Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

It's been a tradition for the past 3 years that my sister flies down for her birthday. We always have so much fun but I think this year was the funnest ever. The day she flew in from Seattle we went to the Living Room for a girls night out. Matt dropped us off for a few hours so we could catch up and just be together.

Some of my boot camp friends were there too!

I love this girl Remy...we do coffee and play dates with Mia & her daughter & she happens to be the best hair stylist in town.

It was a fun night to be with my sis & my mum!

Mia had her friend McKinley stay over the whole weekend...and she even called my sister 'Auntie Michelle.'

Ashley helped all the girls to curl their hair for a fun night out at San Tan Flats to celebrate my sisters birthday...it's a country western place with smokey firepits and country dancing.

Lets just say we didn't get there early enough to get a table...long line to order food (1.5 hours standing in line) and we didn't get to stay long enough for the live music.

But it was still fun...

I think the funnest part of the night was the drive home...there was loud music and funny dancing.

Kids Cancer Network Fashion Show

Mia's nurse Miss Christine bought us tickets to attend this very special fashion show which 41 patients who has or had cancer were the special people who walked the runway. Oh it was so cute. The theme was 'Carnival'...hence the clown noses.

Players from the AZ Cardinals were there...Mia thought her dad would think this was so cool! She even got their autographs.

Thank you Miss Christine for letting us be a part of something so special! Wow ~ what a great cause. CLICK HERE to see how it got started. Amazing. All these nurses are SO good to Miss Mia.

Shopping @ Macy's...is ALWAYS fun. That's all there is to it. Plus, we scored for Michelle for an extra special birthday splurge.

Madison the model @ Macy's...

The MAC counter @ Dillard's is fun too...

My sister sporting the natural look ~ thanks to MAC make-up.

All the girls...for the last night of my sister's visit we had dinner at my moms house. This was really fun. We had pizza, salad, and dessert...then we roasted marshmellows under the stars.

It was so fun for all of us to be together. We had a gret time and did so many fun things. I wonder if my sister is missing the 85 degree weather we had while she was here from up in rainy Seattle?!

The Arizona Midday Show

Today Mia and I got to be a part of the Arizona Midday Show - to represent a family who has been at Cardon Children's Hospital for a long time. They were announcing the winners of some major prizes, like cars, trips, and one million dollars for the Cardon Children's Raffle that has been going on for a few months now.


Here we are in front of the Arizona Republic building in downtown Phoenix. Matt & Madison came with us for support, oh and to take pictures for the blog :)




We LOVE Lindsay. She is the Public Relation go to girl for Cardon Children's Hospital. Thank goodness she was there to meet us, she calmed my nerves. She also updates the facebook page for Cardon Children's - love it!

Here we are, waiting in the 'green room' - which really is green.

Mia getting her microphone clipped on.

The McPoland's in the NBC 12 News Studio - oh yeah!

It was fun, we got a tour from Alison. She showed us all the cool stuff around their new studio.

The weather screen. The girls thought this was so cool, and Mia knew what it was for right away. I think she has a future in broadcasting.

Madison & Mia had fun exploring around the studio.

Well, so did Matt & I. "Hi, we will be your hosts this afternoon on the Kristi & Matt Show"

Getting ready for our live interview...

We were interviewd by Destry - the Arizona Midday Host. It went really good. I was a little nervous at the start, but Mia did great! She's a natural. CLICK HERE to see the interview.

Thank you 12 News for letting us be a part of your show!

Way to go Mia & Madison. They both did an awesome job. Madison was able to be quiet on the set, wow. No screams?? The girls earned a special ice cream treat on the way home.

Time to go. Hmmmm, I wonder what's next??

Maybe the Today Show! - I LOVE that show, I watch it every morning after I get up early and go to boot camp. See you soon Matt, Meredith, Ann, & Al!

Mia's 67th Blood Transfusion

When I arrived at the hospital to see Mia...this is what I found :) Matt & Mia playing the Wii.


Matt had an extra day off and was able to take Mia to her blood transfusion. When I woke up to wake Mia up early in the morning, she said - 'why are YOU here?!' - meaning...my dad is taking me to the hospital today, not you! She was looking forward to it.

She played this game for hours...and had a really good time.



http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/miamcpoland

UW vs. ASU Basketball

Matt got 4 tickets to the UW vs. ASU basketball game and we were so excited to go. We decided to make a date out of it by going out to dinner before and then meeting up with some of Matt's friends who are also UW fans.


Paul, Brett, & Matt ready to watch the game.


Gordon Wittenmyer, Percy Allen, & Matt - This is an awesome story.

Matt looks over and said: 'Hey there's Percy Allen, I read his blog about the Huskies on the Seattle Times website.'
Me: Oh really? I should take a picture of you guys, for the blog. (meaning - my blog)
Matt: No, they look busy.
Me: Dude, I'll go over there and ask.
So I went over...
Me: Excuse me, are you Percy?
Percy: Yes.
Me: Would it be ok if I took a picture of you with my husband? He reads your blog all the time.
Percy: Are you for real?
Me: Yes, and I have a blog :)
Percy: Oh really, what is it?
Me: mcpolands.blogpsot.com - as I'm saying this...
Gordon: McPoland...Matt?
Me & Matt: Yeah!

Gordon wrote a bunch of articles on Matt when he was playing sports in high school. This cracks me up because I never knew Matt in high school, so this proves he really was good. The only 'sport-ish' thing I've seen Matt do is chase after our girls, coach soccer, and play the occasional flag football game.
CLICK HERE to see one of the articles on Matt that Gordon wrote in 1991.

Gordon now works for the Chicago Tribune as a sports writter. Percy covers the Huskies basketball team for the Seattle Times and keeps the blog updated. - My DREAM job! Oh to blog about the things you love, and get paid for it...CLICK HERE to see Percy's blog.


Needless to say, this was awesome! Matt had to call his dad and tell him! (Matt's dad Dennis is currently up in Seattle waiting to get a bone marrow transplant at Fred Hutch and we wish he could have been with us to see the game.)

Go Dawgs!!

Go Huskies! At half time, the Huskies were up by 10 points - they sure came back after the start of the game. - (Sorry to all of our neighbors and friends, who are ASU fans :)

So, something or other happened with Isaiah Thomas...it took some time for the refs to figure out what the call was going to be. I thought hmmmm...I bet Percy is blogging.

Yep. I wonder how he feels...being the one blogged about?! Thanks Percy for making my husbands day! - And Gordon too for remembering the McPoland name!

It ended up being a technical foul on ASU - oh the crowd was upset, but hey...

Once a Huskies fan, always a Huskies fan. Go Dawgs!