Dance Baby Dance!

For the dance festival this year Jocelynn was my only dancer...she did an 80's re-mix dance.

She did such a good job!

I love this tradition at Overlake!

I am so blessed

Mother's Day, May 2013 I truly am so very blessed. I get to be the mother of four beautiful, wonderful, amazing children.

I loe each one, so very much, and don't know what I'd do without them.

I am grateful that I get to be a stay-at-home mom,to drive them where they need to be, to nag them to do their homework, their chores, their homework...

To celebrate with them when they come off conqueror, to cry with them, when they don't

To have my heart ache for them when life isn't going the way they wanted.

To love them forever, and have them be mine throughout eternity...I am so blessed.

Show Choir State

Afton and I drove up to support Kate as she played and performed with the show choir at state.

She did a great job playing the pieces for the choir.

Kate loves having her best friend in the choir with her.

After, we did a little browsing, and a little shopping at the nearby mall. It was a fun day.

Spring Flowers

I love spring, and I love all of the spring flowers, and I kind of love taking pictures...all these things combine, makes me smile.

I love that they are growing in our yard.

Running, Playing, Dancing...Learning Priceless Lessons

April 2013 Running... Dylan decided to run for Student Body Officer at the Junior High this year, he came up with a bunch of fun slogans, and then we worked on his posters. I think he did a great job.

Unfortunately he didn't win...but he sure had a fun time. He even made this cool duct tape tie, and wrote on it "Vote for Dylan!"

He sure is creative! I am proud of him, and how hard he worked. He's an amazing kid.

Playing: Jocelynn played the clarinet in the band this year. She liked going to the early morning rehearsals (not getting up early, but visiting with the other kids there) but she hated practicing, because it hurt her ears, and it smelled like wood...

I think she's going to try playing the violin next year.

Afton has been in social dance, and has loved every minute. She was practicing with Dylan to get ready for their concert. She was also very brave, and tried out for the Ballroom Dance Team. I say very brave, because she went up against others who have been dancing for years.

She did her best, even learned to do the hold thing, where they flip in their partner's arms, unfortunately she didn't make it either.

Even though all of our running, playing, and dancing didn't turn out like we would have hoped, we sure learned a lot, and that is pretty priceless. I love that my kids are willing to try things they don't know much about, and give it their all, and can roll with the punches that are dealt in life.

Spring Break- Arches National Park

April 5-7, 2013 For Spring Break this year we hung out at home first, and then went down to Price to visit with Nana. We met up with Nana at the Family History Library, where Afton got super bored, and took lots of pictures of herself (:

Then, we went down to the Arches, where we hiked to Delicate Arch...it was beautiful, super windy, so windy we thought we were going to be blown away...

Nana was a good sport. She hiked like crazy with us all.

I believe this is one of the most beautiful places. It really is amazing!

After Delicate Arch, we had some lunch, and nearly got blown away, again.

We then went to Window's Arch (I think that was the name)...

We just spent one day there, and then drove to Moab, and had dinner at Ray's, a place that Nana says you must eat at. It was delicious, we really enjoyed our day!

The Pick

Now that Kate is finally 16, she can go on to the school dances with a date...She decided to ask her good friend, Hunter Hoffman, to the "Chick Pick" and he said...

Their group made t-shirts, went to Salt Lake to go ice skating, which was closed, so they went to lunch, and to the movies, then came back, made pizzas at one of their other friend's houses, then went to the dance.

They had a fun time, and it was cute to see how Hunter was acting, it was his first date, too.

They had a big group, and Kate was sweet to invite anyone who needed a group to join, to join hers. There was a lot of planning, and debating on the activities.

The theme was "Out of this world."