Raegan's 7th Birthday

 Beautiful Rae

 silly girl

 Her favorite gift was a guitar.  I don't know why but she has been asking for one for awhile.  She thinks she is hot stuff too.

 Playing dress up and make up.  Holy moly make up.

 Blowing out her candle

Our Raegan turned 7.  It's really hard to believe that it's even possible.  She has grown so much this last year. We are realizing just how smart and creative she is.  In a way it is fun to see your kids grow and develop into new little people.  Raegan is such a wonderful girl.  She is a great sister to her brother and sister.  She is always a good helper to mom and dad.  She has a mind of her own and tries really hard to make sure things go her way.  She is a good student and a really good friend.

This year she planned to have her friends walk home with her from school.  She had 7 girls walk home with her.  Her party was a polka dot party.  I don't know where she thought of it but it ended up being pretty cute.  Her and her friends played and ate and played and ate.  Opened presents, played dress up and make up and ate some more.  They all decorated cupcakes and had a super fun time.  We love you Raegan.  Happy Birthday.

Reesie's Joy School graduation May 7, 2012

Reese was SOOO excited for her little graduation.  All of her friends came over and they sang two songs.  They all looked so cute.  They did a great job.  Then they got their little certificates.  They have been working on a special end of the year book with some fun things they did and pictures.  Reese carried hers around the whole next day.  Then we all had treats.  It was super cute.  Good job kids.

Dancing Dolls

Reese was so excited to wear make-up.  Can you tell?

Posing

Raegan is just a natural with everything she does

Strike a pose

Reesie's class did a little hula dance.  It was really sweet.  This is the second night she preformed.  The first night didn't go so good.  As soon as the dance started her skirt came off. Well she didn't want to just drop her skirt because then people would see her underwear.  Haha.  So she stood on the stage holding her skirt the whole time.  Russ and I were so sad for her.  We were hoping it wouldn't make her too embarrassed.  When she was finished and I found her she said,"mom that was so embarrassing.  My skirt fell off."  But she was excited for the next time. The next time (you can see this in the video) Right at the beginning her necklace falls off one side.  When I was recording it I said a little prayer that it would STAY and not fall all the way off.  It did and I was so glad.  She did a great job and knew the dance well.  She has really enjoyed dance.  Love you Reese.  (Reese is the second girl in from the front)

Raegan did the cheer class again.  She got burned out towards the end of the semester.  She enjoys doing cheer but I think she is ready to move on to something new.  She did a great job too and she is just oh so cute.  (Raegan is the third girl in from the end)

A re-do

 Before

After

I have been getting the Spring cleaning bug.  I feel like all my baseboards and walls need new fresh paint.  My toy room was in need of a make over.  I painted it gray and I wanted yellow accents.  So, I painted the book shelf yellow.  I like how it turned out.  I will post more pictures of the whole finished project  (that is when it finally gets put back together).

Family camping trip

Russ has been doing some trainings on 72 hour kits.  So, we have been working on our packs.  It's such a good thing to have ready to go at any minute.  He came up with a good idea a couple of weeks ago, that we should take our 72 hour packs and go camping over night.  We were pretty confident we would do fine.  Of course the kids were so excited for it.  So, Friday night we packed up and went down Pinedale road.  It was literally like maybe 12 miles from home.  Set up camp and ate a little bit.  We mostly ate oatmeal and Top Roman.  Not too bad for one day.  Russ took his hammock and Ninna and I slept in the tent with all the kids.  I have to say, I have not slept in a tent inside a sleeping bag in a very long time.  We have always had some kind of camp trailer.  I got a little claustrophobic for the first half of the night.  Before bed Riley got a little worried about weird noises and strange animals that might come into camp with us.  We assured him all would be fine.  So after NOT sleeping, at around 2 AM we heard a pack of coyotes howling VERY loud.  They were right in our camp, well very close to us.  We all shot up in bed.  Russ said we were fine but he got up and made a fire because honestly all the adults were cold.  All of us minus Reese who was pretty out, joined Russ by the fire.

The next morning Russ took the kids on a little hike.  All of the kids did so well.  They all got along and played nice.  It was a really good experience.  We kind of got a feel for what we might need and what we could live with out if we ever had to live off our 72 hour kits.  I'm glad we went and we are all looking forward to doing it again.

Reese's birthday party!!

 Ladybug invitations

 Crazy ladybug cake

 Ladybug cupcakes

 Table decorations

 Oh man she is so stinkin cute

 She wanted to pose with her presents

 Party time

Reese was a trooper this year.  She had to wait a whole day after her birthday to have her party.  THEN she had to wait all day to have her party at "the night time".  She invited her joy school friends and one little girl from church.  Of course it was a great time for everyone.  Mom made homemade cheese pizza.  Red fruit punch, strawberries and of course CANDY!!  The presents were her favorite.  She got a My Little Pony set that you can do their hair.  Daddy got her a sleeping bag, Ninna got her a game, she got Barbies, Littlest Pet Shop, Polly Pockets, puzzles, a book, a dance bag and other fun things.  Grandma and Grandpa Prestwich gave her new pajamas which she loves.

It is so fun as a parent to watch my kids get so excited about things.  Holidays and birthdays are one.  I think Reese ate way too much sugar and candy yesterday because she woke up at 10:00 last night and needed to sleep on mommy's floor.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL.