Some time in February, around Lia's birthday we spotted these Stargazer Lily bulbs at Kroger and thought it might be fun to put them in the ground and see what happens! Well, we had to wait about 3 months for blooms to open, but it was well worth the wait! So glad we did this.
David has been teaching Isaac chess and the boys have enjoyed challenging each other these days. Isaac likes to talk his way through the games and explain what moves you could do and potentially why you should or shouldn't make that move. He speaks his thought process just like his brother... it is hilarious.
Lia wrapped up her 3rd year of tap at Boni's this year and got to dance at the Pavilion over Memorial Day weekend. I love seeing her grow in her dance skills as those tap moves get more and more complicated. Her tap class was only 5 girls so they ended up joining an older tap class for the recital. I think the smaller class size is great because you can't really hide if you struggle... so lots of personal attention!
picture day
final run through!
And here is the video from her dress rehearsal: (Lia is on the far right, second row)
Our church choir director has asked Emily to sing at two baptisms so far and I was excited to attend last Sunday. I was trying to video her nonchalantly from the side. All the families are in the center aisle so that is why the church looks empty from where I was sitting. There were about a dozen babies baptized that day.
Emily is singing Psalm 27, The Lord is my Light and my Salvation
Here are the Alleluias before the reading of the Gospel.
Lia, Isaac and I took a stroll to our neighborhood pond yesterday to feed the ducks and wait for Emily to come home on the bus. We were blessed to see this Momma duck with her two little ducklings. They are so sweet. We usually see these ducks with 7-10 ducklings so I wonder if this was just a small clutch for her or if the others didn't make it. Regardless, the baby birds and ducklings are some of my favorite parts of spring.
The other cool spring happening in our yard are these stargazer lillies we got and planted for Lia's birthday back in February. We waited a LONG time for them to open but aren't they gorgeous?!? Lia wants to plant like a dozen of them next year.
Lia played on the YMCA soccer 3rd-4th grade league again this year. She likes to play defense in the games and put a lot of heart into playing this year. I took these pics today from her last game!
