Ballerina Beth

Elizabeth performed in her 3rd ballet recital this June.  She was beautiful and did a fabulous job.  We love seeing her graceful and thoughtful movements as she dances on stage for all to see.  She has confidence and loves performing, something we didn't realize about her until she was on stage for the first time.  She has dreams of many more recitals and performances to come!

Getting ready before the show!

Sarah and I waiting to get seats

Elizabeth has loved dancing with this group of girls.
They have all become friends and
have a good time together.
The mommies have become friends too,
which makes it all the more fun!

Miss Kat has been Elizabeth's teacher for the past 3 years.

Daddy brought her flowers!

Beautiful job Elizabeth, we are so proud of you!

Sarah's news...

Sarah has had a loose tooth for about a year now and this week it finally came out!!  She was so excited and  pulled it all by herself, in fact Nate and I didn't even know she did it until it was done.  She looks so cute and I just can't stop looking at her little smile!

In other Sarah news...

She has LOVED gymnastics this year and has grown so much through it.  She is strong, confident and enjoys it so much.  We are so thankful for her teacher Miss Hillery, who encourages, teaches, and loves all the kids so much!

She loves creating things and always comes out of rest time with something new.  I love seeing her express herself in so many different ways.

This is her French beret, she was very proud of it and spoke with a French accent too!

She is playing T ball this summer and has just had two practices so far but is really loving it. 

Ready to go in her ball cap! (and showing off that toothless grin too!)

My Sweet Sarah, just love this girl!!

UTAH vacation!

Each year, right before Nate gets really busy at work for the summer, we take a little family vacation.  It has been so fun to explore and adventure together as a family.  This year we went to Canyonlands National Park in Utah.  Nate and I had been to Moab a few times years ago, before kids (great memories with our dear friends the Freemans!).  This time we decided not to stay in Moab but traveled on to Canyonlands, thanks to another friend's suggestion.  It was wonderful!  We camped for 3 nights/4 days, did lots of hiking, swam in some pools, climbed on rocks, saw wildlife and beautiful views.  It was a really fun vacation and our kids did awesome.  They are such troopers - even when we started a hike at 4 in the afternoon and didn't get back to our campsite for dinner until 9!

Nate and I love sharing in adventures with them and seeing them love what we love.  They are great campers- very helpful, and becoming so much more independent, ah yes, and sleeping amazingly well in the tent which makes camping so much better!

My Mother's Day surprise, waiting for me when I woke up
 after they all let me sleep in!

Love that they were all standing the same way!

The dessert has a beauty all it's own!

We saw too many of these whip tail lizards.
(the kids loved them!)

We did spend one day at Arches National Park.  

Hmm, not my favorite part, but was a
bit exciting to see this snake when we were climbing around on the rocks.
We  found out it is a Great Basin Gopher Snake - not poisonous!

Splashing in the Colorado River

Our amazing campsite!

The girls thought this caption should be "Girls Rock!"

My cutie sleepy heads

Yes, it looks muddy but it was cool and refreshing after the dessert heat!
We found this our last day there so we got to wash up a bit before heading home.

A trip with Nate wouldn't be complete without some cliff jumping!