Easter Bunny Picture 2017

We've taken a picture with this Easter bunny every year since the kids were born.  This year we waited(not intentionally) until Easter weekend to take pictures and it worked out perfectly as there was no line to speak of!! Bentley and Preston picked out their Easter outfits this year.  Bentley was so proud of his tie!! They both looked so unbelievably handsome Mommy couldn't take it!!! Love these 4 little bunnies so so much!

Sophia's First Communion Church Photos

The night before we left for Convention and in between mandatory team classes we had to run over to the Church to take First Communion class photos. It was a VERY hectic night but how pretty does Sophia look???? The dress is such a big deal for this very special event which is happening next month.  The girls all talked about their dresses for month's leading up to the big unveiling for picture night.  We had to snap the photos and run but Sophia was so excited to be with her school friends.  Many more pictures to come.  This is just a 'sneak peak' of the dress;)

NRG Dance Convention and Competition

This is one of our very favorite dance related event of the year(next to Nationals in Las Vegas)!! This year was super special because not only was our whole immediate family able to come but Nana and Nonno and Grandma and Grandpa were also able to come!! This was Sophia's first time performing her new solo so she was SUUUUUPER nervous and excited of course to hit the stage with it.  Not only did she win first overall in the Jazz category above all other jazz dancers, but she won FIRST PLACE OVER ALL CATEGORIES! This means that her jazz solo received the highest score across all genres of solos.  This is HUGE especially considering it was her very first time performing it.  She won $100 on top of her award.  On top of this award, she earned a scholarship based on her "performance" in the convention portion of the weekend which is essentially intensive dance classes in every genre of dance.  They pick 1 dancer to give a scholarship to in the 8 and under category and they chose her! We are so so proud and so fun that all the Grandparent's were present to see the fruits of her labor.  Seriously the hardest working and most dedicated 8 year old of the face of the planet.  She continues to amaze us each day!

More Spring Fun 2017

Our backyard has been a very very long and slow process so this Spring has been all about watching that slow process happen! We are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.  Our engineered/tiled roof is being built at the moment to add to the firepit and bbq area! Since we moved into this house we haven't been able to go in the back and we almost forgot about it.  Thankfully we have an outdoor spot right in the center of our house that we were just able to furnish(since we cleaned it out of kids toys and threw those in the backyard!!).  Our days are nonstop and action packed but feeling blessed each day I get to spend with our babies.  Olivia is still at home on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the days she's at school she's out at 12:30(with Bentley) so Mama doesn't have free time to speak of but that's A-ok!! Between soccer, dance, swim, and Boy Scouts, our weeks are so so packed then sprinkle in field trips, fundraisers(almost weekly), community service events for Boy Scouts, birthday parties, and doctor appointments there's barely time to come up for air but we cannot imagine it any other way:)!!!