Happy Birthday Kate

We were so excited to celebrate Kate and her turning 12.  Here she is with her new lava lamp.  She has been very excited about decorating her room.

Kate wanted an at home birthday party.  Here are all the girls doing an elaborate treasure hunt that Mom made.

Here are all of the girls watching Napoleon Dynamite.

The whole crew

                                          Malynn, Brooklyn

Mckenzie, Kate, Lucy, Sarah, Melia, Kassidy, Emma

Kate playing with some of her presents

Random:  Kate sewing all of the young women personal progress placemat folders.  She did an awesome job!

We sure love this girl and are glad she is a part of our family!
Favorites:
Color: Turquoise-ish Teal-ish kind of colors
Food: Mashed potatoes, Tacos, all kinds of potatoes
Fruit: Champagne Mangos
Dessert: Vanilla No Bake Cookies (which she makes herself), Caramel Cake
Friends: Lucy, Brooklyn, Kayli, Emma
Movie: Enchanted, Ella Enchanted, Napoleon Dynamite
Book: The Land of Stories, Ella Enchanted, Fablehaven, Tuesdays at the Castle series, Wide Awake Princess series, Cupcake Diaries (When asked this question, Kate said, "Do you have time for this?"
Animal: Deer and Zebras
Drink: Lemonade
Thing To Do: Read, play with friends
Restaurant: Wendy's and Cafe Rio

Magic Show

The kids put on a magic show.  They made tickets, announced what time it would start, and made it a very official production.

Scott showing his trick.

 Austin's trick

Kate's Trick

Ty's trick

Mom and Dad always love the magic shows (and the kids love putting them on together!)

St. Patricks Day Parade

The McIntyres invited us to the St. Patricks Day Parade downtown.  We were excited to go again (and excited it wasn't snowing this year!)

The whole McIntire clan was there!

Mom, Austin

Mom and Chris

Scott grew a mustache!

The whole Lewis crew!

Scott, Austin, Mom, Logan, Kate, Dad, Ty

We had a great time and can't wait until next year!

Funnies

Logan has been potty training this month and learning about differences between girls and boys.  We were in the car and Logan said, "Mom is a girl."  Mom asked Logan, "What is Kate?"  Logan said, "Kate is a girl."  Mom asked, "What is Logan?"  Logan said, "Logan is a penis."

Ty is working on an online learning program.  Recently, he has been filling in the blank.  Mom looked at the computer at one point and saw trying to fill in the blank for this sentence:

I had a sh____t on my bed.  The answer is obviously sheet.

JeffJulie Ski Getaway

Mom and Dad went on a weekend ski getaway in March.  It was such an amazing time.

Here is Mom at Brighton.

The crazy thing--the Neiders happened to go skiing that day too, we all went together most of the day.

Mom wiped out

Dad wiped out

It was an awesome time!