Sweethearts Dance

Last Saturday was the Sweethearts Dance
The theme of the dance was "famous couples"

You know how high school kids can never come to a final decision on
anything? I spent the day before the dance trying to figure out how I'd make a Tinkerbell
dress for Maddie. Then she came home that afternoon and said they weren't doing that theme anymore. So, Saturday morning they finally settled on
Jasmine and Aladdin and we whipped up some genie (or Jasmine) pants!

Maddie and Trey

Pirates of Penzance

"Pirates of Penzance" started last night. I love watching all the hard work pay off!
Here are a few glimpses of Talbie...

Casanova

This is what Bronson gave to his "girlfriend" on Valentine's Day.
This is the first year that he hasn't been brave enough to give it to the girl he likes
in person. I had to take it to the school early and set it on her desk.

He wanted it to be anonymous. Although this girl has an older
sister that's one of Talbie's good friends and I think Talbie may have
"spilled the beans :)"

Being Asked to Sweethearts

Maddie got to asked to the Sweethearts Dance last week...

...she said "yes" :)

"Pirates of Penzance" - Costumes Finished!

I can breathe a HUGE sigh of relief because I finished the
costumes for Talbie's next play!

She is one of the General Daughters in
"Pirates of Penzance"

Can't wait to see the show!

Valentine's Dinner

Logan took Maddie to La Dolce Vita for dinner
tonight for Valentine's Day (even though they are broken up - again :)
I'm a little jealous because that's my favorite restaurant!

Build a Bear

Emmie got some birthday money from Grandma and Grandpa
so we went to the mall tonight for FHE
She wanted to spend the money at Build a Bear!

Picking out her bear...

Stuffing her bear

Making sure it feels just right

Giving the bear a bath

Picking out an outfit with Talbie

She chose the Bride outfit - complete with the blue garter belt

We paid and saw Rachel - our dear friend from our ward
and Emmie's old Sunbeam teacher :)

Happy Birthday (and Valentine's Day!)

Happy Birthday today Emmie!
9 years old
We love you so much!!!

photo taken 2008

Emmie's Birthday Party

Yesterday we had Emmie's friend party. We had a lot of fun at her
"Bookworm Party"

Some party favors we gave out were decorated mini clip boards.
We found them at the dollar store and "spiced" them up a bit.

I used these little cupcake cards by having all the guests
write something nice about Emmie.

The bookworm cake. (I ran out of originality after the party favors :)

We made pom-pom book worms
(4 guests couldn't make it so we let Maddie and Talbie join us)

Then we made homemade bookmarks

Breaking the pinata...

Dave made an awesome pinata shaped like a worm
because we couldn't find one anywhere. I didn't get a picture of the finished product :(

Opening presents...

Emmie and Logan
Logan always gets invited to the girls party :) It works out great
to have a cousin your age because Emmie also gets invited to his party
of all boys!

More Birthday Preparations...

Emmie wanted to have a friend party this year and we decided
that our theme would be a "Bookworm Party"

Emmie and I have been having lots of fun planning.

Here are the invitations that she thought of...

On Wednesday she's celebrating her bday at school since her real
birthday is on Valentine's Day. Here's our poster for school...