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Daddy-daughter dance with our Classical Conversations group.  The theme was a Hawaiian Luau.

New dress, new shoes, fresh curls…

Someone likes posing in front of a camera

Sassy

Time to go…

They had a wonderful time!

We woke up to this today…

And, this showed up today…

Coincidence?  I

think not.

Life happens quickly.

In between doing school with the littles…folding a load of laundry…running the big kids to biology…feeding the cats…

Things happen, and I grab my phone camera.  I should grab my REAL camera.  But, it is what it is.

So, I thought I’d share a few moments in our days.

Marley took the above picture of the sunset.  Isn’t it gorgeous?  The heavens declare the glory of God…

Abbey and Daniel went to a dance put on at church a while back, called Love Redefined.  Marley went too, but I didn’t get a picture…she got ready at her friend’s house.  They were taught how to waltz, salsa, and swing dance.  They had a blast.

Like I’ve mentioned, Lainey and Dylan attend Classical Conversations on Wednesday mornings.  Parents attend as well, and I usually sit in on Dylan’s class to watch the tutor work with the kids, and help when I’m needed.  One of their subjects is Latin, and Dylan’s tutor uses a puppet named “Mr. Jiggles” to let the kids lead the latin memory work each week.  It was D’s turn last Wednesday, and he did great.  They both love CC!

Emily, a fellow adoptive mom friend of mine, makes pillow cases…Marley found a fabric she loved online, and Emily found it at her local fabric store…voila, pillow case with antique cameras all over it.  She loves it!  Emily also made Dylan (Batman) and Lainey (owls).  I’m thinking about what kind I want :)

Last Sunday, the kids were outside playing when they came tearing inside the house, yelling “MOM, come see this!!”  This was the first balloon to fly over our house, another followed soon after.  Very cool!

For years, Payton has had his own cartoon guy that he draws…Harry the Stick Dude.  Dylan decided he wanted to copy it the other day, so Payton drew it on the dry erase board.  Not a bad copying job, huh?  Maybe we have a budding artist on our hands…

Ethan plays the drums.  He’s never had a lesson, other than lessons he watched when Payton thought he wanted to learn to play the drums.  (Silly Payton, he’s the actor in the family, not the musician…) For about a year now, he’s been on the middle school worship team, playing every other Sunday for the 6th-8th graders.  Last night, he made the jump to playing on the Wednesday night team that plays for the high school.  He did great…he allowed me to come in a take pictures, as long as it was just my phone and NO flash.  Ha…

Marley will soon have a roommate.  Her name is Sochi, and she’s a 4 week old orange holland lop bunny.  We drove out to the breeder’s house yesterday, and she put her deposit down.  We have to wait till April 5th to pick her up.  She’s crazy excited.

Payton is waiting to hear if he received an acting part in an Upward Basketball campaign.  He auditioned for the role of Trent, and made it through the first cuts…he’s a finalist for the part!  He now has to tape the audition segments again, and send them in by Saturday morning.  He’s thrilled to have made it this far (there were MANY auditions sent in), and is hopeful he’ll hear good news soon.

Abbey has her first real job as of today.  She had her orientation at Bojangles :)  I promise to share a picture of her in her uniform as soon as she gets it!

That’s about it for now.  Life is busy.  Life is good…