Jossi the ballerina

So I feel a little behind... Jossi had her ballet recital last weekend. She did great! She was very worried about one of the turns they did, but she turned the right way and did them wonderfully! We are so proud of Jossalyn. There are times she would rather not go to ballet, but she has stuck with it and really enjoys the performing part of it. Who would have thought that our shy little Jossi would like to perform on stage?
p.s. sorry for the lack of pictures and video of her performing. No cameras are allowed during the actual performance. Kind of a bummer deal!

Jossi at her dress rehearsal



Jossalyn and a good, adorable, friend Taylor at their rehearsal

At the performance



Jossi and Aubrey, What cuties!!



Pictures after with Rylee, Mom and Dad

Our move

So it's been awhile since I've posted because we moved to a different apartment over the weekend. What a chore! I went into it thinking it would be no big deal. I guess I forgot everything that you have to do when you move. I feel like things are finally getting put together, however, we still have no Internet. I didn't realize how much I used the computer. I think I've been going through withdrawals. Hopefully it will be up and running soon. By the way, we are very excited about our move. We are now in the boundaries of a school that we know will be great for Jossi and we upgraded for an extra bedroom and a garage! I am so excited for the extra space which by the way is filling up fast!

Jossi and Rylee at our old pool Which we will really be missing. We have a pool at our new place, but it's definitely not as big:(



These are the only pictures I have from our move. Rylee found the perfect slide!

A week of beginning and ending

Monday was the beginning of Reagan's next three years of chiropractic school. His first week went well. I guess like most first weeks go. I suspect this week will be much more of the actual school/studying. Parker had a white coat ceremony for all of Reagans classmates where they received their white coats. I am so excited for Reagan to begin this adventure. He is going to do great!

Jossi, Rylee, and Reagan after the white coat ceremony

As for the ending... Jossalyn is now a preschool graduate! I know, big deal right? She actually didn't think it was that big of a deal and as soon as we walked out of her preschool she said, "now I get to go to kindergarten right?" I had to explain that she still has to wait through the summer so we'll see how many times this summer I get asked if it's time for kindergarten yet. I think the reason she is so excited is because the majority of her friends are already in kindergarten. Maybe she also seems overly excited to me because I am dreading the day. So hard to watch your kids grow up right?

Jossi getting her diploma

Jossi the graduate!

Jossalyn with Ms. Nann and Ms. Tracy- she absolutely loved her teachers!

Jossi's class

My new project!

So this started out that I wanted to make a few necklaces for my girls. A friend, Kary, made one for Jossi and Rylee and I decided to copy her and make some more. It has turned out to be quite a thing. I guess you could say I went a little overboard looking for beads, pendants, and crystals. Anyway, here are a few of the one's I have made.

Rylee's ballet recital

Rylee started taking ballet from Ms. Lisa last September.
She has absolutely loved it! They had a recital on Saturday
and did a wonderful job. Thanks Ms. Lisa for all your hard work!




Rylee, Briana, and Toria Knowlton

Whitni Parker came and took pictures
of all the dancers. She did an awesome job!

To Washington this time!

So yes we started on a thursday and flew from Texas to Chicago, Chicago to Minnisota and returned going from Minnesota to Denver and Denver to Texas on the following Monday. Three days later we went from Texas to Denver, Denver to Pasco and then did the same thing coming back the following Monday. We have felt like we should get to see some people before Reagan begins his chiropractic school journey. It has been a crazy couple of weeks, but so much fun. We are so blessed that Reagan has been able to work for the airlines part time. I feel like we have really been able to stay close with our loved ones because of this.
We had a great time seeing everyone in Pasco. It was a beautiful weekend, so we spent much of it outside. We were able to go to one of Bailie's soccer games. She is a great little player and works really hard! We also played a little game of basketball ourselves. I was lucky enough to be on the winning team, thanks to Lance who couldn't miss a shot and Marc who has some "mad" defensive skills! It was a lot of fun and a huge plus that nobody was hurt! We had a BBQ at Mom and Dad's with friends and family before we left. The kids had so much fun together and it was so good to see everyone. Thanks Mom and Dad for all you do for us and for welcoming us whenever we feel the urge to come home.

Our trip to Minnesota

We recently spent a weekend in Rochester with Reagan's brother and his family. This is our first time making it out that way and we had a great time! It was really good for Rylee and Jossi to get to know their cousins better. I was so amazed to see how all three of their kids have grown up. Reagan got to see Jason take first in his track meet(he ran the mile in five min and some odd seconds...crazy!!) and we were both able to see his violin concert. Way to go Jason!! Courtney is not a little girl anymore and oh how I wish we lived closer because I know what an awesome babysitter she is. And Bruce was so good about letting my girls destroy all of his stuff. They are not use to seeing all of the fun legos, marbles and nerf ball guns. (see I don't even know what they are called!) Anyway, Thank you Shaun and Krissy for a great weekend.