Last Day of School

On June 9th Emmeline had her last day of school. She had such a great year in pre-school. We were so blessed to be able to get into the public preschool program. She made a lot of friends, had a lot of fun and had a great start towards learning to love education. I am really proud of her and all her accomplishments so far. And I cant believe how fast my little girl is growing!!

First Day of School


Last Day of School

Birthday Review

Brett and I had a couple of great birthdays. The celebrations started on the 5th. We invited our gaming friends over to hang out with us after the girls went to bed. We watched the Mavs game (which they lost) then Brett blew out the candles of his Boston Creme Pie. That is his usual birthday cake request. We also played a fun board game, Rail Baron, and Brett won. So that was good. I had fun watching Brett blow out all 30 of his candles.

Then on June 6th, Bretts actual birthday, the girls and I set up all 30 of his birthday posters and made 30 cake balls. The girls also had fun wrapping the presents they picked out for Brett at the dollar store.


When Brett got home he saw his posters and I think he liked them. Brett also unwrapped his presents (a Cars washrag from Mabel, a toy dart gun from Emmeline and a fire wallet from me) we went to a Mexican restaurant that we have been wanting to try. It was pretty delicious. We had a fun night.




Then on the 7th it was my birthday. The girls and I took it easy in the morning. Brett came home from work early and after dropping the girls off at a babysitter we went to see X-Men First Class. I thought the movie was AWESOME! For dinner we had some yummy Panda Express and played some Mario Party as a family before the girls went to bed. Then Brett and I watched the Mavs game and yeah. . . they won!! Happy Birthday to me :). Brett and the girls also got me some beautiful flowers.

The next day some of my girlfriends took me to Chick fil a for lunch. mmmmmmmmmm.

We had a wonderful birthday time and both Brett and I really appreciate all of the calls and facebook/email birthday wishes from so many of our family and friends. Thanks for making our birthdays so special!!

Happy Birthday Brett!!

Happy Birthday Brett!!

You've had a birthday shout HOORAY!! We want to sing to you today! One year older and wiser too. Happy Birthday--to YOU!!

I love you honey!!

The Return of the Tooth Fairy

Last week, on June 1st, Emmeline lost her first tooth and it was very exciting. Well tonight imagine my surprise when she runs out of bed (again. . .it was after she went to bed) yelling, "I lost another tooth!!" Man, at this rate she wont have any left!! But the tooth fairy came again and left another dollar. Emmeline was thrilled!

Getting Ready

Bretts 30th birthday is in a couple of days, on June 6th. I asked him how he wanted to celebrate his big day and he said he would be happy just doing something with our family. hmmm. So how am I supposed to make it special?? The girls and I decided to use an idea I read about in FamilyFun Magazine (the idea was ironically submitted by a friend of mine in my ward here in Flower Mound). We made 30 posters to surprise Brett with on his big day. Okay, we actually only made like 9 BIG posters. The rest were just done on regular construction paper. . we dont have a very large apartment to display 30 big posters. The girls and I have been working on them all week and we are excited to see how he likes them on his birthday.

We All Go Traveling by--Emmeline Preschool Follies

As unbelievable as it seems, Emmeline's first year of school is just about over. For the end of the year her school put on the Lillie J. Jackson Follies, where each class presented a song they had been learning all year long. Emmelines class song is "We All Go Traveling By." It is a cute little song and it was really fun to go and watch her perform it with her class. A couple highlights from the video: Emmeline trying to take over another boys prop, much to his dislike and then for a quick second there at the end, Em decides to dig for gold. Yup, thats my girl. :)

The First Tooth--Gone

Well it happened. Emmeline finally wiggled her tooth out. We had put the girls to bed and were about to settle down for the night when we heard triumphant screaming from the other room. "MOM. MOM. DAD. Come quick. My tooth. It's out!!!" She was so excited. She immediately had to call her Grandma and her Nana. :) Congrats Emmeline. And the tooth fairy came. And left a dollar. Awesome!!

Another fun Nana Visit

Nana came to visit over Memorial Day weekend and we had a great time. We went to HOP at the dollar theater, ate at our traditional restaurant, Angelina's, and went birthday shopping. Mostly though, it was just nice to visit and spend time together. Thanks for coming Nana! We'll look forward to your next visit!

Bak to Primary

I served in the primary most of the 5 years that I lived in Birmingham and loved it!! Here in Texas, Brett and I have been teaching the Young Single Adult Sunday School class. That has been a great calling and we got to know some really great people and have some good lessons. I learned a lot and it was actually really good for me to be out of primary for awhile. Well, as members of our class have left on missions, went to school, and moved away it has gotten so small that it has been disbanded. I guess they thought we were doing okay team teaching though because we were immediately put in as co-teachers of a primary class- -the 9 year olds. It looks like its going to be a fun class and I am very excited to be back in primary again!!

Emmeline-Dancing Queen

On May 21 Emmeline had her first dance recital. It was a pretty big affair. She had to go to a dress rehearsal the night before and the recital itself lasted almost 3 hours. Emmeline got to sit in the balcony with her class and watch the other dancers and she really liked that.

She looked beautiful in her little costume and she loved getting all dressed and makeuped up. I also let her sprinkle glitter over her hair and shoulders.

Her dances were really cute and she did a great job! Her tap dance was to the music "Who Wrote the Book of Love" and her ballet dance was to "All the Pretty Little Horses." She also participated with Brett in a Daddy/daughter dance. (They had several practices before hand which was neat for Emmeline. Brett told me how she held his hand the whole hour for each extra practice and one time they stopped and got ice cream. So those were neat little daddy/daughter date opportunities.) On the night of the recital, they had all the dads assemble near the front 5 dances before they were to go on. Then I got to watch Em and Brett dance together to the song "Cinderella" by Steven Chapman. The song is about a little girl who is growing up and dances with her dad throughout various important moments in her life, starting as a young girl playing "princess at a ball" and then finally leaving after her wedding. The dance was sooo beautiful. The girls who participated waltzed with their dads and did various lifts and stuff. Then at the end the dads each gave their dancers a rose. Watching Emmeline dance with Brett and seeing how fast she is growing up and listening to these beautiful lyrics. . .I was bawling through the entire dance (as anyone who knows me will not be surprised to learn.) It was really neat and I'm so glad that they got the chance to do that together.



A quick note on Mabel. She also did very awesome. I thought she might get a bit jealous at all the attention that Emmeline was getting. . .but she didnt act sour at all. She was happy to hold the flowers throughout the recital and give them to Emmeline at the end. Granted, three hours is super long for a three year old and Mabel did get a little bored by the end. But despite being bored out of her brains, she was good and quiet. I was really proud of her and her willingness to support and cheer for her older sister. (We got a babysitter for Madelyn :) )


Overall it was a fun afternoon.

Emmeline Dance Recital 2011

Here is Emmeline in her first dance recital, which was on May 21, 2011. She has really enjoyed taking ballet and tap lessons this year. (This is actually the dress rehearsal since we couldnt film at the recital).