. Add 2/3 of the purple around the outside, the blue in the middle, the green in the middle of the blue, tap, add the yellow, tap, add the orange, tap and add the red and tap. Add both cake pans and bake using the boxes directions.

Let cool for 10 minutes then turn out onto cooling racks. Let cool all the way before frosting.

I also made cupcakes. I colored the batter the same way. I sprayed a muffin pan really well (I didn't use papers). With the muffins I add purple first then worked my way up to red. This time I didn't try to get the layer perfect and just added color on top of color and tapped the whole pan at the end. Then I baked as directed. Let them cool for about 5 minuted and turned them out onto a cooling rack.

I used vanilla frosting between the two cakes and all over the outside and then decorated the whole outside with M&Ms.

I also used vanilla frosting on the cupcakes and dcorated with M&Ms.

Once you cut into the cake you can see the "layers" of color.

Family Presents for Sierra

2012-02-27T20:12:00.001-08:00

Cupcakes for Preschool

2012-02-27T11:07:00.001-08:00

Sierra's Family Cake and Ice Cream Party

2012-02-25T19:09:00.000-08:00

Sierra was so happy with her M&M cake that she wanted!

I was really proud of myself, with my moms help, I made this cake!!!

Ted's Amazing Grades!

2012-02-23T16:52:00.001-08:00

Ted once again proved how smart he is and brought home an amazing report card. He received an A, 3 A-, a B+, and a B!!!! This semester he took Honors English and Honors Social Studies and Algebra I (9th grade math in 7th grade), Science, Art and PE. We are so proud of Ted!!!

Alex's Violin Lessons

2012-02-13T19:01:00.002-08:00

Disneyland Day 3 (Last Day)

2012-02-04T19:28:00.001-08:00

This morning we got up and got ready for the day. After everyone was ready Brad took the kids to the lobby for breakfast, while I stayed in the room and finished packing. We took the shuttle to the park and made it there by 9am. Brad really want to take the boys to Star Tours, so he went there, while I took Sierra on Peter Pan again.

When we were done we met up for lunch at the Tomorrowland Terrace. During lunch we realized that the Jedi Training Academy was starting soon, so Brad, Ted and Alex stayed to watch/participate in the show. While Sierra and I went on Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Tea Party again.

Ted AND Alex were picked to participate, so they were given Jedi cloaks and light sabers and were trained to fight against evil! It was so much fun to watch!

Then we met back up to go on It's a Small World ride. We made all the kids to it once, then Sierra and I went on it again while Brad and the boys got some ice cream.

Everyone got to pick the last ride that they wanted to go on before we left the park. Sierra picked Dumbo and the boys picked Big Thunder Mountain.

After the last rides we shopped on main street and everyone got a bunch of souvenirs to bring home. Once everyone was done we left the park, took the shuttle back to the hotel, had lunch at Coco's, took the shuttle van to the airport and came home. We had so much fun but was definitely good to be home!

Disneyland Day 2

2012-02-03T23:02:00.015-08:00

We woke up a little bit early and got ready of the day and had breakfast in the lobby of the hotel again. After all the walking that everyone did the day before we decided to wait for the shuttle to take us to the parks. When we got to the park I realized that I had forgotten to pack our tickets for the princess lunch. So I took the kids into the park and Brad went back to the hotel for the tickets. We were 20 minutes early for the park opening, but a few character were out so we got a few pictures while we waited for Brad.

Brad come back right as the park opened. The boys wanted to go on Autopia and Sierra wanted to go on Astro Orbitor, so I took the boys and Brad took Sierra. Sierra and Brad got done faster then us so they went on Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters while they waited for us.

After the boys and I got down we joined Brad and Sierra and went on Buzz Lightyear and then we headed over to "Captain EO". Ted and Alex love Michael Jackson so we were really excited for them to see the show. They loved it!!!!! On the way out of the park we stopped by Pixie Hollow and visited with Vidia and Tinker Bell.

