Daddy goes back to SCHOOL!

GO BRANDON/DAD!

Brandon has recently been accepted into the Professional MBA Program at the University of Texas-Dallas. We are very excited for him and for this new journey...but also know that it will be a great challenge as well. He will continue working full time and be attending school part time. He will graduate in 2-3 years. He has met with an advisor and discovered that he DOES NOT need to retake Calculus as a pre-requisite, nor does he have to take a couple of other classes that he took at BYU which are on the list for the program. That was great news! So he/we will begin this adventure at the end of August. We feel it will be a great benefit to the future. We are very proud of him!

Happy 2nd Birthday to our Mady!

We had such a wonderful time celebrating Madyson's 2nd birthday! She is such a joy in our lives and so many others. Grandma Jeanette brought bubbles to the party and that was probably her very favorite part. Brandon had the idea to make her a giant Oreo birthday cake, since she LOVES chocolate. So I made and baked it and he assembled it. It was delicious! I'm sure Madyson enjoyed it as well, but she mostly just wanted to lick out the frosting and eat her cookies n' cream ice cream. When it came time to open gifts she made it very clear that she didn't need any help from her sister or cousins. She received so many fun things. Mom and Dad gave her new play dough and tools, Sarah and Kaden gave her bubbles for the bathtub, Grandma Cook sent her 2 fun packages from Utah, she got play food with her $ from Great Grandma Joyce for her shopping cart, color wonder markers and paper from the Wales family, and the cutest hat and sunglasses from Ava & Violet. Thank you Everyone!

Lots of loves and playing with Uncle Trev

Grandpa was late but he made it and she was soooo happy!

Look at Me-Sarah's 2011 Tap Dance

Sarah started her first ballet/tap combo class at Sheena's Dance Academy in Frisco, TX back in August 2010. She has thoroughly enjoyed every moment. She and the other 8 4-5 year old girls started practicing their recital dance back in February and have worked so hard. They did such an excellent job and it was just such a joy to watch her progress. She enjoys it A LOT.

This is her friend, Sarah B., that was in her class. They are good friends now.

I have tried and tried and tried to download the video I took from dress rehearsal, but I just can't get it to work. I will continue to work on it. Here she is in some photos from recital day, June 11, 2011. She did so amazing and we are so proud of her! She had such a fun time and had so much support from so many family and friends! Way to go Sarah!