Daddy/Daughter Dance

It was Daddy/Daughter dance time again, and as always our girls were so excited about it.  I love how Ryan always makes it such a special night for them both.  He shined his shoes, made sure his car was clean, and got them each a corsage.  They ate dinner at Macaroni Grill before, had lots of fun at the dance(I was texted lots of pictures and videos), and ended the night with ice cream at Dairy Queen with friends.  Even more sweet memories were made that night, love that Ryan is such an involved Dad in our girls lives.

Granger's Got Talent

It was the final talent show for Addyson and she went out with a bang!  She really wanted to get a part of Judge for the talent show this year and she got it.  Only a few fifth graders are chosen to be judged so it was special that she got asked.  She and several other kids made comments before and after each act and they tried to be funny about it.  She did so well!  We were amazed out how relaxed she was speaking to so many people.  The older Addyson gets, the more comfortable in her skin she becomes.  I really think this girl is going places...

Instant Memory

Last night while we were reading scriptures I looked up and saw this.  It was one of those things that I knew I'd never forget seeing.  Lane with her hair in a towel, sunshine PJ's on.  All while Ryan's arm is resting on the dog and him trying hard to focus on what he was reading instead of the distraction of that cute and squirrly 8 year old.  Loved it.

New Beginnings

When a girl at church is turning 12 that year, she gets to attend an activity called New Beginnings.  Always held in February, it basically introduces to the girls what the Young Women's and Personal Progress programs are all about.  The girls(7 total girls this year) are all pretty excited, but I'm wondering if it's mainly because they want to be done with Primary!  I'm grateful that I got called to 2nd counselor in YW because that means I'm over the group of girls that are 12-13, called the Beehives.  They are at such a great age and really just fun to chat with.  I'm proud of Addyson and am excited of what's ahead of her! 

Sledding

Instead of sitting inside and being sad that I miss the sun and Summer, I thought it'd be fun to go sledding for President's Day on Monday.  Ryan wasn't working and the girls had off of school.  There was plenty of snow which made for some great sledding.  We have a hill we like to go to, Allardale, and it's normally not very busy.  We bundled up, grabbed our sleds and off we went.  Everyone had a blast, and apparently it's pretty funny each time Mom would wipe out, ha.  Such a fun way to spend a Winter day.

Snow Days

So far this school year we've had two snow days, way less than we've had at this point the past few years.  We had one last week and one yesterday and they were both fun for the girls.  We have some neighbor's across the street, the Pawlaks, that are only living here temporarily until their house gets built.  They have two girls the same ages as Addyson and Lane.  It's been nice having them here, especially for snow days.  These girls will play for hours out in the snow and they get along great.

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day weekends started with the girls school parties.  They're always fun and this party was especially sweet for Addyson since its her last school party ever.  Sad!  The moms in her and her friends class went above and beyond to try and make it fun and it was a success for sure.  I made chocolate dipped cookies with sprinkles, red velvet cake balls and Ryan made a candy pizza for Addyson's class.  It was all pretty yummy.

Valentine's Day was on a Sunday this year so that was nice to get to spend the day with my three Valentines.  I got Ryan some chocolate and the girls got a book each, a stuffed animal and chocolate.  After church Ryan made us all lunch and it was so good.  We figured out that the girls love fried shrimp!  

It was a nice, low key day and I enjoyed every second.