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Here are a couple more to catch me up.

Matthew loved preschool!  We are so sad he won't be going there next year because we are moving, but we are grateful he got to go this year!  They had a beach theme for their final program.  He was so cute.  At the end of the program they had all the classes singing and the teacher told them they were having a contest to see who could sing the loudest.  Matthew was yelling at the top of his lungs, no singing, just screaming.  The teacher looked back at me and laughed.

Daniel came to me one day and said, "I think we should do a float to enter in the parades this Summer."  I said, "Sure let's do it."  He said, "Great, the first parade is next Saturday."  We had 1 week to make the float.  It was crazy, but it turned out decent and we had fun walking in the parades this Summer.

I took these pics of the kids and framed them this way for Daniel for Father's Day this year.  Emma and Matthew were pretty easy to get, but Bella took some real effort.  Overall, I think it turned out pretty cute and was worth the effort.

We went to Denver again this year for a dance competition.  I was quite pregnant and didn't compete, but Emma got to compete with Daddy this year.  She had so much fun!!!  She was smiling the whole time they were dancing and was so excited to be there. We also went to the Zoo while we were there.  We split the drive in to 2 days there and 2 days back though, so it seemed like a whole lot of driving.  I think if we do it again, I don't want to split the drive.  We only had one day the whole trip that we weren't driving somewhere.  We did have a good time though and I think the kid's favorite part was swimming in the hotel pool.  :)

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Okay, here are some more to help catch me up.

I talked about how we went to Sea World and the pool for Matthew's birthday while we were in Florida.  However, since we were in a hotel, that made it a little difficult to do a cake, so we had a couple of cousins with aunts and uncles over for cake and ice cream after we got home.  Bugsy was so excited about his excavator cake and seemed to have a good time!

One of the little neighbor boys that Emma plays with learned how to ride his bike without training wheels and so of course Emma wanted to learn as well.  It was Jan and Jen's birthday and I was busy trying to get things ready to have cake and ice cream that night and told emma she'd have to wait.  It's a good thing she has a daddy.  He recognized just how much she wanted the help and went out and taught her right then rather than putting her off.  She was beyond excited to learn and I wish I had taken the time to go out and watch and be a part of it with her rather than being so worried about being right on time.  Matthew couldn't quite get it that day, but a couple of days later, daddy helped him again and he got it too.  He was also VERY excited to be such a big boy!  The pictures below are of the day Matthew learned when I actually took the time to go out and be a part of it!

We had our first concert for the dance studio on May 18th.  Matthew and Emma were each in a ballet class and got to perform with their classes.  Matthew was a bumble bee and Emma was a unicorn and they were both so excited about their costumes.  They did a wonderful job performing and looked so darling!  

Daniel also danced with the classes he taught because there are never enough boys.  He also did 2 solo numbers with a couple of the girls he teaches.  Overall, it went really well considering it was the first concert we have ever attempted.  The entire concert only lasted about 20 minutes after which we had refreshments and people visited for about 20 minutes.  It was all over pretty quick and everyone seemed to have a good time and enjoy themselves.  It was a lot of work, but it was worth it!  :)

Just Kidding...

Okay, I thought I was done catching up, until I remembered several things I forgot.  So, I will have to make several more posts to actually be caught up!

We went to Florida in January this year for the World Country Dance Competition.  Daniel and I went out on Monday together.  Then Jan and Jenn brought the kids out on Thursday.  They took the kids to Disneyland on Friday then they watched us dance on Saturday.  We all did stuff together the rest of the days.  I was in my first trimester of pregnancy, so I was pretty sick, but we all had a pretty good time anyway.

Here are some pics from the comp.  The kids got pretty bored since it took a couple of hours, but they survived.  Daniel and I took 2nd place in our division.  We were a little bummed, but oh well.  :)

On Sunday we went to see the temple.  The kids had fun running around the grounds and Bella had fun bouncing on daddy's shoulders.

On Monday and Tuesday we went to Sea World.  We all really enjoyed it!  Tuesday was Bugsy's birthday and we told him we were going to Sea World for his birthday and then we went to the water slide/pool at the hotel that night to finish off his day.  That might have backfired though because he started thinking about what he wanted to do for his birthday next year while we were at Sea World.  Don't think we are going to be able to take him back to Sea World for his birthday next year.

We had a great time in Florida!  It was so nice to be in such great weather in the middle of winter!