Springing into March

Spring is almost here and we are ready to March into all the fun. See what I did there? Here's a few of the fun things we have been up to lately. Since we have late church the kids are usually ready to go, but we have to wait. This particular day Brynnli convinced Caden to have a little tea party with her. Caden is the best brother!

So funny story, I am the Primary President again... just for a few months... at least that's what my source in the bishopric assures me. Something about the old primary president needed to be released very soon, but there are rumors of big boundary changes happening in our ward any day now, so until then, they needed someone to be in the primary with the 3 kids we have in there. Ya, you read that right: 3 kids in our primary. So here I am Primary president again. When they sustained me in church, so many people were like "what!?" because I was just president a few years ago. I even made a joke about maybe I'll get it right this time around! Anyway, the stake primary set up this picture of Jesus and had all the kids stand by it for a picture. Brynnli was with me helping to set up one day and the stake lady was like, do you want a picture too? It turned out pretty cute. 

Tyler the gringo. Celebrating his birthday dinner. 

Caden's church basketball team made it all the way to the semi finals in the playoff games. 

Looks like that toy car doesn't fit you anymore, Brynn. Speaking of Brynn, she got her finger slammed in the door and it is all bruised. Looks like she is going to lose her fingernail. Poor girl!!

Yay, we spotted Haylie and Henry. They must lay their eggs close to our house because we always see them hanging around here. Thanks to Bella (who looks super cute with her new hair do) for scaring the ducks away. No animal is safe in our yard... Bella makes sure of that. 

Brynn's team all coordinated rainbow outfits for dance one day. 

The cheeseburger quest continues... This time at Ab's Drive in. This one was not Caden's favorite. He gave it a 6/10. Also, Caden is working on training Bella. She will do anything for a treatsie. 

Brynnli set a trap for Lucky again this year, but he still was able to get away. Luckily he still brought all the kids some treats. 

Caden's spring Choir concert was great. 

I love when Caden and Brynnli end up in our bed on Saturday mornings. Reminds me of when they were little. 

Fierce on the Floor

Dance comp season is in full swing which means we spend all of our weekends at dance comps. I got to see the girls do their solos for the first time onstage. This one was so fun because I went with Brynnli backstage and I got to see her dance from a  different view. Brynnli's dance is a sassy jazz titled, "Got that Look". Brynnli is now competing in the intermediate category. She has some tougher competition in the more advanced category, but she is doing great. 

Little dinner break between solos, then it was Makayla's turn. Makayla is doing a lyrical solo to the song "Thank You". I love her costume and she always dances so beautifully in lyrical numbers. 

Both girls are looking forward to more solo competitions. Then the following week the girls had another competition. We got to see the Makayla and Harper's duo onstage for the first time. They are doing a creepy contemporary dance titled, "Don't let me Catch you Sleeping". I love this dance and their evil faces are on point. 

Fun fact: Makayla gives us this same look when she is annoyed with us. 

Award time!

Makayla did her solo next and did so well. She was in the running for overalls, but got knocked out at the last minute. She placed 2nd in her category. 

Are you wondering why Brynnli didn't do her solo at this competition? That's because the night before competition, Brynnli woke us up at 11:00 at night and said her stomach hurt. We had her drink some water and sent her back to bed only for her to run to the bathroom a few minutes later and throw up. We were hoping this was a one and done throw up, but no. Brynnli ended up throwing up over 20 times in a 24 hour period. I felt so bad for her and she was so sad she couldn't compete her solo. 

I talked to the competition director and explained the situation and asked if she was feeling better the next day if she could compete her solo. They said yes, so we hoped she would be ok the next day. Brynnli slept the whole day, but was finally able to start holding food down. She decided she would try to compete her solo, and guess what? She did such a good job!! You would have had no idea she had the flu just the day before. I tell ya, kids are amazing!!

Then it was team competition. Brynnli was feeling pretty weak, but she powered through. I was so proud of her. I love watching our girls perform and all of their team dances did really well. Brynnli didn't have to pretend she didn't feel good in this picture. 

The next week we were at another competition and during one of our breaks Makayla and Caden walked to the gas station with Tyler. They were only supposed to get a slurpee, but somehow they walked out with hot dogs, donuts, and slurpees. Tyler is such a push over. 

Brynnli's team is so fun. They all had a team dinner together during the break. Then they went out and crushed all of their dances. Their hip hop dance ended up receiving 1st overall of all the dances in the beginning category. I absolutely love Brynn in her hip hop. She has so many great facials and is really good at hip hop for a white girl!! 

 I predict more dance in our future.

Their Biggest Fans

Dance and basketball comp season is here and one of the things I love the most is that our kids support each other and show up to cheer each other on no matter what they do. Makayla, Caden, and Brynnli are truly each other's biggest fans. 

Brynnli's show was first. She has 4 dances this year: All through the night (Contemporary), 500 miles, (Lyrical),  Chernobyl, (Jazz... with the gas masks), and Stallion (hip hop)

Then it was Makayla's turn. Dance is so much fun with friends. Makayla has been dancing with these girls for years now and this is their last year dancing together as many of them will be moving on to high school. Makayla's dances are People are strange (jazz), Boots (Contemporary), Repercussions (Contemporary) and The Devil wears Prada (Hip hop).

Then it was off to support Caden at his game. Caden is really loving Valley and has decided to stop playing with Dream Team so he can focus more on Valley. 

I hope my kids remember that their family was there to support them and cheer them on no matter what they do in life, and I hope they continue to support each other even when they get older. In the end, family is all that matters.