The Elusive Egg

(April 16th, 2022 & April 7th, 2023)

The egg hunt is much the same every year. I hide eggs and other items. The kids hunt by color. There are camo eggs outside. That's pretty much it. Last year, the extra items were pretty hard. I hid some earrings and they were tiny enough, they were super hard to find. I also hid chocolate bunnies on the shelves and they looked just like books. Check out some of these fun hiding spots.

Looks like the kids are ready to go. 

I don't always get the most flattering pictures since everyone is moving. But you get the idea that they are hunting, and serious about it. 

Not that you can see these earrings very well, but Ivory found them.

And guess who found the five? Why, it was Pearl.

But (wait for it) there was also a ten. (I totally forgot I hid one, but I guess Robyn found it.) Pictures tell all the stories.

Okay, jump to the next year, or this year. (Whatever you want to call it.) 2023.

First notice that Pearl took our Frankenstein discussion too seriously. She was trying to piece together her head. (Actually, she was not watching where she was going and a tree took a swipe at her.) I just had to mention this in case you saw it in the pictures and wondered what happened.

These three are adorable. Beau was not present. I was actually very sad about this. We chose a day that I thought she would be available and it turns out, she wasn't quite put together. Zeke was around that day, but we didn't let him hunt Beau's eggs. 

Keep looking. You'll find them all eventually, or someone will help you.

As usual, I got some fun little gifts, but this year I wrapped them so the girls didn't know what they were getting. Everyone could pick up one item in each different wrapping paper. Here they are with some of their swag. 

And guess who got the five...again. Two years running.

I really do enjoy a good Easter Egg Hunt. I wonder if it will be more fun with grandkids someday? I imagine the smiles will be similar.

Prom 2022

(April 16th, 2022)

Prom is always such a fun day. I love the dresses and doing hair and sending people out the door to have a blast. Last year, Isaac asked Ivory to prom is a really cute way. A couple boys sang to a couple girls to ask them to prom and they gave them flowers too. I only saw the flowers later. (Maybe I'll get a video of the song later...)

Ivory thought the song said something about little eyes, so she responded with something appropriate. It seems those are not the actual words, but who doesn't like cookies with eyes?

Um, it has been a little while since this happened and I don't remember where they went on their day date. There don't seem to be any pictures, except this one, so your guess is as good as mine. 

When she came home, we curled hair, and she did her makeup. (That is one area I don't do. I am not great at makeup. The girls are much better than I am.) She looked stunning. The dress was so flattering and I loved the color. She also went with some really high heels, which was brave. 

When Isaac came over, they exchange flowers. Ivory is still working on pinning on a boutonniere. Also, Isaac's tie matches really nicely because Ivory bought it for him. That has been a fun thing we do. Don't make the boy match the dress, just buy him a tie. 

Ivory was in a really fun group. They got some cute pictures. 

It was Ivory's first prom and I hope it was just as she wanted it to be. 

Ending It With a Cheer

(April 30th, 2022)

There was really so much Cheer stuff last year that it was crazy that none of it made it on the blog. We spent months going to this and that, curling hair, putting on makeup, doing flips. (Well, Pearl is the only one that did flips.) April was the end of competition season. We were lucky because the older teams go to Florida. You have to buy your own tickets and lodging but you have to be down there. Pearl's team was just under the cut-off, so their final competition was in St. George. Thank goodness.

There is always a fun showcase day where all the teams put on a show for parents. I think it used to be at a venue but since Covid, it has just been at the facility. It's never been otherwise for us since we joined after. When Pearl just did tumbling, her group put on a small performance. Now that she was on a team, they just did their regular cheer routine. Meaning, I'm not going to put the video on here because you've seen it a dozen times and everything is back lit at the gym. But here are a few fun photos of Pearl's team. (I love when their hair is straight up.)

Pearl is such a cutie. She loves getting fancy and putting on makeup. I find lots of selfies on my phone. 

Then the end of April was the final competition. I drove down with Pearl and we stayed at a hotel. We stopped at the Beaver Creamery of course. 

I'm sad because I left my favorite charger at that hotel. Rip.

Pearl had a mask because she wasn't feeling 100%. Poor thing. But you couldn't tell when she performed. She was still a rock star. 

Same routine, same great group. Pearl's team was pretty solid. They almost never made glaring mistakes, but this time around, one of the flyers was dropped. It wasn't serious, but I'm sure it docked them some points. Because I'm a good cheer mom, I don't know how many points they lost. I think they still won. At least she got a medal and it was a good end to the season. Check out this picture. It is hard to see the front row doing an aerial cartwheel. They are almost a blur.

Pearl decided not to do cheer again. She had a great time and learned a lot, but there was some negative pressure that soured the experience. But I'm glad she got to do all these fun things and grow her skills. 

Au revoir Cheer.