By Small and Simple Things are Great Things Come to Pass, Take 2

It was an exciting week! Our new couch for downstairs showed up. . .  And KD's long anticipated point shoes came too! And what made it even better was the cousin Jane was over. She's an amazing pointe dancer and helped KD know how to wear them and showed her some exercises to start doing.  It couldn't have been more perfect. This weekend was Hi Light Dance's performance of Hansel and Great, the ballet. KD was a fawn and Taffy was a flower. They had 3 performances and did amazing! Note to self - always take pictures before dropping them off to the first performance because then they are excited and full of energy.  If you wait til the middle or end, they just want out of those scratchy costumes! KD was obliging for a few moments. Afterwards, we took off to Grandpa Baird's favorite fast food place to celebrate. These girls are a hoot. Grandma came to the performance but brought flowers afterwards since, you know, Covid. She has since had her vaccine and times will be ...

For Family Home Evening we played 4 square in the tiny squares by the unfinished fire pit. There was a LOT of mud by the basketball court and we didn't want to deal with that.  Afterwards we read scriptures by the unfinished pool in the first warmth of the sun in February. Lately, Timo has talked for long periods of time with Caden when he calls. This evening, Timo showed off his new piano skills.  He's been practicing piano instead of video games to prepare for his mission.  Caden, Sarah and I were pretty impressed. After Timo showed his stuff, Caden sang us "Why Are There So Many Songs About Rainbows" while accompanying himself on the guitar.  It was an evening to remember. These are the best pics we get of Timo nowadays. This was before he left for his last choir concert in Chamber Choir. At the time, he didn't know it was his last one. Even though choir was a stressful subject this year,  it was so worth it to see him dancing and kicking in the chorus line. ...

 Yesterday, Sunday the 21, was a good day. We went to church, Timo met with Bishop to start his mission papers, Sophie came over and the girls made Brownies and dressed up, and then we finally had someone over for dinner (besides Brigham) since covid began and we moved into this house.   It was really great to get to know Austin and Sarah Crossley better.  They are awesome.  We still have this ridiculously cute puppy.  She went through a crazy whiny time at night but, lucky for her, I think she's getting used to the new sleeping arrangement of her and Coco in the craft room. Dressup today helped Sarah find her future style. . . A bunch, sunglasses and fancy business suits.  I think she looks a little too old in this picture.  She's working hard on her driver's ed course and is a pretty good driver so far. I walked with these gals to the junction on Saturday.   The wind was freezing and you'll notice Lucy doesn't have a coat on and KD is ...