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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!

This might be it!

I think this might be the end of my catching up!  Unless of course I find something I forgot...

MOVIE NIGHT!  Every once in a while we sit down and watch a movie together as a family.  This was on April 11, 2012 and the kids just looked so cute, we had to take a picture.  Bella LOVES movies more than she should.  She constantly wants to "Watch Rella" (Cinderella) or "Punzel" (Rapunzel).  she loves the princess movies, but those two are her favorite.  Emma is starting to get bored with the younger kids shows, so it is getting more difficult to find something everyone wants to watch.  They had fun this time though.  After all, popcorn makes everything better!

Every once in a while I do something fun and creative with my kids.  This time, we decided to take a pretend trip to France.  That is where Grandpa Harshberger went on his mission, so we learned a little about it.  We learned how to say "I love you daddy, "Je t'aime papa!"  And we learn that a traditional greeting is to give a kiss on each cheek, called cheek  kisses.  We got to drive the airplane (top 2 pictures) using spools or ribbon as steering wheels.  We wore french berets and the highlight was when we made and devoured crepes.  The crepes were the kids favorite part, probably due to the fact that they had Nutella and whipped cream on them.  They have asked for crepes several times since then!  :) We had a lot of fun learning about France and eating the crepes!

More Catching Up...

I'm getting closer!  Hopefully Ill be caught up before our new little baby comes because I know I'll be behind again then!

This was in February this year.  Emma had a fascination with unicorns for a couple of months and made several unicorn horns to wear.  On this day, Matthew and Bella decided they wanted one too!  I LOVE Bella's little tiny horn, I think it is so darling.  She wore it for a while too.  They were so cute!

Bella's first time plying in the snow.  This was not her favorite experience.  :)  She didn't like it when she fell in the snow because she got cold.  The fact that she could barely move or walk made her falls frequent.  It was not a great combination!  So we all ended up in the back yard on the swing set.  She really liked that.  Emma and Matthew had fun the whole time though.  They love the snow!

Easter was on April 8th this year.  We had our annual Easter BBQ on Saturday the 7th.  We all had fun as usual.  I was quite surprised at Bella.  Both Emma and Matthew didn't do much at her age, but I guess since she loves candy so much, she was going to town.  She got almost as much candy as Emma and Matthew did.  Don't get between a girl and her candy!  :)

Playing catch-up

I'm still trying to catch up here, so these are still pretty old, but here they are.

At Emma's school they have a devotional for each grade which is basically just a class program.  Emma's class did a program about the pioneers this year.  She was so excited because her bonnet and skirt had little pink flowers on them and that is her favorite color.  She was a little distracted, but overall did great and had her whole part memorized!

Emma learned all about Abigail Adams in class and then they had a party where they got to dress up.  They also worked on their etiquette and perform a dance to the "Minuet."  It was so cute to see the boys getting food for the girls and then seeing them all trying to dance together.  Of course there are more girls than boys in Emma's class, and she got paired with a girl.  She didn't mind though and seemed to have a fun time!

The rest of December!

Here are the last few things we did in December last year...

Bella got her first haircut on Dec. 23, 2011.  She wasn't so sure about letting someone she didn't know touch her, but I kept blowing bubbles and that helped to distract her some.  She did great and it looked so much better when the girl was done!  I love the bottom right picture.  She was a little surprised by the hairspray!  :)

I didn't have a lot of Christmas pics this year as my camera broke about 10 minutes in, but here are a few I did get.  Christmas was on a Sunday, so we were very grateful to have 11:00 church rather than 9:00 church.  Emma and Matthew were SO excited and Bella was happy to get her very own babies as she had been using Emma's up till then!  :)

I am sure we did our annual "Newfy New Year" celebration, but I can't find any pics.  So we just celebrated the Newfoundland time for New Year's Eve, which is 8:30 PM our time.  That way we still get to celebrate without keeping the kids up so late that it is not fun!

Well, that is the end of our year, only 6 months late.  Here's to the rest of 2012!

Last Christmas...

Yes, I am still 6 months behind.  Here are some things we did last Christmas!

Bella was not anywhere near as excited as the other two were about decorating the tree.  she preferred to play with the ornaments rather than put them on the tree.  Fortunately, after the first few days she left the tree alone most of the time.  :)

We (read: the kids and I, but not Daniel so much) love seeing the lights at temple square.  It was beautiful as usual.  We decided to go up the first Sunday to beat the crowds.  Too bad that's what everyone else does so there were huge crowds.  Oh well, it was still beautiful!

Matthew had his first preschool program for Christmas.  Being up in front of everyone made him a little distracted.  He did sing and do actions a little, but a lot of the time he was looking around wondering what to think.  He sure was darling though.  We love him!