Friday, May 24, 2013

Bridging to Brownies

5/8/13
 
Ella was a proud Daisy Scout this year at school...
It was the first year and she enjoyed all the adventures that the year brought....
A few weeks ago, she prepared for next year and Brownies...
 
Walking across the bridge to join the Brownies...
 
 Cake with her best buddies...
 Showing off all her patches...
 Such a sweet Brownie to be...
 the troop...

The final Cupcake Season

5/4/13
The Cupcakes worked hard at the tournament this year and won BOTH their final games and took home a championship trophy out of the 4 teams in their division...
Ella worked extra hard and did a fabulous job!
She looks so tall and grown up in this photo with her proud daddy
 Go Cupcakes!!!!
This is the last season all these girls will play together since Ella is moving to a more competitive division...
 She has so much to be proud of ! Love you Soccer Star!!!

International Festival

5/3/13
Ella's school has an event each year that unfortunately we had to miss due to soccer last year so this was our first experience...
Each classroom represents a different country and has food, posters, and a craft for the kids to do...
Lots of fun and lots to learn...
 

 How funny are these next two photos???

 Such a great event...
Had to take a photo of the pretty flowers on our way out...

Congratulations Ninja Turtles!!!!

4/20/13
The boys had a great spring season!
Such a wonderful group of boys!!!
 Yeah Logan!!!! Love the trophy!
 the celebration continued after church....waving the flags at the great race!!!

George Washington

Loved Ella's George....
Such a cute report she did and I loved helping her with it...
Who knew what crazy things George's teeth were made out of...

Sisters...


What a wonderful photo of my mom and aunt!
Thanks for visiting Ann...

Special Guests at Soccer

4/13/13
 
Logan's preschool teacher, Mrs.Zane came to watch one of the boy's games...
There were a couple of very happy Ninja Turtles
 
Preston, Mrs.Zane, and Logan...
 What a wonderful 1st teacher he has....
 Another special guest that day was the kids' Great Auntie Ann....
 And Grammie and Papa watched the games too...
 Both kids and Auntie Ann....
The kids LOVED every minute of having all these special people at their games that day...

Easter

3/31/13
What an exciting Easter morning....
They loved their baskets...
Thank you Easter Bunny....
 Papa and Otto....
 Finding eggs in the backyard....



 And an early 1st time in the pool....March!!!

 Always happy to swim....
 Logan loves Otto....
 And nothing better on Easter than learning about settlers with Ms. Ella...
Kenny learned alot :0)
I think I really enjoyed the day because I didn't take many photos :0(

Neighborhood Easter Celebration and Easter eve....

3/30/13
We are lucky to live in such a fun neighborhood....
The Easter party at the park is always a great morning....
The kids were happy to get their 'Easter gear' on and head over...
 So cute with the bunny....
 I love this look on Logan's face...he is definitely interested in checking out what the little girl got in her egg....
 waiting to hear 'go'...
 And then there was the hula hoop contest....
Ella waiting again to hear the word 'go'....
 And she never stopped....and she....
 WON!!!
What a proud little girl!
 Loved the face and hand painting....
 After a rest and getting ready, we headed to church...


After eating, we headed home to put the carrots out for the bunny....
And special pictures for the bunny as well.....

Coloring Eggs...

3/29/13
The kids always have a great time coloring eggs....
Logan loved his green Ninja Turtle egg....
 Ella's were very crafty and cute...
 One fancy dozen...

Logan's Spring Concert

3/21/13
It was beautiful weather for the kid's concert....
Logan was very excited to sing his songs and the class did a great job...
Can you spot Logan????

 Next to his buddy Preston...
 Performing is hard work so Logan found the best seat in the house to watch the rest of the concert...
 Ella enjoyed catching up with her sweet friend Sienna...