Lots of fun things going on

We have been busy the last month so I haven't posted for a while. In April Kylie had her first dance competition in Parawon. She did really well. Her team got a superior on her candy dance and a superior plus (which is the highest you can get) on her cinderella dance. She is the littlest girl in the whole dance company and youngest and she is so stinking cute.

She got a dance medal for her competition and was so excited to have her very first and her very own medal (just like her boys).

Connor got the karate medal this month in karate. They choose an athlete of the day in karate. Garrett got it a few weeks back (but I can't find the picture) and Connor got it last week. This is his second or third karate medal. He is testing tomorrow for his orange belt in karate and is very excited.

Also Garrett recently received his Bear badge. He has worked really hard and got it done two months before his birthday.

Our library recently had their street fair this month and it was a pretty big deal here in Fillmore. They had a writing contest that Garrett and Connor entered. Connor took second place in his age group and Garrett got an honorable mention in his age group. They had Brandon Mull (the author of the Fablehaven and Beyonder series) come to the library to sign books and he gave the boys their prizes. Connor won a copy of the children's book that Brandon Mull wrote. Garrett is in the middle of reading Fablehaven right now and says Brandon Mull is his favorite author so he was extremely excited. I have read all the Fablehaven books as well so I was pretty excited too.

The next day of the street fair Kylie got to perform with her dance company and the boys got to perform with their karate class. They had air bud come to the street fair too. We took pictures with him but I couldn't find them either. It was fun for the kids. It was a pretty fun day.

Last week we took the kids out for a little exploration of Millard County. We had a really good time and found some cool things. We first took the kids out to some hot springs not too far from our house. We didn't get in and swim but walked to them and felt the water. We then went to a place called White Mountain. It is like sand dunes. The kids thought it was like going to the ocean without the water. We took pictures but they were on Chelton's phone and I didn't have them. We had fun jumping in the sand and playing for quite a while. The kids have been asking every day when we are going back to White Mountain. We then took the kids to some lava tubes just a few minutes away from there. It was extremely cool. The boys and Chelton hiked down to the bottom of the lava tube. We saw quite a few lizards there too. The boys loved that.

It has been a super busy last couple of weeks but we have a lot more things planned in the next couple of weeks. I will have to make sure to keep the blog updated...