Last Day As A Cheerbear

Today was not only Katie's last day of cheer this year, but it's also her last day as a Cheer Bear. Next year, if she joins again, she'll be in the next higher level and will be a regular cheerleader I believe. She did so well on her final performance. She learned so much this year and I loved watching her. I was at every event they had this year, I am proud to say. I will support this girl for as long as I can, she's amazing. She was given a glow in the dark medal, and she thinks it's pretty cool. Love you Katie! Good job on completing the year! I hope you join again next year.

There's A Fire In The Furnace

Katie's Spring Performance is There's a Fire in the Furnace. The Spring show is always only during chapel time, not at night, so it's not as big a deal as the Christmas one, but a lot of parents still try to show up. I've never missed one yet. They were all told to wear red, yellow, and orange to look like fire. It was very hard to find those colors in the spring, but we managed to snag a red shirt. Cute songs, the kids did good.After school we went to Barnes & Noble and the kids read some books. They were adorable laying next to each other.

Wicked At The Pantages

For Christmas, my Mom had given me tickets to see Wicked with Katie. Since she likes the Wizard of Oz, I thought she might like Wicked. I had never seen it before either. My Mom drove us down there and took Emma to play at the park while we watched the show. We bought snacks and a magnet when we got inside. It was a neat show, but towards the end I could tell it was getting to be too long for Katie. I'm glad we were able to spend time together though, it's nice. I miss that girl a lot since I have to share my attention with Emma now too. She said she did like the show, I think she just wished it was shorter :p She liked Defying Gravity, of course haha. The show's biggest song :p

Hannan & Madison's Dance Recital

My Mom, Grandma, Katie, Emma and I went to support Hannah and Madison and watch their dance recital. I bought tickets when they went on sale so we could be sure to go. They did a Frozen song, it was really cute. They did a great job. The whole show was like 2 hours, and they were only on for 4 minutes. That was a little bit a bummer, but the show was still entertaining.

 They were so cute dressed up.

Katie's 2nd Grade Christmas Performance

My baby girl is preforming the Christmas performance today that she has worked on in school for the past few months. I have heard her singing Country Boys for too long, glad to see it coming to an end haha. Her school sends us all the songs on Dropbox so the kids can learn them better and work on them at home. I have the whole song list for her on my phone, and she takes advantage of it!! lol. She wore a beautiful Christmas dress and sang her heart out. She did great!

 I'm so thankful for all the family that came out to see her =) So much love and support, I hope that's what she feels when she sees everyone in the audience. Her Grandpa and Steven were there too, but I couldn't find them for photos after the show.

Thankfully Emma was behaved enough that I could watch the show :p My little rascal baby <3 br="">

AV Fair 2014

We went to the fair to watch Hannah and Madison perform their dance they learned. They were great! It took forever and a day for them to get on stage and have their turn, but they were so cute when they did. I had fun hanging out with my cousins for the night. Emma couldn't do anything, but Katie had a lot of fun =) It was nice until it got late, then the crowds came. Pretty fun though.

 

 

 We even ran into Annabelle and Zoey there =)

Mr. Pigg's Barbeque Emporium

Katie has been practicing her songs for this performance, even David and I have caught ourselves singing her favorite song haha. We were told to dress in black and white, no dresses =/ The kids did a great job on their performance. A lot of people couldn't make it, since it was in the morning during work hours, but my Mom, Emma, and I were there for her. I go to as many things as I can. I like that she can look in the audience and see me there smiling at her. I love Katie so much. She's a wonderful girl.

The Firm Foundational Non-Denominational Tabernacle Temple of Glory! Haha, Katie's favorite lyric.

Hannah's Summer Performance

Ashleigh invited me to watch Hannah's end of the year performance, so Emma and I headed over after taking Katie to school. It was summer/Hawaiian themed and so cute. Hannah did a great job =) Emma might have enjoyed it too, lol. She sat at least :p

We love you Hannah, good job! Wish Katie could have come with us =)

Katie's 1st Grade Christmas Performance

After we decorated our tree, we got ready for Katie's Christmas show. She had to miss Girl Scouts tonight, but it was well worth it to see her perform on stage. Her Grandma's and Grandpa and Gee Gee came too =) She was so funny up there! She was playing with her friends, making shadows on the wall, hilarious. I love her fun spirit. She was definitely entertaining to say the least.

 Peeking in the baptizing pool, haha.

 A couple high school kids came to help be in their play too.

 Good job, Katie! You did great!

 She got a candy cane for doing good =)

A Preview Of Christmas

Each of the grades usually do a Christmas performance each year at Katie's school. Katie's class did a practice performance this morning during chapel. David has school the night of the actual performance, so he came to watch her this morning with me instead. She did great, and she looked beautiful. I had a hard time finding her something to wear, an e-mail was sent out saying no dresses/jackets/scarves/gloves/etc. But I really wanted a dress =/ It was hard to find something beautiful with so many restrictions, but we tried this long tutu shirt that looks like a dress, with leggings under, and they approved it =) Yay!

I love my girl.

Katie's Second Show

Katie's Christmas show was going to be doing a second performance, early in the morning this time. Everyone had to work of course, but I didn't want Katie to have nobody there to support her, so I went by myself to watch her sing again. All the kids were supposed to wear red, green or white polos for the performance.

 People that do this, are rude. Just fyi. He had it so high, I could hardly take pictures of Katie.

She's so adorable. She was excited to see me there. It made me super glad I went.

Christmas Lights With Jaren

Lancaster has a small street that decorates for Christmas every year. We got the kids together to go do that, and Katie wanted to be fancy for Jaren, so she packed her Christmas dress in her backpack today when she went to school. She said "he's going to say I'm so beautiful in this dress." haha. Love her sooo much. She's so cute. Christy's house is decorated so pretty for every occasion, she has a few big Christmas trees that she decorated beautifully.

We stayed in the car because it was cold out, and Camden ended up crying the whole time, because he hates the car right now. Haha. But OTHER THAN THAT! Fun night for the kids, lol. Leah and Rachel aren't in the pictures, but they went too =)

Katie's Preschool Christmas Program

Katie's preschool class put on a Christmas performance for the parents. They sang a few songs up on stage in their fancy Christmas clothes. They had been practicing for a while at school. Katie looked like a beautiful angel.

 She was having fun.

 The hand movements for the song they were signing, so cute!

 After the show was over, her teacher handed out candy canes to the kids for doing a good job. Needless to say, Katie was excited to get one.

She did a good job, really cute. I love going to her school events.