LeeRoy and Emily's Birthday Party

LeeRoy and Emily just finished celebrating their birthdays with our family. Since Emily has a big party with her friends planned for later this week LeeRoy got to pick out the cake for this party. I was hoping he would choose a cake I could just buy at the store since cakes are not my specialty but alas, he did not. He asked for a five layer flag cake instead. It was a huge pain to make but he helped me and we had fun doing it together.


LeeRoy and Emily unwrapped a lot of fun gifts but the best part was when Emily opened the front door to find a new shiny bike! She was so excited!

Father's Day Weekend

On Saturday we met up with the Robisons and Palmers in Poky where we went to lunch together and then continued on to Outer Limits. We had never been there before so we were really excited. The adults had just as much fun as the kids. They had a really big play area for the kids to run and jump around in.



They also had a huge arcade area. That was the best part. We loved playing all the different games and winning tickets. Not to brag or anything but I did get the highest score ever on the Guitar Hero Game. Song: Hit Me With Your Best Shot Level: Hard. So ya......I am a rock legend Baby!


In the back they had a roller coaster simulator that we talked LeeRoy and Emily into trying. They strap you in and flip you upside down and spin you around really fast. Emily was so scared but after it was over she wanted to go again!


After the kids were so tired they could hardly stand we headed over to LeeRoy's boss's house for a big barbecue. It was a lot of fun. They had a huge black dog and Wendy would not leave him alone. She kept hugging him and petting him and chasing him all over the yard. Thankfully he was very patient.

On Sunday we headed to the Palmer's house for another barbecue. Travis grilled us up some amazing food and we had a great time just sitting around visiting. Finally we let the dad's open their presents. LeeRoy was so excited to get a Nintendo DSI XL. It was a very busy weekend and we loved every minute of it!

Swimming Lessons

Emily has always been a little apprehensive about the water so I thought it might be a good idea to enroll her in swimming lessons. She was so nervous and scared about it at first but now she loves it! She is learning a lot about swimming but the part I am excited about is that she is learning how much fun water can be. Now hopefully she will be a little braver at the lake when we go to the cabin this summer.

Geocaching

Today was such a nice day that we decided to do one of our favorite activities together.......geocaching. It was Emily's turn to hold the GPS and she did a great job being the navigator. We found a really fun cache out by the snake river. Wendy loved looking through it and picking out a treasure to take. There are so many new caches in our area now. This is going to be a great summer!

She Made the Team!

This week was try-outs for the dance team. Emily tried out last year and didn't make it so she was very determined this year. They had three days to learn a routine and she practiced every moment of the day. One of the older girls that had been on the team before offered to help her each night and that made a huge difference.

We knew the letter informing us whether she made it or not would come this afternoon and I was so sad because LeeRoy and I had to be in meetings all day. Thankfully my mom drove over to our house and checked our mail for us. She texted me that Emily had made it and we decided to keep it a secret. After our meetings were over LeeRoy and I picked up some balloons, streamers, flowers, and a cake. We went home and decorated so when my mom brought Emily over we yelled CONGRATULATIONS as she walked through the door. She was so excited! She worked so hard and we are very proud of her!

Emily Gymnastics

Emily has just finished her third year taking gymnastics classes. They have been working really hard on back walkovers. She has been practicing a ton and was so excited when she could finally do it! She has had a really fun time this year and loves learning new things.

Emily Dance Recital

Emily had her dance recital over the weekend. Alisha was nice enough to drive all the way down to do her makeup. She looked so beautiful. The high school gymnasium was packed so she always gets really nervous before she performs, but she did an amazing job! We had so much fun watching her!





For some reason Blogspot cut off the right side of the video so if you want to watch Emily you will have to click on it and watch it on YouTubes website. Emily is in red, in the front, and on your far right side.