Sunday, February 8, 2015

Free Skate 1 Competition




We are so proud of this girl. She placed first in her group. She has worked so hard and has put in a lot of  time practicing. Aurora was so confident going into this competition and was determined to get first. She even told her coach before stepping on the ice that she was going to take first and she did. This was a bigger competition and there were a total of 12 skaters in Aurora's level but they split them up into groups of 4 because they wanted more kids to get a medal so they will continue in the sport. Aurora wishes that they hadn't because she really wanted to compete against everyone. However, if we compare the scores of all three groups Aurora was first overall.

We love watching her skate and are so happy that we have been blessed with such a wonderful coach. Her coach loves skating and loves to teach it and she is a pretty fabulous teacher. We also feel blessed to to have had Joseph's mom sew her pirate costume. Most importantly Aurora loves to skate and could spend every waking moment at the rink if we let her.

Lastly, I have to document a moment I witnessed as Aurora was on the podium more for me since this is as close to a journal as I get. But as each girl joined her she bent down and told them what a great job they had done. It was a sweet moment to witness her being so kind to those she skated against.

Rubik's Pyramid


Logan is following in his dad's footsteps and loves to solve different cubes. Here is a picture of the  rubik's pyramid. 

Monday, December 29, 2014

Sledding




These kids were so excited to have snow for Christmas. I was not so excited to have snow and had been enjoying winter the way it was but it made me happy to see how excited they were. Aurora was probably the most excited. Aurora has spent several hours each day since Christmas sledding and she made some new friends that she has been sledding with.

Christmas Morning

Logan wanted to take family pictures before we opened presents. We jumped on the opportunity since he is the one that usually fights us to take pictures unless it is his idea.




We had a wonderful Christmas and the kids were happy with all that they received. They also enjoyed picking out gifts for each other. 

Logan was excited to show us the reindeer tracks that had been left from Santa's reindeer. It was the first thing he wanted to show us before we all headed down stairs. Below is the video of the kids coming down stairs. 


Christmas Lights

We spent a couple of nights enjoying some Christmas lights in the warmth of our car. The first night we went to Layton Park and enjoyed some Krispy Kreme donuts while we drove through the park. The second night we delivered some neighbor gifts and went to a house in Riverdale that has a light show.

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Visit With Family

Chad was able to come visit us for an afternoon last Sunday because he was down picking up a truck for work. Logan was being difficult and didn't want to be in the picture. But we were all able to enjoy a nice lunch at Famous Daves. Then we got to visit with Mitch the Saturday after Christmas. It was great being able to visit with family.


Christmas Fun