Europe

Liz had a fabulous time in Eurpoe and stated she could not ask for a better trip in her life! Her camera had 375 pics on it and I am certainly not going to post them all on here but a few of my favorites. I was able to post many more on facebook if you get a chance to look there. She brought home true german gummie bears for mom and a beautiful crystal necklace from Switzerland, Mikaela got Eiffel tower earings and a hat, dad got CHOCOLATE. Liz purchased herself a pair of stellettos in London (cant wait to go the ER for her wearing thoughs). Thank you again to all who helped support her. I have a feeling we will see Mikaela go in the next 5 years.

KEY Camp

KEY Camp was a huge success for Mikaela.Thank you to everyone who helped spiritually and financially. This program only chooses children who excell and Mikaela was not only given this opportunity by you and us but by her teacher who highly recommended her. She got to take SCI, math course, oceanography, and webpage making. Her first comments at arrival to pick her up...was "I am defininetly doing this next year". The nights consisted of night camp games and visits to putt putt golf and aquatic center for some swimming. Saturday was a graduation ceremony that she received a KEY and diploma. Awesome program is all I have to say!

Easter

I know its late but Happy Easter...it was a quiet day at our house until a group full of teenagers showed up:)

Mikaela turns 11

Celebrating Mikaela's 11th birthday at the bowling alley. it was small and we had a great time. Thanks to the grandparents Mikaela will be pickin out her new bike in the next few weeks. Mom and baby girl

Dad teasing Mikaela that she cant blow out the candles yet...this went on for about 2 minutes.

The cake

the flower that mom always gets the girls to be delivered at school on their birthday. Mikaela thought I forgot this year...as I was sneaky and presented it to her at her school drumming circle performance in front of all her peers, parents, and teachers. It was awesome!

Mikaela

Here are some pics of Mikaela and an update....

She has been doing drumming circle all school year and these are photos from them playing at the Calvs indoor football game and their most recent school concert. Mikaela has also been accepted into KEY camp (you can find details at this website) www.caspercollege.edu/events/KEY She will be taking many courses that are offered by the college but altered for their age and grade level. This was a huge acceptance. As they finish up the school year we have choir and band concerts and many other events so keep watching for blog updates.

Liz

The group of teenagers...we fed them and entertained until 8pm

Daddy's girl

Mom's baby

the Date

Well we sent them off to Freshman Formal. Liz has been planning this dance since she was in the 6th gradee. They were a great group of kids and I could not ask for a more beautiful girl!

Next big event....Europe for 2 weeks!

Now for Mikaela

Well she is off for swimming until April she loved it so much she cant wait for the summer session. She has taken time off from TKD after getting purple belt that her grandpa Light challenged her to get. She has now got the offer and opportunity to go to Key Camp this summer. This is offered at the college and they take several classes during the week while living in the dorms. Her teacher wrote a great recommondation letter for her and we are waiting for the response to see if she gets in. Next school year she off to Junior High...hello drama....goodbye elementary years!

Visit from the Snyder's

Ronnie brought his family to Casper for their Spring Break....this was our first visit in the last 9 years. We had a great time and it was fun to see my nieces and nephew and how many similarities there are. Alison, Noah, Aunt Theresa, Uncle Ken, and Reba

uncle Ronnie, Aunt Heidi, Mikaela, and Liz

Ummmm can you say lots of similar jeans in this family!

Never thought you would see this picture did yah!

Cousins Rock

Liz goes to Big Apple

Liz went to New York at the begining of March after she turned the big 16! She went with her high school choir over spring break. They got to sing at Carnegie Hall. The only text I got for the 4 days is "this is amazing". The rest of the year has brought huge growth. High school has been wonderful for her. For the summer she is preparing for her trip to Europe that my wonderful family and friends have helped support. She will start tennis with the high school team in April and has been taking private lessons and loves it.