We Love 2 Tap

Wildwood 2011

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more Atlantic City

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Atlantic City, July 2011

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more photos from 2011 dance recital

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2011 Kelly Ballet

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Shannon's tap Dance

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**B**O**Z**O**

2011 Step Right Up.... Kelly and Shannon

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2011 Kelly's Tap: Jellyfish Jive

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June 2009: Shannon's first swim meet

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FYI: Videos coming soon for the swim meet and guitar recital

June 2009: Kelly's guitar recital

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Shannon's teeth traumas

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These pictures are out of order.... spacers for one week

Lower, then upper expander appliances, cranked every night with a cool key

spacers again..out of order... these came before the expanders

June 2009: Shannon Ballet

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June 2009: Kelly Ballet

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this is funny... click on this and watch !!!!

this is Kelly's....

this is Shannon's.....

Shannon's tap dance, June 2009

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Kelly's big debut, 2004

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Not a great video taping job, but really cute !!!!

tap dance mania... Kelly June 2009

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Tap Dance Mania.... June 2009

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Miscellaneous

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Here are some pictures from the dance recital over the weekend

A good day, part 2

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Click on the pictures for a better view

A Good Saturday

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Today was good for several reasons...

1. The weather... it was sunny and in the 80's... pretty good for these here' parts...

2. Kelly's swim banquet... Kelly got two trophies

3. Running through the sprinkler, playing guitar outside, playing hula hoops

4. Taking cool pictures of plants around the yard

Shannon fell but it ain't a party till someone falls.

Click on pictures for bigger view

Is it time???

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Go here and become addicted to this SuperBowl commercial like I have... Its really funny

Happy Valentines Day

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Lou, I stole this image from your e mail, hope you don't mind !!!

This is weird....

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check this out

Dizzy Kelly

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Kelly gets dizzy.... produced by Brad

I am Kelly

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Little Kelly

Cardboard Man

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Produced by Brad

Barrrcuda Girls Rock !!!

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Thank you Coach Dan.... All three of us are going to Buffalo !!!! We are awesome !!!

Kelly's collection of blue ribbons from two swim recent swim meets...

Goodbye Lateral Incisor

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Tonight we say goodbye to Shannon's lower left lateral primary incisor... otherwise known as "N" to any other dental professionals out there....

Paul reports that it was an easy extraction, one wiggle, one woggle, tooth was out !!! Shannon is on a roll with lower teeth exfoliation.... She should be losing "E" and "F" now, which are the uppper central incisors...

We are in for an orthodontic challenge with Shea Shea !!!

New Tap Shoes !!!!!

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Kelly's new tap shoes... Only the best will do !!!

Guess....

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What happens when you microwave a cracked mug, the water drains out, and you end up nuking a teabag without water for 2 1/2 minutes on high power? Your house smells like marijuana... and the smell doesn't go away.... and it DOES NOT smell good !!!

Shannon Shakes It in Colorado

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I just found this video on my little camera, Shannon is shakin' it with her own style !!!! Its From our trip to Colorado in May 2008.

Tap Obsession

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This may look like an average tap shoe:

But it's KELLY'S tap shoe.... she wore right through the sole... she's OBSESSED by tap dancing, practicing her steps at any available moment: waiting for the bus, standing on the pool deck waiting to dive in, tapping in bare feet all around the house at all times.

Happy Chinese New Year

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Year of the OX !!!!

Yangzhou Scrapbook Pages

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Check out the scrapbook pages I made for the Yangzhou Social Welfare Institute Reunion... We are not traveling to China of course (I wish !!! ) but someone who is going will be making up a scrapbook with everyone's pages, and deliver it to the orphanage.

China Girl Reunion from July 2008

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Swimmer !!!!

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I just qualified for the New York State Championship Swim Meet... Where am I going now??? To Buffalo !!!

2008 Pictures

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2008 Year in Pictures....
January 2008Swim mom

February 2008

March 2008

A really slow picture month

April 2008

Shannon gets glasses and an eye patch.... what fun !!!!!!!!!!

Shannon has her tonsils and adenoids removed... more fun !!!!!!!!

Kelly looking pretty !!! Shannon rides her bike without training wheels !!!! May 2008

We ran into Mom in the Chicago Airport... neither of us knew the other was traveling that day.

She was going to Newark, we were going to Albany. Totally freaked us out. Trip to Colorado Springs

Shannon trying to see with her eye patch on Mets Game June 2008

Playing with markers

Dance recital Dance recital dress rehearsalJuly 2008

Gathering a few pictures from July was no easy task... I had about 600 to choose from...

