6th Grade Graduation

We did it! Austin has graduated Elementary School! They had such a fun graduation ceremony. There were a few kids that spoke, a few musical numbers, and then they did a slide show of pictures from the year. I cried a little even though I promised Austin I wouldn't do anything embarrassing. After the ceremony the students and teachers got to have a "Fancy lunch" together. It was set up in the library so cute. He went to school with a great group of kids, and he really liked his teacher, Mr. Thompson. Congratulations Austin, you make us proud!:)

Hope of America

I know I brag about my kids a lot, but this is my blog, what else am I supposed to write? I seriously have the best son any mother could ever ask for. This year Austin was presented with the "Hope of America" Award. They only give this to four students a year. One boy and one girl from each 6th grade class. I think that the teacher nominates the students. It is presented by the Kiwanis Internationals club. A plaque with his name on it will forever be hanging in Aspen Elementary. The award reads

"HOPE OF AMERICA AWARD

Presented with honor to

Austin Perry

Who has demonstrated during this school year capacity for

leadership, ethical and moral character and outstanding

academic accomplishment."

My little Gymnast

I am so proud of my little girl. She totally rocked her gymnastics recital! At the beginning they did a group routine. Then each girl got to do several solo parts. She was grinning ear to ear, loved performing! When we got home I asked her what her favorite part about the recital was. She said it was the trophy, which she slept with that night!

Happy Birthday McCall!

Our little girl is seven! When we were in Disney land they asked us if we were celebrating anything. I told them that we had a birthday coming up. They gave her a pin to wear that read "Happy Birthday McCall" Everywhere we went the employees would say to her "Happy Birthday Princess."

She said to me "Mom, even in Disney land they know I'm a princess!"

What a fun thing that was for her. She got a new bike for her birthday (after dropping several hints) She is so funny. There has not been a single dull moment in our lives since she was born. We love you McCall, you are such a special, wonderful, beautiful, little girl!

Disney Land

Finally, a vacation! We had SO much fun in Disney land. The first day there was a little hot, the next three days it rained. That's okay, we're from Utah, as long as it's not snowing we are good to go! The first two days we went to Disney land, the third day we went to Universal Studios, & the last day we went back to Disney land.

It was a lot of walking. Austin & McCall did so good. They rode everything! Except "It's a small world." My mom warned Austin about it before & he refused to ride it, none of us were disappointed by that. It wasn't very crowded, so we were able to ride everything that we wanted with out long lines. We rode "soaring over California" six times!

Asher stayed with his Aunt Jenifer. I felt a little guilty him, but once we got there & saw all the babies sitting in their strollers the entire time, I felt better. Then when I talked to Jenifer, and found out how much fun they were having, I was totally fine.

We stopped in Las Vegas on the way there, so I could go to the Coke store and take the kids to the M&M store.

We loved it, can't wait to go back!

Super Cool St. Patrick's Day

This year on St. Patrick's Day I went to a Jazz game. I went with some people from work. The first half of the game we had pretty good seats, like row 23 or something like that. The 2nd half of the game 4 of us got to go down and sit on ROW 2! It was SO COOL! GO JAZZ!!!!!

Busy Busy Busy

Okay, so Mike keeps asking me when I am going to update our blog. So here it goes.

The below pictures are some of the reason I have not been able to keep up with it, I have had my hands FULL!!

The new, most popular sentence in our home now is "Asher, get down!" He has turned into a little monkey. And the messes, oh my goodness, as I sit here right now and type, there are pieces of corn dog on the floor of the kitchen that need to be swept up.
Last night, McCall decided that she wanted some red punch, and she is NOT a baby, and she should be able to pour it herself. So the first cup she poured Asher pulled down all over himself...

The second glass she poured she put cinnamon toast crunch in with it. Why??

So I am going to try to keep up on blogging a little better, because I think it is a really great way to keep a family journal.

Most embarrassing moment #????

Oh my goodness! I am so embarrassed! At church on Sunday we were sitting in sacrament, towards the back, and Asher is having a hard time sitting. What would you expect from a 1 year old? Mike put him down and he wandered around. He stops by a few families here and there. Probably to see what kind of snacks they had. He keeps making his way closer & closer to the front. I kept saying to Mike, "I think you should go get him" and Mike would say "No I think he's coming back."
Well he didn't. He wandered all the way to the front, we were all to embarrassed to go get him, except my sweet little McCall. She ran up and got him, while I was trying to hide under my chair!
I took off his sweater and just had him wear his undershirt the rest of the day in hopes that no one would recognize him.

Sweet nap spot

Asher always falls asleep after eating. We recently discovered that his high chair reclines. Sweet!