March Pictures

This is my handsome 6th grader CR.

We have been trying to burn down this Christmas tree candle from Christmas.  This was as far as we could get.  It was impossible to light the wick anymore. Just a crazy thing we did.

S at the State Band Competition.  Her band earned a spot in the prestigious National competition for next year.  They only choose a couple junior highs so it's a great privilege for them.  The sad thing is that S will be out of junior high next year and will not get to go with the band.  But S and her band earned the spot and that's what's important.

CR's history fair board on the Emancipation Proclamation.  He got Superior at the school level.  And honorable mention at the district level.

C's bridge for physics.  Made to hold like 200 lbs.  Lots of work! 

Gymnastics Meet in St. George

When CR began taking gymnastics I did not know how intense this would be!  This was the last meet of the year and we had to leave the night before so we have him there at 8:00am.

This is a video that he presented at his school to get an extra curricular award.  It's a combination of various meets but most of them are from the state meet because he improved at each meet.

Celebrity Pictures

S and Justin Bieber

C and Thomas McDonell

February Pictures

This is G with her Valentine's box from pre-school.  She was so proud of it because she made it herself!

My amazing dad at his birthday dinner celebration! He's only as old as the candles say...

UDOT is trying to build a highway really close to our house and it would split up our neighborhood and take out like 10 houses in our ward.  So a bunch of neighbors got together to protest this proposed highway.  C made signs to take and the kids were just so excited to participate in their first protest!  The TV stations were there and we were in the news!  Let's hope it worked!  We just have to wait a few years to know the final verdict.

Just a random cute picture of G and her cousin in matching PJ's.

Kid's Fair & Chuck E. Cheese's

My sister and I love to go to fun free places together so the kids can play and we can bond.  It doesn't happen too often but when we do get together we all have a blast!  We went to the kids fair and at this table they were teaching the kids Spanish words while they played with play-doh.  The teacher was so amazed that the kids could say the words! I wonder why they knew the words already??

Then we went to Chuck E. Cheese's for some pizza and fun! I had bought some gift certificates a while ago and so it seemed as if it was free!  The kids had a blast!

 Plain Parmesan cheese is always healthy right? I'm such a good mom!

Cheer Competition

This is our cute cheerleader.

This is the dance they did at the competition.  They also did a cheer but I could not get that one to upload.  They got first place!

Half Time by Dance Co.

These are just some pictures of C performing at half-time for a basketball game.  They are wonderful dancers!

 

January Cute Pictures

There is nothing to say about these pictures they are just cute!

CR Gymnastic Meets

This year started out with something we had never experienced before.  Gymnastics Meets.  CR has been taking gymnastics for over a year now and was asked to be on their team.  Little did we know what we were getting ourselves into.  There are meets all over the state and they last about 4 hours each.  Here are some pictures from the meets in January.

The team marching in.

The team getting ready

 The Rings

The High Bar

The Parallel Bars

The Pommel Horse

The Floor Exercise

The podium

He got a few medals along the way.  Didn't always make it to the podium but he did amazing for his first year competing!

The medals

Because the meets are so long some of the gyms have a place where the siblings can go and play while the boys are competing.  G loved it!

 With every meet CR got better in the events and we got better at knowing what to do as parents.

We are glad CR found a sport that he enjoys.

Not this year

CR made it to the school Spelling Bee but got out on the first word.  He was very upset to say the least!  It's a hard lesson to learn that we can't win them all but it is one that we all must learn at some point.  He is still an amazing speller!