Opera

So here is the link to the little news clip they have of Brady and his 1st grade class. The kids worked VERY hard on this! Not to mention the parents who made costumes, backdrops, etc. More pictures to come. . .
Brady's 1st grade opera KSL news clip

Preschool Graduation

Courtney was quite the entertainment for everyone while we waited for it to start. Unfortunately she got trapped in the toy house during the little presentation and started freaking out! Thankfully Grandma Nita rescued her and got her to stop screaming.

Our 1 shy kid:) This was the biggest smile she could muster, but she was excited to show Grandma and Courtney her graduation certificate.

Part of the graduating preschoolers. We were there first, so got front row seats. . .no way to get the whole class in the picture from where we were sitting.

Grandma's and Courtney (+ mom) got to see her 'graduate.'

Miss Holly, Lauren, & Miss Tanni.

Lauren and her friend Sienna. Lauren is 1 month older. . .

Mom and Lauren.

Lauren with her 'Dorthy' hair as she calls it.

Playing with some of her high school teachers.

Posing with her graduation hat. She and her little friend Sienna were the only ones that didn't want to wear a cap, but I talked her into wearing it so I could at least snap a picture of her in it:)

Lauren's Checkup

Lauren's CXR and abdominal US were normal. Her BUN is finally normal, but her creatinine is now elevated:( We'll have to head back in 7-10 days to get it drawn again and make sure it's not trending up more. Her next check up will be in September for a CT scan (chest, abdomen, pelvis) and a heart ECHO, + the usual labs and urine tests. . .will make for one long appointment next time!!! . . .and they said her last CT would be her last (but she really needs 2 more), oh well. I guess you have to do what you have to do to make sure everything is good.

The picture says it all. . .

Where does all the T.P. go???

I had to take a picture of Lauren's dolls and there "sleeping bags." Too funny:)

All Girl:)

I love how Lauren plays with her Strawberry Shortcake Friends. She carefully lined them all up in a row on the floor so I had to take a pic because it looked so cute. She loves these dolls (thanks Grandma Jenny and Papa Greg)! She took them to show-in-tell today because they smell fruity. "F" is the letter of the week and the topic was the 5 senses, so it worked out pretty well. The other thing she did was grab a bunch of tissues and use them as pillows and beds (she has done this before with T.P. and her mini princess dolls). Sometimes you just have to stop and look at the small, simple stuff . . .like kids pretend play:)

Dance!!!

We finally signed Lauren up for dance for the first time EVER! Because of the chemo effect on her immune system and her profound anemia we weren't super comfortable doing it when she was 3+. She has been doing well for a while now, it's just been busy as usual around here. We happened to get her in a class right before they started a new session this month. Here she is posing before her first class (ballet and tap combined). She gets to go with her best friend Mae. Her teacher is Ms. Julie and she seems AMAZING! She is super good with Lauren and she has already learned some dance vocab and moves. She LOVES it! We are super excited to see her perform in the spring recital:)