Ice Cream on the 4th

Shelly and Chad made Ice Cream at our family party. It was so yummy.

Clair was such a good helper.

She throughly enjoyed the fruits of her labor.

I think we all did.

Dance Program

Lydia had her dance program a few weeks ago. She did a great job. She knew the entire routine better than anyone even though we missed the last 4 weeks of class.

She danced to a song about brushing your teeth.

Can you tell she thinks she's something special.

Lydia really likes to dance especially in public. If there is any kind of music in public, she'll put on a show. We've had a lot of comments that, her dance lessons have paid off. I don't think it has anything to do with lessons, the girl just likes to dance.

p.s. we are looking into a new program. Does anyone know of a good one in the SL area. She says she want to do just ballet, but I don't know if she really has the attention span.

Disneyland 2010

Sorry, here is a long line of pictures. I know it's lame to have so many but it's my blog and I like pictures.

Some things to remember:

-Kate was the perfect age to visit Disneyland. She was so excited to meet every character and was not afraid to give lots of hugs. Here speech improved dramatically the two days we were there. She had no problem telling us were she wanted to go and what she wanted to see. She says her favorite ride was the "Ladybugs". I loved having a child her age to make the park Magical.

-Grayson was finally old enough to ride every ride. I thought he would love Indian Jones, he thought it was still a bit too scary. His favorite rid was Pirates of the Caribbean.

-Lydia rode every ride she could, but only because I made her. She cried before riding Thunder Mountain, but it ended up being her favorite ride.

-The kids and I have vowed to NEVER ride Hollywood Tower of Terror again. Jared was sure they were old enough to ride. He promised they wouldn't get scared. I rode the ride with them while he watched Kate and Clair. I wanted to kill him. If they don't have nightmares for months it will be a miracle. I don't even know what happens on the ride I was too busy trying to control my freaked out kids. They were bawling and yelling the whole time. We were strapped down so all i could do was hold their arms and yell in their ears it was going to be okay.

-There was an earthquake in Southern California and they had to close down the rides early the first night.

Los Angeles Temple

Our Day at the Beach

Sweet Clair mooched a strawberry from another group.

She had a hard time eating it with all the sand.

She eventually decided she didn't care.

The water was too cold to swim in, but the kids could spend a whole day in the sand.

Our friends live a few minutes from the beach, I'm very jealous.

Visiting the Ray's

It's become a tradition to visit our best friends the Ray's in California each year when school ends. As always we had a great week. They were so nice to share there home and food with the six of us. They let us jump on their tramp and swim in their pool. Most of all they never acted like they were sick of us.

The kids especially love spending the night in a tent in the back yard.

Jared had a fun night trying to control a sleep walking Kate several times.

THANK YOU MAGGIE AND JASON! WE CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR.

Not the Same Thing!

I usually carry a few boxes of this stuff in my purse.

Recently I bought a new six month supply of contacts. They also come in a small rectagular box and can be found in my purse. It may be hard to tell the difference but one does cost a significant amount more than the other. In fact I've needed new contacts for over six months but kept putting it off because I hate how much they cost.

There is one other difference. One is full of gum and the other is full of little packages of water. Apparently when you don't find gum, it's also fun to rip open the packages of water and throw them around. You know, just something to do while your waiting to find something else to destroy.

I salvaged what I could, but was not a nice mommy for a few minutes.

Our Drama Queens Time to Shine

Last week was Lydia's class play. She had a special part and did a fabulous job. She loves to act and sing so this was a big deal to her. In the days leading up to it she would tell me who was forgetting their lines and what they were suppose to say. I couldn't believe she could remember everything.

The night before her first performance, she got sick. I didn't think she could do the performance, but Lydia being the brave girl she is didn't want to let her class down. After throwing up her breakfast, I ran her over. We said a few prayers that she wouldn't throw up in front of the school, and she did the program. Immediately after it was done she went pale again and we ran to the bathroom.

While getting ready I kept asking if she was going to be okay, she looked awful, but she kept saying, "this is going to be awesome."

She was feeling better the next day, for her second performance. Unfortunately she had some wardrobe problems, but was so calm about everything and worked it out. Of course, I was dying and wanted to run on stage and help her.

Once again I'm glad that our school gives my kids the opportunity to do the things they love.