Another School Year...come and gone!

The end of the school year always comes in a crazy heap of activities! This year was no exception. Spencer, Audree and Rylee finished their gymnastics classes for the year (I forgot my camera on Audree and Spencer's day for awards). This year Spencer completed 3 levels of gymnastics!! Audree got over her fear of the high beam and learned to do flips on the bars and Rylee got her back-handsprings! What a great year! They were all so excited about their medals too!

The annual Dance Festival was a great event too! Audree did the Mexican Hat Dance and was in charge of placing the hat in the middle (she was very proud of this responsibility!). Rylee did a Stick Dance (her partner didn't show up, so that was a bummer...but she performed like nothing was amiss!). And, after years of waiting for the 5th grade dance, Karlee got to perform the "Sophisticated Hula"...let's just say she was very excited (her facials were priceless, I had many comments about her performance!). Jake, Spencer and I just had the privilege of attending and cheering the girls on and it was a blast!

The 3rd Grade always has a program at the end of the year that they prepare for! Rylee's was called "American Dream" and they did such a great job! She had a big part in the movie portion (she was quite the actress!) and it was fun to go and watch her and all her friends.

Spencer had a Big Day too! He graduated from Mrs. Wall's Small World Preschool! He was SO excited and did a great job at his program. I can't believe my baby will be in kindergarten next year!

On the last 2 days of school I was at the school most of the day! Karlee had her big Mini-Society...she decided to have a nail-painting salon. Spencer enjoyed the store that let you play the drums for $1!

Rylee had her "Authors Fair" and presented Charise Harper, who wrote the "Just Grace" book series. You can't tell from the picture, but Rylee wore a tutu because the character Grace is quite the fashonista! She's so funny!

Then Audree had 1st Grade Pet Day (no pets at this house...so she showed a stuffed puppy!).

Whew...it's a good thing it's summer because I need a rest after all that excitement! Summer...here we come!

Almost a Month!!

Yikes, it's been almost a month since I last posted!! My computer got a virus and had to be at the shop for 5 days...that really put me behind on my computer stuff...so I am trying to get caught up! We have been so busy with just being us...but it's been lots of fun! Jake and I have been on several field trips with the kids...Jake went with Spencer's preschool class to a farm with exotic animals! Spencer and Caleb ended up liking the giant dog more than anything! So funny!

I went with Karlee's class on a 6-mile "hike"...it was a LONG walk to a park!! We had a great time hanging out with her friends!

Jake, Spencer and I all got to hang out at the Hershey Track too! I was a parent-helper at Karlee's...so no photos, but she did great and won her 100 meter race! Rylee just had her first Hershey Track meet yesterday...she won her 50 meter dash and took 2nd place in the semi-finals...she is QUICK!! It's so fun to go and cheer the girls on...can't wait for Audree to have a chance in 2 years!

Audree has had a great year in the Mapleton's Children's Choir and they had their big Spring Concert at the Covey Center this month! She had a solo part and a duet in one song. She performed with amazing poise for a 6 year old and she really does have a beautiful singing voice.

Rylee had a birthday too!! This year (she turned 9) is a "family party" year...but Karlee's best friend has the same birthday as Rylee and her party was the same night...so, we let Rylee bring a friend along for the fun! She chose her friend Lora and we decided to have dinner at Chuck E. Cheese and then go ice skating! It was a great night! Rylee LOVED her bright colored overshirt, her outfit from Grandma GiGi and was stoked to find out that Jake and I were going to redecorate her bedroom for our gift (something she's been asking for lately). She also got some money and I took her out for a mommy-daughter date the next week to go shopping with it (she was so funny...she bought shorts for the Hershey Track, a bright pink shirt, a magnifying glass for bug-hunting, a small gift for her sister's and brother and put some money in the bank!). Anyways, being 9 has been great so far!

After a week or so of planning, shopping, measuring and trying to visualize...we started working on Karlee and Rylee's new bedroom! They said the old room was boring and babyish (they are SO mature afterall!). They also wanted a place to put their trophys and ribbons from all of their sports. I planned on about 1 1/2 days of work (which of course, turned into about 5). Jake and I painted (and painted, and painted, and painted!), we hung things, changed the bedding, made new knobs for the dresser, and I am pretty happy about how it all turned out! After camping out in Mom and Dad's room for a couple nights, the girls are happy to be in their new updated room and their own beds! The thing they are MOST excited about...the $20 new alarm clock radio...they are so funny! OLD ROOM!

NEW ROOM!! It's looks so much bigger now!

Easter Day

In preparation for Easter we colored some sweet eggs...we got creative with glitter and tie-dye effects this year!! It's just too bad that me and Karlee are the only ones who will eat these eggs after they are cooked!





The Big Morning was great...baskets, candy, flip-flops! The eggs were even hidden outside this year!!




Everyone was sufficiently spoiled and we pulled the BBQ out of the garage for a yummy Easter dinner after church. What a great day!

Spring Break!

Monday- Aunt Sarah, Aunt Holly and Grandma Clark all joined us at Thanksgiving Point for a day at the farms! It was a warm and fun adventure that included pony rides, a hay ride, baby animals, peacocks and ice cream cones! What a fun day!



Tuesday- We headed down to St. George!! Grandma GiGi and Grandpa met us down there to hang out too! We swam in the pool, did some shopping and met my Uncle Dave and Aunt Karen for dinner!


Wednesday- Dad took the day off work to hang out with us!! We went golfing (Karlee is getting better than Mom!). Then we had lunch and hit the hot tub (it wasn't very warm outside that day!). That night we had dinner with my Grandma GiGi and Grandpa, Great-Grandma Brown and Aunt Jenny's family. The kids LOVED the giant pancakes for dinner...yum! Then we spent some time hanging out at Great-Grandma's house and meeting her dogs...the kids had a blast!



Thursday- Dad had to head back to work...dang it! We did find a new place in town to enjoy...it had fountains, a carousel, and a stream to play in! We hung out and Grandma GiGi and Grandpa met us there! Dad and his work partner met us for lunch too. While Dad finished up his work the rest of us drove out to Enterprise to meet my Uncle Jim at his house. We had fun checking out his "theater room", eating his yummy homemade cookies, chasing chickens and riding in his tractor!

Friday- We swam in the morning and then headed back home. What a fun week! Spring Break is such a blast and we are so glad that Dad takes us to St. George to play!