Coconut Eagles- Kreston's Court of Honor

One of Brett's Seminary students- Kreston Stevens had his Court of Honor tonight. If Brett can- he likes to support the kids in things they do. So we made a date of it. Kreston's mom is so amazing!!! The refreshments were incredible! I had to take a picture so we can do something similar when Justice does his. Look at that table spread! God bless the U.S.A.!!! ;)

Here's a close-up of the Coconut eagles. I love them!

Wearing Green for McKinlee

Ever since I was called as the Primary President, I have worked very hard to have a relationship with the sweet little Sunbeams. (age 3 just entering into Primary). One of my favorite (and challenging) Sunbeams is McKinlee. She is so stinkin' cute and is quite the spitfire! Her favorite color is green so one week I bribed her to come to Primary with the promise that we would both wear green. She was so excited!! {that I wore green NOT to come to Primary. LOL}
Cute side story: It has been a process to get her to like me and come happily to Primary. She actually cries every Sunday morning. The 1st words out of her mouth Sunday mornings are- "I don't want to go to Church". Poor baby! BUT---- The other day her mom told me that in the car, McKinlee said- "Mom, I miss Sister Seamons!" How sweet is that? See- I'm making progress!

Cinderella & Cupcake Wars

Liberty celebrated her friend Megan's Bday with a trip to the theater for Cinderella. Then they all headed back to Megan's for Cupcake Wars (gross & yum) and a lateover. I adore this group of girls! SUPER sweet young ladies! Happy Birthday Megan!

P. S. I went out with a bunch of girlfriends last night to this movie as well. It was super fun to be out with the ladies. I needed it!

Jacksons for Ice Cream

The Jacksons invited us and the Nielsens over for Ice cream tonight. It was so fun to chat and eat while the kids played. Thanks guys! We just adore you! (I wasn't really brave enough to take pictures but I did manage a bad pic with my phone. Take it or leave it!;)

{Ok- they were bugging me so I fancied them up a bit with my Scrapbook Program)

Xtra Long Week Celebration

The whole family has had an XTRA long week!!! Night after night (after regular school craziness) was filled with rehearsals and Hunter Safety and more rehearsals. Then today the kids were gone & busy from 8 am to 7 pm. Wowzers!!! We are tired people!!! But before we go home and crash--- we decided to celebrate surviving the week by eating a little DQ. Then making up for the treat the kids earned from their No TV/Screen week- we did Ice Cream as well! Man- we love these kids!

The Little Mermaid MCT

On Monday (which happened to be Victoria's birthday) after school, all my girls decided to go to Open Auditions for the Missoula Children's Theater production of The Little Mermaid. All of them got a part!! Way to go, girls!

The rest of the week was a crazy blur of rehearsals and memorizing and more rehearsals. We figured that Liberty (she got one of the main roles and had to be to most of the practices) put in about 21 hours this week after school and all day Saturday! That is some crazy days and lots of dedication!

But all their hardwork paid off and they did a fabulous job! We got to go to their performance(s) on Saturday afternoon. Wow! They were amazing!

Here's all the girls (and a few extras) backstage with their Directors, Blaire and Rachel.

Here's Glory as one of the adorable Seahorses. They marched, danced, sang and looked pretty darn cute! In between performance, Glory & Quinn Fife hung out and ate a snack. After the performance, most of the cute actresses got flowers. Glory found her friend TayTay and enjoyed a moment together with their beautiful flowers and rosey cheeks. Too cute!

Victoria was super brave! She played a Seasider and even had a solo part. She played the "Nerdy" girl trying to win the Prince. It made her extremely nervous (and a bit embarrassed) but even with her shakey voice- she braved it and did a great job! She memorized all her lines and di them perfectly. She got tons of laughs and that was the point.  In the 2nd performance, she pinched herself with her glasses backstage right before she came out to do her part. It made her extra emotional but she made it through. So proud of her! A friend in her class, Kate was hilarious! They all did such a great job!

Liberty got one of the lead roles. She played Amelia- one of the Little Mermaid's twin sisters. She always amazes me how she can memorize all those lines & songs. {and in a week this time. WOW!} She had a blast! She made some new friends. Liberty and her friend Cara were the only 8th graders. They were happy to have each other!

Here's an overview of the whole play. It was amazing!!! Way to go, Kiddos!

Applause! Applause! Bravo!

Hunter Safety Graduate

Justice spent over 12 hours in this last week attending a Hunter's Safety Course. He is so seriously stoked to be able to hunt "for reals" this year! Way to go, Justice! We are proud of you for passing the course. Bring us home some meat this year, Buddy!

Glory-us Date with Mom & Dad

Glory got a special date with Mom & Dad while all the other kids were at their things tonight. She had 2 requests. 1- She wanted a place to play & have fun!
2- Ice Cream!!!!

