Happy Birthday Hanna!

Hanna just celebrated her 8th Birthday. Since Hanna will be getting baptized next month we took her out and had a girls day at the mall. We took her to buy her baptism dress, got her ears pierced and had yummy treats. She loved it. Since her birthday was on Easter we celebrated the two together with one big dinner and pie instead of cake for dessert. Then on Monday aunt Jessie came over and fixed her hair and took her out to take some pictures in her new dress. Beautiful!! Hanna is such a sweet girl. She loves school, sports, gymnastics, singing and everything else that is active. She is very helpful and always the first to say thank you. She does have her sassy side, but for the most part is rarely causes trouble. She is a very determined little girl. If there is something that she wants to do she won't stop trying until she has mastered it. She is a joy to have around and I don't know what we would do without her. We love you Hanna-Banana.

Spring Break, Easter and a Birthday!

Can I just say busy, busy, busy. This year we had spring break, Easter and Hanna's birthday all in the same week. As far as spring break goes we didn't do too much. It was pretty chill just hanging out and spending time outside and working on projects. Easter was a lot of fun. We decorated eggs, went to three egg hunts and celebrated on Sunday with a big family dinner. Hanna's b-day fell on Easter this year so we also did a family party for her. This happens to be her 8th birthday which was kind of special to have it on Easter. Here are some pics of the egg hunts, decorating eggs and Easter Sunday.

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.

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.

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.

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....