Good Friends

Yesterday Vi had a dance competition. The girls did so great. Vi and Morgan got a special judges award for their duet! These comps make for very long days. Inbetween performing and awards a bunch of us went to Olive Garden to get some food. We are very lucky to have such great friends!

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Love her!

Vi's Bedroom

Of course the first room we have completely set up is Vi's room. She is very excited because her room is so big (it is a 2 master room house so her room is the same size as ours). Thanks to Auntie Patt Vi has a new bedding set.

Shot of her bed and dresser. We do have a couple of things to put on the wall.

Here is a shot of her "work area". We got her a desk and she set up her computer. We also hung up her white board. We are going to get her a beaded curtain.

Her room is so big we were able to put all her toys in her room. She is having a blast playing in her room.

Here is another shot of her bed. Check out the Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber posters hanging on the wall. She is so in!

I'm so happy she loves her room. When we first told her we were moving she was upset and didn't want to. I guess all it took was a giant room. We'll have to keep that in mind for next time we move :)

Bike

We got Vi a new bike yesterday. Yes, you are remembering right, last Easter Grandma Liz did buy her a bike. It is a 20 inch and too big for her. She is too scared to ride it because she can't touch the ground. Well she was getting really upset because she couldn't ride and we felt she did need to learn so we bought her a 16 inch and she hasn't stopped riding since we bought it!

That is typical Vi form. She waits and waits until she is ready and comfortable and then once she is ready, she goes and doesn't stop...

She is very proud of herself and so are we!

I guess there's more...

So here are a couple more pictures. The competition team performed at the Laveen BBQ. Here is a cute pic of Vi and Morgan eating bbq pork after...

This is a picture of the first sleepover at the new house...

Some catching up to do...

So I know it has been a while since I really posted something of substance but things have been crazy with the move. Here is a quick catch up...

My teacher friend in Boston sent a "Flat Stanely" friend to learn about Arizona. We need to take it on adventures and Vi needs to write a report for the 2nd grade class in Boston. She loves it and has been carrying it around everywhere.

Vi's class went to see the pony express. It is the last mail carriers on horse in the world. It was so cool to see them ride into Scottsdale!

Vi got a commemorative bandana and some of the cowboys signed her poster. She was also able to write a letter that was delivered via pony express. SO COOL!

Matthew came to visit for Christmas...

Denise did too. So did Papa Dad but Vi didn't get a picture.

Sooo...I think we are pretty much caught up. I'm going to try to be better about posting stuff now that we are "settled" in...

Foot Rub

Today I wasn't feeling too good so Vi offered to give me a foot rub. She even made small talk while she rubbed my feet.