Last Dance Recital For Grace

Grace had her her last dance recital last week.  She is definitely not shy and loves getting up on stage and showing her stuff.  She loved the dance and being with her friends.  It was fun to watch her dance and see her show her moves.  She is a a joy to watch.  Unfortunately I have a video to show but it is too bit to post but extremely to cute to watch.  So you will just have to like the pictures.

Samantha's Baptism

Samantha made the decision to be baptized in March.  It was great day.  Earl's family was able to make to trip out to be with her and we all loved having them here.   She is such a sweet spirit and was ready to make the choice.  She looked beautiful in her dress and was all smiles.  Grandma Healy talked and so did I.  She had lots of friends come to support her from the ward and especially her teacher, Sister Hersam.  It was a wonderful day, filled with the spirit.  

Butler Basketball

We were given the opportunity to go to see the Butler Bulldog's play this season for free.  It was a fun time for our family.  We were able to go have lunch there with the kids and then watch the game.  The kids did amazing.  Levi had so much fun with the crowd and every time they started cheering, he would clap and cheer with them.  It was fun to watch.  It is a cool place to watch basketball and the atmosphere was a lot of fun.  I would definitely go again.

The kids got to meet the mascot

 

Samantha Turns 8

So this was Samantha's year for a birthday party.  She decided that she wanted to take a few friends to the Hot Skates and go Skating.  She had a great time.  It was hard for her but she loved it.  She definitely had a few war wounds by the end but she was smiling the whole time.  Her present this year was to get her ears pierced.  She has loved having it done and she was very brave.  They look great and have healed nicely.  Samantha wanted an ice cream cake this year so it served as both her cake and ice cream.  Nice and easy for mom.  We love you, Samantha.  She is our sensitive girl, who cares about everyone, loves playing the piano, reading, and works hard in school.  She is such a sweet, beautiful girl and we are lucky that she is part of our family.

 What her ears looked like the night that she got them pierced.

 Opening presents.

 Her ice cream cake

Nadya and Samantha and Basketball

Nadya and Samantha played basketball again this year and had a good time.  They both had fun with their teams and learned a lot.  I'm glad that it gets them active and teaches them how to work with others and keeps them moving when the weather is cold.  

Earl's B-day

We had fun celebrating Earl's birthday in February.  The kid's loved helping him open his presents and playing with him.  He got his Indianapolis Colts sweatshirt so he now fits in here.  Earl chose Vanilla ice cream from Costco and we had chocolate pudding cake for his cake.  It was a fun day to celebrate with him.

Nadya is 11

I can't believe that this amazing girl is eleven now.  I am one lucky mom to have her in my life.  She blesses our family so much.  She is very responsible, smart, funny, caring, crazy, and just fun.  She loves to read, she is starting to babysit her siblings for us little stretches at a time and it is a big help to us.  We had fun celebrating her birthday.  Grace, Levi, and I surprised her at school during lunch with a caramel shake and sat with her while she ate.  It was fun to spend time with her and Levi and Grace loved it too.  When she got home, she got to open her presents have dinner and cake and ice cream.  She got what she really wanted which was a kindle fire.  She was been reading so much that we needed to have a way to keep up with her reading.  She also got more books, some games, and some legos.  She had a pretty good birthday, I think.  She picked a lemon cheesecake for her cake and vanilla ice cream.