Spelling Bee

In March Jake took 5th place in the first grade spelling bee!

we were very proud of him

Video for Aunt Terri

Jake was so excited his picture was in the newspaper!

Jake's 7

Jake had his first friend party this year.  Theme was of course dinosaurs 

               
                                                                     Volcano cake

                                          The kids loved it when the cake started smoking

We kept waiting for it to explode but all it did was bubble and pop

   
                                                              They still had fun (watch out little dino)

                                                                      make a wish

                                                       It was nice to have Devo there to help

                                       10 boys at the party, Crazy!  Next year maybe only 4 or 5

                                                                 dinosaur eggs race

                         
                                                       Jake's favorite activity was the pinata

                                                                  Watch the tail fly

                                     technical difficulty it fell apart and we had to refill with candy

                                                        Emmy was a great helper

Dinosaur stomp

     
                                                                The winner Heston

Piano Festival

Emily earned her first gold cup for piano solo this year.  She had to memorize two songs and play them before 3 judges.  This is her 3rd year getting superior so she received her cup.  We are very proud of her and her hard work.  She has really become quite the little player over the past three years.  She definitely has a little natural talent.  Good job Emily we love hearing you play.   

Spring Break

Day 4

"Uncle Toe come lay down here so we can body slam you"  He agreed. Crazy!  Emily said this was her favorite activity of the vacation.

 He ended up using them as weights

Pillow fight

 The kids kept begging to go swimming in the freezing cold. It was only 50 degrees.  We finally just said okay. They lasted for about 15 minutes.

Thanks Aunt Terri and Uncle Toe for lots of fun and especially for letting us crash your "hotel".

Spring break Day 3

We headed to the L.A. Zoo It was much larger than the Hogle Zoo Lots of walking, the kids did a great job.  It only cost us a churro and an icee.

 This was the reptile snake area and the best thing was it didn't stink like Hogle Zoo!

Jake loved all the snakes and reptiles

 This is Jake reenacting Steve Irwin tackling a croc.

 The gharial  was Jake's favorite

 Emily loved the koalas

Spring break day 2

It was cold and rainy so we went to a movie Mirror Mirror.  Then Uncle Toe came home from work early and took us to Dave and Busters.  It reminded me of Vegas except for kids.  All the noises and blinking lights.  A little overwhelming at first.  The kids had a blast.  

 They love the car racing games but they didn't give out any tickets.  We all played an airplane war game in honor of Papa Due.

The games that gave out the most tickets were the favorites

Uncle Toe even spent a few dollars on his favorite coin game.  He won a lot of tickets.   Mom's  favorite game was deal or no deal. 

The kids ended up with 1,600 tickets They traded in for some stuffed animals

Even Aunt Terri joined in for some fun.