Sunday Dress

I thought the kids looked extra sharp this morning when they were all ready for church.  Jack was wearing new church clothes since he grew out of his old ones.

But of course someone might have a crazy look on his face...

 or have a purse strap around his neck...

 or not be looking at the camera at all.

Love these sweet kids!

P.S. did you notice the nice green grass in the back yard?  Hooray!

"Girls Rule When They Read" Book Club

A month or so ago, Kate and her friend Sophi decided that they wanted to start their own book club.  Her mom, Juli, and I go to book club too.  Kate and Sophi started planning all the little details, even emailing a few friends (without me knowing).  Finally Juli and I sat down and finalized all the details and started the club.

The "Girls Rule When They Read" book club met for the first time on Friday at our house.  The books that Kate chose was the original Rainbow Magic Fairy books.  The girls could read any of the books in the series.   There were eight girls invited total.  They thought of lots of other girls that they wanted to invite, but we had to limit it.

Kate and I planned out what the plan was for the meeting and then Kate took charge.

She welcomed all the girls and had them introduce themselves.  Kate led the book "discussion".  They talked about what book they read, who their favorite character was, and what their favorite part of the book was.  The girls were all very sweet and well-behaved and were very interested in the discussion.

Sophi, Annika, Ada, Amelia, Laura and Kate

Next the girls had a snack -- kettle corn and apples w/caramel dip (one of the girls can't have gluten).  Then they made fairy door hangers and worked on a dot to dot coloring page.

Ada, Ty, Laura, Kate, Nina, Amelia, Sophi, Annika

Then they played a few games of "Fairy" Hide and Seek.  Two of the girls were Kirsty and Rachel (from the book), one was Jack Frost and the other girls were fairies.

The girls had a great time and can't wait until their next meeting.

Watching the Grass Grow

Dave planted grass seed in the backyard last Thursday.  It poked out of the ground yesterday and is growing more every day!

Utah Trip Pictures (a little late)

I finally finished posting pictures of our trip to Utah over a month ago.

Click here for our trip to the cabin and here for Judi Family Fun.