Girls Dance Recital

This last year Emma and Reese got to be in a dance class together at The Dance Conservatory. Even though Reese was in Kindergarten, she was good enough and focused enough to be in the 2nd-3rd grade class. I think they enjoyed doing it together along with Autumn Bailey a neighbor and friend. This spring concert Grandma, Grandpa and Boose came to watch.

Family Pictures 2018

In May we got family pictures done by Andra Meyer. It is SO hard capturing good pictures of all 6 of us. Nora will finally give a good smile and Lucy won't....and on and on :). But I love having family pictures to show how much we are all growing. 

Jordan and Faith Engaged!!!

Jordan and Faith got engaged on May 5th, 2018. They will be getting married on September 7. Faith and Jor Jor met on their semester abroad to Jerusalem last fall. They weren't "supposed to" date anyone while there but they fell in love soon into the program. They are so great for each other so we are very excited for them and excited to keep getting to know Faith over the years. She fits great into our family as well :). 

End of School & Reese's K Graduation

School comes to and end so fast! These pictures were from Emma's Westward Expansion day at the park. Mrs. Ross was a great teacher and Emma loved being in her class.

Nora with Ms. Jill and Ms. Addie:

Caroline from her class...

Reese's Graduation:

Reese & Kenzie:

Reese & Margo:

Mrs. Baker:

Mrs. Dean:

Disney and Cali 2018

We have always loved going to Disneyland. But this trip we came to a realization...Disney is forever and always going to be jam packed from here on out :(. We usually try and hit the "Ghost town days" or days where it's not completely packed, but even this time it was insanely busy. But the fun thing about this time is that we took Boose Boose with us. She was so much fun to have!

The night before we left for California, Lucy was perfectly healthy. Then of course the morning we leave she is hacking up a lung and sounds like she has croup. She was sick and never got sleep the entire trip...which meant i didn't really get sleep the entire trip but unfortunately with her past I have been used to that :(.

Other than that we had a fantastic trip. The first day we got there was Saturday. We met up with Kristen and Andrew and their kiddos at Santa Monica Pier. We ate lunch, walked around, and the best part was riding motorized scooters!! It was so much fun! I wished we could have done that all day. On Sunday, we found a church to go to at 9:00 am in Anaheim. It was kind of random, but we ran into Jordan's old girlfriend, Britton, at that sacrament meeting. We loved her so much and it was fun to see her! Then we went to a beach called Mother's Beach and had a lot of fun there and then went back to the hotel to swim in the pool. It was a fun day. Then Monday we did Disneyland and Tuesday we did California Adventure.

One of the absolute best times of the trip was splash mountain!!! Hahahaha. I feel like a terrible mom saying that but the whole thing was just hilarious. Our friend, Tara Anderson (who we met up with there), had told Emma and Reese that if they were brave and went on splash mountain that she would buy them a special treat. So they said yes and went with Boose and I. When the ride went down two little hills and they remembered how much they HATED this ride, they wanted to get off or turn back. I told them that wasn't possible and we started on our ascent up the giant hill. Reese and Emma broke down crying and screaming like that was going to be the end of their lives. "Get me off!!!!!" "Stop the ride!!!!" They were absolutely hysterical. Boose and I were dying of laughter because it was so incredibly dramatic. We went down and the picture below says it all!! Hahahaha! It was so funny. They earned their treat, but I'm pretty sure they will never trust any adult ever when we tell them a ride isn't scary :).

Some of the other highlights were the "Frozen" show, face painting (Daddy made Nora's dreams come true she was so happy he said they could do that), Sorin' Around the World (girls favorite ride), and meeting the princesses (Lucy was so chatty with them. It was so cute!). We had a great time and so glad Boose could come with us.


Flying. Reese got to go to the pilots cabin!

Santa Monica Pier:

At Mother's Beach. It was chilly but the girls had so much fun just digging and playing in the sand. 

DISNEY!!!

BEFORE AND AFTER OF SPLASH MOUNTAIN...