Bye Bye K!

All school year Kayla has been singing multiple songs preparing for her kindergarten program.  Our favorite is "Peas and Carrots" and she has sung it so much that Lilah and Kate know it now too.  She looked so cute up there as a flower.  We are so proud of her completing Kindergarten!  She is a great reader and loves to learn!  Thanks to Miss Thomas she had a great year!

Phoenix

No doubt about it, we needed a get-away.  What better place to escape to then Phoenix?  My brother was kind enough to let us stay at his home in Mesa while he was away.  The girls loved having a swimming pool right in the back yard!  We loved having such a beautiful and spacious place to stay and felt right at home.  Other than shopping and swimming we didn't do a whole lot but the girls loved every minute of it!

GSL

We started out the summer with a perfect day of adventure to the Great Salt Lake.   It was too cold to swim so we didn't even think about bringing our suits.  A picnic was the perfect way to start our adventure and we found just the log to sit on while we ate.  Then it was down to the water to explore.  After getting brave enough to pass over the line of gnats that surrounded the water we ventured in.  The salt stung our legs but wasn't enough to keep all of the girls from getting soaking wet.  By the end of the day Kate and Lilah had abandoned their pants and Neeley and Kayla were wishing they were small enough to follow.

All Made Up

Kate, someday you'll put makeup on and feel self conscious about it.  Someday, you'll wonder if everyone will notice.  Someday you'll want to know how to do it just right.  Someday you'll wonder if you are beautiful.  But today?  Today you know you're beautiful.  Today you know you did a great job. Today you know we all noticed!

All Smiles!

For months Neeley has been coming home from school singing patriotic songs they were practicing for the second grade program.  When it came time for the program we couldn't wait to see it and were glad that both sets of grandparents were able to come and see her performance.

If you know Neeley, you know she has this special gift of following rules and doing exactly what she is supposed to do.  That is why when we saw her constant smile throughout the entire program, even while singing, we knew they must have told them they needed to smile.  She smiled through the first song and just kept on smiling long after most of the other kids abandoned their grins.  She looked so cute up there, her smile was definitely contagious!  After the program we told her how good she did at smiling and she told us what we had suspected all along: They told them to smile and even held up a sign the entire time to remind them to!  Neeley, with that smile you really stole the show!

Buds

Neeley and Kayla are the best of buds.  If one of them happens to be gone the other is lost without them.  The other day Neeley went to Activity Days camp and Kayla cried the whole way home.  If one of them has to go to bed without the other, we inevitably hear whining and wailing about how they simply can't without their sister.  It reminds me of my sis Karen.  We used to be two peas in a pod just like Neeley and Kayla.  In fact every time they play "friend" it takes me back to my own childhood when we would do the same.

Wearing O' the Green!

Who can resist a bunch of cute girls all in green on the same day.  Yep!  Gotta love St. Patricks day!