We left Disneyland and walked over to California Adventures for our lunch with the princesses at Ariel's Grotto. Lunch was amazing; we saw Ariel, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Snow White and Cinderella. The food was also wonderful, all three of the kids had a great time. And we were able to add 5 more autographs to their books.

After lunch we met up with Jean, Rey, Haley and Sydney. Ted, Brad, Sydney, Haley and Rey went on California Screamin' (twice) while Jean and I took Alex and Sierra on King Triton's Carousel (they were able to go on it over and over and over again).

We all went on Toy Story Midway Mania! is was awesome (a favorite for everyone). We got a few pictures in the Toy Story box, stop and got Sierra's face painted and henna tattoos for Ted and Alex.

Haley and Sierra waited in line for Mickey's Fun Wheel (while the boys were getting their tattoos), then Sydney, Ted and Alex went and waited in line for Mickey's Fun Wheel. The adults were able to sit down in the shade and enjoy the views.

Then Brad, Alex, Sierra and Sydney went on the Silly Symphony Swings. After the swings, Ted, Alex, Sydney and Sierra went on Jumpin' Jellyfish.

Afterwards Brad and I took Alex and Sierra on Goofy's Sky School (much scarier than it originally looked, oops!) while everyone else got some food. Then we walked over to The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure so everyone could go on it (by far Sierra's favorite ride). We stopped to see Mador and Lightin' McQueen. Then we went into "a bug's land" and let the kids ride on Flik's Flyers, Francis' Landybug Boogie, Heimlich's Chew Chew Train, and Tuck and Roll's Drive 'Em Buggies.

We left "a bug's land" and everyone (but Sierra and I) headed to The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (by far one of Ted AND Alex's favorite rides). While they went on the ride Sierra and I wondered around. And saw a few streets shows.

Afterwards we saw ElecTRONica Power Surge and went into see Turtle Talk with Crush. While waiting for Crush we saw Animation Academy, Character Close-Up and Sorcerer's Workshop. Turtle Talk with Crush was amazing and Ted was picked to talk to Crush. By now everyone was tired, but Sierra really wanted ice cream, so we walked back to Disneyland and got some ice cream at the Main Street Cone Shop. We had to say goodbye to Jean, Rey, Haley and Sydney when they left for the night. On the way out Sierra was so sad (Haley left and it was another long day), tired and hungry, Sierra saw Minnie Mouse and NEEDED to see her again. So Sierra and I waited in line to see her, Minnie saw how sad Sierra was and started kissing her and dancing with her. By the end of their dance Sierra and laughing and smiling. We told Minnie goodnight and Sierra told me she was ready to go back to the hotel. We left a 9pm, 2 hours at the parks today! We took the shuttle back to the hotel, when we got there Brad took Sierra and Ted back to the room, while Alex and I went to Coco's for a late dinner. I took some food back to the room, we ate, showered, bathed, packed and went to bed!

Disneyland Day 1

2012-02-02T23:17:00.000-08:00

We woke up early this morning and got ready to go, the kids were so excited! We stopped by the hotel lobby to have some breakfast before the shuttle picked to take us to Disneyland. We decided to use our early morning entry today so we need to be there by 9am.

We were waiting for the shuttle and waiting and waiting and the kids were ready to go, so we walked the 20 minutes to the park. It was the perfect morning for it and the kids were great, we got to the park at 8:45am!

At 9am the kids enter Disneyland for the first time, they were so happy!!!

We went to Fantasyland and waited in line, 15 minutes, for the first ride, Peter Pan's Flight (Sierra's favorite ride)!

Then we walked on King Arthur Carrousel,

Tried to pull the sword from the stone,

We went on Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Alice in Wonderland, Mad Tea Party (one of the kids favorites), King Arthur's Carrousel (a second time for Sierra), Pinocchio's Daring Journey, Snow White's Scary Adventures and Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (all in less than an hour!)

Then we need to kill a little bit of time before meeting up with some friends so we took the Disneyland Railroad from Fantasyland all the way around the park. When we got back we met up with Jean, Rey, Haley and Sydney, everyone was so excited to have our friends with us at Disneyland!

Then we headed into Toontown for some autographs, rides and to see where the characters live.

