Addi's 1st Grade Program

The 1st grade program at Hidden Hollow was darling! The theme was "Around the World" and Addi even had a speaking part. We were already to record it on the one side of the stage where everyone was saying their parts, when all of the sudden we heard her speaking on the other side of the stage! Darnit! We missed it on the video! She did such a good job though. She said, "Dancing is very popular in Germany. Many people would meet their future spouses at dances." Then her class did a cute German dance, all dressed up in German attire. So cute! I was begging her to smile during her program, because she's notorious for not smiling when she's in front of people. She promised me she would, but as you can see in the video, she doesn't look very happy. LOL! One of these days I'll get her to smile more! I do think she's the prettiest one. I may be a little biased though:)

Waiting with her class.

A cute friendship bracelet from her friend, Lyvia.

Kind of blurry, but she's on stage ready to preform. This is about the only smile I got during the whole performance.

Disney on Ice

We surprised the kids and took them to Disney on Ice a few weeks ago. They had no idea where we were going. They only knew it was a surprise. When we got to the ESA, Addi said, "Dad, I don't want to go to a Jazz game." She has been to more Jazz games than me! We handed her a ticket when we got inside and she read it and was pretty excited. We saw the Toy Story 3 Disney on Ice. It was so cute! It's a little pricey once you buy 5 tickets plus a cool Jesse slushy cup. BUT I figure, it's all about making memories and making your kids happy, right? You don't always have to do expensive stuff to make memories, but once in awhile it's okay.

Valentine's Day

Valentine's was crazy busy this year. I had to prepare a Valentine craft for Addi's class, which took quite awhile. Then getting the kids Valentine's all ready to go for school. Before I knew it, it was 9:00pm the night before Valentine's and I had already been up for almost 24hrs. straight. So I took a personal day at work. Yay! I was able to have a full night's sleep and then wake up and finish what I needed to, plus I had enough time and energy to make a nice family dinner! Tim sent me roses with a card that said, "I love you more than the Packers, Jazz and Dodgers combined." Yep, that's Tim for ya! Lol! I loved it! AND I love all four of my Valentine's more than anything!

Happy Super Bowl!

Tim and the girls got to go watch the Super Bowl at the movie theatre, thanks to our friends the Merkleys. I had to go to bed, because I got to work that night. Bummer.

Football shaped cheeseball. I love a good cheeseball!;)

Kind of disappointed the Packer's didn't make it to the SB this year, oh well they at least had a heck of a season. Better luck next year!

CHRISTMAS 2011

This year Christmas was at my parent's house. Tiff and Dave and their family were able to come and spend Christmas with us too!!! As you can tell by the pictures we had a wonderful time! Thanks mom and dad for everything!

Christmas morning:

Singin' along with Mitch Miller.

My Grandma Rex's Christmas skirt that she wore every year at Christmas.

Grandpa dancin' with the "babies".

My wonderful parents:)

Me with my beautiful Grandma Allan.

Emma and Hally dancing to Mitch Miller.

MYSTERIOUS!

Couldn't decide which one to post, because I love her face in both pictures, so I posted them both!

All of the grandkids in their Christmas jammies on Christmas Eve!

The damage.

CHRISTMAS MORNING:

The Academy of Ballet

Addi and Hally have been taking ballet this past year at The Academy of Ballet. There are 4 academy's in Utah County and they're all preparing for the big ballet in June, Swan Lake. They had a small in-studio performance at Christmastime. While I like their instructor a lot and have noticed them progressing, I have not been thrilled with some things that have happened. Like no one showing up to teach the class, TWICE! Then when I called the main owner lady to complain, she just came up with excuses and never apologized. Yeah, whatever. We will finish out the year and let them preform in the big ballet in June, but then that's it. We'll find somewhere else to go and I won't recommend them to anyone.

Hally's Kindergarten Christmas Program

Hally had her kindergarten Christmas program and she did fantastic! As usual the gym was WAY crowded so it was hard to see and take video/pictures. I did manage to take some video even if some guy's arm was in the way. Hally is just so cute!

Hally with one of her good friends, Hayden.

My sweetie pie, Miss Hally:)