First Dance Competition

Last weekend was Josie's first dance competition. She has absolutely LOVED dancing this year. I was a little worried about having her dance so much, but she has loved every minute of it. Their costumes turned out so cute and she was SO excited. Here she is with a few of her teammates before their dances. They look so cute!! This is her favorite move. She is constantly doing this at home, well when she is not doing cartwheels, roundoffs and front handsprings around the house. She doesn't even realize that she does it so much. It is so funny.

The girls did their dances so well and were fantastic. I was worried that she might have a little stage fright before dancing, but she didn't at all. She was just so excited and happy to be there. We have another competition next week at Maple Mountain High School, then one at Timpview and Roy High School in May. I am surprised how much fun it was and how much I really enjoyed it. I have heard horror stories about dance competitions and I think I was more nervous than she was. I am glad we have one under our belt and now I am excited for the rest of them. It was so fun to spend this time with my cute girl. Love ya, Josie! You are an amazing dancer!!!

Kate's New Do

Kate has been begging me for a long time to get her hair cut. It was getting so long and with her natural curls it was so tangly and she hated getting her hair done. I finally gave in and she is SO happy with her new do. She loves it and it looks really cute straight or curly. She seems so grown up with her hair cut!

March Madness 2011

In March, we went to St. George for the March Madness baseball tournament. We were hoping for great and warm weather, but we were sadly disappointed. The weather was cold and windy and it wasn't all that we had hoped for. We still had a great time though. Taylor's team played really well and took 3rd place in the tournament. They made it to the last day and actually beat the #1 seed. It was really exciting and a fun tournament. The ballpark we played at most of the time had a great big hill. The little kids played and played on the hill. It was cold, but at least they had a hill to play on. They were troopers because it was hard to be out in the cold and wind so much. They always seems to have fun when they all get together. We have a great team with awesome families that we have gotten to know really well. All of the kids really enjoy getting together and we LOVE to watch baseball.

Here is a picture of our great team! These boys are so fun and have such a great time together. Taylor loves playing ball with these guys!

We are excited for a fun baseball season. We are going to Las Vegas in a couple of weeks for a tournament and in June we are going to Omaha for the College World Series. It is going to be a great year for the Spanish Fork Blaze!

Josie's & Lilly's Birthday Party!

Josie's and Lilly's birthdays are one day apart so we like to celebrate them together. Josie turned 9 and Lilly turned 4 this year. They loved opening their presents together. It kind of seemed like Christmas for them. It was fun.

Happy Birthday, Cute Girls!!!

Josie's 9th Birthday!

Josie was SO excited for her birthday party. She wanted to take her friends to see the Justin Bieber movie. She LOVES Justin Bieber and couldn't wait. She had a cute group of girls come, some of them love Justin Bieber and a few them do not like him at all. But they were still nice enough to come to her party. Here they are before leaving for the movie: She got a new Justin Bieber shirt and 2 JB jackets from her friends. She was SO happy!! Here are Sydney, Bailee and Emily before the show started.

Kate, Victoria and Aleah were excited for the show to start.

Aleah, Josie and Lizzie. These girls were SO cute!

The movie was actually pretty good. I liked it and had fun with the girls. Kate, on the other hand, was expecting something different. About 20 minutes into the show, she turned around to me and said "when is the movie going to start?" I think she thought it was going to be a lot different. But it was a fun day!!

That night we had my family over for another party. Josie was so excited to open her presents.

Happy Birthday, Josie! You are the best 9 year old I know. Thanks for being such a wonderful daughter and sister. You are a beautiful girl! We love you so much!!!

This warms a momma's heart!

I was making dinner one day and looked up to see this. I thought it was so cute I had to take a picture. It seems like the kids are always fighting so when we have a moment like this, we need to document it!!

Brenden's 11th Birthday

I'm a little slow at blogging lately, but Brenden turned 11 years old in January. I can hardly believe that my little boy is 11. He is such a great kid with a fun personality. He is a wonderful son and brother. For his birthday, he wanted to go to Olive Garden. Here he is with his dad and Kate. They loved Olive Garden and can't wait to go back!! Grandma Linda came with us and made it a special birthday dinner for Brenden.

We celebrated with the Anderson's and he had his favorite chocolate cake. All he wanted for his birthday was money this year. I hate it when they get too old for fun birthday presents. With his birthday just after Christmas, he couldn't even think of what he wanted. He still hasn't spent most of his birthday money.

Happy Birthday, Brenden! We love you!!