Talent Show

Well the end of the school year means a lot of things also come to an end.  Girl scouts for MaKady, tumbling for Paige, plus they each finished another year of school.  MaKady is all finished with 8th grade - now onto high school (I am still shocked that she is starting high school in the fall).  And Paige is finished with 2nd grade.  My kids are growing up way too fast.

For the end of 2nd grade Paige's class had a little talent show.  I was so impressed with the talents of these young people.  They were great.  A lot of the kids danced, some played the piano, some had art work on display, etc. 

Paige's friend Ellery showed us all the little things she makes (shrinkadinks, I think).  They were so cute.  And Paige did a dance.  MaKady helped her make up the dance so it was more acting out the song than actually dancing, but it was darling.  I was so proud of Paige!!  I know it was hard to get up in front of all those people, but she just got up there and danced and it was great.

Tumbling

Paige has been taking tumbling this year at the city building.  She has loved it (mostly because they have a trampoline).  She talked her friend Ellery into going also.  They have had a blast. 

Monday was the end of year review and Paige did great.  I am amazed at how much she has learned.

Bridging

On Saturday MaKady had her end of year girl scout award ceremony.  She has worked really hard this year. She has earned several badges, and she was able to bridge from Cadettes to Senior girl scout.  She has loved being in girl scouts and she has done so well.  We especially love the cookies!!!  Good job MaKady.

 Bridging

 MaKady & her leader Chante

Baby Lambs

On Sunday after church we went to visit Jared's cousin Kami.  They raise sheep.  Of course this time of year all the sheep are having babies and the kids were so excited to go.  We had a nice lunch then headed out to the barn behind her house.  

They have pens were some of the sheep are.

Look at this little baby lamb.  It is sooo cute.  

Kami's kids each have their own sheep that they raise.  This baby belongs to Demry, Kami's daughter.  She walks it around on a leash.  Lucas was a little scared.

These sheep are pregnant and in a pen by themselves until they have their baby, then they are moved into the barn and put into their own little cubicle.

Kami has a sand box behind the house and Lucas played there for hours.

The girls and their cousins loved playing on this giant swing.

Kami & Lucas playing in the sand.

Kami, Lucas, & Jared

Paige, MaKady, & Sydney

Paige & Demry

Bummer lambs - their mommas abandoned them so these are the lambs that get bottle fed every three hours.

Feeding the lambs

Inside the barn where some of the sheep and the lambs are.  

Kicking feed into the sheep in the pen outside the barn.  Lucas thought this was hilarious.

I feel blessed to live in Utah.  It has been a blessing for us to be close to Jared's family the last 5 years.  My kids have experienced a lot of neat things.

New Neice

This post is a little over due, but here it is anyway.  My sister Lucy and her husband Lee had their baby on April 19.  She is so darling.  We just love her.  Gentry Eden Christensen 9 lbs. 10 oz.  She is my parents #20 grand baby.  Our family is growing so fast.  Crazy!!  But we love every new person that joins us.

Father & Son's Campout

Last Friday Jared took Lucas out to Levan so they could go to the father & son's campout with his dad.  Jared said that Lucas had a great time being outside and playing with his cousin Adam.  He also got to sleep in the trailer.  So cute. 

Adam, Grandpa Jerry, Lucas

Mother's Day

Mother's day was lovely for me.  We got up early and got ready for church.  Jared gave me a beautiful corsage (which is a tradition in his family) and we went to church.  All of the classes and lessons were so great and the spirit just lifted me up. 

After church we went to Levan to have lunch with Jared's mom.  Then we went over to his aunt Carolyn's house and I had made a cake so we had dessert and visited with his aunts and grandma Myrt.  The kids played in the yard and looked at the fish in the pond and Uncle Mike's birds.

This was one of my presents from Paige.  It's her message to me on her white board.  So cute!!  My favorite part of mother's day are the homemade cards from my kids.  They mean so much to me and I save them all.

After we visited at Carolyn's for a while we took the kids down the street to see Ray's goats.  There were lots of new little ones.

Aunt Julie gave the girls some watermelon rinds to feed the goats.

Lucas was freaked out by this big goat.  Look at the expression on his face.  He was screaming.

There are 3 sets of twins.  I had to take a picture of these two trying to eat. 

This Lllama is in the pen with the goats.  It protects them.  We are lucky she didn't spit on us.

Lucas finally got brave enough to try and touch the goat.  It came right up to him and Lucas was so excited.

After we went to see the goats we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Mangelson's house for chocolate cake and Carmel popcorn.  We  even took the kids for a ride on the golf cart around the farm and saw more animals, horses, cows, sheep, and deer. 

It was a nice relaxing mothers day and it was fun to just visit and be outside at the farm.  Hope you all had a wonderful mothers day.