I Hope You Dance

Caelan and Megan were both in dance this semester (from January through May). Caelan was in a hip-hop/jazz class and Megan was in a ballet/jazz/tap combo. They loved it. Their Spring recital was last weekend. The theme was "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" and they all danced and had costumes that were associated with a fairy tale. Megan danced to the Princess and the Frog (which was perfect for her because they held a little stuffed frog during the dance...and anyone that knows Megan knows how much she LOVES stuffed toys). Caelan's performance was "A Wold in Sheep's Clothing." She was the youngest in her class, I think, but she did great. She can really get into it. It was super cute, and I was quite pleased at how conservative the dances and costumes were. I mean there were some sleeveless things and shorter dance shorts, but most of the things were fitting for young girls. Caelan definitely wants to do it again next year.

Memorial Day in Colorado

This year because Sean has limited time off and he already has to take a week off for Scout camp plus at least another week for our family reunions in the summer we hoped that maybe we could do the Memorial Day trip with Sean's family a little closer to us this year. We LOVE Duck Creek, which is where we usually go, but it's a good 9 hour drive for us which means we would have to take more time off. Anyway after looking at several options Sean's parents found a cabin about 20 miles outside Durango Colorado. None of us had really spent much time there before so this was kind of a fun change. We went to a Gold Mine one day (it's a closed mine, but they have tours - they take you inside the mine in an actual mine train car and then tell you all sorts of stuff inside. When you're done you come out and can pan for gold). It was quite interesting and the kids enjoyed themselves. We found a little hike on the way back to the cabin. Sean carried Nathan part of the way up - I had Austin in the baby carrier on my back. On the way back, Megan was tired and sick of walking so Sean let her ride on his shoulders. Nathan also wanted a ride, so I had Nathan on my shoulders and Austin on my back (I felt like I was a couple inches shorter when we got to the bottom of the trail). Sean and Grandpa and Kelly took Ben and Caelan and Logan fishing. Caelan caught her very own fish - pulled it out of the water and everything. It was a pretty good size too. A couple of ladies helped show these guys the ropes...HE HE HE. Sean had a fish on his line, but he was helping someone at the time and by the time he ran over to it it swam off. The ladies gave them two other fish to take. We cooked them up and ate them that afternoon - delicious!! Even the non-trout-lovers thought it was tasty. We brought a canoe with us, but the wind picked up pretty much the day we got there. Kelly tried to go out on it but quickly came back not wanting to capsize on the lake. On Sunday we were in charge of the family devotional. We talked about Lehi's dream - and then we made a little rope course through the trees where each family walked along blind folded. Megan came down with some kind of flu/cold the last day we were there - she was pretty miserable (hot and tired and weak). She slept for a good part of the day, but two days later she was back to her regular self. We love our Memorial Day vacations.

Just Some Silliness

Sometimes we just have to be a little silly around here.





And sometimes that wears us out....HE HE HE

Megan's Preschool Graduation

Another year of preschool done. This time she actually graduated. She has loved her teachers. In fact, Mr. Chris (who was her teacher all of last year and more than half of this year) moved on and she got a new teacher. One day, just a few days after she told me he wasn't going to be there anymore, I noticed she was crying out of the blue one morning before preschool. I asked her what was wrong and she said she was sad because Mr. Chris wasn't going to be there anymore. This year she has been quite the little singer and dancer during all of the performances they have done. In one of them she had a solo. The class sang "Mary, Mary quite contrary." She was Mary, so she answered their song with her own solo part: "with silver bells and cockle shells and pretty maids all in a row." It was adorable!! On to Kindergarten for her. Nathan is so excited at the thought of going to "Megan's school" in the Fall.

Breaking Up Spring

We headed down to CA for Spring Break. Sean had two days of work meeting in San Diego, so he drove down with us on Saturday and then went to his meetings on Monday and Tuesday and flew home Tuesday evening. We stayed with the Sorensen family. We had a great time:

Sun - Church. Charity and Chad and family got there that evening.

Mon - Took Sean to San Diego. Met Aunt Lindsay and her friend at the Mormon Battalion Museum (which was awesome: videos, panning for gold, dressing up, old fashioned photo, etc), drove by the Flower Fields in Carlsbad and visited Great Grandpa Sorensen, had smoothies at Jamba Juice.








Tues - Went to the beach. We have some serious beach-lovers in this family! Played in the water and sand. Roasted hotdogs and marshmallows (for smores) around the bonfire.








Wed - Took Grandma Sorensen to lunch for her birthday. Hung out with Charity and Chad and kids before they left. Went to Preston's baseball game that night.

Thurs - Met Bonnie (a friend from high school) and her kids at the park. Played for a while. Grandma took the kids to throw pennies in a fountain and then to McDonalds.

Fri - Drove home. Made it in under 12 hours (with just me and the kiddos) - not too shabby.

The Return of the Soccer Mom

Literally, this time. It's Spring again - which means all sorts of busy-ness at the Dick home. We've got the following things going on these days: school, soccer practice, soccer games, dance classes, dance recital coming up, piano lessons, climbing club , school talent show, activity days, preschool, preschool graduation next week, field trips, etc, etc. Good times. Ben is loving soccer. His team is still trying to figure things out, but he has a fun time.

Crazy Hair Day

Here's what we did for Caelan for Crazy Hair Day at school. Ben is very particular about his hair (has been forever). He came home the week before Spirit Week and told me he wanted spikes for Crazy Hair Day. I was pretty excited. He was in real need of a hair cut but I told him I would wait until the next week so we could make some good spikes. The next day he told me he changed his mind and didn't want to do anything crazy for his hair. So, thinking I would change his mind, I said, "then let's give you a hair cut today before church tomorrow." Quick as a wink he responded, "okay" and that was that. Maybe next year. At least he wore a hat.