Piano Recital

The Little Girls had their first public piano recital

It was held here

Here they are with their piano teacher

They make their way down to the Recital Hall

David was glad he could go and watch them play

Alexis was #6 on the program

She played, "Quiet River"

Adriana was #14 on the program



She played, "The Caravan"

Family Home Evening

For Family Home Evening we planted seeds

They were a variety of pepper seeds

Then we added water to our "gardening" kit

It was kind of cool

We planted a seed in each compartment

The girls are excited to see if anything will grow

So now we wait...

March in Years Past

Here are the Little girls...

2008

2009

2010

New Furniture

This is our new furniture

That is right, Lori managed to "declutter"
THREE pieces of furniture down to ONE piece

Furniture

We were blessed with this furniture for 13 years...

Chair

Couch

Love Seat...

Peace

Alexis helped spread "peace" with the neighbor

Alexis was playing in the snow,
and the neighbor asked her if she wanted to help.

So they traced a "Peace Sign" in the snow

Last Practice

Adriana's last soccer practice for Dakota REV

Even though we were in the high school dome...
it was still freezing

Adriana is still not afraid of the ball,
and she enjoys soccer even at 7:30am on a Saturday.

Friendly Feet

My dear friend, Geralyn, and I needed some pampering.
She is just beside herself

First, we went to Inta Juice...
this was her first time.

Then we hit Heidi's Nails for this...

Some feet rubbing...

Some buffing and filing,
(note to technician: no need to smooth off all layers of flesh)

Then we got a little polish

While the nails dried, we discussed how we were going to
walk through the snow in our thin flip flops

I decided that there was no point in both of us freezing our pedicured tootsies.
So I went out to the truck and brought it to the front door.
We had a BLAST!

Valentine's Day

This year we celebrated Valentine's Day a couple of days early. The Friday before the 14th, David came home with flowers. A dozen roses for Lori and a bouquet of flowers for the girls including a rose for each of the girls. Then David took Lori out to dinner at Kami Japanese Steakhouse. It was delicious and very entertaining. They cooked your food on a hot table right in front of us.
The girls got David a book for Lori to read to him, "The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers" by Gary Chapman. We are on chapter 4, and it is really eye opening.

We are a Little Family of Love...

Alexis' Fort

Alexis went ahead and built herself a Little Fort

Here is the construction,
complete with all the things a fort needs.
2 couches, a blanket, an end table, and pillows.

She went right inside to do whatever you do inside a fort

Doesn't she look comfy cozy?

Gravity

Alexis did a poster on Gravity

Even though the poster has the word Gravity on it 5 times,
she missed a point because her poster wasn't titled.

Haircut...Much?

All 3 of the Little Girls have grown their hair out,
and cut it all off

First there was Lori with long hair

Then she donated 12 inches

Adriana donated her hair when she was 7 years old

She got 10 inches cut off

Alexis was just 3 years old then

Fast forward...5 years

Alexis went in to donate 10 inches

She was 2 inches shy for donating her hair

She still wanted it chopped though

It is SO cute

And she LOVES it...

Martin Luther King Jr.

The girls had Martin Luther King Jr. day off

Adriana invited Clara over

Alexis invited Clara's younger sister, Haven over

They had fun being together,
doing their own thing

These girls had silly socks on

Yeah for new friends!

Piano Lessons

At the beginning of the year,
both girls started Piano Lessons

After a 6 month break,
Adriana started up again

Things are coming back to her...
slowly but surely

Alexis has only had a few lessons

She has caught on quick

Chef Lexi

Alexis has really gotten into cooking

She learned to observe the bubbles in the pancake,
until it was ready to be flipped

She flipped at least 20 pancakes,
not a single one was burnt

Mother Daughter Dinner

One of Adriana's favorite restaurants is El Azteca

She hatched a plan to have a Mother Daughter Dinner there

Gwen and her mother, Stephanie, joined us

We all had a good time

Adriana was silly,
Lori was filming memories...
Black Mail for future reference
(insert evil laugh here)

Finger Knitting

We brought in the New Year with our dear friends
The Tennant Family

Emily taught both of the girls how to...
Finger Knit

Alexis did "Extra Credit" Chores all week,
and earned a lot of yarn.