Family Photo Nov 2013

Family Photo Nov 2013

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Dance Recital

Ballet Belles Dance Recital
So excited for the recital to start
 


 
Sara with her dance certificate


Friday, March 11, 2011

Daddy Daughter Date

Brigham Young University Theatre Ballet Presents
Fairy Tales and Fantasy


getting ready to go
Sara patiently waited for her turn to get a picture with one of the dancers but when the time came, Sara wasn't so sure about it after all.  
Bryan said Sara's favorite part of the evening was being invited on stage to 'dance' with all the other little girls from the audience. 

*more pics to come, as soon as I figure out how to get them off Bryan's phone!*

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Cub Scout Blue & Gold Banquet

Daniel made a F A N T A S T I C cake 
for the cub scout blue and gold banquet.  
Not only did it look great but it tasted good too!!  


End of Day 2


The whole process took him 2 long afternoons of work. The cake is modeled after a Pokémon ball (ball used by the Pokémon character Ash Ketchum).

Great Job Daniel!!!

Saturday, March 5, 2011

OM regional compettion

The OM team did a F A N T A S T I C job at regionals!! 
They did so great that they are  

G O I N G   T O  S T A T E!!!!!


Y  A  H  O  O  !!!!

The team waiting for the spontaneous portion of the competition.
Daniel aka Harry Potter with Coach Stanfill
Daniel aka Harry Potter
Daniel and Stevie with their 2nd place trophy!

Bryan and Daniel


Friday, March 4, 2011

OM Dress Rehearsal

Tomorrow's the big day!  The kids have worked their little hearts out.  They've been mentored, they've studied, they've built, they've scripted, they've practiced and now 
 I T ' S   S H O W T I M E!!

Dress Rehearsal in the school library.  Prepping for intro.

double checking the set up
Harry Potter signed up for Peter Pan's Tour
Harry Potter & Santa Claus paying Peter Pan at the close of the tour

GOOD LUCK CWE OM TEAM!!!


**To learn more about Odyssey of the Mind and this year's competition visit http://www.azodyssey.org/
Arizona Odyssey of the Mind Association is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote critical thinking and creative problem solving skills for students from kindergarten through college in a competitive setting.



Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!!

To celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday we enjoyed a yummy dinner of green eggs & ham and truffula fruit (aka mangos & pears).


Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!!

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Snow?!?!?!?!?!?!

What's it doing snowing in February?!  
Oh well, at least the kiddos had a great time playing in the snow before church.


beautiful blanket of snow

I sure hope our little grapefruit tree survives!

Snowball fight?

Sibling love
hard at work
The little ones had long since gone into the house for hot cocoa but Daniel continued on until Mr. Snowman was done.  Way to go Daniel!

Mr. Snowman

Monday, February 21, 2011

It's a Birthday Party!

 Eight happy little girls = a great birthday party!!

dancing & playing
decorating gingerbread cookies
enjoying their cookies

the birthday girl
trying on her new headband & necklace

make a wish
Happy Birthday Princess!!


Sunday, February 20, 2011

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Sneak Peek



Here's a sneak peek at the little party favors for Sara's upcoming birthday party.  So easy and cheap!!  It just takes a little patience.  However, I'm not sure I'll be making 9 tutus in less than a week EVER again.  Although, the hair clips were pretty fun.  I might try those again!






Thursday, February 17, 2011

Gingerbread Houses

Every year we have a hard time saying farewell to our gingerbread houses.  This year the houses made it until mid-February before they were tossed.  We are already looking forward to making more houses in December!

Jared ate most of the candy off his house long ago

Daniel house is full of interesting  little details

I think Sara ate more candy than she used to decorate her house.  But she sure had fun with the process!

Monday, February 14, 2011

Happy Valentine's Day!


It's Valentine's Day!!!
Crepes for dinner = Extreme Yumminess


Friday, February 11, 2011

Friday Night Pizza Night



We're getting ready for Valentine's Day!!

Dance Class

 Sara just loves her dance class!





Love, love, love that smile!!

Friday, February 4, 2011

Pinewood Derby

The church building may have had no water or heat but the
Pinewood Derby was a hit!!

Daniel with his 'futurist' pinewood derby car
Daniel telling us all about his car as Bro. Bell looks on.
Daniel working on his car.  (picture  Jan 29, 2011)

In fact, most of the families in our area didn't have heat and few didn't have water.  Don't you just love it when a huge freeze hits a desert town?   Talk about a great opportunity to test our emergency reserves.  

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

School Project

Sara was so excited to show off her preschool project.

Frozen paper, sugar, and paint