VERY cool

For the past several months Ame's class has been learning about

The Rainforest

Then they turned their classroom into an Rainforest.
with all kinds of art work, and other creative & unique stuff
and then they became TOUR GUIDES

This past week family and friends (and all the other

classes at school) got to enter the RAINFOREST.

Kaipo and I went over one day (and then dad & Ash went

another day, but no pics from their visit).

We got to look at snake skin through the microscope,

learn & see so many cool things

all from the BEST tour guide ever!

They have each been keeping a rainforest journal,

which they wrote in daily as if they were IN the rainforest

and the experiences they were having there.

Ame has been doing extra research at home on the

computer, and has just had soo much fun learning

and discovering all she can about the rainforest.

We had so much fun visiting too!

What a creative and neat experience for those first graders!!

I am grateful for her teacher that provided such a fun

learning opportunity.

good bye to a friend

Earlier this week I met some friends at Cold Stone to bid farewell to a sweet girl in the ward. Heidi (in the middle w/grey stripes) is such a neat, fun girl. I first met her last summer at a RS party and instantly felt connected. FOr one we were both pregnant and had our baby's within a month of each other. Her husband is a Murdock (car dealership) and is being transferred to Tremonton (of all places) and Heidi is soooo NOT a country kind of girl. She is a cute girl who LOVES to shop, and I would say is pretty high maintenance. So needless to say, she was NOT excited about this move. But you do what you gotta do, right?! I for one know that! She has already promised she will be back on occassion

so we all look forward to being with her again!

the last of it

Tuesday evening we went to a BBQ for all the studio 48 competition teams. When we arrived the line to get food was all the way across the park. QUinn instantly was like lets go. But I convinced him to stay and good thing we did, cuz Ame was the winner of one of the HUGE team trophies. The anticipation has been building for weeks, since they told the dancers about this drawing. She was soooo hoping she would win one. Afterwards QUinn and I told her that we had never really won any kind of drawing, so her luck it definitely better than ours! She was exstatic to say the least. Hurray for Ame!!! (now another giant trophy...what to do with it)

Ame anxiously waiting to hear what her

individual award would be.

Fun memories for a little girl!!

Fun for Some...

Our fun weekend started Friday night,

when we headed up to Logan for a

birthday celebration for little Tay Tay.

Only Ame, Nalu and mom got to go

because Kaipo and Ash are both

fighting an eye infection, so dad

stayed home with them.

I don't have any pics of the festivities,

but Karli did a great job on the party.

It was simple and sweet, just right for

the BIRTHDAY GIRL!

And the cake & cupcakes were soo

creative & cute. Way to go Kar!

So glad some of us could make it!!

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Saturday morning Kaipo was suppose

to have his last soccer game, but

due to the continued eye infection, he had

to miss the game. Such a bummer!

But a teammate dropped off his trophy

and getting his very FIRST trophy definitely

MADE HIS DAY!!
Saturday afternoon Ame had her dance recital.
Mom decided to carry on the tradition from
her younger days, and get Ame a corsage.
She LOVED that little surprise!
This is it with STUDIO 48.
We are taking a dance break and going
to try some other THINGS.
But Ame has had a fun, busy year in dance.
We are soo proud of her and all her hard work.
She has such a talent and is a fantastic performer,
but she wants to TRY other things while she is young.
(A wise decision we think-
these are the years to discover her passions)

The boys are still fighting the eye infection

and we hope that passes soon, cuz this coming

week is even busier than the last!!