Shannon and Kelly at the YMCA Day Camp... AWESOME !!! Kelly at SUNY Cortland Swim CampIthaca insect Buttermilk Falls, Ithaca Kate and Kelly in Kansas City....

China Girls Rock !!! (And so does Justice For Girls) Three China Girls at a Mall in Kansas City Chinese Angels Kelly and Shannon at Jordan Valley Park, Springfield, MO Table Rock Lake... FLOODED !!! No Lake swimming this year!!! Shopping in Branson, MO

skirts made by MOM This was soo cool... I wanted to take the skull and boil it and bring it home, but I didn't This is the state park beach at TableRock Lake in July 2007, the next picture will be from behind the fence to the left of the building... This is the July 2008 view... a bit flooded August 2008

Shannon's Dumbo Ear... AKA Cellulitis... First trip to emergency room. Next weekend, we go again... (see September entry) Karen on the beach in a really rare shot...

# 1 I don't like... okay, I HATE getting my picture taken

# 2 I don't trust too many people holding my camera Atlantic City, NJ... I wasn't impressed at all Out to dinner in Wildwood, NJ

Kelly strikes a pose on the beach

Shannon in her ill-fitting bikini bottom, which we had to roll to stay up and it looked like a thong September 2008

Kelly's broken arm... running in Target, Shannon on her back, in flip flops, Mommy not believing that she was hurt until the arm turned colors and started to swell. Shannon lost a tooth Shannon: first day of kindergarten, Kelly first day of third gradeOctober 2008

Shannon is modeling a "pleather" Pink Ladies costume, recycled from Kelly's dance recital.... Kelly is modeling a "Newsies" outfit, also from her dance recital... Pretty appropriate actually... she may have to sell apples soon, or at least put a hat out in New York City and tap dance for moneyNovember 2008

Rotted Apple in New HampshireAnnual Christmas Card Picture Silliness

Kelly Phelps... ha ha... like I would put our last name... But Kelly's HERO is Michael Phelps !!!
Burning Bush in our front yard

I really love sports mode on my camera !!!
December 2008

Christmas, Ice Storm, Paul's company screws him over after 25 years of faithful service.....Happy New Year !!!

To top off this wonderful day, Time Warner Cable has decided to drop 18 channels, including Nick... No more SpongeBob or ICarly...

Don't forget to leave me a note... You don't have to have a blog to leave a note, I think you just click anonymous

Merry Christmas

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Thank you Mom !!!

Thank you Aunt Betty and Uncle Van!!!

Thank you Aunt Betty and Uncle Van !!!

We miss you Kate !!!

Thank you Kate for our Mulan Mirrors and our other great presents !!!!

This is Karen trying to be fancy and use her camera on a manual setting without flash !!

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Mets Pictures

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I forgot to add some pictures of our big day out

Shannon rides... again

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Shannon rides...

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Shannon speaks

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It took me a week to get annoyed after a bunch of attempts.. I couldn't get my videos uploaded onto blogger, so I used u tube instead.....

Breaking news...

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Shannon rode her bike without training wheels today !!! It definitely helped that she could see... last summer she wasn't anywhere near riding on 2 wheels... Now that she has her glasses, she was able to get her balance right away.. a few tries and off she went...

Yoko Ono Clone

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Get a REAL camera !!!

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Go see my camera here!

Yeah Baby.... this is my new camera... I can't wait to learn how to use it !!! Sally and Sylvia, now I have a respectable camera like you guys !!!

Thank you to all who donated to my camera fund at Christmas !!! Get ready for an even Bigger camera to be aimed in your face when I see you !!!

Thank you Brian and Brother B. (don't worry I won't post your name)for all of your help when I waas deciding what to buy(I didn't get that one afterall, B.), and thank you Paul for not freaking out when you opened the checkbook, but we got a free printer out of it, right?

We now have a printer that works (and prints photos !!) and a scanner... and it came with the camera. The old printer that only works some of the time will go to the basement for the girls.

Butt Cake

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Here is a rare look at baking in our house... we made a "butt cake" as Kelly calls it... AKA Bundt Cake....

Also, here is a re-post of Kelly with her friend Nick and their swimming trophies...

Shannon's new look

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Check out Shannon's fashion statement, glsses and outfit and eye patch all coordinating pinks...

Pink is her signature color

Let's start blogging !!!

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Hello everyone...
We are going to try out this blogging craze, and see if we can keep everyone caught up with Kelly and Shannon news and pictures.

I will try to learn a little more each day about this exciting technology, which I am not very good at.

The big news today, April 4, 2008 is: Shannon had her tonsils and adenoids removed this morning, and she is doing fine. We were home by 3:00.