Renaissance Feast

Last night we attended the Renaissance Feast put on by the high school choirs. We had so much fun seeing Lacie all dressed up and waiting on us. The food was great, but Emily said her favorite part was the court jesters. They made her laugh quite a bit. They even made her stand up on her chair and sing Jingle Bells loudly to earn her silverware. I loved listening to the choirs sing us their songs while we ate. We had to be careful though, if anyone disobeyed the rules, they were put in the stocks!

Valentine's Day Pictures

Every time I talk to LeeRoy he begs me to send him more pictures so when I saw that the Photography Boutique was doing Valentine's Day mini sessions I booked the girls right away. I think they turned out so adorable!

Why I Blog

I am so excited that my new blog book for 2010 finally came in the mail. I use a company called Blurb and I love them. They have a free program called Booksmart that you can download. It slurps in your blog posts and lets you format them however you want. I use it as a scrapbook for our family. We love to sit and look at it throughout the year.

Don't worry LeeRoy.....I ordered an extra one to send you!

Here is Blurb's website in case anyone wants it:
http://www.blurb.com/make/booksmart

McTeacher Night

Last night was McTeacher night at McDonald's. The teachers and aides for Emily's school worked at McDonalds and part of the proceeds went to the school. It was fun getting dinner and watching grandma working behind the counter. Wendy thought that was the coolest thing ever! Emily also saw her friends, teachers, and principal clearing tables, greeting people at the door, and serving food. It was a lot of fun.

A Trip to the Salon

Emily has struggled to get to her AR goal this year so I made her a deal. If she made it I would take her to get a manicure and pedicure. She worked really hard and made her goal. I was so proud and decided to make a day out of her reward. We got a babysitter for Wendy and grandma, Emily, and I set out for I.F. We went shopping and then out to lunch. Lastly I took her to a salon to get her nails done. She was a little nervous at first but as soon as she relaxed she loved it! The pedicure was her favorite part. She wished she could have kept her feet in the water forever!

To make the night even better Jim, Nedra, Cami, Caden, Crista, and Andy met us in town for dinner. We had a lot of fun visiting and Wendy just loves Caden, or "that little boy", as she calls him. They play so great together. It was the perfect Saturday!

Letters from Daddy

This deployment has been nice because LeeRoy has had better access to the Internet. We have been able to e-mail and Skype often. Because of this we haven't sent many actual letters back and forth so the kids were extra excited when the mail came to find letters just for them from their dad. He wrote Wendy's letter in purple and Emily's in pink since those are their favorite colors. They felt so special and carried their letters around for days until I finally thought to take a picture!

I've Created a Monster!

One of the presents Wendy got for Christmas was a Dora Saves the Snow princess video game for the Nintendo Wii. I thought it would be fun for her to have a game geared specifically for her young age. Emily was excited to help her learn how to play. Wendy caught on pretty fast and quickly fell in love with it. She is always asking to play her "video game" and loves jumping all around doing the different actions required. She was definitely born in the right family!