Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Christmas Activities



Ashley had her very first dance recital on the 12th of December! She was the cutest little bee in the world!(at least in my opinion :) She wasn't scared to go on stage which was a huge blessing. I was afraid she might cry but she was definately loving the attention. I asked her after the night was over what her favorite part was and she said, "Getting flowers from Daddy!" Too cute for words!




Alexis had a competition on December 13th. She is in competition cheerleading and is doing incredible! She can now do her triple handsprings and a tuck(backflip) on her own. The coach asked me what I was feeding her because she is all of the sudden learning everything at such a fast pace! Way to go Lexi! Their team won first place at the competition and qualified to compete at Nationals in California. We will be going to that in April. After Christmas we have about 10 more competitions all across the valley. Fun times for the family!!




Bruno just recieved his orange belt in Karate! He started with the white belt, then yellow, now orange. Each belt they move up to they have to complete a series of moves that they memorize and if they are respecting their parents and doing well in school they get to move up. Bruno has a lot of fun with his friends going to Karate practice. I just wish he wouldn't use any of the moves on his Sisters :). Nice work Bruno 5!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!






This year Mommy went a little bit crazy and decided to have 5 Christmas trees at our house. I know, I know a little bit over-kill, but it has been fun collecting ornaments and ribbons over the years at the "after-christmas" sales! The kids all have their own trees in their rooms(not full sized of course) and this year Nana and Papa gave us their old tree from the basement which we put in the front room. Our family tree that Santa delivers all the goodies to is in the Family Room. Here are a couple of pics to show off all of our hard work! :)