dance recital

Today, Kylie and Macy were in their first dance recital. They have been practicing for months for this day. There were 10 or so different dances with over 50 dancers but the 4 and 5 year olds just stole the show! :)

Dan and I both noticed that our little girls are getting very big.

Last night during rehearsal, Macy didn't do any of the dance moves and then proceeded to bother her sister so she couldn't concentrate. Then, they got into a little fight onstage and started pushing each other.

Today, they remembered all their dance moves in time to the music and when they came off stage, they wanted to know when they got to do it again. They looked absolutely adorable in their costumes and yellow tutus and we're not partial at all!

It was a fun day!

We are still getting snow even though it's April 26th. It started raining last night and turned to snow overnight. It has snowed and blown all day. We have 10 or 11 inches but it's suppose to be warm again in a couple of days. Happy Spring, eh! :)

The Big guy's BIG birthday...

Dan had his 40th birthday April 1. His sister, Jill, and her family came up for the weekend. We all went to the waterpark in Brainerd and then they spent the night with us. We ended up digging out old picture albums and talking til late. It was fun to have family here to help us celebrate. Family from Colorado sent an assortment of hilarious old fart paraphernalia (like a book called Sex After 40 that had blank pages) that had us splitting a gut! Thank you to everyone for the laughs!

I just wanted to say that I couldn't have married a better guy! He IS all that and a bag of chips! :) I love you big guy! Here's to you!

Snow, snow, and more snow

It started snowing and blowing yesterday and it hasn't quit as of 9:30 p.m. tonight. We have a foot to 18 inches of new snow depending on what drift you measure in. It's pretty warm, though, so we got outside today and played in the white stuff for a couple of hours. Dan and the kids worked on a snow fort. The kids were jumping off the porch into the snow bank. I took some funny shots of them in flight.

We know that with spring snow, it will soon be gone but we will enjoy it for now!