St. George and dance

We headed back out of town again this weekend for

Little Ms. Kate's dance competition

Kate's dance teacher (jill) and girls

every girl was given a trophy for participating in the competition

Kate is on the right in the leg lift.

The girls did such a great job I was so proud of all of the girls.

Then....

the girls were awarded....

1st place for both dances

{Almost there and God help the outcasts}
High Point Trophy and

Grand Champion

{the grand champion trophy was over 5 feet high...the girls were going crazy...so were all of us}

{Thanks, Jill for making our girls look and dance like little girls...there were plenty there that didn't do that...I love having you as Kate's teacher}

Kate and all the trophies

After raining all day it finally stopped around 3:30 and the kids were able to swim for a little while

we had warmed up the pool and it felt like swimming is a bath tub

why is it whenever kids put on google they always look so special

He loved having the goggles on.

Cute

How cute are these???

I felt really crafty today and made these for my girls.

Heard yesterday in the car. I was picking up Kates little friends for school and all the girls climbed in the back.

Meggie was upset and said "I want someone to sit by me"

Erin "Hank is sitting by you"

M- "No. I want a human to sit by me"

Disney World and Sunshine

This past week we went to Disney World

We enjoyed the sunshine

lots and lots of food

even more hand sanitizer

and lots of rides and princesses

we spent a lot of time on this play land while kate and daddy went on the bigger rides

breakfast with pooh, eeyore, tiger and piglet

piglet touched my sweet baby on the shoulder and did this to him

Toy Story garden figure

Buzz and Woody (Hank love love loves buzz, but not the really one...he prefers the movie or little toys)

Safari...I think this was one of the kids very favorite rides.

Amazing animals and so close

One night we went to the Hoop De Do Review

It was a dinner with a singing and dancing performance.

My kids loved it, but I think Hank did the most. He was so fun to watch clapping and yelling.

Rod did say he was a little nervous the Hank might have liked it to much.

Hank really enjoyed the choc. dessert

And of course we had to see the princesses

love love love these kids

Daddy dancing with his girls

Greg and Becca celebrated both birthdays and their wedding anniversary in Disney World.

Happy Days and loved the sunshine!!!

Beautiful Day

Today was a beautiful day.

I know that might sound strange since it rained all day, but it was.

It all started yesterday when I was able to attend the temple with my family, the people I love most in my life.

And today I was able to go to church with my husband and three beautiful children.

Most Sundays are not a fun time, but today they were really good.

I thank my Heavenly Father for blessing them with reverence today.

Three years ago today my brother Rob passed away of Melanoma Cancer.

I miss him so much.

This past week my heart has ached many times for him.

I miss his phone calls as he travels in his car for work.

I miss is love and laughter.

I miss him having to be right about EVERYTHING!!!!

I miss him every time I see Patti and his 5 beautiful children.

I wish my children could know him like I did.

But I know some day they will.

I wish all of the people I know could have known him, you would have loved him and he you.

Tonight we went to the cemetery.

Some of us cried and some laughed and some of us hugged and some of us tried to scare others in the dark.

As we were walking home from the cemetery my sweet ms. kate says "It is sure funner in Disneyland then here"

I love my family so much and am so grateful for them in my life. I am truly BLESSED!

All in all it was a beautiful day I was surrounded my friends and family.

The fab five

The other night I met out with some of my best friends.

We all met in elementary and used to call ourselves the Fab Five.

It may be a year or two in between visits, but we always have a wonderful time when we get together.

I love laughing at all of our silly things we used to do.

Singing, dancing and sleep-overs.

We were all so boy crazy and at times even liked the same boys.

I now think of my girls growing up and hope that they have best friends like I was blessed with.The above picture was taken on the last day of 9th grade.

How about those awesome scrunchies????

Ms. Kate

Wednesday night Ms. Kate got her ear pierced.

she was so excited.

she couldn't understand why no one was asking her about her ears while walking in the mall.

i told her no one really knows you got your ears pierced.

she replied...well I have this sticker that says "I just got my ears pierced"

we had always say she had to wait until 12, but she has been so obsessed with having stickers on her ears. we asked why are we waiting and really had no reason. it was just what i did when i was little, but really had no reason.

So we changed our rules.

Rod {loves} Erin

Kate drew this picture of Rod and me.

I am sure glad none of our children got that nose.

Thanks Kate