Dr. Seuss Day

The 6th graders celebrate Dr. Suess Day by providing games for the rest of the school in the gym...

As a star belled sneeh...

Abby was off to Dr. Seuss Day...Erin was Horton the elephant...

She said she was smiling !Jenny is one amazing sign holder! Abby, Sydney and Skotie working with the Kindergarton class... Mr. Haderlie...

Looking a bit doggish...Erin and Mo! The girls serving up green eggs and ham..Abby looks just delighted...She is not an egg fan! Mylie and Rose and the egg race!

I'm So Excited...Now I WILL Hide It!

Abby on her way to get Braces!

Very Excited! Abby on her way in to get braces! Not as excited!

The vinyl on the door was done by the amazing Stephanie, owner of

This & That Boutique

Abby with braces! She is still beautimos!

She did great!

Here we go!

Eggstra Special!

This past week Emma informed me that we needed to take the hearts out of the window because Valentines is gone and we should hang bunny eggs in the window.

Sooooo...last night we decorated eggs for each member of the family and wrote what makes each family member EGGSTRA SPECIAL!

Our little man has hands!

Dallin could catch and HIT a ball since he was able to sit...but yesturday Scott took him outside to throw the football and he caught everyone( good or bad throw) He loves BALL that boy! That was his first word...we should have known!

Fluttering By...

This past weekend Abby had her performance at BYU...

"Looking Back".

Each class performed a peice from past years at BYU . Abby was so excited that her class was chosen to do "Fluttering By".

It was THE peice that put the spirit of dance into her heart at age 4 when she went to her first dance performance in the De Yong concert hall at BYU.

Any Who...she did a fantabulous job and her leaps were higher and straighter than ever. Here are just some snaps from back stage...

First we have the butterfly cave..these girls have been dancing together for the past 8 years..they are like sisters. Here she is in her butterfly costume... Here she is being a karate butterfly... Her and her good friend Elizabeth...we car pool with her...both girls still love playing with thier American Girl dolls. Each week they bring one to class and place them so they can watch them dance. Why can't they stay little? The swarm... Abby and backstage mom...because I am part of the faculty I had the oppertunity of running the back room...I miss the kind of energy the children had...all day...non stop..they just kept going and going and going! Grandma Lee, Grandma and Grandpa Tolman, Emma, Dallin and Mom and Dad all came to the Matinee to watch our little butterfly fly! Thank you Grandmas and PA!

By the By G & G Tolman have offically sent thier misson papers in! YEAH! A very monumental moment happended to me this weekend...Come to find out that 2 of my very good friends, dancing friends)... from long, long ago had thier daughters dancing that night as well. It wa so fantastic to see them now as moms and all of us passing our love for dance on through the next generation. Hodges (Now Stemmons) and Mel are two amazing women who stood BESIDE me through some hard stuff and still love me to this day! I love them as well, they bring joy to my heart and I was so grateful for that tender mercie this weekend! Us and our daughters Amiliea, Eliza and Abigail! Their is a time to dance!

All the little babies sleepimg in a row!

I left Emma home with Scott while I went and finished my last shift and came home to this sweet sight...

Emma had lined all her babies along her bed, put her bitty baby in its bed

and then put herself to sleep...

This was so sweet to walk down the hall and find.

SIMPLIFY?

As I was washing the dishes last night I noticed a vinyl saying I had posted there in the window some time ago..SIMPLIFY...

oh yeah I was going to work on that.

S....Something is needed of me

I....I begin to think and stew about it

M...My heart & mind search for a way to achieve it

P...Prayers and pleading begin to find the answer

L...Life is already so crazy...

F...Feelings of love & compassion(guilt)

Y...YES...Of course.

Another Member of the Family?...

I got a call this morning...Jared's mother had already left town... Jareds dad out of town...17 year old brother sick with flu... Grandma can not come over to watch Jared...So She called ME and asked if I could keep him for a few days............

of course I don't know how to say NO to anything...

so I said sure and now our family is 6...until Friday.

We always have new members, so for those who continue to mention "another one" here is a huge factor...

My car is already full of my kids plus an extra 2 or 3...

