Jr. High School Musical

Andrew was in the school musical, "Guys & Dolls" this year.  They did a great job.  Andrew was in the "Mission Band"  and had a really cool part where he introduced the dancers....with his deep, booming voice he really commanded the stage!  I loved it!  Being involved in these top notch productions is such a great experience for my kids. 

Evie Update

This 2011 - 2012 school year has been a great one for Evie.  She is attending Mary's little Lamb preschool and loving it!  She is also enrolled in a tumbling class at Tumblekats and a creative dance class at The Movement Academy...she is quite the little dancer!  She also attends several music classes each week...at least 3, sometimes more!  I love teaching music and having Evie be a part of it with me...it has been a very bonding experience and I love watching her grow and express herself through music.  Evie sings all day long and is such a joyful little girl.  Of course her daddy is puddy in her hands and so are her brothers for that matter....she is the princess at our house...we all absolutely adore her!  I try to remember some of the cute things she says....here are a few as of late...
I was getting ready to do Yoga, when Evie came in the room and exclaimed..."I need to hurry and get my mat so I can do "Yogurt" with you."
I was getting ready for the day and I put a necklace on.  Evie said, "Everyone is going to "Freak out" because your necklace is so pretty."
The other day she said, "You and Daddy are so smart!  You know when I need to go to preschool and when Andrew goes to swimming and Stratton goes to football...you remember everything!"
She has been saying this sweet little prayer at bedtime, it's been the same one for a while now..."Heavenly Father, please bless all of our foods, bless us to love our hearts, and think about Jesus."  So sweet....love our little girl!

Preschool Sledding Activity

We went sledding with Evie's preschool class.  We took Hyrum Banta with us...they are cute little friends.  They had so much fun!  I was surprised how brave Evie was, she didn't hesitate at all sliding down those slippery slopes.  I'm glad she ended up wearing her snow pants.  Evie will only wear skirts and dresses, so when "pants" were suggested by me to wear in the snow...she wanted nothing to do with it....until we got to the sledding hill and she saw that all of the other little girls were wearing snow PANTS too, she decided it was okay :) 

The Dance!

Haden and McKenna have been good friends for a long time, so this was a fun first date for Haden.  They went with a big group...all of the cheerleaders and their dates.  They had a blast!  Haden looked so handsome and I thought McKenna looked stunning!  Sometimes I can't believe Haden is 16 and dating.  It doesn't seem like that long ago, Troy asked my to Sweethearts our Senior year in High school.  Crazy!!

Sweethearts

Haden turned 16 and now it's time to bring on the High school dances.  Haden was asked to Sweethearts by McKenna Watts.  He came home from church to find this on the porch.  On the back of some of the candy hearts were letters to form a message.  Stratton and Evie helped Haden and Kaiden gather and de-code the message.  After all of the hearts had been turned over and the de-coding process began, it was quite clear that some of the letters were missing.  Stratton then admitted that him and Evie and eaten several hearts when they got home from church before Haden even got there...:)  But, it all worked out because there were enough letters to still figure it out...!

My New Bedroom

I have been wanting to re-decorate my bedroom for quite some time.  I finally found a bed that I love and found the perfect bedding for it.  I painted my old armoire white to match.  I hung the paintings of my Great Grandma Thompson's....that Grandma Buswell had framed for me many years ago...by each side of the bed.  It feels so cozy, I love it!!