hats

these two sweeties picked out some cute spring hats yesterday. they loved wearing them so much they didn't take them off the entire day!

that ella makes me giggle when i look at her cute face!

3rd grade concert

last week afton participated in the heim elementary 3rd grade concert. it was quite lovely and only a 1/2 hour. perfect! the kids all did a great job and have been practicing in music class for a few months. jordan, afton and grant after the concert. aren't they beautiful and dashing?
we could never get a very good picture of afton on stage, but this is all the kids waving goodbye at the end, as the curtains closed.

afton said she liked all the songs, but she really liked 'America Depends on You and Me.'
also, she was relieved that everybody clapped together at the right time during 'La Pinata'.

aaahhhh

oh what a beautiful morning. one of my tennis partners has a court in her backyard (heaven) and so we played at her house this morning. it was sunny and warm and wonderful. i think i'll start saving my pennies and have a tennis court put in my backyard. and one more important note...i won my first canadian doubles game. that's right, just one little game. canadian doubles is when you are playing doubles and someone doesn't show up, so you play with three. it was a big moment for me!

super reader

ella read many pages of this book to me tonite at bedtime. she is really learning to read! i can't believe how quickly she's picking it up. i love love love when kids start reading. it's exciting, entertaining and enjoyable. (the three e's of reading)

so, a big hooray for ella the super reader! she'll definitely be ready for 1st grade in the fall.

easter festivities

we spent easter sunday...

listening to our prophet

cooking

eating

hunting eggs

eating candy

laughing with friends

holding our sore, candy-filled bellies!

the egg hunt
can we go? can we go?

the kids table

the dyeing of the eggs

we had some serious egg dyeing goin' on, saturday evening.
the hulse and gruwell girls were taking the task quite seriously and produced some lovely looking eggs.

and a side note...two of these lovelies are wearing bathing suits and had been jumping on the trampoline with water. it was 80 something degrees. i'm not kidding.

easter at wegmans

our favorite grocery store, wegmans, had a fun easter party just for kids on saturday. we happened to be there picking up lunch and ran into the easter bunny. the girls decided to have their faces painted and play a few games (possibly due to the large bucket of prizes). they also walked away with a cute carrot bag filled with treats. seriously, could there be a greater grocery store?