Birthday Week!!

Okay, so it's birthday week again! Kate's is on Wednesday and she will turn 12..... That means she will be in Young Women's! A- How did that happen so fast? B- I'm so excited to be in with her! She is so excited, that she talks about it everyday! One of my favorite things that she said to me was "Mom I get abducted this Sunday into Young Womens, I'm so excited!!!" I said to her "you mean inducted?" We both laughed so hard! She's a funny one!




Trent's birthday is Saturday, and rather than being excited about going snow boarding on his birthday he is sick....Yup! He has a flu bug, one of the many million. Kaytlin ran a hot tub last night and lit candles for him, such a good sister. He loved every minute of it. He's such a great kid, I'm thankful everyday for him.

Ballroom dancers get all the chicks!!

This morning Austin starts Ballroom again. He LOVES it! I'll never forget the day he came home and announced that he wanted to take it at his school. As soon as he said it, I see Trenten come flying up the stairs to of course capitalize on the moment and say to Austin, "you want to do ballroom dude, why?" Austin of course replied with "hey Trent I'm not the stupid one cuz if you do ballroom, you get to hold hands with all the girls!" Trenten had no come back for that one...

So this morning as we are getting ready to head over to the school we were talking in the kitchen and he says to me, "Mom? These kids at my school were saying that ballroom is stupid and I asked them if they'd ever tried it and they said no and so I told them they couldn't have an opinion about it unless they tried it and then I said besides ballroom dancers get all the chicks!" (imagine Austin being as serious as possible when he's saying this.. He really truly believes it)

Should I be worried?

Sand Dunes '09

ROB
TRENTEN
TRENTEN, STEVE , ROB AND DOMINIK

A cup and a seed.....

I love little things like this so I thought I'd post it... For fathers day this year Austin wrote Rob a poem.

"A cup and a seed"

There is so many points to life,
all you need is a cup and a seed
and it will grow to a loving family
that's why we have a loving daddy.

A little late but I'm posting it anyway.....

Trenten, Matt, and Taylor

Trenten turned 13 on Friday March 13th this year, and he is simply loving life, as you can tell in these photos. He has spent almost every weekend up at the resort snowboarding. Thanks goodness for cheep resorts with very inexpensive season passes. He is sad however that they are now closed for the season and has taken up skate boarding with his little brother. I can't believe that I actually have a teenager. He informed me yesterday that in less than two years he would be able to get his driving permit. Honestly I can't even think about that right now without getting nauseous!

Happy birthday Austin!

Breakfast in bed
Eat'n shrimps with Mom, Grammy and Great Grandpa Dexter for lunch.
Grammy and Great Grandpa at the Red Lobster for Austin's birthday lunch.

I know it's about time!!!.....

This pic is of Kate in her Pocahontas costume for the school play. Thank goodness for Pam and her marvelous teaching abilities, she was able to help me make this for her performance. Doesn't she look so cute!

Kaytlin turned 11 on March 10th. She had lunch with her Grammy, Great Grandpa, Rob, Trenten, and myself at her favorite place, the Olive Garden. She was less than enthusiastic about getting back to school because it was the MATURATION PARTY.... need I say more?