Thursday, May 26, 2011

Jadyn's First Dance Recital......Under the Sea!

My little princess has her first recital last weekend which she has been soooo excited about. She has really taken to dance and just loves it! I was a bit nervous if she would actually do it or not, and if she would know what to do, but at dress rehearsel she did quite well! I recorded it and we watched it at home and I gave her some pointers:) Mainly how she needed to shake her little hips more (there's not a whole lot of her to shake!) and to play her "guitar" a little wilder for the "Jellyfish Rock and Roll' number :) She took my advice and come performance day she did AWESOME!! She looked so tiny on stage , but luckily we had second row seats and she could see us so she got excited and smiled :) My little ballerina did great and wasn't scared at all! She even said afterwards she wanted to do another recital.
We were lucky enough to get Grandma dn Grandpa Bennett in town to come to her show, and Aunt Beth and Aunt Chelsea, Grandma Jan, and even one of my oldest friends Danica came out to support her. Thanks guys she was so happy you were there!
Macee wasn't interested in dance much after her recital and didn't want to do itagain this year, but Miss Jadyn may turn out to be my tiny dancer! Way to go Jadyn!

Check out those arm muscles! Yep, all from her mama!










One proud Mama!!






The lovely Greenwood Girls after the show- aren't we precious!









Sunday, May 8, 2011

Happy Mother's Day



The best part of being a mom is spending time with these lovely ladies! I had a great mother's day weekend with these girls, cleaning (yes I cleaned but they helped:), shopping for shoes for an upcoming wedding, enjoying another yummy brunch courteous of the Greenwood men and brother in laws, makign homemade granola and strawberry freezer jam ( my first attempt so we'll see how it tunrs out), and receiving lots of kisses, hugs, flowers, cards, and coupons for lots of fun stuff from the kids. I LOVE Mother's Day!

Easter 2011

We had a great Easter weekend this year full of good food and good fun!
Much to my usual demise, we took the girls to en egg hunt this year that a friend of ours told us about. When we got there we realized it looked more like just a neighborhoof hunt in a subdivision and started to wonder if we should even be there! It was perfect though, not a lot fo kids, TONS of eggs, Peter Cotton Tail visiting, and even a real bunny to pet and play with. So we stayed and joined in the fun hoping no one would strike up a conversation and asked which house we lived in :) As the hunt came to an end we thanked the guy in charge and quietly began to sneak away until he stated that the Grand Prize egg had not been found yet AND the parents would enjoy the egg too. Our ears perked up and Ben quickly turned around and told the girls to get back out and look for the green sparkly egg!!
They ended up totally steering the kids in the right direction because no one was finding it, and as we helped look too I noticed a group of older boys standing and pointing in an area. So I watched them for a bit and figured out where they were looking and told Jadyn to head that way. I finally saw it and pointed with my toes and FINALLY JAdyn found it!!! Turns out she scored a $50 gift card to Toys R Us and a $25 gift card for us to a local restaurant!! SWEEET!! She even got her picture in the paper the next week! I did feel a smidge bad for crashing the neighborhood event, but hey we came out winners!!! Happy Easter to us..hee hee hee :)




And the Grand Prize winner is .......JADYN!!!!!





Holding her huge egg with the winnings in it and posing for the paper! Easter hunt after a scrumptious brunch at the Greenwoods. Breakfast casserole, homemade cinnamon rolls (made by muah..I am getting good:), ham, fresh fruit and more!!! I am becoming a big lover of brunches:)








Posing with randma and her famous Easter bread the girls helped make!





Let's eat!!!




One last look at the bread until next year!!!
















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