Our little Dancer

Callie started to take dance this year from the same teacher I took from as a child. She has really enjoyed herself, and had loads of fun! She is beyond excited for the recital next weekend! I pray she will actually go on stage, and not be one of "the criers" her teachers has warned us about. A few weekends ago, she had her class pictures taken, and looked adorable! I took a few pictures of her when we got home, and you can see how pretty our little dancer is!



On a side note, her costume is such a bright pink, that if you look at it for too long, and then look away, your vision is all kinds of messed up! You won't be able to miss those preschoolers when they take the stage, that's for sure!!

A Family that plays together.....

Stays together! We went to the park last week as a family just because it was a beautiful night, and we have had an incredibly looooong winter. I brought my camera, as I often do, and we had so much fun taking pictures of the boys jumping off the swings! Here are the best shots from our evening at the park!

The girls were just loving the park as well, and were very entertained by the extreme jumping thanks to the brothers! I love our simple family walks, and trips to the park, they don't cost a dime, and it's just plain fun to be together!

A LITTLE FRIDAY FUN

Chuck has been working a ton of hours lately (or always), and we haven't had a lot of fun family time together, so the Friday of spring break he took the afternoon off, and we played! The kids voted to go to Chuckie Cheeses (Where a kid can be a kid!), and we had a great time. I was so relieved when we arrived that it wasn't all that crowded. There is nothing closer to hell on earth then Chuckie Cheese at maximum capacity!

It was hard to get a good picture of the boys while they were there, because they were so busy running from one game to the next. They only came over to me when they wanted more tokens, or money for the pop I promised they could have! Typical!

Callie and Ava were so cute and fun that day! Callie was showing Ava the Chuckie Cheese ropes, and I was very surprised at how much Ava was enjoying her self. I hate to admit that I don't take as much time during the day to play with my kids as I should, so I very much enjoyed my self too! (The free refills of Diet Coke didn't hurt either:)

And last but not least, there is my husband, who seems to turn into a kid again when we walk in the doors! The best was when he took Callie to "play", and brought her into the giant jungle jeep game where they shoot enormous tarantulas! She had nightmares for 2 nights that her bed was full of ter-lanch-a las (that's how she says it)! Next time she is going to hang with Ava and me on the kiddy side! Apparently shooting at things is a stress reliever for guys! Who knew?

All in all, it was a very fun and relaxing way to spend the afternoon together as a family!

EGG-CITEMENT!!!

Our kids absolutely LOVE to color Easter eggs! Callie begged everyday, for nearly a week to decorate eggs. She didn't care that they wouldn't last until Easter, she wanted to to do them now! On the Monday of spring break, we finally decorated our eggs for FHE. The tattoos didn't quite work out, but the kids rolled with it, and had fun anyway. We had egg salad sandwiches lots that week (Yummy).

I wonder if Ava will have any trouble finding someone to show her the egg decorating ropes next year? Yea, probably not!

CINDY LOU WHO DO!

Ava finally has enough hair for a little pony tail right on top of her little head. We now lovingly refer to it as her 'Cindy Lou Who do'!

Oh we could just eat her up she is soooo dang cute!

RECORDER CONCERT

During fourth grade music, I think since the beginning of time, kids have learned to play the recorder, and this year was no exception for our Dallin! Callie, Ava, and myself got to go listen to the concert a week and a half ago, and I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was! The girls were angels the whole time, and Ava attracted lots of attention when she danced to the music, and clapped at the end of each song in her stroller. Callie loves any excuse to go to "the boy's school", and she really loved seeing her big brother perform!

I could tell after the concert, when we went to see Dallin, that it meant a lot for us to be there, and I love sharing in these sweet little grade school memories with my kids. I'm enjoying and savoring the fact that my kids want to be scene with their mom at school, because come Jr. High.......well, that a whole other story! I love you buddy, way to rock the recorder!!!

CHANGE IS FUN!

For the last few months, I've been toying with the idea of cutting my hair off. Chuck says he "prefers" it long, but that it looks good short too, so he's no help in my decision making process! I haven't had it short since Grant was a baby, and decided it needed to go away, I was ready for change!

Before

After

I do like it a lot! It's not quite as big of a change as I was hoping for, and I think I will go even shorter next time I go in, maybe a little more "A line" too. I also wear it smooth, and bobbed under (Chuck "prefers" it that way:) but didn't have a picture of it. So for all you friends who have asked to see pictures, here you are!