All good things come to an end

Brynn's poetry cafe
She recited "Where the Sidewalk Ends"
by Shel Silverstein
Brynn was fantastic!! She memorized her entire poem in one afternoon. She did not get her memory from me. I was a very proud mom. All of the decorations were made by Brynn and her 4th grade friends.

Kira's water day
Alayna was sick so Allison Gee sent me these fun pics.

It wasn't the warmest day, but I never seen Kira turn down a snow cone!

Every 2 years Cedar Ridge does a dance festival. Every grade has it's own special dance with themed costumes. Kira did the tiki tiki room and Brynn did a Pirates of the Caribbean dance. Lots of work for the teachers! Just walking the kids over to Lone Peak is a major under taking. The dances were really fun though. Brynn was even in a sword fight!

Last day... say goodbye to 4th grade and kindergarten. I'm going to have quiet days next year. What will I do with all the time?

We went to this park in Cedar Hills with a bunch of our neighbors after the long 2 hr. last day. It was really pretty up there, and had a view of the whole valley, including the temple.

Getting so big!

Kira found her friend Emiko at the park. They had fun together. So glad it's summer!!!

Sundays up the Canyon

I'm having a hard time knowing what to say for this picture! The mountains are so special to our family and this picture just makes me so happy. It just feels like where I always want to be. These two are having quite the daddy/daughter stare down. This hat seems to fit Alayna pretty good. Sadly, I tried it on and it didn't fit on my fat head! I'm chalking it up to all my fat hair.

Every baby needs a taste of her first smore:) It didn't cause a mess at all either!

Kira, Jeffery and Taeya. All the kids went on a hike after dinner. Gordon was the leader of the pack and Seth snuck up behind. Gordon was telling the kids about how he met a big hairy bigfoot up in the mountains one time. Just as the kids were saying things like, "nuh uh dad" and "that's not true Gordon," Seth jumped out of the bushes with a "Roooaar!!" and confirmed Gordon's story. I think he especially gave Taeya a little jolt!

Cooking hot dogs, smores and braats

What a cute family! I should have made the other 2 families pose too, oh well. I am a huge fan of Sundays in the canyon. The food, the friends, the beauty in the mountains (and the added bonus of not cooking dinner at home!) Hooray for warm weather. Although as I am writing this it is snowing outside on my flowers. It is May 24th, right?

A song and a Dance

Look at my little witchy!! May 1st Kira was in the original play
"The wonderful Witches of Oz"
She has been in a little music group this year called Up With Kids. They work on singing and stage presence and have given the kids a full experience of being in a stage play. Kira was a little munchkin named "Rugrat" and at the end when they were melting Elphaba, she was the baby witch( thus the green face!) The play was a little long and confusing;) but we were glad we went to see the munchkins. In my opinion, they were the highlight of the show, but parents are never biased, right?

Kira won this oscar award after the play. She really loved every minute of this. She memorized her parts so well! I think she may of had most everyone else's lines memorized too. She would lay in bed and read her script night after night. I think we'll see her wanting to do this again. We went to a drive through for some food after and Kira ducked down so no one could see her. "I don't want them to see my green face!"

Eagerly waiting for the play to start

My camera took terrible pictures inside the auditorium. But, Kira is the munchkin in the middle with the pink bow on her tummy.

Kira still in the middle

Brynn starts preparing the night before her spring ballet concert. A head full curlers was no small task, and no small weight on her shoulders! When Brynn woke the next morning she had a head cold and a nasty head ache. She stayed home from school to nurse her cold and her curlers!

Bravo!!! Night #1 was a huge success. It was so fun to see what's been going on in those top secret lessons that we've been sending her to:) She has grown up so much since last year and is turning into such a beautiful, expressive dancer. Brynn was in a Masquerade dance, a Fortune Teller dance, and a 1930's jazz dance.

Brynn, Kono and Kira
Kono couldn't get enough! A lot of the music was from her era. Our next goal is to all go to see Ballet West together.

All the girls and my dad. He gave Brynn the pretty roses. Grandma didn't pose for a picture because she had just had shoulder surgery. We thought it was pretty great that she decided to come though!

This was the 3rd performance and Grandpa Don and Grandma Jill came down to see Brynn. There's a lot of love for this girl. She was the first grand child and that will always make her extra special to us all.

Ooo La La!!

No cameras were aloud during the performance so I had Brynn recreate some of the magic for us.

Super late, but boy Brynn was great! I can't help but be so proud of my girls!

Tulip Festival

What a fun day! The weather has been less than reliable lately, but 2 weeks ago we decided we would take a chance and see if we could see the flowers without getting wet. I thought the tulips were lovely, but my mom was really disappointed because there were so many buds that were yet to bloom. The kids had a blast, although Alayna didn't smile once for any of us because I had to wake her up to put her in her stroller:(

See how happy Alayna is? And Brynn is smiling, but she was saying through her smile,"take the picture now mom, the grass is soaking me!"

What sweet sisters! You'd think they'd never disagreed a day in their lives.

This fountain was a big hit. So were the other 3 or 4 fountains we found walking around. Near the end all the kids were pretty wet and Kira was using Alayna's blanket as a towel!

Everything I've ever learned about flowers, I've learned from my mom and my grandma down below.

Happy, proud grandpa

It was great to have Kono there. Keeping a garden was one of her greatest joys in life.

What a great crew! We're lucky to live so close to such a pretty place. I love Ian's monkey blanket dragging behind him. Brynn looks like a giant next to all those little people!

All Things Easter!

Hooray for spring! I look at this picture and still can't believe I'm lucky enough to have 3 beautiful daughters:) I grew up up with 3 brothers so having a house full of little women sure is a lot of fun.

Our little Alayna flower playing peek-a-boo

We had a little neighborhood egg decorating party, which was about the third egg dying session we'd held that week, because we just couldn't get enough! We dyed the eggs and once dry we attached glue dots and rolled them in glitter. Mary made her yummy creamy potato soup and Lawni made rolls. We were saying that we should have had dinner and just let the kids play, we had to really convince them to come up and do eggs!

Luke's into the tools

I love those rosy cheeks

Could you two look anymore alike? That is one dang cute picture!

Tru girl starting out the set of photos from Grandma Jill and Grandpa Don's house. They were finishing the basement and it was snowy outside, so in between sessions of conference,
the dads went down to the construction site and hid the eggs.

Probably one of my favorite pictures of the day! I said," stand by Tru Levi and I'll take your picture," so he hunched over and gave me his happiest pose!

Never to old for a good hunt. Brynn begged her dad to hide some really hard ones for her:)

Happy hunting Hunter

Lola,4 Kira,6 and Tyne,3. Lola is almost 5, but notice how she is a good amount taller than our Kira already!

Tagg looks like he's outsmarted the dads and has found a toughie.

Autumn and Alayna, cute cousins. Never mind the candy, Alayna will just try eating the whole Easter bunny! We all had a great Easter holiday.