Recital

We had our Christmas Piano recital the end of November. (Yeah, a little early, but it was the only time us and all the parents would be in town before Christmas Eve.) The kids did great! I teach 5 beginners, John teaches 2 early-advanced students, so between us we had a good little group. We did it in the Primary room at the church and had treats afterwards. This sweet girl and I did a duet, everyone else did a solo, then we had a brother/sister duet and a mother/son duet too. I had fun getting ready for this and am already planning on what to do for a Spring Recital.Saw both of these ideas on Pinterest (I'm obsessed - I'll admit it!)

I had to sneak a picture of the edible keyboard before the kids finished it off.
John helped me make these for each of the students. They turned out pretty good too.

Yay for music!

Pictures from July

When the girls and I were on vacation this summer my sister took some pictures. I was uploading pictures onto shutterfly and couldn't believe I never shared these. My camera doesn't take good pictures when there's movement going on so it's nice to have some happy pictures of Addie that aren't all blurry. Enjoy!

Some of these haven't been edited so hopefully you don't mind April!

To check out my sister's photography go to:

aprylmayphotography.com

Yes, I know I look terrible here and no, I'm not biting her. This is how I got her to laugh.

Costume Party!

Our friend had a carnival-themed party last night that was super fun! We've been looking forward to this for a while. My friend Jaylyn put it all together for her husband's (the clown) birthday and then kept it up today so we could have our kids come play. Jeremy (the clown) even dressed back up for the kids. We ordered John's costume and I made mine. The pictures speak for themselves. Enjoy!

What? November already?

Time is going by so fast! I can't believe October is already over! Here's some pictures from last month.

I had a birthday and John completely surprised me - he built us a bed! I don't know which is a bigger deal, him building it from scratch or keeping it a secret until my birthday. :)

(Apparently my surprise face is pretty dorky-looking...)
Ta-da! He wanted me to pick the paint/stain, so I'll post when it's completely done.


Kaytlin still fit in the duck costume she wore last year and really wanted to wear it again. I was definitely okay with that! And if you can't tell, Lexi's a witch (On clearance last year for less than $1) and Addie wore the same costume the other girls did at that age. Oh, and John is super husband/daddy as always! :)