Photo Shoot with Valerie

While up in St. George over Easter weekend, we spent some time with Valerie Hart. She took some amazing pics of my kids. Sorry for the overload, it's hard to pick cuz I loved them all. Cord was doing a funky smile that he had NEVER done before which was strange. The girls loved the shoot on the blue stairs. I enjoyed the ones that captured their interests right now. They all capture their personalities. When I showed the pics to Mason he said "Wow, those are like.....real pictures! She should open a business or something". HaHa. Great job Valerie!! You can check out her other great shots at: http://valeriehartphotography.blogspot.com/

Guitar Awards Concert

Big guitar day for Chelsea. She has been working on a solo for seminary and today she was able to play it. In preparation she asked me if we could get up at 5:00 am and curl her hair. She looked so pretty. She said her solo went well. Then tonight was her awards concert. They played 3 of their favorite songs. After the soloists and advanced guitar played, it was time for awards. Chelsea lettered this year in guitar. So exciting. She has the "C", now she needs a jacket to put it on. We are really proud of all her hard work. It's a pleasure to watch her preform. After the concert she played some of her solos that she is learning in lessons. The display below was the guitar that they built from scratch in class this year.

Chelsea also has earned this cougar committment award for this school year. 

8th grade dance

With 8th grade graduation right around the corner, I guess the school felt like it was time to let them cut loose and have fun. Tonight was the 8th grade dance. Bri found the right dress and with a few alterations it was perfect (it was even in Bob Miller colors). It's exciting to see her and her friends all dressed up and excited to have fun.

Mason's band concert

Mason has enjoyed band much more than he expected to. It's never a struggle to get him to practice. Tonight they had the end of year concert. They played "Eagle Summit March", "Ayre and Dance", and "Galatic Episode". His favorite piece was Ayre and Dance because it sounds really good. He also liked "Star Wars" that the Advanced band played. He is hoping to get the music so he can work on it over the summer. We are really proud of his hard work and it showed tonight!!! Good Job.

Get your GLEEK on

We love the music of Glee (even though the shows have been questionable this season and we have to watch with our finger on the "skip" button) and were so excited to hear of their tour which kicked off in Vegas tonight. My husband said that if we didn't go that he was afraid we would spontaneously explode so we bought our tickets the day they went on sale and have been looking forward to this night for almost 3 months. We were not disappointed. They sang a lot of our favorite songs and there were a lot of special effects. All of the original cast were there and we were excited that they sounded as good in person as they did on the show. It was also fun to see them playing their instruments and dancing. Before the show started, several Cheerios were in the crowd handing out barf bags because according to Sue Sylvester, the show was so bad that we'd need them. Even "The Warblers" were there singing our favorite songs. Each cast member had a chance to sing a solo. I enjoyed seeing Kurt dancing to Single Ladies. So funny! And Artie did his own dance out of his wheelchair during his "dream". My only complaint was that it seemed that it was over as soon as it started. Then it took forever to get out of the parking lot. So we just listened to more Glee songs. It was like our own private encore. haha.

There was a TON of people there. I was surprised that there were so many "old" people there. I loved seeing a lady older than me wearing a Cheerios outfit. I saw older men decked out in their Glee t-shirts. And there was a lady in front of us who stood up and was dancing that made me laugh. If my kids ever think that something I do embarrasses them, I'll remind them of the dancing "old" lady. I could never be that bad. It was fun to be there with thousands of other Gleeks. I couldn't take any pictures because they wouldn't even let me take my camera into the arena. I had to take it out to the car. So I just sat back and enjoyed the evening. It will make a good memory.

Trip to the Biosphere

Cord's last family day at preschool was a trip to the elementary's Biosphere. They have a section in the center of the school that they have made like a rain forest. It's pretty cool place where they keep some parrots, snakes, fish, frogs, and displays of other animals. I was really looking forward to it. Cord liked it when the birds talked to him but didn't like it so much when they screeched really loud. He also didn't want to listen to the the lady in charge as she talked about the different displays which made the field trip more tense that it should have been. Also the lady kept telling the kids not to touch anything and wasn't really nice about it. Um, these are 4 year olds so that didn't go over too well. In the end, I was relieved to get out of there. Maybe he'll enjoy it more when he's a little older. I know I will.

Stomach flu hits hard

Brianna started the madness on saturday. Apparently she had been up all night throwing up (I didn't know, was at work). But like a trooper she went to dance on saturday morning. She reportedly threw up again but went right back to dancing. Now that's dedication!!

Then as I was getting heading out the door for work on sunday, Cord started "throwing out" as he describes it and it continued most of the night. I was scheduled to work again monday night and was worried about getting sleep since he couldn't go to school on monday. When I got home from work Monday morning, Chelsea volunteered to miss a couple classes to watch Cord while I got a little sleep. Cord had started with the runs that morning so she had a brilliant idea. She had him on the pot, with a computer in front of him playing "Toy Story 3". She also had a cup of sprite and later had a plate of crackers on the chair for him. She had him all hooked up. Now, I know this might be a little graphic of a story to blog, but I was so proud of her creativity and he seemed really happy with the arrangement. She does have a little bit of a nurse in her afterall.



At work monday night, the bug hit me fast and fierious so I had to go home early. I felt like I was going to die. I can't believe Brianna was dancing feeling like this. I warned Mason about the bad stomach aches so he could go to the health office if it hit him in school. I just didn't want him to be the kid who throws up in school. Maybe I jinxed him, but after lunch the bug hit him. He looked pretty pale when I got there to pick him up. No school for him tomorrow which ruins his perfect attendence record (with only a few weeks to go - what a bummer).

4 down, 2 to go. So now we are taking bets on who's next. Chelsea has a little stomach ache but has yet to fall. Maybe it's because she so stubborn that she just refuses to get sick. She says she has to much going on in school and can't afford to be sick until this weekend. We shall see.