Visit With Friends

These 2 are about a month apart.

We had a wonderful visit this past weekend with my childhood friend and her family.

Aurora's Second Grade Play

Aurora's class put on a play about Biomes. It was very well done and the kids all did really well. After it was over one of our friends came and told me that he didn't realize that Aurora was such a little diva. I'm not sure where she gets it because Joseph and I are nothing like that. Here is one clip from the play.

Skaters Awards Night

Aurora's coach holds an awards potluck dinner every year for all of her skaters. She gives them each an award based on what she feels they have improved on most. Aurora received an award for improving her speed with her glides. It is important to skate fast at competition so that she can get more stuff in.

Arrow of Light

Avery earned his arrow of light the end of February.We are so proud of him and all his scouting accomplishments. We love having this young man in our family, he has such a calm spirit about him and he is a good example to his younger siblings.

First Competition

After about 4 months of private ice skating lessons, Aurora was able to attend her first ice skating competition. She did a wonderful job and only had one major slip up, but was able to keep herself from falling.  I was most worried about her falling at the end with her jumps but she was able to land them with no problems. She loved having the whole ice sheet to herself and preforming for the judges. She also enjoyed getting all dolled up. Her coach said that there was some hard acts that she went up against but she was able to come in 3rd. They even had a podium for the winners to stand on for pictures. She can hardly wait until the next competition. As parents we love watching her live what she calls her "dream". However, there was a small part of us that hoped maybe she wouldn't enjoy the competition side of things so much because it is so expensive. For example, this one cost 120.00 but luckily we were able to borrow an outfit from a fellow skater. Most outfits are around 100. It is defiantly not the most affordable sport but we feel blessed to be able to provide this for her.

Lipstick

Logan found a pretty pink highlighter and decided it would go great with his complexion has a lipstick. He has just hit the stage of writing on himself ,walls, and what not.

Kangaroo Zoo

I took the kids to Kangaroo Zoo to burn off some energy, it has been a long couple of months being mostly in doors. They had a great time playing and jumping all over. It will be so nice to hit the parks when the snow melts and the weather warms up.