Monday, July 22, 2013

Before summer happenings



 A super fun picture of Halle and all of her Joy School friends who were playing warriors in the closet. 
Will, Ryker, Natalie, Mason and Halle Bug.
 2013 Dance Recital.  Yes, this was back in April.  What can I say.......
 The Girls Just wanna have fun dance
 Splish Splash dance
 Getting out of the tub
 The group dance.  Honestly it has been so long I do not even remember the song they danced to.
 Can I have a little smile Halle
 Itty bitty pretty one dance.  So so cute.  These costumes for this recital were so cute.  My girls still love to dress up in them.
 Shake it bug.
 Halle and her bff Brooke.  She is so excited to have Brooke in her preschool, dance and Kindergarten class.  These were their cute pajama costumes for Pajama Time dance.
 This is how Grace would dress every day if I would let her.

 Huggin with cousins Berkley and Chloe...plus cute little Taya
 More Dancing in her towel.

 Our dear Halle Bug turned 5.  She got Mickey Mouse pancakes for her breakfast.
 Smooching on Dad.

 Her fun butterfly cake.  I decided this year I am all for cupcake cakes.  They are so so easy compared to what I have done before.
 The Dear........
 Gid and Grace practicing for ball this year. 
 My Dear sister-in-law (whom I consider more of a sister) and her darling hubby Erik went through the temple and were sealed for eternity.  I am so so glad I get to hang out with these guys in the next life!
 The whole Taylor clan.
 The Finale


 I know it looks like bug has to pee but she really is doing a dance move. 


 I love to watch her shake.
 Military Dance
















The girls had so much fun this year in dance and are so bummed Angela will not be returning.  I have had to eat many words about dance because I have the two cutest dancers ever and I can honestly say I am going to miss this. 

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

My list of priorities....

 Quite obviously blogging is not anywhere near the top of that list.  We have been so busy and having so much fun who really cares about sitting in front of a computer?  Here are a couple of things we have been up to.  Back...well way back at the first of March Shawner came home from his mission in Nashville TN.  We are glad to have him home! 

 The adorable Reddick playing airplane with his dad.  I would have kinda freaked if I had been thrown this high in the air (seriously it was like 8 feet) but he just giggled, brave kid.
 Sir Reddick.


 The massive St. George Easter egg hunt! 
 Dr. Seuss day!  The kids just have loved 1st grade.
 We repainted our bathroom!  It looks great but I noticed when I posted this picture I did not take before pictures (or you would be way impressed) or get a picture of the cabinet that we painted white (which freaked me out but now I just LOVE)
 Playing CHEESE with Aunt Lisa.  This kid is so so so cute.
Easter morning!  The Easter bunny brought panties and underwear!   How did he know?
 Happy kids with their haul.
 Easter morning, not a lot of places to hide eggs at grandma's but the Easter bunny made do.
 Just chilling on Spring Break.
 While we were in St. George we had a dear friend take our family pictures (a couple weeks before she moved to Georgia).  This is the first time since Gid and Grace were 6 months old we had "professional pictures done".  We have not seen all the pictures but we were very pleased.  After the shoot Gracie was really into posing as seen here.
 Cute little bug.
 Handsome bop who is growing up way way to fast. 


 We took advantage of having Grandma around to take some pictures of the kids with her.  They sure had a great time at Grandma's and it was one of the best vacations we have ever had.

We sure love Grandma and love having her home!