Happy Birthday! 🎂

This beautiful woman turned 17 years old.

She is such a good daughter.

We are so blessed.

Her friend, Katelin, came over tonight and surprised Joyanne with a cake.

Katelin's family came too and we had a game night party for Joyanne.

She was so happy and had fun playing the games.

We played the "Sign Game", "Hello, Mr. Mayor", and "Psychiatrist".

Happy day for a happy girl!

Happy Pi Day!

On March 14th (3-14) we celebrated the mathematical equation of Pi (3.14) by eating a chicken pot pie for dinner.

I even made the pie crust all by myself, for the first time, from scratch.

And, it was as easy as pie to make. 😉😝😁

The boys even said it tasted good!

Score for me!

I guess I can cook alright after all. 😊

Wonderful Warmer Weather

It was the first day of our Spring Break.

The weather was warm and beautiful.

We went to the park this afternoon.

James at the top of the rope climb.
Look at that blue, blue sky!

Hiram and Jaden ran around together.

The zip line was a blast for all the kids.
Here's Grant taking his turn.

Joyanne and I read our books and liked watching the kids play.

Happy Birthday, Dear Jaden!

This spectacular young man was born 12 years ago.

I waited all morning to get into the crowded hospital, and finally I got in, and Jaden was born in the evening.

He's always been a smart boy, but math has been his forte.

He was able to stay home from school today, and get lots of attention from his momma as we played games, went to lunch, picked up treats, went to the library, and watched a show together.

He wanted and received 5 different kinds of rubiks cubes.

We ate chocolate chip muffins for breakfast and chicken pillows for dinner with Ice cream cake for dessert.

Seussical the Musical

Jaden was a "Who" person from Whoville in the play "Seussical the Musical".

He played his part well and was so fun to watch.

He spent many hours at play practice.

Jaden is great at acting and singing.

Awesome job, Jaden!

Swing Dancing

For a combined activity with the Young Men and Young Women, their activity was swing dancing.

Noah and Joyanne really got into it and had a lot of fun.

Look at these two go!

Hiram also had fun dancing and talking.

It's crazy now that we have 4 kids in Young Mens and Young Women's.

James also goes to scouts at the same time so only Grant stays at home with me on that night.

Piano Competition

Last month Joyanne had a piano competition where she was up against about 15 other students and had 3 college professors judge them.

Joyanne played extremely well with lots of feeling and wonderful technique.

She didn't receive any award, but she learned a lot from the competition and valued seeing other pianists who are on her skill level.

Way to go, Joyanne!!!