AND We delivered, Baby! ;)

Ahoy Mates! New Beginnings

We dragged Liberty away early from rehearsals to attend New Beginnings, Liberty got to conduct the songs we sang. They even highlighted her because she is new to the Ward since last year. What a cute group of Beehives they have! Love these girls!

Clovers & Gold & Rainbows, Oh My!

The house seems so bare compared to the last several months. But we do feel very LUCKY to have such a beautiful place to live & celebrate life!

AWESOME 9th Birthday!

We got to celebrate Victoria all weekend. While Shauna was up, we made a special Egg Sandwich breakfast for Sunshine!

Today, we had another special breakfast and sang to her before school.

After school, Victoria had an audition for a part in a play. (More about that this weekend) Then we opened presents! It was super cute because last night Victoria made a bunch of Birthday signs to hang up all over the house. She's such an artsy kiddo!

We had a fabulous dinner with BBQ ribs, garlic herb potatoes, cooked broccoli and crab & avocado salad. {Forgot a picture} For dessert, we each got to make our own Fruit Pizza. Yum!!!

We are so grateful for this awesome, beautiful girl. Happy Birthday Victoria! XOXO HiYah!

What an 8 Year Old Remembers?

Victoria had a fabulous time being EIGHT years old. Here's some memories:

When Victoria was 8...
*still loved the color PINK
*loves to create anything artsy!
*quite the perfectionist
*joined F.I.G.G.S (Faith in God girls)
*got her ears pierced
*visited her friend, Halie in ID
*got baptized!!!!
*loves the Davis family
*went to the Ogden Temple Open House
*went to 1st Women's Broadcast with Mom & Liberty
*visited Glacier National Park
*loved Mrs. Hauer in 2nd Grade
*participated in the Montana Mucker
*learned to kayak
*made new friends at Montana City School- Sophie, McKenzie, Aspynn, Jadyn
*loves to swim & visit Fairmont Hot Springs
*got lice for the 1st time (sort of- only 3 were found)
*discovered that she is talented in acting- Harriet Tubman, Thanksgiving play)
*likes to be silly!
*loves Aunt Shauna
*likes to back massage family members
*continues to be a peacemaker

Luv you, Sis! XOXO

Cold Wieners & Frozen Buns

We decided to treat Shauna to a Fire-pit dinner on a cold Montana night. Oh boy was it COLD!!! Freezing actually! We had to stand directly next to the fire to have even some kind of semblance of warmth. Justice actually got tiny holes all over his pants from standing so close to the fire. By the time you got your cooked hot dog into the bun, it felt like it had just came out of the fridge. LOL We even braved cold s'mores just for the experience! Some of us wimped out & went in as fast as possible. Other crazy people stayed out to enjoy the crisp mountain air filled with smoke! ;)

P.S. The cold must have frozen the smoke stench into all our clothes. I washed everything TWICE and it still smells like smoke. Gross!!!!

Batman Marathon

Liberty & her friends decided to plan a BATMAN MARATHON this weekend. (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises) With Shauna in town, Liberty only joined them for 1 and 1/2 of the shows. BUT they love being together! Love these girls!

To the Top of Rattlesnake Hill

While Shauna was visiting, we decided to climb to the top of Rattlesnake Hill. It was a little chilly but a way fun walk/hike. It got pretty step right at the top but it was so worth the work.

Ethan & Justice celebrated being the first ones to the top! Woot! Woot! {Justice & Ethan wanted to hang out so he came with us while Liberty hung out at their house with Mikal}

There was awesome views from the top! How gorgeous!!!

To the other direction, you could see George, the sleeping Giant and our cute little home

Shay & the kiddos saw a herd of antelope down the other side so we headed that way. At the bottom of the hill, you can walk under the freeway and end up in Ethan's backyard. We made Shadow Monsters with the setting sun.

What a fun activity! Here's a view of Rattlesnake Hill from our back porch. Love the memories!

Sunshine's Special Guest

Victoria (aka Sunshine to Aunt Shauna) had a special guest come visit her for her birthday weekend. We alll had a blast with our visitor!

Shauna LOVES the cold! So they spent some time out on the back deck by the fireplace.

On Saturday, we all went to the Movie Theater together. And nobody DIED! (at least in our family!! LOL)

Late that night, we watched a movie together at home and everybody DIED! LOL Does anybody need a hug???

We snuggled, backrubbed, laughed and group hugged Shauna all weekend. And she didn't disappoint with her contagious, beautiful voice that makes the Seamons' kids sick! Bummer that that happens. They LOVE her singing to them! ;)

And what would a Shauna weekend be without playing games. We played all sorts of games. The kids were in heaven! Thanks Shauna for visiting. We love you, lady! XOXO