Quick Trip to Reno!

We decided to meet Ashley and her crew in Reno for a quick weekend to celebrate GGMa's birthday a little early. The first night we were there Grandma missed a step into the family room and ended up nursing a very sore body the rest of the weekend. But it was still great to be together and the girls enjoyed their cousins, some snow flurries in the valley and some sizable heaps of snow on the summit during the drive home.

Off to Oz!

The school musical this year was The Wizard of Oz and our Natalie was Auntie Em (as well as a member of the Lollipop Guild). She shined on that stage and delivered her spoken parts and her singing solos so beautifully. So proud of her. Lala was in town which was awesome. Not only did she get to see Natalie shine but she was the third adult we so desperately needed that weekend as we tried to be theater parents, shuttling Natalie to her various call times and volunteer at the concession booth! Thank you, Lala!

 So many of our good friends came out to support Natalie.

We have a winner!

Natalie was one of two first place 5th grade winners at the school science fair and was able to go on to the district wide STEM fair to show her project off one more time. Such a great experience for her. Her project was titled, Are Plants Color Blind? and she grew bean plants under natural light, artificial light and artificial light behind red and green screens. So cool!

This winning smile is the BEST!

Our Little Gymnast

Audrey has been enjoying a weekly gymnastics class this winter and is doing very well. She's already graduated from the red level to an orange level and we wish she could go every day to get her wiggles out. She has LOTS of wiggles, this one.