The First Dance Recital

 Bryn and her spunky attitude

The girls had their first dance recital on May 19, 2013. It was on a Sunday afternoon at the local high school. The girls were so excited to wear make-up and put on their costumes. Unfortunately, May brings us bad weather. Their recital was at 2pm, when bad weather usually starts. We got to the recital and made sure we kept our phones handy to watch the weather. The girls were in the second half of the show. Intermission started at about 3:10. At about 3:30 the show started again. Makenna was the second routine and just as her performance started, I received a text from a friend saying bad weather was headed our way. Bryn was going on shortly too. But Bryn had 2 dances. Tyler and I went back and forth on what to do. Right before Bryn performed I ran to the dressing rooms to warn the mom's of bad weather. Bryn was next to go on stage. She performed her tap routine. Tyler and I then made the decision to pull Bryn from her second dance and go home to get out of the bad weather. As we left the recital a funnel cloud was coming down. It quickly sucked back in to the sky and we made it home. We watched the storm from the west, spin over our house and a few minutes later it dropped a tornado just 2 miles East of us. It was a crazy. The girls did so good in their dances. Tyler and I were very proud of them. 

Italy

 Bride of Sighs in Venice

 At the glass factory, he was making a horse

 Rialto Bridge in Venice

 gondola ride in venice

 st. marcs sq in venice

 duomo in florence

 santa croce church in florence

 The colosseum 

 tyler wearing steve's new hat

 at the colosseum

 yummy gelato

Trevie fountains

May 4-12, 2013, Tyler and I had the opportunity to go to Italy. Tyler's parents took us along with all Tyler's siblings, their spouses and Tyler's grandma. We were able to visit Venice, Florence, Pompeii and Rome. My mom and brother were able to come to OK to watch the girls while we went. It was a fun trip. Here are just a few, very few, pictures of our travels.

Bryn's Music Program

 Bryn and her best friend Lauren

 Bryn with Grammy and Papa

 Bryn and mom

Sisters

Bryn had her spring music program for school on April 23, 2013. Her class performed a few songs. Bryn knew most of the words and did a great job. She was so cute up on stage. I love going to their programs.

Makenna's School Play

 Makenna and Mrs. McIntyre

 Kenna and daddy

 Kenna with Bryn, Grammie and Papa

 Kenna and mom

Makenna had a school program for 1st grade on March 7, 2013. The program was titled, 'Out of the Box.' Each class had a theme. Makenna's class theme was Pirates. She looked so cute in her pirate outfit. She sung her heart out and loved it. Grammie and Papa Larsen were able to come watch. She was very happy. We went to ice cream afterward to celebrate her success in the program. I love my little girl!

Easter Dresses

I love my girls so much. I think they look like princesses in their Easter dresses!

Easter

 coming around the corner to see what the Easter bunny left

 Makenna's Easter basket

 Bryn's Easter Basket

 my cute girls on easter morning

 The Easter bunny left Bryn her favorite, Reeses Eggs

 opening their eggs

 egg hunt

 bahaha...they all the same expression!

 much better :)

 The girls with their papa

 ready for their egg hunt

 so cute

 pretty girl

opening her eggs

The girls woke up to their Easter baskets and hidden eggs from the Easter bunny. I made German pancakes for breakfast. Then we got ready and headed to Church. After church went came home to change and headed over to the Jeffries for Easter dinner. It has become an annual event. We decided to forego the normal ham and potato dinner and grill. We had yummy streaks, broccoli, roasted potatoes, asparagus, fruit and bread. It was super good. Then the kids had their egg hunt outdoors. They love running around and finding the eggs. Tyler's mom was in Ohio visiting her other grandkids, so Tyler's dad joined us for dinner. We had a great Easter!