This Dumb Cat!

RACCOON????

NOPE! Just the dumb cat that thinks he lives IN our house and welcomes himself in anytime he can!

Rhett's Square Dance

On March 16th was the 5th grade square dance.  My kids have all LOVED participating in the square dance, and Rhett was no different.  It is ALL WE HEARD ABOUT for weeks!! He was so excited and he did such a great job.  I LOVE watching them and I love the tradition of it all.

 Rhett got assigned to dance with Hallie South.  All the 5th grade boys have a crush on Hallie and so they were all SOOO JEALOUS of Rhett and Rhett just ate it up!! The funny thing is Rhett was the only one in the class that DIDN'T have a crush on her!! Hahaha!! They did a great job dancing together! So fun to watch!! The square dance is seriously one of my favorite things our school does!

And just one quick picture of Rhett and Raeg. I love that these two are still best friends after all these years! 

Easter Egg Hunt 2016

Annual Hawkins Family Easter Egg Hunt 2016

We love doing the Easter Egg hunt and this year we were only missing JD.  These kids all got an abundance of candy.....as usual! :)

 We always start the morning off with breakfast and this was the only picture I got of the two big girls.  They are WAY past the egg hunting stage.  Hahaha.  Sure love them still!!

Club Volleyball

Laiklie played Club Volleyball this spring for the first time.  She had a great little team with most of the girls coming from our elementary.  Her coach saw me one day in the office at school and told me just how much she loved coaching Laiklie.  She commented that she was VERY coachable and tried so hard to make any adjustments or changes they recommended.  She said she worked very hard at practices and even though she wasn't as strong as some of the other girls (yet) that she would get there.  Laiklie was the youngest player on the team and the only 3rd grader, but she held her own and was fun to watch as she improved over the season. Can't wait to watch her again next year!

Laiklie, Ava, Emily, Maddie, Taylor, Kiaya, Quinn and Addison

Idaho State Dance Competition 2016

On March 11th and 12th we had our dance competition in Pocatello. On Friday the 11th Laiklie danced and Oakley's little teams she teaches danced.  Both did soooo good! Oakley's 2nd little team even got a trophy for the choreography.  Yay!! That is such a neat thing for the judges to recognize Oakley's talent of choreographing dances.  

 Oakley and Brooklyn also got an Overall Trophy for the Novice age division.  Yay! Proud of our little teachers!

 Laiklie got a first on her short duet with her partner Trixie.  She loved dancing with Trixie this year. She also has LOVED dancing with her cousin Sage.  I've said it a million times, Cousins make everything better! 

Oakley did all of her dancing on Saturday, and both Oakley and Laiklie did great on their team dances and all their individual events.  I LOVE watching my girls dance!!! There is seriously nothing better!!

Paint, Paint and MORE Paint

On March 10th we FINALLY FINISHED PAINTING!!!! Yay!!! 

We saved the garage for last and it was a NIGHTMARE.  The ceilings are SO HIGH and we sprayed it, but had to back roll it and most of the day it was just Ryan and I, so he would spray and I would back roll and I was COVERED in paint by the end of the day.  The dumb paint sprayer kept getting jammed and not working and we were also completely out of patience by the end of the day as well.  Sooooo glad to pack up and put away the paint supplies!!!

Braces

Dallin got his braces on March 8, 2016.  He WHINED AND WHINED AND WHINED for about 4 days straight about how bad his teeth hurt.  I seriously thought I was going to have to take him back in and have them take the dumb things off!!! He finally got over it just in time to go get them tightened! :)