Our little Troy

We gave the kids the High School Musical soundtrack for Christmas, they had only seen the movie once but I knew they would like the songs. Since then High School Musical has become a very important part of our lives. It's right up there with Superheros and Princesses.

One of my favorite things that has come about because of the HSM absession is Grayson is more open to wearing the clothes I want him too. Grayson used to get dressed in what ever I gave him no questions asked. It was great, I could dress him all up in things most boys wouldn't wear. Well then Porter came along and showed Grayson that he had a choice. Porter doesn't like sweaters or collared shirts which happen to be my favorite. Soon Grayson demanded he would only wear T-shirts and jeans. Then one day Grayson made the mistake of telling me he wanted to wear a brown cordiroy sports jacket he usually thew a fit about wearing because he wanted to look like Troy ( Troy wears collared shirts and jackets in HSM2). So now if I want to Grayson to wear basically anything but a t-shirt, I just have to tell him he's going to look like Troy. I've done this many times with Lydia telling her she'll look like a princess, but I never thought I would be doing it with Grayson.

We recored this performance right after Christmas, since then Grayson has developed many more "cool" moves. He takes his dancing very seriously he is rarely smiling while dancing. If you want to hear what he is dancing to you'll need to pause the music at the bottom of the blog.

Cinderella

Yesturday Lydia and I went to Ballet West's performance of Cinderella. We both loved it. I've been wanting to take Lydia to the ballet for years but have always worried about her being too little. I figured Cinderella was a good show to test her on since she would be excited to see Cinderella in addition to the ballerinas. She did so well and loved almost every minute of it. During the intermissions she wanted to get back to her seat so the show wouldn't start without her. The hardest part was keeping her from raising her arms above her head (she wanted to dance along with the ballerinas). She also yelled out a few times. Like when they were trying the slipper on the step-sisters she yelled out "No it's Cinderella's". Luckily those around us found it to be as cute as I did. I am already looking forward to our next performance

Congratulations Uncle BoBo

This is just one of many funny photos of my brother Jon or Uncle BoBo. Jon just won an election for Education Senator at Utah State. Jon has always been very active in USU activities and is one of the co-founders of the Finals Week HOWL. He was planning on running for Senate for a while now and just found out that he is uncontested. I'm sure he would have won anyways. We love ya tons Jon and are so glad that you're making all you wildest dreams come true.

Saying Goodbye!

Before leaving to go home thursday, Tami and I took our kids down to the Conference Center to see President Hinckley one last time. We got their just as the viewing was starting so we didn't have to wait in line. I hope that my kids will remember the sweet spirit that was there. I still remember going with my dad to see President Kimball. It was a special experience to say goodbye again as the processional went down South Temple. We will miss Prisident Hinckley so much and apprienciate all that he did for us and the church.