Double Digit Andria

Our Andria turned 10 years old! Andria is one of my girly girls. She loves to have her hair curly, loves the color pink and loves to wear dresses and skirts. Andria has a fun sense of humor and likes telling jokes. She is also a talented tumbler and rarely goes anywhere without a few cartwheels. She frequently bumps into furniture doing back hand springs in the house. Her piano teacher loves her and tells us she is very talented. Her school teacher also loves her and gives her extra responsibility because Andria is so trustworthy. We love Andria!
Andria's birthday was on the Saturday after spring break this year. We didn't have much fun during spring break so we thought we would go swimming on Saturday and check out a Chandler public pool. Andria and Maranda invited some friends and it was very fun.

Then we came home for some delicious chocolate cake. This cake is layered with chocolate ganache and topped with buttercream frosting and fondant. Andria's favorite is chocolate. The flower pot was supposed to be on top of the cake but Hanna and I couldn't figure out how to make modeling chocolate and it just wouldn't sit right. Oh well. It was covered in chocolate buttercream and tasted great anyway.

Hanna just got her wisdom teeth out 2 days earlier but she was still able to decorate the cake. What a trooper.
Happy Birthday Andria!

Preschool Zoo Day

It was finally Zanya's turn to visit the zoo with Mrs. Peggy's preschool class. What a perfect day!The weather was sunny but cool and we got to see so many animals!

In case you're wondering, the Zebra is Zanya's favorite.
At the end of the day, we made a new friend. It was a friendly squirrel looking for a snack. We didn't feed it but it sure was begging.
I have loved going to the zoo with each of my children when they were in preschool. I am so sad that Zanya is my last one to have this experience. I guess I should get used to doing things for the last time but it makes me sad. Our girls still want a younger brother. Dan?

Let's Go Fly A Kite

It was a windy Monday. What better time to go kite flying? We managed to find our kite and went to the park for FHE. Chandler was so sad to miss it, we don't have too many windy days here. It was actually freezing that day and I had to go sit in the car with the rice crispy treats. The girls didn't seem to mind and had a great time holding the kite string and tumbling around on the grass.

Spring Break Dance Class

Andria and two of her good friends decided to make some money over spring break. They organized a dance class where they taught 11 little girls several dances, then they performed them in a show all in the same morning. They planned for weeks choreographing the dances. Ruth and Zan got to participate in the class and I got to watch the performance. It was awesome!

Rylie, Andria and Sarah did such a great job. We are proud of you!

Sadies...

Well another sadies has come and gone, (this is Hanna by the way) and it was extremely fun! As my mother already stated the theme was famous couples so my girls friends and i all decided to be superheros. We're very creative.

The whole group from left to right: Josh Peterson, Ali Beecher, Ryan Hunt, Me, David Garner, Kathryn Crandall, David Tobler (we just called him Tobler since there was already another David), and Sid Pratt.
We're spider man. obviously.
Batman
Superman
The incredibles
Before the dance we decided to take pictures down at the Mesa Arts Center. So my mom and Kathryn's mom came with to take some pictures. They turned out so cute! And having a small group made everything super easy.
Tobler thinks he's funny...
Best girl friends EVER!
The jumping picture. Impressive i know right?
My fabulous date Ryan and me.
After pictures, we went to Ali's house for dinner. We had Hawaiian hay stacks, and then cookies for dessert. Later on that night we had smores, mini hot dogs cooked over the fire, ice cream and various other snacks. we never seem to stop eating, i don't really know why...

More pictures. I love this one
My best friend. She's crazy.
This is a picture from our day activity a week earlier. We had a scavenger hunt at the mall and then went hot tubing at Ali's. I'm a big fan of hot tubing :)

Well, Saides was overall very successful. Now i get to look forward to prom in two months :)

Dessert

Hanna was in charge of dessert for their Sadie Hawkins dance date. She decided to make some special cookies that went along with their theme. The dance theme was 'Famous couples' So the kids in Hanna's group decided to be superhero couples. The cookies were made for each specific couple. They were pretty fun and they ate them after dinner. Hanna also made ice cream for after the dance.

(I don't know why this picture is sideways when it transfered to blogger, just turn your head.

FHE

We made scripture stories out of Play Doh for Family Home Evening a while ago. See if you can guess what stories these sculptures represent: