She did it!

Emily has had the goal to learn a back hand-spring for a while now.  She has worked really hard and this year started taking semi-private gymnastics lessons with two of her friends.  They have an amazing teacher and Emily looks forward to it every week and last night she finally achieved her goal!

Skating in the Park

Wendy loves the skating stuff she got from the grandparents for her birthday.  She has worn them every day and skated all over the house.  She has been begging and begging us to take her skating in the park so when the weather finally turned nice LeeRoy loaded her up and headed out.  He said she loved every minute of it!

 

Goodby 5, Hello 6!

Wendy decided she wanted a Batman party this year.  She told me she wanted invitations with her in her costume but her boots had to be showing.  She also said she wanted the Batman logo but the invitation had to be pink.  She put so much thought into the exact design she wanted and while I worked to make it happen she made a special invitation just for her dad.  I was impressed because I didn't help with any of the spelling!

The night prior to her birthday, when we tucked her in, she informed us that would be the last time we would hug a 5 year old, kiss a 5 year old, or tuck in a 5 year old.  LeeRoy almost cried.  It is so fun to watch her learn and grow but hard to accept sometimes how fast time goes by.  

The morning of her birthday we woke her up with breakfast in bed.  She was tired but loved it!  Later we had a birthday party with both the grandparents and she was so excited to open all her presents.  Her favorite gift was a pair of skates.  She wore them the rest of the day and skated all over the house.  Emily made a special sign for Wendy's chair and that meant so much to her.  She loved sitting in front of it while eating her birthday cake.

We let Wendy choose where she wanted to eat for her birthday dinner and she picked Texas Roadhouse.  She ordered nothing and just had fun cracking and eating the peanuts!  She was so happy when the workers let her sit on the horse saddle and sang to her!  She kept saying over and over that she was having a great birthday!  

Princess Tea Party

Wendy invited her friend Bella to go with her to a princess tea party today hosted by a local high school.  They both dressed up as Belle and looked so adorable!  They had so much fun and when it was over made sure I took their pictures with every princess in the room!

 

DTDS ISU Performance

Emily's dance team just finished an amazing performance at ISU.  This is Emily's first year on the Junior team and she was so nervous.  Pretty much every year she freaks out before the first time they take the floor but once again after it was all over she was so happy.  She told me it was so much fun performing and she couldn't wait to do it again at competition.  My mom and Nedra also came to watch her and we were blown away.  They were so good!  

A clip of the girls dancing even made the local news!  Emily's team is the first clip of dancers they show.

Video Game Party

Emily had another video game party with some of her friends today.  They ate, played Guitar Hero, had a Dance Central dance-off, played the arcade, and played Apples to Apples.  They were even nice enough to let LeeRoy and I play a couple Guitar Hero songs with them.  It was a lot of fun and I am so glad she has such great friends!

Happy Love Day!

LeeRoy has been in Boise this last week testing out some new equipment for the National Guard so we decided to celebrate Valentines Day when he got home.  The kids were so excited to wake up and see what surprises were waiting for them.  They loved their chocolate and love bugs but they also picked out and paid for presents for each other.  Emily made Wendy a wooden W covered in purple duct tape and Wendy got Emily a treat.  It was so sweet watching they hug and thank each other.  I had given LeeRoy a card with some money in before his trip and he gave me some more coupons.  I look forward to getting new coupons each year!  I love them so much!