Family Fun.....

Our weekends have been full of fun lately. We recently went to the Diamondbacks Fan Festival at Chase Field. We got to go down onto the field where they had meet and greets with the players and plenty of fun activities for the kids. We went down into the dugout and also toured the clubhouse where I think many of the players forgot thousands of people would be touring as they left out their personal belongings (jockstraps and all). We had a great time! Here are some pictures of the day.

Marissa also had a local dance competition recently. She wouldn't necessarily call this a fun event as the girls didn't score so high. We didn't feel that it was fairly judged. Not to say there weren't great competitors just some weren't great competitors that still scored well. That is what sometimes happens when studios who compete a lot of dances (not nesessarily their best dances) still fund the competition. Oh well still a learning experience. Here is the trophy the studio took home for a judges favorite award.

Hannah and Ashlyn also got in on a dance competition of their own. Here they are with a wonderful little number.

Aidan had a great time the other night joining the girls in coloring with markers. Enough said. :0
We also went to a picnic that our HOA puts on in our neighborhood every year. They had lots of food, face painting, bouncy's, and a DJ. The kids had a great time and Aidan got to experience cotton candy for the first time thanks to Grammy!

Proud Moments...

Hannah was recently invited to be in the school Spelling Bee. Each class in the 2nd and 3rd grade were asked to do a spelling bee in their own classroom. The top 2 students from each class then where invited to be in the school Spelling Bee. There were 24 students involved from 2nd and 3rd grade. She was the cutest and smallest one by far. They asked the students to make sure they spoke their answer directly into the microphone and she had to stand on her tiptoes to reach the microphone. She was a foot smaller than most of the kids and you could hear the giggles from the other parents when she was asked to spell the word little. I was so proud of her she made it to the 12th round and was the 7th person still standing when she missed out on a hard word for a 2nd grader, coast. When she got out she joined the wall of the other students who were crying and being consoled by their parents where she shed a few tears, but realized how wonderful she really had done. Daddy and mommy are proud of you baby girl!!!

Marissa also got Honor Roll this semester. I didn't get pictures as I didn't want to become a huge embarrasement to my daughter, but another proud moment none the less. She has never missed Honor Roll since kindergarten, but I will have to say I was surprised at how few students there are for being a school of over 2000 enrolled. Even more surprising were how few parents there were to watch their kids. There were only a few hundred kids getting awards for the whole school and only a handful of parents to watch. Marissa also received the Platinum award meaning her GPA was above a 3.7. Great job princess we are so proud of you as well!!