Ginny's preschool graduation

Ginny's ballet recital

Okay, this also took play way back at the beginning of May, or it might have even been the end of April...hopelessly behind in the pictures, here. She was a cute little ballerina. I am a new ballet parent, and was unaware of the tradition to bring flowers to the kids after their performance, so Ginny was the only kid not to get flowers, and she was DEVASTATED! So, we had to make an emergency trip to Walmart on the way home to pick out some flowers. She loved being up on the big stage at the Ellen Eccles theatre. A star is born!

Random Pics of kids

How about some Easter pictures in July?

Okay, I know I'm terribly late...but perhaps better late than never????

Ginny rides her bike!

This actually happened a few weeks ago, but here are some pictures! Ginny had been wobbling along on her less-than-functional training wheels throughout the spring, and finally Sam said that he thought it would be easier to ride without them. Sure enough, her big brother taught her how to ride a bike! I helped her around the block for the first time, and then she just took off! She's been zipping around the block ever since...

Happy 4th of July!

We had such a nice day today. For me, it literally felt like a breath of fresh air. We slept in, totally ignored our chores, and went to the Hyrum parade. That's actually really a fun parade. The kids love it because the firemen squirt water on everyone, and all the floats give out tons of candy, drinks, popsicles, etc. We explored the new Walmart in town as we bought some groceries, and then went on a picnic with Tutu and Papasan. It was great to just relax with the kids, playing games, frisbee, etc. and talking. It seems like ages since we spent a whole day just playing together. When it got dark this evening, we did a few of our own small fireworks in the driveway. The kids love those little pop-its, too.
Of course, the big fireworks for the city of Logan were done last night. For some reason, it is a tradition to always do this on the 3rd around here. The kids look forward to that every year. I think they have at least as much fun rolling down the hill at our favorite spot as they do watching the fireworks.