Andrew's 16th Birthday

Hot date for lunch on my 16th b-day! Were going out again tonight for dinner it went so well.. She might be bring some other guy along though.. Rude! 

That's one cute 16 year old.

Stay tune to see how the date went.

Road Trip!!!

Guess where we are going tomorrow!!

We are secretly packing tonight and waking up the kids in the morning and heading to St George for Lunch... We have been so busy we fell like a little surprise is in order.. We wanted to make it a really long weekend but dad was way to busy with church.. so.... The kids have been lamenting about IN-N-OUT BURGER for some time now.. They were just saying the other day... "Wouldn't it be cool if there built one in our town." I said "YA" 

So a little road trip we go.. We will drive 5 hours for a Yummy Lunch...Play with the kids, Spend the night play, Have another Yummy lunch and drive home..

See ya Later

Hugs

Brooke

Abbie's Winter Dance Concert

Ouch you go girl!  Abbie worked really hard to do splits in every direction. She is the only one in her class that has pass of all her splits!! I use to be able to do this. I would really hurt myself if I tried it now.

I LOVE the dance her team does with this stick.. It's such a lively song and with all the pounding of the stick it just makes it that much cooler. This recital was a great practice for Abbie's team they are preparing for a competition in March. They have 1 big performance before the competition. They will be the half time show for the "Utah Flash" game on March 9th if anyone want's tickets they are $8.00 our cost. That's a awesome deal.. 

Flowers form the family :)

Abbie has really improved so much this year in dance.. She is learning more technique and setting goals and working hard to met them. Abbie said after the performance last night. "Mom if it doesn't cost to much money can I take dance again next year too".  Lucky for us here director has chosen both competitions this year in Utah. We won't have to travel long distance.. That will probably bode well with dad saying yes to another year of Competition team... We are proud of Abbie' she is working hard to develop her talents.. She can be so shy sometimes. She  tried out for a competition music group this at school and got so scared she cried:( She just tried out for the school Musical again this year.. She did a little better cross your finger for her.. She had such a blast doing the "Suessical the Musical" last year She really want's to be in the Broadways showcase this year. Abbie is a great group performer she is not so much into solos, I think that's why she has such at auditions. Cute little thing... I am the same way.. I don't know what possessed me the day I raised my had to sing a solo for our Spring Ensemble performance in high school.. But it was good for me.. I really grew so much..

Abbie We Love You!

Happy New Year 2009

Not a bad way to start a new year!

For new years this year we were invited to go to "Tucanos" Brazilian grill downtown SLC... We had a great time with the Driaza's and Anderson's.. We got to shop for new outfits and get all dolled up.. Tiana even said as we picked them up... "This feels like we are going to prom"... Regan said " I even got to borrow the mini Van he,he.." It's great to have kids old enough to baby sit! We shared the kids (babysitters) with all our group. We had amazing food, Brazilian music and dancing.. We danced our socks off... From the dance floor we could even see the "First night" fireworks.  All the employees passed out sparkling cider and we got to toast in the new year while balloons and confetti/streamers dropped from the ceiling... And of course a real new years kiss and first dance was sweet!