Say Cheese!

Today was picture day at the dance studio. We were there from 9:00 this morning to 7:00 tonight! Between the twins, Chloe and Lauryn we have 29 costumes!! Holy cow! This is just a few of the snap shots I got with my camera. It was a crazy day - but we had a lot of fun! I loved recital time when I was a young girl! I have so many fun memories and I'm glad that my girls are able to build those memories, also. I'm so lucky that I get to be a part of it, too. I teach at least one of each of my girls classes this year; Sommer & Sydney's company tap class, Chloe's company tap, and Lauryn's company tap and jazz classes. What a joy it is for me to see them learning and progressing! They are all such beautiful little girls and I'm such a lucky mom!!

Memorial Day

We had a crazy/fun Memorial Day this year. Brian and I asked everyone what they wanted to do as a family. Hunter wanted to go to the zoo, Sommer wanted to go bowling, Sydney wanted to go out on the boat, Chloe wanted to go to Chuckie Cheese and Lauryn wanted to go to San Tan Mall and run through the little water play area. None of them got what they wanted! Brian and I decided to take them to see the new Indiana Jones movie. We met up with Kevin, Kristen, Courtney, Kendyl, Connor and Korynn. We consumed too much sugar - but that's part of the fun of going to the movies, right?

Chloe drew that sweet picture for me. We've had 3 deaths in our family this year. In February my mom's older sister, Ann passed away. In March, my cousin, (Ann's daughter) Kathy, decided she couldn't go on without her mom and took her own life (leaving behind 2 little boys). In April my mom's younger brother, Ronny died. It's been a pretty crazy time for my mom's family! We hope that's all for our family for a long, long time!

Hooray for Sommer!

Sommer decided she wanted to run for a Student Council office at her school for next year. She chose to run for Historian - which sounded great to me (better than secretary or treasurer or president or even vice president). So we spent some fun times making posters and printing out stickers (thanks Aunt Kristen for your great handwriting skills!). But we were a little nervous after she gave her speech. The school video tapes the kids a few days before the election and plays the video taped speeches on the morning of the voting. Well Sommer had the cutest speech prepared. She did a great job practicing it at home! But when they turned on that video camera she freaked out a little. I'm not sure why because she is a great performer. She has never been nervous about getting up in front of people and doing anything. Anyway, she got through about 3 sentences of her speech, started stuttering, got flustered and ran out of the room. The teacher video taping the speech assured me it wasn't too bad and that she couldn't re-do her speech. So we just had to let it go and hope that nobody would notice that her 3 minute speech was only 15 seconds. Apparently nobody cared - they voted for Sommer despite her lack of public speaking skills. Way to go Sommer! What a fun year 6th grade will be!

We Are Not Doughnut People...

This morning the girls talked me into taking them to Krispy Kreme. I am not a doughnut person - neither is Brian. We're not sure where all of these girls came from with their constant need for sugar - especially doughnuts on Saturday mornings. For some reason they are under the impression that this is a standard Saturday morning breakfast staple. I think it all started with my running out of groceries by the end of the week and heading to Bashas' first thing Saturday morning. We would just naturally gravitate to the doughnut section and I would let them choose which ever one they wanted. That was fun. Now it's gotten a little annoying. They've come to expect it. In fact this morning the twins got every body into matching outfits and into the Suburban and started honking the horn for me. Krispy Kreme just re-opened and they were "dying" (Chloe's words) of hunger and needed to have a doughnut from there. We only stood in line for 20 minutes. Fun times!

Hunter's Orchestra Concert

Hooray! We're almost done with 7th grade - thank goodness!! These are some pictures of Hunter at his orchestra concert. I've been able to play the piano all year with his orchestra and it's been alot of fun. Espesically the 2nd and 3rd hour rehearsals with those fun 7th graders! And we can't forget the Christmas Assembly in the gym. Those are fond memories - I hope he never forgets! I know I won't! We're looking forward to next year. 8th grade has to be better than 7th grade, right? Right?

Mother's Day Program

Chloe's 1st grade class had a Mother's Day program on Friday. (Thank you, Julie, for teaching my singing class so I could go!) It was so cute and Chloe was so excited to have me there!

Sonoran Living Live

Last Friday Kristen and I were able to be in the studio audience on Sonoran Living Live for their Mother's Day program. It was such a blast! We spent most of the time cracking up at each other and trying to look serious when we knew the camera was going to pan our way. It was alot of fun and I can't wait to do it again!

Chloe, Chloe - What can I say?

I know Mother's Day isn't for another week - but Chloe has been making me these little "love notes" for quite some time now. They are so sweet! She came into one of my dance classes last week when I was teaching and started writing on the white board that hangs on the wall. I wasn't paying attention to what she was writing, and when I looked at her finished product I started cracking up! She wrote things on the board like "you walk a lot", "you are a fast runner", "you are sassy", "you are a great speller". What a great ego booster! I sure love her!!

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Coming Soon: 40th Birthday!!

Brian will be turning 40 on June 1st! Wow! It's hard to believe I'll be married to such an old guy! I'm planning on having a party for him at our home on the 31st of May and would like to invite all of his "old" friends. You know who you are! I'll be gathering addresses and trying to get in touch with everyone before then - but be sure to put that date on your calendar!!

Free Movies

On Saturdays the movie theatre by our house has free movies! It's pretty much like what Harkins does during the summer - but these are free! So I loaded up all 5 of my kids and 2 extras (the suburban filled to capacity) and we went and saw Shrek the 3rd. Fun!!