Proud of my kiddos!

Justice was advanced to Blue belt for his TaeKwonDo class. He is so very proud of himself. I love to see that smile and determined look in his eyes when he knows he has really accomplished something.
Justice has also decorated the house with his artwork from school. He has been making rather large paper dinosaurs. All are displayed in the family room. As well as his Chinese New Years artwork. As lovely as it is- we are having a hard time convincing him that it is time for them to come down. He is a hoot sometimes.

Montana has been working very diligently on her dance for solo competition this year. She is fast approaching performance time. Her first competition will be in mid-April. We have ordered her costume and are putting the final touches on her routine. We are so excited for her. I am entering her in several competitions because I know the first few will be for getting the kinks out and getting her out of her shell and into performance mode.
Montana has also been impressing us with her amazing penmanship. We love to look at her homework and see how neat and lovely her work is.

Sierra performed at Bennion on Parade tonight with her Cheer team. I was unable to attend due to running kids from one end of town to the other. She said all of their stunts hit and they did a really good job. She sounded pretty excited about the performance. She is always so busy and we can never get to ALL her activities. Lucky for her, she has three parents to shuttle her around. Her dance competition season, as well as dance concert for school, are all around the corner. This is her time to shine and she can't wait. We will keep you updated with pics and whatnot.

Laters.

Goofy Tana

This story is "TOP SECRET"- do not mention it to Tana. I am just saving this for posterity because it is hilarious.

Tana was in the bathroom and called for me to come in. She sounded very very upset. I get there and she is bawling her eyes out. I asked her what was wrong. She mentioned that a certain upper part of her body was hurting. She pulled her shirt up to show me exactly what she was talking about. I was trying to comfort her and not laugh at the same time. I told her this was very normal and that this is part of life. She kept crying for about 30 minutes. Shaking her head and burying her face in my hug. She kept saying "I don't want to grow up!" - "I don't want to be a teenager!" Poor thing! How could I tell her that this is just the beginning!! :-)

Justice TaeKwonDo Test

Justice was testing for his blue stripe. He was very nervous. He absolutely loves sparring. Usually he is kicking and screaming like a banshee! He did such a great job. We will find out Monday what rank he achieved! We are so proud of you bud!

As a side note- I am having trouble uploading video that is longer that 1 minute. Anybody out there that knows what I am doing wrong. I videoed his whole test and would like to post it but every time I try Blogger keeps giving me an error???

Sierra's Game Photos

Here are some pix/video of Sierra's last bball game. Love the light shining from her eyes- weird- but cool!

Draper Temple Open House

View from the West Side

Snuck a shot of the three of us while waiting for the movie. This is in the Dining Room. They don't have a cafeteria at this temple. Just tables, chairs, and a microwave/sink area.

Mom & Grama--two gorgeous chicks!

All the wheelchair parking. Grama got us special access to the whole building- as well as rock star parking!!

View from the South Side

Mom, Grama, and I went to the Draper Temple Open House today. The last one I went to was when the Bountiful Temple opened. It was so nice to be back inside! It was absolutely beautiful. Every nook and cranny would make us ooh and ahh. It really is a peaceful, inspiring building. I wish I could have snapped pics the whole time but it wasn't allowed. I was so touched when I entered the Sealing and the Celestial Rooms. I really have a stirring to go back but I am not sure if it is the right time/thing for my marriage. Eric is very supportive of me going if I want to. But it is hard to be there without your spouse.
I want to go back with the rest of my family to the Open House of either the Draper or the Daybreak Temple when it opens. I think they would really love it and probably have a lot of questions. Thanks for a fun date girls!

Got Milk?

We made Banana Smoothies the other day and had a lot of fun making milk mustaches!

Sierra is having a baby

Now before you go losing your minds- it's just an electronic baby. She will bring it home in three weeks. They have to bring it home for a weekend for a school assignment. She will have to feed, change, soothe, and carry the baby with her at all times for the entire weekend. She has to wear a id bracelet that she scans on the baby every time the baby needs something. The bracelet can only be removed by the teacher. So only she can take care of it. It will cry, and make baby noises if it is happy or mad. Should be fun! So we will get a trial run at being grandparents. Hopefully this will cure her of all desire to have a baby for at least the next 10 years at least!!