(This was Alex and Sierra's very first roller coaster ride EVER! and all three of the kids first roller coaster ride at Disneyland)

We left Toontown and headed for Frontierland. Everyone went on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Alex and Sierra were not big fans. But Alex decided to do it again so he could concur his fears, so Sierra and I sat it out the second time around (this ended up being one of Ted and Alex's favorite rides). After the second time we went to the souvenir/pin store and got the kids their lanyards and a few pins.

Next we went to the Adventureland and had an amazing lunch at the Bengal Barbecue. After lunch I took Sierra and Alex to Tarzan's Treehouse while everyone else went on Indiana Jones Adventure. We met back up with Rey and Haley and went to New Orleans Square and took the kids on Pirates of the Caribbean. Then everyone went on the Haunted Mansion (one of Sierra's favorite rides). We wondered down into Critter Country where Brad, Ted and Rey went on Splash Mountain (one of Ted's favorite rides) and the rest of us went on The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (one of Alex's favorite rides). When we got off the ride we saw Piglet, Tigger and Pooh signing autographs so we waited in line to see them. Right before our turn Piglet left and Eyeore came.

After getting all the pictures and autographs we walked back up to Tarzan's Treehouse and all the kids went up and played. Then we took the Jungle Cruise (so very punny). As we got off the cruise we found Princess Jasmine and Aladdin and got their picture and autographs.

Then we went to the Enchanted Tiki Room (it was just like I remembered). We had some snacks and watched the show. We decided to head over to California Adventures until closing.

We wait in line for 40 minutes to ride on Soarin' Over California (so worth the wait, by far one of my favorite rides). After, we split up and Brad, Ted, Sydney and Rey went on The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and Sierra, Jean, Haley and I went to ride The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure ( we walked right on so we did it twice) and Francis' Ladybug Boogie.

By then the park was closing and we all met back up and left the parks and went to Coco's for dinner.

After dinner we walked over to our room and everyone went straight to bed and everyone was asleep within minutes 11 hours at the parks will do that to you.

Going to Disneyland

2012-02-01T15:21:00.001-08:00

We have been keeping a HUGE secret from the kids!!!! We are going to DISNEYLAND!!!!! I have a video of us telling the kids minutes before we hopped in the car and drove to the airport, but I can't get it to upload. I will keep trying. In the meantime I can tell you what we did:

We have known for a really long time that we are going and I was so hard to keep the secret. It was really, really, really hard. This trip was going to be the 1st time our kids have ever been to Disneyland. So Sierra was home taking an early nap, Brad was home working/packing up the car, I was volunteering in Alex's class and Ted was on his way home from school. I told Alex he could come home early with me and we all made it home/woke up by 3:10. We sat the kids down and the couch to tell them the bad news. Ted couldn't go camping with the scouts or the birthday party that weekend, Alex was going to miss acrobatics class and art class and Sierra was going to miss preschool. Then we came them the Disneyland Hopper Passes and they started jumping up and down yelling DISNEYLAND!!!! And 10 minutes later we were in the van on the way to the airport with three very happy children and two tired parents. The kid were great on the flight as always and we got to our hotel just in time to go to bed!

Ted's Amazing Grades!

2011-11-15T20:08:00.000-08:00

Ted got really good grades and he got this...

Halloween 2011

2011-10-31T23:41:00.000-07:00

Alex the Ancient Ninja, Ted the Vampire and Sierra the Princess Ballerina

Pumpkin Carving

2011-10-30T15:46:00.000-07:00

The Farm

2011-10-29T19:56:00.000-07:00

Heading into the corn maze

Sierra slipped and fell in the mud, she was not pleased! Luck for her

mom had a change of clothes in the car!

Purple Belt Test

2011-10-29T13:53:00.000-07:00

Brad and Ted had their purple belt tests today, they did their self defense,

sparring, form and broke boards!

Alex's Acrobatics and Circus Class

2011-10-27T19:30:00.000-07:00

Sierra's Preschool Pumpkin Patch Trip

2011-10-20T14:11:00.000-07:00