Dance & T-Ball

Zoë's dance recital was this past Thursday and, as always, Joylnn did an amazing job with all of the classes! Thank you so much for doing what you do Jolynn!

Zoë's tap dance was a cowboy song - which was very cute - and her ballet dance was to the song 'Car Wash' from Shark Tale - which was very sassy!

Hammin' it up back stage before her first performance.
Zoë & Karley practicing the opening sequence of the dance for me.

The girls hid behind this car in the 'car wash' before they came out to perform. Brad did a great job on the car. It was all glittery so it looked wet and shiny!
I got some pictures of some other cute girls running around, too. I didn't post them all though - not all of their Mom's blog so I didn't want to upset anyone!

Abby is all ready to be a sailor! What a cutie pie she is.Paige - is anyone else ready to board the good ship lollipop? I caught these boys goofin' off in the lobby (Trevor, Dawson & Daltyn). It was so hot out there!

Makynzi - I just want to squeeze those cheeks!

Zoë shakin' her stuff during her tap routine. Her whole class is so sassy and cute.

Madi & Emma - I missed this routine, but Brad snapped a few pictures for me.

On to T-Ball - Trevor only has one more game this season, so I had to take some action pics while I still could. These are from today's game.

Warming up in the out field with his teamates (he's #14).
This is during the first inning. These boys are ready to make a play!

And they did! Daltyn made a great throw to T-Bone at first base for the first out of the game.

Time to bat! Trevor made his way to the plate.....

....he measured up the ball.......

.....and made a perfect hit! This was a grand slam home run - he made two home runs this game. He also hit a single and ended up making it all the way home.

He made a stop at first base with Coach Adam.....

then made his way to second base....

.....before making it all the way to third base where Dad was coaching.

It's now time to take a break from dance and t-ball for a little while, but we'll be ready when it's time to start up again!

Dance Recital

Zoë's dance recital will be held on Thursday, May 28th @ the American Heritage Academy at 7:00 pm. It is a private school located at 6216 Sandhill Rd, Suite C (on Sandhill, just South of Patrick....I think).

Anyhow, everyone is welcome who would like to come!

Mother's Day

I realized this last week that I never did a Mother's Day post.

I had a WONDERFUL Mother's Day. Not only did I have a great breakfast in bed (Brad's famous crepes with blackberries) as well as OJ, chocolate milk & ice water, but I had a great morning at home with my kiddos & Brad. What made it even better was that my Mom & Dad were able to come to Sacrament Meeting with us. Brad knew my Mom would be there so he gave us matching corsages to wear to church. It meant so much to me to have my parents come to church with us. I miss them so much. Not having my Mom nearby (especially on Mother's Day) is hard sometimes, but I'm so glad I can pick up the phone and in a matter of minutes (usually) I am talking to her.

I don't think many people know, but we had quite a scare last month. My Mom's heart was acting up so bad that she began to fade in and out of consciousness and she ended up in the hospital for a few days. The whole time I felt so beyond helpless to do anything to help her out. Here I am, stuck in Vegas, fielding calls between my sisters in Utah and my brothers in Oklahoma and somewhere in between I actually get to talk to my Mom. It ended up being a few different problems that are all now being worked out, so all is well for now - thank goodness.

I think my Mom just likes to keep us on our toes....at least that's what I choose to think.

And just in case you're wondering what happened to my last post, I deleted it. Don't ask if you don't know what I'm talking about. :) If you do know what I'm talking about, still - don't ask, because I will only tell you what you want to hear!

If this doesn't make you laugh, I don't know what will!

This is a true story, proving how fascinating the mind of a six year old is..they think so logically.

A teacher was reading the story of the Three Little Pigs to her class. She came to the part of the story where first pig was trying to gather the building materials for his home. She read, 'and so the pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow full of straw and said: 'Pardon me sir, but may I have some of that straw to build my house?'

The teacher paused then asked the class: 'And what do you think the man said?'

One little boy raised his hand and said very matter-of-factly ...'I think the man would have said - 'Well, I'll be damned!! A talking pig!'

The teacher had to leave the room..

Trevor-isms

According to T-Bone, this is an 'American Pigeon'. He was close.
The kids were taking all of the cushions off the couch yesterday so I could vacuum under them. Zoë went to put the big one back on (the one that's the long chaise) and Trevor took it from her and said "Let a man handle this."

There are at least a hundred other things he's said in the last week alone, but whose gonna remember them all?!?

This & that

This is a sight that I will never get tired of - my boys snuggled up together watching a Yankee game.
I LOVE dusk in the summer time. I found these activities taking place in the front yard the other night at this beautiful time of day.

The kids decided to have a lemonade stand last Saturday and the Mennig kids came over and hung out with us for a while. Jax LOVES Jessica.

Look at these ya-hoos! They had a ball selling their cookies and lemonade. They didn't do bad - they made $3.25 each! (They being Zoë, Megan, Trevor & Olivia.)

I started to give Trevor a hard time about drinking all of the profits, so he pitched in $5.00 from his own stash to the cause. He told the girls that "Drinks & cookies are on me!" What a ladies man.

I snuck up on Zoë while she was practicing her piano this past Sunday. I love the face she makes when she is concentrating on a song.

I don't know if you can tell but she's puckering her lips out. Too cute.....