Spring!!!

Less than 4 months and counting!  Can't wait to see you all!

I took Emily and Stephen to the ice park on Saturday, March 7th because Stephen would be in Juneau the following weekend and Emily and I would be in Anchorage the week after that for Spring Break. It was the only and best day for us to go. Unfortunately, it was also the day of a BLIZZARD! 

Cold and snowy and W-I-N-D-Y!!!

Anyway... We made the best of it.

This one is my favorite in the single block division...

 I took this picture for my students because we sing a "hello" song each morning and "Sawadee" is hello in Thai.

And this is my favorite from the multi-block division...

Then, the knuckelheads...

Emily and her bestie from birth (Morgan)

We helped her celebrate her 14th b-day at Food Factory

Stephen's Tier III team took first place in their State Tournament in Juneau. 

His dad got to go so the victory was that much sweeter!

Emily and the rest of the beauty queens all set for the Alaska State Cheer Competition.

Emily is second row, middle.

This was their opening pose... 

And off they go!  Emily is flying :)

So, the squad performed a very clean, safe routine with no major mistakes, no drops and no injuries. Unfortunately, this landed them 3rd out of 3 in their division :(

They must perform a few more difficult stunts to gain more points and everyone needs to learn how to tumble!

After the Cheer Competition the girls cheered for both the West Valley girls and boys varsity basketball teams which were both in Anchorage for the State Tournament. 

That's a lot of cheering!

Emily is top, center.

Emily and her friend Kaytlin. They got to room together at the hotel. 

They're known as the Freshman twins.

Here is a group shot of the cheer chicks, girls varsity and boys varsity teams at the end of the tournament. The boys team took 4th and the girls team took and hard-fought 2nd.

After 6 days and nights all at the same hotel, this group bonded very well and had WAY TOO much fun!!!

 Emily is making a sign for Air band and Stormy is helping...kind of

Moose outside my bedroom window Friday morning...

The West Valley "Air Band" competition was held last Thursday. This is a fantastic, fun competition between the 4 classes.  Most of the routines were thrown together in less than 4 days!

Last year, if you recall, Caleb's Sophomore class took 1st place. They were ready to do it again...but, NOOOOO! This year's sophomore class beat them by 2 points!! The judges were very impressed with all 4 classes, saying this was the best competition ever. 

Freshman   146

Sophomore   164

Juniors    162

Seniors    154

I'm glad that both Caleb and Emily participated!  It's an awesome show and you all can see the real version in New Orleans! :)

Emily and 2 fellow freshman perform "Who Said" by Miley Cyrus

She is on the right

Major hair whip!!!!

Caleb's Junior class opening number... Boys shaking their butts!

Caleb is 2nd from the right.

The song is "Ice Ice Baby"

The four boys on the right all play hockey.

Trent on the left plays basketball

And all 5 play baseball.

This is Caleb and his sweetie Leah performing the "Hoe Down Throw Down" by Hannah Montana.

Caleb is 2nd from left and Leah is 2nd from right.

They were so adorable!

Ok, last picture is of my neighbor's house. They decorate CRAZY for every major holiday. 

I absolutely love driving by their house...

Love, hugs and kisses to you all!

Happy Easter!