She made it:)

So Mckaela tried out for this dance competiton team this week and made it. There were 43 girls trying out for two teams of 12. She has a couple friends from the neighborhood that were on it last year and had so much fun and really wanted her to be a part of the team. We are so excited for her and so proud that she has stuck with dance for the past 5 years and still loves every minute of it. Congrats baby girl. we love you

Vegas

I know everyone is thinking that we travel a lot and I guess it does seem that way but it's just so nice to get away, have something to look forward too and to have some fun as a family.
Our latest adventure was to Vegas for the weekend. We left late Thursday and came home late Sunday night. We mostly just went swimming...that's all the kids wanted to do and this was there weekend. We did visit the M&M factory of course and also went to dinner with one of Ryan's aunts that just moved there, so that was a lot of fun hanging out with her and her little boy. Over all it was a great little trip. Where to go next???

Finally here are some pic from the cruise we went on last month. We really had such a great time. My parents, brother, his girlfriend and some close friends the Fishers all came and shared this great time with us. We went to Cabo, Mazatlan and Puerto Vartia. Saw a lot and did a lot. Her are some pics of the fun week:)

Between baseball games, a dance performance, chicken pox scare and a field trip to the zoo. We had a busy week last week and another one ahead this week but a fun weekend to look forward to. It's kind of nice though that the kids only have a few more weeks of school and then have a little break to have some fun. We have a few little trips planned over the next few months to look forward to also to help break up the summer for us. A trip to Bear Lake, camp out at Lava Hot Springs and a get away to Vegas. We will be set for some fun in the sun:)

Mckaela had a performance at the Riverton arts festival on Saturday and she did so well. This next year we are signing her up for a competition team with a few of here new friends in the neighborhood and she is so excited.
So we thought Mckaela had the chicken pox last week too. She woke up one morning with the worst rash I had ever seen. (I took pics but they got erased from the camera..so mad) All over her body...and I mean ALL over. It looked so bad!!! She was so itchy and so of course I think its chicken pox. None of them have gotten them before so I had no idea what they looked like. We took her in to the doctors and the week before she had strep and was taking something for it and now all of a sudden she was having a reaction to the medicine. Now we know she can't have that again because it could be so much worse next time. It took about 3 days for it to go away. She was good though considering have all these red bumps all over. I let her miss one day of school:) (You can kind of see it on her arms in these pics)

One of her new BFF''s McCall came out to support her. (Seriously these two are joined at the hip.)
Brendan had his Kindergarten field trip at the zoo and I got to go and help keep track of the kids. It was actually a lot of fun just to go and hang out with B. We don't get a lot of just us time and I really treasure the time when it can just be the two of us. I also can't believe that he is almost done with Kindergarten and soon to be a big 1st grade. That is just crazy to me!!!


We found four extra monkeys in here:)
Watching the bird show...it was pretty cool!

Our little group.
He was getting it all figured out where to go next.:)

Brendan only has one more baseball game...thank goodness because it is a struggle to get him to go. He just has not liked it from day one. This game he got to be the catcher and I think he was ready to walk off the field, he was so hot and sweaty that he would keep itching his head and not watch the ball. But you couldn't tell from the big smile he has on his face. He was trying to look good for grandpa:)


So I have gotten the craft bug and just want to make and learn new things all the time. Here is the latest. I have always made the girls hair bows but these one's are a little different and I just love how they turned out. (9 hours and ten bows later)