Emma is our Queen Bee....

Today Emma participated in the Kindergarten Spelling Bee. There was over 60 participants and she finished in the top 12!! All of the kids were asked to spell 3-letter words, except for Emma. Her last word for the day was Zero, which she spelled correctly! I am not sure who was more nervous, me or her! It was really cute watching the kids come up to the microphone and spell words. A friend of mine's son was really funny...he would cover his mouth before saying a letter because he did not want the audience to hear him sounding out the words. Emma, however, spoke so clear and only hestiated on one word. I am really proud of her for wanting to participate. It takes a lot of courage to get up in front of about one hundred other people and speak a loud with the chance of making a mistake. I sent her flowers and a panda bear to her class, which she did not put down until we got home. She was really proud of herself and wanted to be able to tell people why she had her gift! She will participate again May 5 at the middle school with a harder word list! Way to go Emma:)

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional....

Love you Steven...Have a good day!

These are Grace's dance moves. Lindsey is trying to teach her the sprinkler but she hasn't gotten it down just yet. This is more of a fist pumpin' and booty shakin' get down.

Sorry it's sideways, I couldn't figure out how to rotate it??

This was picture from St. Patrick's Day so it's a little old but it's new to you!

Notice that there is actually grass in our backyard this year! Since we moved in to this house in 2007 the backyard has been an eyesore, full of weeds and goathead stickers. This summer we are putting some effort into stopping that and getting some more use out of our backyard. It's huge so we may as well get the most out of it.