KIDS PICTURES AND MEXICO

So yep it has been over six months since I last updated! I got a new camera a few weeks ago before we headed to Mexico, so now I have A TON of pictures that I want to upload. But since that would be to much work I am going to stick on a few of the kids while in Mexico, as you can see they had a great time and are asking when we get to go again. It was super fun and we only had a few issues such as Dreyken throwing up the entire way to SLC the day before our flight, and Tarek getting a stomach bug the day we went to the ruins (he was such a good sport the entire day).



We also had Dan's cousin take family pictures for us a few months ago and she did an AMAZING job! Dreyken was not happy at all, yet had some super cute pics and the other kids of course were super good so thought I would share / post for my info just a few of the pics. What cute kids I have!

Presents for Mom!

So a few weeks ago I walked into my bathroom and got a wonderful suprise from Tarek (no not a bad suprise) a bouquet of flowers! I love those kinds of presents! What a sweet tenderhearted little boy he is.

Then the other day Dreyken took what I thought was a really good nap, needless to say she was busy creating a "beautful piece of art" for me! Oh how happy I was!!


And yep I made her scrub at her walls for a good while! I hoped she would learn not to color on things again, but she has since colored on her table and chair set and also on my parents walls!

How I love being a Mother with both the good and the bad.

KALLI

This last year Kalli has had the chance to get to perform in three different plays. She was a "Pretty Lady" in a Western play that the Drama Club did. She had several speaking parts for this one and did a great job.
Then her fourth grade class was studing Lewis and Clark so they each had to write a 20 page typed play. The teacher picked three of them for the class to perform. She was cast as Clark in Act one of the play and again had several parts to learn. It was really fun to get to see their interpretation of Lewis and Clark and the experiences that they had.

And then, (my favorite of the three) her GATE class put on Jungle Book and performed at five schools and once for parents. She was a prickly pear for some of the time and a monkey for some of the time.

This one was a musical and they got to do a lot of dancing and singing. She did AWESOME! To see her come out of her comfort zone a little bit and have a fun time while doing so has been really fun to see.