DANCE COMPETITION

Emmi has been dancing since she was 4, and doing competition dance since she was 6. She is planning on taking next year off of competition so I am making sure I take video and pictures to record this year.
Here are some pictures from the last few competitions.

They had three team dances and one show routine. Today their dance "Light a Match" won three awards: !st Place/Platinum, Best Choreography & Overall Best Intermediate/Professional Dance.

They did wonderful. Only two more dance competitions to go!

THEY'RE BAAAAAAAACK

All is right in my world today.

I looked out my kitchen window while rinsing out my cereal bowl.... and saw this:

It just makes everything right. My 5 male yellow headed blackbirds managed to find my home again. I hope they missed me as much as I missed them. I won't see the females for a month or more...I think that is because they are sitting on the nests...who knows. But my yellow-headed beauties will now greet me morning and night until the end of July.

It brightened my day.

EASTER WEEKEND

(This snow-bunny was found hopping around Salt Lake City)

It has been a fun Easter weekend. Filled with family, fun and lots of food (of the sugary variety).

It was very VERY cold though!

Friday night it hailed!

Saturday my sister, BIL and I took the kids to Hill Air Force Base for the Easter hunt. I think we got hypothermia, but the kids had fun. (if you look close you will see remnants of the hail storm from the night before...there should never be frost on your Easter eggs...that is just sooo wrong)

Saturday afternoon was Great Grandma's Easter party. Lots of cousins showed up. It was a ton of fun!

(Brayden & Taiton)

(Mindy and Briella)

(Zach, Kylee, Emmi, Reece, Taiton and his friend)

(Averie and Joey)

(Kylee and Averie)

(Emmi)

Then today we did the hunting egg thing, colored eggs, microwaved a peep and then took a long nap. It has been a relaxing and wonderful day!