A New Nephew

 We were so excited to welcome a new cousin/nephew on Monday, April 29, 2013!!   Welcome to the world, Max Grant Sorenson.    Congratulations to my brother Richard, my sister-in-law Misty and my niece Sophia!!

"Color By Number" dance show

On Saturday, May 4th, Hannah & Kate had their final dance show of the year.   The theme was "Color by Number" and every dance had a color or number in it's name.  Kate danced to "Pink" by Aerosmith and Hannah danced to "Orange Colored Sky."

The girls did such a great job!  They performed at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., so the entire family came to the 5:00 show (except Jack, who was soooo happy to have a soccer game) and then I stayed to help with the 7:00 show and everyone else went to watch the last part of Jack's game.

 This girl dances with lots of enthusiasm and happiness!

 

 And, I really, really enjoyed watching Kate dance.  She had the prettiest smile on her face the entire dance and knew every dance step perfectly!   I think dance might be Kate's thing, so I signed her up for 2 classes next year.  

 

 Isn't that the cutest face?

 

And, yea! for Grandma Bowen & Aunt Rebecca for coming to the show!  Thank you!!!



Up With Kids Show - A "Brave" Tale

 
 
 
 
Last weekend was one of the busiest weekends of the year, but one that I really, really love!

On Thursday, all 5 of the oldest kids had a soccer game or practice, Jon was at work, and my sweet mother-in-law and sister-in-law were coming into town.    Then, on Friday, Hannah & Kate had a dress rehearsal for their dance show (which was on Saturday) and then Lindsey, Kate & Hannah had their final performance for their Up With Kids program.  (Then on Saturday, was 5 more soccer events & the girls final dance show).

The 3 of them have been going every Wednesday for an hour during the school year to Up With Kids.  They have absolutely loved it!! (Kate & Lindsey did it last year, but this was Hannah's first year).    Hannah & Kate went together and every time I'd stay and watch, Kate would always make sure that Hannah was where she was supposed to be.   Lindsey was thrilled when her friend, Olivia, decided to do it too.

The show this year was "A Brave Tale" based on the movie "Brave."    The script is always changed so that it's not too scary and so that there are a lot of parts for all the kids.   Kate was cast as Small Merida & Share Bear,   Hannah was cast as Friend Bear & Lindsey was cast as one of the MacIntosh clan & Mulan.  

They have 2 performances - one is during the week at Murray High School for the special needs kids and any of the local schools that choose to come and then another one on Friday night at Bonneville Jr. High.

We were so excited that Diane & Rebecca were able to be in town for it!   What good sports they were as we dragged them to all of these things.   I stayed with Hannah & Kate at their dance rehearsal until the very last minute that I could and then met everyone else over at Bonneville.

The show as fantastic!   Kate was a little shy, especially for being Merida, but did great!    Lindsey was fantastic and was a great dancer & actress.  And Hannah!   Oh, Hannah!    Every time she was out on stage, you could tell, she was bursting with excitement to be in a costume on a stage.  

The funniest part of the show was during the Friday night show.  About 3 minutes into Scene 1, the little kids are dressed as Scottish children.   The parts were being said and I think even a song being sung and Hannah was standing in the middle of the stage picking something off the bottom of her shoe.   I quickly realized that it was a piece of tape that was on the stage as a marker.   She was finally able to pick it off, she placed it back down on the stage and stomped it back into place.  I could hear several giggles in the audience.  What a funny, funny girl!

Kate as Small Merida

 



The first few moments of Hannah on stage during the first show.  These 2 little boys are twins and were so cute together.

 Queen Eleanor & King Fergus with Kate

 

Merida being captured by Mordu, the bear.

 Lindsey & Olivia (far left) as Scottish villagers

 

 Lindsey as a zombie

 

 These are my favorite...Hannah had no idea that I was taking her picture, but this was how she was on stage - just so, so happy & excited!

 

Olivia as Buttercup & Lindsey as Mulan

 The ending - the princesses & super heroes save the day!

 

 Kate's on the far left - finale

 

 Hannah, the 3rd in from the right - finale

 

 Lindsey, Ms. Shauna (their wonderful teacher), & Kate 

Of course, in this moment, Hannah had run off and I couldn't find her

 

 

 These cute little boys are a set of identical twins that are in Kate's school class too

 

 Grandma & the girls

 

Aunt Rebecca & the girls

 

Well done Lindsey, Kate & Hannah!

Hannah plays soccer

We are down to our last 2 weeks of another busy soccer season!   5 kids that play!  Phew!

Hannah decided that she wanted to play soccer again because her best friend, Heidi, wanted to play too.  These 2 cute girls have enjoyed playing together!   They are so cute and so funny.  Hannah is pretty willing to get right into the huddle to try to kick the ball, but is also happy to run around the outside with the big grin on her face.  

What a funny girl!  Way to go #6!!

Hannah & Heidi

 Hannah's the one with her arms up in the air

 

Embarrassing!

 I can't believe I am admitting to this, but a couple of weeks ago, I was making the kids lunches before school and ran out of Ziploc bags.  I keep them in the back of the pantry and when I looked for them, this is what I found....

Yes, a really, really old bag of potatoes that had sprouted and grown this long before I even realized it!    Embarrassing!   Time to clean out the pantry!