Back-handspring

this is a video i captured of the diva!
Enjoy;)

Rockstar

This rockstar accomplished something brag worthy today...

She's been working for months on
her round-off back-handspring
and finally did it
ALL BY HERSELF!
Such a proud moment;)
(for both of us)
Way to go short stuff!

Twenty something...

I am officially on the downhill slide to 30.
Depressing.
All I can say is the older I get the better the years.

Today I had a fabulous birthday.
I am so blessed to have such amazing people in my life.
I was greeted with phone calls all day long
which showed my how loved I am.
My close girl friends took me out to lunch and shopping to celebrate
then Dad, Sarah, Andrew, Josh, Ava, and Rylee
all spend the evening joining me in dinner outside
at the country club, followed by bowling and amazing cake.
When we got home Rylee surprised me with
a birthday card, beautiful picture of her and I
with a gumball machine, and $5.00 :)
Prefect ending to a prefect day!

Happy 26 to me:)

Little Sunflower

Rylee and I drove past some pretty
sunflowers
and decided to jump out and take a advantage
of a cute photo opp;)

I thought they turned out pretty cute.
Helps that Miss Thang is SO photogenic!

Rylee Kate the cartwheel queen

Rylee is obsessed with
-cartwheels-
...round offs...
-handstands-
...handsprings...
-walkovers-
...flips...
and
-trampolines!-
She tumbles
ALL DAY
EVERYDAY!!!

We've been up to Park City a couple times this Summer,
and these trampolines are a huge hit.
She would jump and flip all day long if she could;)

First day of Kindergarten!!

She started school this morning,
And she seemed so very small.
As I walked there beside her
In the Kindergarten hall.

And as she took her place beside
the others in the class,
I realized how all too soon
Those first few years can pass.

Remembering, I saw her as
She first learned how to walk.
The words that we alone made out
When she began to talk.

This little girl so much absorbed
In learning how to write.
It seems as though she must have grown
To girlhood overnight.

My eyes were blurred by hastily
I brushed the tears away
Lest by some word or sign of mine
I mar her first big day.

Oh how I longed to stay with her
And keep her by the hand
To lead her through the places
That she couldn’t understand.

And something closely kin to fear
Was mingled with my pride.
I knew she would no longer be
A baby by my side.

But she must have her chance to live,
To work her problems out,
The privilege to grow and learn
What life is all about.

And I must share my little girl
With friends and work and play;
She’s not a baby anymore –
She’s in Kindergarten today.

Kindergarten testing

Its still so hard for me to believe
that my baby is starting
KINDERGARTEN
on Monday.
We went today to meet Rylee's
Kindergarten teacher,
Mrs. Homer,
and see her classroom.
Rylee got to pick out her seat,
check out where to hand her coat and bag,
and put her name on a cubby.
It was so fun to watch her interact with her teacher.
Shes been looking forward to this day for a couple
years now. It always seemed SO far away to me until today!