Pom Pon Fun

A fun Saturday...

We spent Saturday at Novi Field House learning Pom - Pon, the girls loved it. What a ton of fun that was. They all did a great job and bought really cute t-shirts too. Oh and Lilly was soliciting and managed to get us a new babysitter as well - go figure.

Champions on Ice

What an opportunity! Friday evening Katherine, Lillian and I were arriving home from the grocery store when the neighbor stopped over around 6:30 and told me he had two extra tickets to see Champions on Ice at Joe Louis Arena would we like them - would we ever! I was thrilled. Mark and Hannah had just gotten back from girl scouts and after a brief conversation with Mark we decided after Katherine's time as a skater it seemed only natural that she should be the one to go. We joined the neighbors and their kids and then 7 of us were off.

What a great time we had.

A little blurry - but I caught the jump in mid-air, pretty cool!

Our neighbors tickets were really good seats - however we ended up with GREAT seats. There were a number of empty seats up close so Katherine and I sat in the front two rows -she loved it, and we got better pictures too. Oh, how wonderful it was.

Busy Week

Getting back to business after a week of vacation has been a real challenge. We have all struggled to get back into the day to day schedule of real life. It seems we all had a nice time on our vacations - Hannah enjoyed her trip to Florida and we enjoyed our trip to North Carolina. We were all glad to be back home though!

School isn't kind enough to ease us back in so it has been a full and busy week and we are all looking forward to the weekend. On Saturday the girls will be participating in a Pom Pon clinic sponsored by the High School so look forward to photos of that in the coming days!

An overview of our fun

Most of these photos are from the zoo - although the otters are from SciWorks - Molly and Ollie. They were one of our most favorite parts of the trip. The girls even purchased their own stuffed animals and named them after these cute little guys!

Easter Fun

What a wonderful Easter we had. Traditionally we have spent Easter in Michigan with Mom and Dad S. and this year we broke tradition and drove to N.C. to spend it with Gma Rice. What a good decision that was - the weather alone was worth the drive. I understand everyone else had cold yucky weather to deal with!! I have included some photos of the fun we had with Gma.

Almost Vacation!

Today was officially the girls last day of school before Spring Break and tomorrow is mine. I can hardly wait, it surely won't be here fast enough.

Dances

The Annual Girl Scout Dance was in April and the girls all picked out their own dresses. They also requested their own hairstyles to which I happily obliged.

The Daddy Daughter Dance was held in early February and the girls looked so beautiful in their dresses.

Welcome...

Everyone knows I am not too good at keeping up on these sites, gee could it be too many other things going on in life. Well, for now anyway I will pretend like I might just keep up on it at least for at least a few days.

Things are well here.

Hannah is doing well in school, she has adapted well to our family and fits in well. She has made a number of friends in school and seems to love it. She is looking forward to her visit with her Mom in Florida over Spring Break and she will get a chance to see her Dad then too.

Katherine really enjoys school still. She loves brownies and most especially looks forward to tap class once a week. She is always trying to find a way to add her own creative, artisitc flair to everything she does whether it be throught movement, song, writing, or drawing.

Lillian is talking up a storm - really. I think sometimes she might well create a tornado of words if we aren't careful! She loves to talk especially when someone else is having a conversation - she never wants to be out of the loop. She loves to sing and dance around the house and also loves to play with her babies. She too loves to be in brownies along with Katherine.

Mark, Katherine, Lillian and I are looking forward to our Spring Break as well all venture to see Gma Nice at her home in NC. We pray for a safe trip and nice weather while we are there, not to mention a little R&R, we all need it!