Stomping on bugs

In May on our way to Disneyland we stopped at Grandma Sharp's house.  The children had fun stomping on the cockroaches. I don't think they had ever seen bugs this big, or this many bugs at once.  It was one of our more interesting Family Home Evening activities.  It was fun to have this memory with Grandma and the children.

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Lydia is 18 months old!!

Our sweet little Lydia is 18 months old!! I can't believe how fast time flies when you're having so much fun!! She is such a sweet little girl. She is so adored by all of her siblings.  She is so full of personality. She has a few words and loves to tell us exactly what she thinks. She is a determined little girl who knows her mind. She likes to pick out her own clothes and is very picky about it. 

We tried nursery on Sunday. She let us know quickly that she wasn't going for that. 

Here's a slideshow and some videos of our sweet little lady all grown up!! Hope you enjoy!!

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Conference Track Meet

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Track was really fun for our family! Matthew did really well and we enjoyed watching him run. Neil really enjoyed going to track meets again and talking about running with Matthew.  We can't wait to see what he can accomplish in the future!!  We love you Matthew!!

The conference track meet was rained out on Saturday. It was moved to Monday, which was also Bethany's birthday. It was  a very busy day, but we managed to watch Matthew and celebrate with Bethany.  

Bethany's 17th Birthday

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We had such a busy day on Bethany's birthday, but we managed to get some celebrating in.  Matthew had a conference track meet that day (another post), Bethany taught clogging and it was a Monday so Family Home Evening was also going on.  We fixed Bethany's favorite dinner of enchiladas (two kinds) and cornbread.  She wanted her cake to look like mouse ears since we are going to Disneyland this month.  We figured out how to do a fondant. It looked cute, but it didn't taste that great.  We enjoyed eating the cake after we took the fondant off. 

Bethany we are so grateful to have you as part of our family!!  You are growing up so fast! We hope you had a wonderful birthday!!

LDS Prom April 2012

Bethany had a wonderful time at the LDS Prom in April. We are so grateful that she was able to go with a young man who is a perfect gentleman. Zander is truly a gentleman all the time. He opens the car door for Bethany and Julia each morning at Seminary. He and a friend brought all the girls in their seminary class roses and chocolates for Valentine's day. He really watched out for Bethany at Prom and made her feel special.  The Stake paid for dinner for all the Laurels and Priests at The Terrace in Cody. The young women and young men leaders were chauffeurs to take the couples over to Cody. Each leader took two couples to and from Cody, and to the dance at the Mural Chapel.  The theme of the night was Princes and Princesses. The gym was decorated with castles. 

Bethany had a lot of fun looking for the perfect dress. She started looking last summer and finally found the one she ordered in December.  She bought jewelry with some of her Christmas money. We thought the dress would be Navy blue when we ordered, but it was more of a royal blue. It was the same color of my prom dress and Rebecca's prom dress. Julia says there is no way she is buying a blue dress next year when she goes to prom. I think that Bethany looked beautiful in her modest dress. We had a lot of fun looking at hairstyles for Bethany's long hair.  I think it looked beautiful all curly.  Emma and MaryAnne also had fun wearing their hair in curls. I'll have to post pictures of their hair also. 

I didn't get a lot of pictures of Zander and Bethany before they went to prom. It seemed kind of hectic here when Zander came to pick up Bethany.  All the little children wanted to say hi to him, and even a few of his siblings were over. I didn't take the time to take the inside pictures where there was good lighting, but the ones outside turned out really good.

We are glad they had a good time, and that the Stake provided the opportunity for the girls to be Princesses for a night.

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Prom excitement

Our Stake does a Prom for the Priests and Laurels. They have a nice catered dinner and then the dance. Bethany bought a beautiful dress a few months ago and really cute silver glitter shoes. The kids can go without a date so there is no pressure, but having a date makes it more exciting. Last week we heard that Zander Andreasen was going to ask Bethany.  We were excited for her to have that opportunity. It was fun to keep the secret from her until he actually asked. He came over on Tuesday while she was at work and left a surprise in her bedroom.  All day I kept waiting for her to go down to her room, but she just didn't go. About 3:30 (while I wasn't home to enjoy to surprise) she finally went down to her room.  She was excited to be asked to the Prom. Bethany loves chocolate so he picked the perfect way to ask.  She baked a Pizza and spelled out "yes" with the pepperoni.  It was a fun day!! 

Results of learning to walk outside

Lydia loves being outside

Lydia loves the nice spring weather. She wants to be outside all the time!! Even when the weather isn't so nice. Spring time in Wyoming comes and goes. Some days have been nice and some days have been pretty wintery.  She is getting to be a pretty good little walker, but the sidewalks outside still give her some challenges. The other day she feel three times on the sidewalk. She really didn't like it when the cat waved his tail in her face after she fell.  Her poor little nose was pretty scratched up from all those falls.