Dance Recital 2014

We had a GREAT weekend watching Peighton dance and tumble!

 

She had such a great time and had a huge smile on her face all through rehearsal, the first show and even through the second show!

 

 

 

She loved this costume....

 

except when she had to be upside down and it was over her face!

 

Her review of this one: it had itchy armpits. ;-)

 

I love this picture.

The pose.

The face.

Every bit of it.

 

 

 

Final pose with a big grin!

 

 

More drama.

Love it.

 

She had a great year of dance and is sad that it's over for a few months.

But she is already thinking about what classes to add next year!

 

 



First camping trip = SUCCESS!

 

We were planning on being at a pig show this weekend.

But Preston's pig got a cough so we decided not to go.

 

So, Friday afternoon we thought it would be a great idea to take the camper out on it's maiden voyage!

 

The kids have been dying to go ever since we bought it and parked it in the driveway!!!

 

 

 

We chose to stay close to home for our first trip...just in case everything went downhill fast.

We drove about 25 minutes to Lake Belva Deer near Sigourney.

It was a great choice!

The campground was BEAUTIFUL, clean, well maintained and tons of paved trails for the kids bikes and hiking.

And there was fishing too!

 

 

 

I didn't get any pictures of our first night...we were busy setting up and getting two excited kids to bed!

 

They loved having breakfast in the camper.

Waffles, sausage, eggs and fruit-all of their favorite things!

 

 

Bubba and his Strider bike are never far apart.

He has gotten SO FAST on that thing!

 

There was a whole lot of this all weekend.

 

Dustin's parents stopped on their way to Indianola for lunch and some hiking and fishing.

 

Grandpa Dale and Bubba are fishing buddies.

 

There were lots of things for this guy to study on.

 

I'm sure there were some interesting conversations at their spot on the pond.

 

Preston caught a really nice fish!

You would have thought he had caught a shark though-he did NOT want to be near it!!!!

 

Peighton is quite the fisherman as well.

Dustin took them out in the morning while I did some errands (had to get a new battery for the camper) and she caught 4 fish that she was very proud of!

 

But she loses interest a little faster than Bubba.

So we took Grandma Deb on a short hike back to the camper.

 

After biking, fishing, biking, eating, hiking, biking, the playground and some more biking these two OBVIOSULY needed a break!

Thank goodness for a comfy spot with a movie in the camper!!!!

 

Saturday night we had to roast hot dogs and s'mores for dinner.

 

 

Dustin's pants were a hot topic of conversation for the kids.

We lovingly call them his "Shants."

They are pants that unzip to make shorts...shorts and pants...therefore "Shants."

Preston wants a pair in his size...

 

 

Preston is a very serious hot dog roaster.

 

 

Such a great way to spend a weekend!

On the drive home Preston wanted to know when we were going to go again.

I'm pretty sure we'll be doing lots of camping this summer!

First Pig Show of the Season!

Last weekend we loaded up "Oreo" and headed off to our first pig show.

 

We had to get up SUPER early (especially those of us who had to help breed cows before the pig prep even began!)

 

 

With pint-sized chairs and snacks these two were happy most of the morning.

 

Tractors are never far from Preston.

 

He had an endless supply of (mostly) clean sawdust to load, doze and push around all day.

 

It was CHILLY that morning.

She chose to leave her coat on for the first class.

I was wishing I had my winter coat!

 

We left Pig-Pig behind for this first show so Preston was the official sidekick for the day.

 

He played his part well.

 

They used some great teamwork to get Oreo ready.

Preston likes things clean...brushing sawdust off the pig kept him very busy and happy.

 

Peighton did a great job for her first time.

 

She ended up third in her class and learned a few new things for next time!
We spent a lot of time watching the older kids and talking about how to improve for next time.
I think we have a couple of awesome future showman!

 

 

 



We may have the only Easter Bunny that brings pig whips...

Most Easter bunnies leave candy.

Not here though!

 

The kids both got a new whip for showing their pigs.

 

Peighton's was of course PINK.

(Love Bubba's face in the background!)

 

And Preston got a blue one.

Guess what he has slept with the past few nights....yep, the pig whip.

 

After they finished whipping each other a few times to test them out we got ready for church.

 

Preston needs a bit of work on his "happy face."

 

Peighton loved that we were both wearing our maxi dresses and jean jackets. ;-)

 

Ready for the Easter egg hunt at church!

Lane cheated and started his hunt a bit early.

Hayden was having a "moment" and chose not to be in our picture.

 

Ready for the hunt!

 

You know it's a good hunt when you have to use both hands to hold everything!

 

 

 

We spent the rest of the day playing outside at Grandma Sue's house and had another egg hunt!

We tried for quite awhile to get a picture of everybody!

 

Ryker joined the picture...

 

But it's really hard to get everyone looking!

 

We had a great Easter weekend!