I can't believe I forgot to include a picture of Gracie with Grandma Lynn! Aren't they great! She loves dancing with Grandma!

Gracie's Dance Recital 2011

Gracie was so excited to start dance this year. Since she was so young, she didn't get to start until half way through the year. Her grandma (owner and teacher of the studio) snuck her in! She was so excited for her recital and looked super cute in her costume. It was quite a trial trying to get what little hair she has into something fancy! She did great, but needs a little more time to get her balance, so she'll be repeating Kinderdance One next year. Then she won't be so much younger than all her classmates and gets to dance with her good friend Gemma! Here she is with her proud mama!

This is her tap and ballet teacher, Miss Roxanne.

She got a pretty bouquet of flowers from her daddy and me. Look at that grin!

I think her favorite part of the costume (besides its sparklyness, is the teddy bear it came with that wears the matching costume. So cute!

Mover and a Shaker

I had to post this little video of Gracie. She can't help but shake it and move it wherever she is. All she needs is a little music, and she's out of control! I love watching her! It's one of the many things about her that makes me smile!

Hello Blogging World!

I'm back and I'm excited to re-dedicate myself to journal-ing my families adventures. Since it's been such a long time, I will not be doing a recap, but start from here. We recently got back from a family vacation to San Diego. We spend two days at Sea World, and made a quick trip to see the temple and the beach on our way home. The next few posts will show more about that. Until later!

The Ocean

Since moving to California, my kids have repeatedly begged us to take them to the ocean. None of them have ever seen it so we made sure to make a short trip to the beach before we left San Diego. I'm not sure what they liked best about this trip! Going to Sea World for two days, or the beach for 30 minutes! They had so much fun chasing the waves, and then getting chased back. The rule "don't get your clothes wet since we have to travel 10 hours home" was quickly forgotten in all the excitement. (The bags they are holding is thier collection of sea shells). Bree was terrified of the ocean waves, so she spent our beach trip in daddy's arms, burying her face in his neck so she couldn't see it. It was the first time she had ZERO interest in walking by herself!

Sea Wolrd 2011

This was the funnest family vacation we've had so far. The kids were so excited to see and do everything and we were equally excited to take them. We rode rides, saw the coolest shows and animals, ate way too much sugar and spent way too much money. All the things that say "we had the best time EVER!" Thank you so much to our awesome friends the Bushmans and the Biglers for inviting us to make some of the best and lasting memories.

Finally!

Well, we are finally moved into our new house. Still needs a bit of work, but livable. Soon, I will start to feel normal again and maybe (just maybe) I might even start blogging again! But I wouldn't look for that until at least after Christmas. Until then, lot's of love to the blogging world! (I miss you:( )

My Cute Kids

Check out my kids short photo shoot HERE

My Brother's Home!

My brother Ryan just got home from Afghanistan and we are so excited to have him back and safe in the states again. Since we haven't seen him in so long, and won't for a while longer (hopefully he's coming here in October), I thought I would finally post some pics recapping the last several months. I made a new post for each of the kids and finished off with some family ones.

WELCOME HOME RYAN!!!!!!!!

WE MISSED YOU!!!!!

Bree

Balancing with daddy. I think we have a picture like this with all our kids.

Pretty in Pink

Bath time

What a messy eater!