dance!

Ava and Zoe had their dance recital on Saturday May 19th. They both danced their hearts out! It was really fun to watch them. When the entire show was over (at 10pm!!) Zoe asked, "Can we do this again?!?!"

mothers day at giant springs

happy monday!

lovin' these 80 degree days!

the highlight of our walk...a worm on the sidewalk :)

happy monday!

quiet girls...

The girls were so quiet, which usually means trouble, so I had to go check on them...


...to my surprise, I found them coloring in their room. Wow! Are we really to that point? Can I now relax when they're quiet rather than rushing to discover disaster after noticing those few moments of silence? Hmmm...this may take some getting used to.

zoe is 4!

I can't believe my little corner-lover is 4 years old already! So sweet, so silly, so much fun! She got her ears pierced on her birthday too!

merry christmas!

christmas party

A friend from work invited us over for a christmas party at her house. It was so fun! Lots of kids to play with, good food to eat, decorating gingerbread houses, and a visit from SANTA! The girls were so excited (and surprised!) to get a visit from santa!




The finished projects...
(They were heavy plates!)

christmas dance recital

Ava and Zoe had their christmas dance recital on December 11.


Zoe's class danced to Jolly Ol' St. Nicholas

Ava's class danced to Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree. She is the one on the far left. :)

ho ho ho

horsin' around

We had fun hanging out in our pjs all weekend. Here's a video of the girls horsin' around:

a new smile

Ava was so excited to find $5 under her pillow! Yeah...tooth fairy pays now! I got $1 for my first tooth and 25 cents for each one after. Word is she checks for cavities and doesn't pay as much if you're not a good brusher (that's what the first graders say anyway). Ava's really been brushing good; she wants to get top dollar for those baby teeth! (Zoe too, she wants to make sure her teeth are clean..."I brush in little circles, that what the dentist says!")

happy halloween

The girls drew their faces on their pumpkins (Ava got one at school too, so she had two), then Jamie and I cut out their designs

Ava's school pumpkin (left)
Zoe's pumpkin (middle)
Ava's other pumpkin (right)

Ava was a dancer, Zoe was Rapunzel

This isn't really from halloween, but it looks creepy enough to tag along...

fun with grama and grampa

Grama Joleen and Grampa John came to visit over MEA break. The girls were excited to get to spend the weekend in a hotel (especially the swimming!).



Jamie and Dad went fishing for the day and caught a bunch of trout while us girls stayed at the hotel and swam. Here they are tying spawn sacks of fish eggs...the magic bait!


On Saturday we went to First People's Buffalo Jump, just south of Great Falls. Years ago, the Natives drove the buffalo here and this is what they saw. Jamie and Dad are standing right at the edge of the cliff, but you really can't see it until you're right there (and neither did the buffalo!)


Here's what it looks like from the side. Zoe and Grampa are standing at the edge of the cliff. As you can see it's quite a drop!


I need to do a better job taking pictures...think I've been getting lazy (all of these are my mom's)...sorry mom, next time I'll make sure I get some of you too!

100!

Ava's been begging to go to Golden Corral to eat since June. Since it's not Jamie and my favorite place to eat, we put it off for a while. But if you know Ava, you know she is persistent...so, we decided if she read 100 books, we'd go to Golden Corral. She made it to 100! So, we had to pay up. Here's some pics from the day we went...they have a brand new chocolate wonderfall (a chocolate fondue waterfall) and it was quite messy :)





P.S. remember this smile...she's got two wiggly teeth, it'll be changing pretty soon!