Emmaleigh's Performance

Our precious 5 year old performed this morning for Morning Assembly at her school, Creative Connections Arts Academy. I thought the school did a fantastic job in teaching all of these little ones to not only sing but to follow direction while singing, especially in such a short amount of time. I love watching Emmaleigh get to experience more in her education than just reading, writing, and arithmetic. We are so blessed to have this school in our community and for Emmaleigh to be enrolled there. Below are videos of her performance. (The beautiful blonde girl to the right in the pink top and brown pants and pink ribbon in her hair is one of her best buddies, Carly! Next to Carly in the tan pants and Pink sweatshirt with headband is her other best buddy, Laine)!

Field Study Day

Emmaleigh had to do a Field Study Day for school as she didn't have school on Friday. So we did her report while we were up at ASC family camp trip. Below is the video of her practicing her report. She created the pictures and captions below herself and I did help her do the pasting but other than that it was done all by her. I am so proud of our girl!

Ellie's Birthday Video

I am sorry

I am so sorry that it has been so long since I have posted. I am determined to begin doing better. So here is the update on our life.
Emmaleigh just entered Kindergarten and she cried and I cried. It was very emotional but all in all turned out to be a really good day. I really enjoyed the time away from her as I was able to work with the other kids and she really enjoys learning. Now she is a big girl.

Koen is growing so fast. He is my little explorer and my little artist. He is so much fun and right now is obsessed with bugs and frogs.

Little Ellie just turned one. She had a great birthday and has been walking for a little over a month now. I am so happy for her. She has been a great blessing and edition to our lives.

Snow Day with the Piorun's

Okay so Dane, I, and the kids love our good friends Mike, Ashley, and Andrew Piorun. They are the sweetest family you could ever meet and we all decided to go up to the snow. We left about 7:00 in the morning and we had to stop for breakfast and gas and then of course I held everyone up while i got a STARBUCKS!!! (I AM SO SORRY, STILL! I really didn't think it would take that long) Anywhoo....we went up to Boreal! The snow was ice because it is melting so it is hard as a rock! So since there wasn't any good snow we decided to go up the freeway to a rest area and play there. It really was a lot of fun. Koen however did not like the snow. He whined and complained since we stepped out of the car. In fact as soon as we got out he pointed to the car and say "car, bye bye" it was truly pathetic. His best buddy Andrew liked the snow a whole lot more. Although they both mostly enjoyed eating it together. Emmaleigh on the other hand loved it, unfortunately that only lasted for about 30 minutes and she was done. I would totally do it again but maybe next time go earlier in the season and also have good snow clothes and boots for the kids because I really think that was half of the reason they didn't like it too much. The best part of the day was on the way home we stopped in Colfax and had lunch at The Pizza Factory. It was a really fun time and I am glad we went. Ellie of course stayed behind with Auntie Tina. Enjoy the pics.

OUCH!

I know I am way behind and most of you have heard about Emmaleigh's arm. Here is what happened.......Emmaleigh fell off one of her really good friends back while playing horsey and she injured her elbow. We thought it wasn't a big deal so I threatened to spank her if she didn't stop crying and over reacting but that didn't work so I knew she was really hurt. I took her to Sutter Roseville Medical Center where I got to sit in the ER, with neither of us having eaten since breakfast, from 1:30 until almost 5:00 while they "fixed" her arm. They started by saying they thought she had a buckle fracture. After 4 sets of x-rays with a very nasty technician they said she broker her elbow and that was the problem but what was worse was it looked like there may be osme injury to her growth plate. So she was put in a splint until she could see the orthpaedic surgeon. She saw Dr. Gotham and he put her in a hot pink cast and she will have that taken off on April 7th. If her arm has not healed by then she may still have to have surgery. Below are some pics of our experience.

Recipe of the Week

Okay, so I forgot to post last week in midst of the sicky chaos. I know Ashley you asked for something semi low fat. Well I am a fat cooker but I will see what I can do :o)! I am posting two recipe's today to make up for last week. Both of these recipe's are fantastic.

The first one is a great appetizer and is called Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Jalapeno's. It is absolutely delicious and is great for parties.
And this next one is my personal favourite. It isn't too high in fat and is actually relatively healthy.If you like any Greek or Mediterranean food you are sure to love this. It is call Greek Chicken Pasta and is one of the freshest and tastiest dishes I have ever made. My only thought on this dish is that it makes a lot so it is one that is good for company or you can cut down the amount by at least half for a family of 4.Please leave comments once you've tried them and let me know what you think. ENJOY!