Parent Teacher Conferences

Last night LeeRoy, Emily, and I went to her school for a parent / teacher conference.  It was so fun as we walked down the halls to see some of the different projects she had done hung up on display.  She spent tons of time on her St. George Tucker poster and her preamble to the Constitution shirt and was so proud to point them out to us.  There was also a wall where many kids had chosen something they loved about their school.  Emily wrote about seeing her grandma every day.  My mom was so touched by that!  When we met with the teacher we were thrilled to hear that she is doing amazing and getting straight A's.  If that wasn't great enough her teacher had a chocolate fountain set up for the parents.  We are so proud of our girl.  Not just because she is doing so well but because she continues to make school a top priority.  Way to go Em!

 

This is How They do it!

I was folding laundry in my bedroom last night and when I came out to the living room this is what I found!  Priceless!

 

My Sweet Sister

Early on the morning of the 17th I got a call from my mom letting me know that my sweet sister Amy, (Amers Delamers), had passed away.  I have so many thoughts and emotions right now that are too personal to put on my blog.  So, I will keep this short and simply say how much I will miss her, and how I can't wait for the day when I can hug her again and tell her how much I love her.

Sock Hop

Emily's school had a sock hop on Friday.  A bunch of her friends from dance decided they were going to wear their puffy teal skirts from their Shake Your Groove Thing costume.  They had a ton of fun and I thought it was great when the district posted some pictures to their facebook page that included her.  We were even more surprised to wake up the next morning and find that she was in the paper.  She loved it!

 

Emily V.I.P.

This week was Emily's turn to be the class V.I.P.  She brought home a bag that she was supposed to fill with stuff that represented her personality.  She also got to fill in a giant poster all about herself.  These things were then displayed in her classroom for the week.  Her favorite part of being V.I.P. though was being able to bring home the class pet for the weekend.  It was a turtle named Lightning.  Wendy was so excited she could hardly breathe.  They had so much fun watching him and feeding him.  Emily even fed him some live worms.  You could hear him chomping from across the room.  I was completely paranoid that we would kill him so I was thrilled when she returned him to school safe and sound but the girls miss him already.

 

Sledding Fun!

On New Year's Day we were still so excited for all the snow we decided to take the kids sledding.  We found the perfect spot and the weather was great.  The kids had so much fun!  LeeRoy and I got tired after about an hour but the girls could have stayed all day.  Now that we know where to go we will definitely be going back many more times this winter.

 The girls sledding down the mountain:

 LeeRoy sledding down the mountain:

 

Family Craft Project

We have been so busy during the holiday vacation it was so nice when we had Sunday afternoon to just relax and hang out.  The kids really wanted to do a craft and as I was thinking of ideas I remembered a kit I had gotten about a year ago to make a dice tower.  We all pitched in and painted different parts and pretty soon it was complete.  LeeRoy finished it off by spraying a clear coat on it and brought it inside by the heater to dry.  Pretty soon the whole house STUNK!  It was bad!  Oh well, live and learn.  Once it dried we invited grandma over to play a game and test it out.  The kids loved it!  Yet another fun thing to add to our game closet.