Talent Show- Brielle

 

Brielle was excited to play a song on the piano for the talent show at school. She played "Bells on the Steeple" and she did a GREAT job! I hope my girls continue with piano and find many other talents they want to develop. 

SNOW!!!

We have gotten A LOT of snow this year! Our street and yard have been covered in snow since Christmas.  But until this last week it has been too COLD to enjoy it. So when it finally got above freezing and we had just gotten fresh snow earlier this week we took the kids sledding to the park near our house. It was so much fun!! All of us enjoyed it, even Jessica.

Jessie was having so much fun sledding... but I think she enjoyed  just eating the snow the best :)

Character Counts

Brielle was chosen by her teachers to recieve the Character Counts Award for January- as a Leader of being Compassionate in her class. Each month the teachers select 1 child in their class that exhibits the given trait for that month. Mrs Russell and Mrs Maxfield had this to say about Brielle:

"Brielle is kind to everyone. She is very proactive in the way she responds to others. She thinks about the situation and then responds in an appropriate manner. Brielle is thoughtful to others and wants to help them. She is willing to listen to others ideas. Brielle makes our classroom a safe and happy place to be."

I couldnt agree more with Brielle's teachers. Brielle is compassionate and cares about others. She is a good friend to everyone and genuinly cares about others. I am so proud of her!

 

 



Reflections

 Katie moved onto the next level for reflections and they had an awards ceremony for about 6 schools (150 students). She received a participation award.  And even though she didn't move onto the ne xt highest level,  we are so proud of her and hope that she has a desire to continue to enter next year.  There were some pretty amazing entries, I love seeing how children can be creative!

Family Pictures



While my sister and her family where here for Christmas we got family pictures taken (its been 10 years?)  It was the day after Christmas and the kids were pretty exausted and not super cooperative- but I think we got some cute pictures. It was so good to see my sister with her cute boys. I wish that we lived closer and could see them more often :)

 



Christmas 2012

Santa came!! 

 

 3 excited girls! They LOVED their bikes! Too bad the weather has not yet permitted bike riding outside. These bikes are a bit big to ride in the house, although they have tried!

The day after Christmas my Dad came out to our house for dinner.

 The girls were excited to see him

 

We had an amazing Christmas! We loved spending time with all our family whom we LOVE!

Christmas Eve

We made cookies...

 We put together puzzles... well mostly Greg :)

 The babies had fun

 We are ready for Santa to come!