Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Happy Birthday Makayla











Happy Birthday Makayla!! Meeka turned 6 on Saturday. We went skiing with some friends for her birthday. It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun. We all met up for lunch and to celebrate Makayla's big day. Other than falling down a few times, I think she had a wonderful day. Makayla is our little sweetheart. She is very kind and loving. She always has a smile on her face and loves to help out. I am so grateful for her and blessed to be her mother. We love you Makayla, our big 6 year old.


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He did it again!



Tyler had the district spelling bee last we and sure enough he did it again, 2nd place. This spelling bee was for 4th-8th graders. Tyler is only in 3rd grade, but was allowed to participate. He was amazing. He was given a list of about 500 words to study before hand. Once they were down to the last three students they started pulling words from a list that the students had never seen. Tyler did great. the first place winner was a 7th grader who also won last year. I have no doubt that by 7th grade Tyler will be winning them also. Great job Tyler. I am going to have him start proof reading for me from now on.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Our Family Update

Well it seems like forever since I have talked to some of you so I thought that I would fill you in on the latest (nothing to exciting). Things have been going great for us up here. Mitch is working hard at school and is already getting ready to kick off his soccer season this summer. He just finished helping out with basketball at the high school and is currently teaching a night class one night a week. I have been busy with young women's, the kids, PTA, and everything else. Tyler is really having fun 3rd grade and as always can't get his hands on enough books to read (any suggestions). He is playing piano and enjoying scouts. Hanna is really into gymnastics right now and can't wait for the weather to warm up so that she can go out and practice on the trampoline again. She is also playing the piano and singing in a performance group called Tavaci. Makayla is about to turn 6 and doing really well in kindergarten. She is also enjoying gymnastics, dance and Tavaci with her sister. She was just the star of the week at school and it was fun to go in and tell her class all about her interests and talents. Dallin is a busy little boy who has decided to act like a 5 year old. He wants to do everything that the big kids can do (including talking back and yelling). Today he was cutting out a picture that he colored and about a half and hour later I realized that there was a slit across the front of his shirt. I asked him about it and he said that it was an accident (I don't know about that). We are so excited about spring coming and the warm weather that follows. We hope to get up to the mountain a few more times for skiing. Makayla wants to go skiing for her b-day which makes for an easy party so we'll see. We have some fun activities coming up and special days. We will be sure to let you know all about them (about a month late :-).

Basketballs and Spelling Bees




Tyler just finished his first season of basketball. Lets just say that he started out knowing nothing about basketball and ended with even making a few steals and taking a few shots. He loved playing. He greatly improved throughout the season. Towards the end he really stared to get into the game and play more aggressive. His team only lost one game the whole season. Now it is on to soccer as soon as the snow melts.


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Another activity that Tyler recently participated in was his school spelling bee. It was for 3rd - 5th graders and the top two get to go on to the district level spelling bee which is 3rd - 8th graders. Well guess what? Tyler came in second place. He just continues to amaze me with how incredibly smart he is. He just kept going up the the microphone and spelling the words correctly and before we knew it, it was down to a 5th grader and Tyler. He did a great job. He was a little nervous at first, but after the first few rounds he looked like he was having fun. The district spelling bee is next week and we will let you know how it goes. Congrats and good luck Ty.

Ahhhh.....


I love it when my kids are all getting along. Nothing like being lazy on a Sunday morning. Ahhhh....

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Happy Birthday




Mitch celebrated his 31st birthday last week. My how time flies. We celebrated all weekend long. The girls had Friday off of school so we surprised him with lunch and balloons at his classroom. Then we went out to dinner as a family to celebrate and on his actual birthday Mitch and I were able to go skiing with some friends for the day. What a blast. Skiing without the kids is so much more relaxing. We had a great day and were even surprised with cake at the bottom of one of the lifts. Thanks Lisa. After skiing we came home to more surprises. My wonderful sister and mother watched the kids for the day and made adorable penguin cupcakes for dessert. I am so grateful to have Mitch in my life. He is an amazing husband and father, and he even does the dishes. I love you Mitch, Happy Birthday!! Hope it was a good one.

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