Photo Shoot

Last Wednesday I took Brynlee and Gracen to a town about 30 minutes away to get their pictures taken by a friend in our ward. She did an amazing job!! All of the pictures were so beautiful and fun! She took us down town near some old buildings, down to an old train station(both kids loved this!), and to a pond.

Here are just a few of the 54 pictures she did for me:

She did an awesome job and I was so excited to have some "real" pictures taken of my kids!!

Thanks again Dana!!

Check it out: Anderson Photography

Dance Recital

Last weekend was Brynlee's dance recital. We started out with a dress rehearsal on Thursday night, then we had a recital on Friday and Saturday night.

3 late nights = 1 grumpy Brynlee!

It was so much fun and all of the girls did such a great job! Brynlee was sooo cute! I was so proud of her for getting up there and not being nervous in front of the audience. I loved watching her just as much as she loved being in it!!

The first routine was ballet and called "Golden Slumber"

All but one of the girls posed for a picture.

Brynlee, Anisha, and Lauren

Brynlee and Lauren

Me and my Girl!

Anisha, Nevaeh, Lauren and Brynlee

The second routine was tap and it was called "Sunshine Cake". This one was my favorite!

Brynlee

You did such a great job! I had so much fun watching you and was amazed at how well you learned your routines this year! After 2 late nights of dancing, you were very disappointed that it was all over! I loved watching you on stage, at the end of the show you were blowing kisses and waving to everyone! Just watching you giggle and get so excited was enough to show that you loved every minute!

If I can figure it out, I will try to post a video of Sunshine Cake sometime in the next week!

LiTTle BRoTHer FoR SaLe...

I have some friends that do a garage sale every year. We are majorly lacking in space around here...totes upon totes of clothing(mostly Brynlee's) so I decided to go through them and try to reduce the amount a bit and sell a few things. This weekend we had the garage sale and Brynlee had to part with a few of HER baby clothes and a couple of toys she never plays with. This was a conversation Brynlee and I had this morning:

Brynlee: "I think we should sell Gracen at the garage sale!"

Me: "Well, how much do you think we could get for him?"

With a mischeivous little grin, she holds up 5 fingers.

Me: "Nah, I think we could get more than that, he's pretty cute!"

Brynlee: "Well...sometimes he's a stinker and he does bad stuff!"

I couldn't help but laugh at this little girl. She was giggling the whole time she said this and thought it would just be so funny to sell her little brother! We decided she would miss him terribly, so we're going to keep him!

Sticky face and all!

Preschool Graduate

Brynlee passed!! She's moving on to the 4 year old preschool class next year! No surprise there! We are so proud of her, she has learned so much and her teachers have always had such positive things to say about her!

It was fun to go and see the little ceremony they held for her class. They sang a few songs and received their diplomas. Then they had cake and punch to help celebrate!

Dancing and singing Goonie Bird.

Brynlee was having a great time! The first song they sang was 5 Little Monkeys and the Alligator. Brynlee was singing so good and LOUD! I was so proud of her, it was a huge surprise to me to see her singing so loudly and getting in to it so much! It was a cute song, and I thought I had it on my video camera, but when I got home I found that I had accidentally pushed the button before hand and recorded my lap instead. When they were actually singing I had the camera out, pushed the button and thought I got the whole thing. Nope...nothing from that song, but I did get some of the others that were cute too! I have been pretty sad about this most of the day, the one song she was singing and I was just holding out the camera...not recording!! Oh well! Here is a clip from the 3rd song they sang called Tootie Tot...

What a cute song!

When her name was called and she went up to receive her diploma, she was too fast and I didn't get a good picture of her taking it. I did get a great shot of her putting it to good use, though!

Best of friends! It was great for Brynlee to have Caleb and Lauren in her class with her! It helped her adjust and not feel scared when I would leave her. These 3 are some of the cutest graduates I've seen!

Brynlee and her teacher Mrs. Sasala.

Her student teachers. She says her favorite teacher was Miss Lillian (front left).

Congratulations Brynlee!!

We are so proud of you and the sweet girl you have become!