To bad we can't claim these chiildren on our taxes!

WE do love Jared and are HAPPY & enjoying his company.

As you can see Dallin loves having him around...he is just like a brother!

(plus Jared thinks Abby is cute)Dallin is sporting his new shaggy hair!

By the by...the noise level doubles with two boys...So you can imagine how Scott has been. Actually (a Dallin and Emma word) Scott is awesome to support me in my disease of yeslessness!

HAPPY HAPPY CHA-CHA"S

Memma and I missed both family birthday parties on Sunday, so I do not have any pictures to show and tell...

bummers.....

but....

a very SPECIAL shout out to

AUNT KIM

MARKUS

and

UNCLE STEVE!

We love you all so muches!

Also a very Happy Day to the long lost

YATES!

If there was any doubt...

While I was folding clothes, Emma asked if her Polly Pockets could go swimming...I said sure and got her a bowl with water...

then she proceeded...

to get every rag out and use them as the towels...

then she got food out of the pantry and made

"Strawberry Pudding" .....

Oh I think there is no doubt that she is on the mend.

But the kicker is that she didn't think she had done a thing wrong as she asked for more food for her "CREATIONS" ...oh how we love her!

Lookin forward to Spring!

Emma is on the mend...hopefully.

She ended up having Fitfth Disease...Rash...103.4 Temp...croppy cough...runny & raw nose...pink eye...now SUNKEN eye due to 6 straight sleepless nights....

Needless to say Mom and Emma are drained.

Computer is fixed ..thanks to EBC Computers! Scott was so patient bless his heart. Not being able to do school work when a major power point presentation was due this week..I am so pleased with him.

A huge THANK YOU to Mom and Dad!

You are priceless!

Abby is in rehursals @ BYU for "Looking Back " . She is a Butterfly this year and has loved being instructed by Miss Kathleen, the programs director, and Miss Melissa Lee..they have been amazing.

Dallin has found his new favorite show...Monk...in his own words

"It's Hilarious!"

Hopefully everyone will be well for the end of the week and no new victims arise!

Our day of love...

Valentines was well...about the way it goes around here..crazy!

I got a call the night before ,

Abby's class needed 2 dozen treats for the party,

"Okay..I thought...I guess when I get done with my shift at 9:20 I can run to Wal-mart and find something and be back in time for board meeting..."

I still needed to finish up Scots Valentine as well but I got the treats, got home, got Scotts Valentine finished got to Board Meeting...got home, got call...need help at school for party...luckily Scott came home went to the party so I could finish my shifts...he took Abby to her Ortho appointment...forgot to remind him the deposit was due...Opps! Came home, Scott did scouts...delivered valentines...Scotts computer crashed...Emma sick up all night with pink eye..

Well so romantic as you can tell but it was all better as Emma looked at my valentine to Scott and asked...

"Who is that? (pause) Is that you and Dad?...You were little? Like Me?"

Yup that is Scott and I at age 3...I love my Valentine!

Hopefully in the morning our computer will work for the GEEK Squad is on the way!

173 Valentines Later...

On Monday night we made our Valentines for

Abby and Dallins school class,

All the friends not in their classes...

(don't want anyone to feel unloved on the big day)

Emma and Mommys dance class,

the teachers for the school,

the PTA board,

Family,

& Home and Visiting teachers...

Did we get everyone...

I SURE HOPE SO!

It WAS a lot of fun...As you can tell we went a little crazy and, well, Dallin actually ended up stamping himself in the process.

Our own "Rachel Ray"!

Last night it was me and Memmers at home...

Scott had taken Dallin and his friend Aaron to the Utah Flash basketball game and

Abby was gone babysitting...

I asked Emma what she wanted to do and she expressed her desire to help HER make cookies...

We had so much fun!

The kids came home to fresh sugar cookies to decorate.

Tying the knot!

Dad taught the scouts today how to tie knots...Dallin was excited to learn how as well...So of course, first Dad tied Dallin in knots, then he taught him and he is awesome!

He tied them all night for everyone...

Each of his sisters took turns helping him so he could keep on practicing!

He is now a master of the 2 half hitches and taut-line hitch knots! Way to go buba!