May in a Nutshell

All right fellow bloggers, in an attempt to get "caught up" on my blogging, I am bringing to you the first (in probably many to come) of the "Nutshell" series. Because lets face it, I am awful about keeping up on my blog and then I get so far behind and I find myself wanting to post something that happened today, but I feel like I can't, because then it won't be in order... So, I just don't post anything at all. It's a vicious cycle really that I am hoping to get rid of by doing thees "In a Nutshell" posts. I hope there won't be many, but we ALL know there probably will.


So, I hope you all enjoy:)

We started out with my 28th Birthday!! It was an incredible day. I had lunch with friends and ate from the yummiest place in Springville (or anywhere else for that matter)... "The Trolley". Then Alan gave me a sweeeet Road Bike! I was totally shocked and excited. I can officially say I am addicted to biking now! I love it. Now I can train with a friend for a triathlon(any takers).
Then we had dinner at Tucano's which I wait all year to go to. It is my favorite restaurant, but way too expensive to go to often. We took the kiddos and Andres and Sandee met us there. It was a blast. Unfortunately, I have no pics of that fabulous day, but I had to share it with y'all!

Barbara, Sandee, Kallie, Me, Stacia

The next weekend we did a birthday slumber party for me and Kallie and that was a blast from the past. We always manage to end up dancing - this time it was Pole Dancing (poor, poor, passers by who had to see that). But we had a great time together!

My little "twins" had their Mother's Day program at school. They sang 2 little songs with actions for their Moms. It was cute.

Hallie learns to ride without training wheels in "little less than half an hour". I attribute her quick success to being highly skilled on her scooter first!

Hallie had her very first Dance Recital! She was a flamingo (in case you were wondering about the interesting costume) in the Carnival of the Animals Ballet. She takes dance at The Pointe and we really love it there. She pretty much stole the show with how small and darling she looked up there. And then she ran across the stage TWICE by herself before the finale trying to figure out were exactly she belonged. The crowd loved it. Way to go Hallie!!

Mrs. Schaack Mrs. Mulliner

Hallie and Jaxon enjoyed their last day of school and they will miss their teachers so much! But Hallie will have Jaxon's teacher next year so we are thrilled! They had such amazing teachers this year and we loved them each so much!

And finally... Violin recitals!! Summer played in 3 group numbers: "Concerto for two Violins" by Bach (otherwise known as the Bach Double), "Concerto for four Violins" by Telleman, and then a fiddle piece called "Cabbage" which Hallie also tried to play in. Summer also played a duet with her teacher "La Cumparsita" - which is an Argentine Tango that my parents really loved! This was Hallie's 2nd recital and she played the entire "Tucka Tucka Stop Stop" version of" Twinkle, twinkle little star". I was so proud of her for being so brave in front of all those people!

Jaxon skipped this recital, because he had MONO!!! What?? Do little kids really get Mono? ... Yes. Yes they do. Poor Jaxon! At least it wasn't leukemia, which is what the doctors first thought he had! Mono sounds way better then Leukemia, don't you think? And right before we left to Maui! Thanks so much Sandee for taking him anyway and Mom & Stacia for taking him for a couple days too! You guys made that vacation possible and I am sooo grateful!

...And that's May!!