We started this week with Grandpa Jim's 70th birthday!!  His brother and sister were in town for the occasion and Jim took us all out to Chuck a Rama for dinner.  It was great fun!  We left Beth and Ben at a neighbors but brought them over to Grandma and Grandpa's afterward for presents and visiting and more hilarity.  We love our Grandpa Jim and are glad that he is such a young buck for being 70 years old! 

On Tuesday, Savannah sang in her voice recital.  She sang "Reflections," from Mulan.  She thought she did horrible, but the rest of us thought she did great!

On Thursday night we got to go to the Elementary school to watch the 5th grade plays.  Mariah had a starring role as Daisy-headed Maisey.  She did really well.  She talked loudly and clearly and when she exclaimed, "No body loves me!  Nobody! Nobody!"  I was ready to charge up on stage to hug her before she started crying!  (I've kind of seen that outburst before. . .)  It was fun to watch her.  She was really funny in the "commercials" she made up with her friends, too.  It looks like here's another thing she's good at!

Thursday night was also the night of the Fine Arts Program at the high school.  Savannah's choir sang a few songs so we ran over to watch her sing again!

Friday was sports day at the elementary school.  This meant that it was very important for Mariah to be dressed in everything BYU since her fanhood is a very important part of her fifth grade identity.  Thursday I went to DI to see what I could find.  I took Megan out of school and brought her with me as fashion scout.  We had a fun day together.  She takes pride that she can keep a "conversation" going all day completely by herself!  I had fun listening to her.  She also was the one to find, almost immediately a BYU shirt sporting the number 32 which we all know means Jimmer Fredette which we all know is also a major component of Mariah's fifth grade identity.  She screamed for a long while when she saw the shirt.  It was very exciting!

As you can see, Cheyenne settled for wearing her basketball jersey, but Calianne couldn't because it would cover her Cheetah shirt.  Cheetah day trumps sports day.  She did wear her basketball hairclip, though, so all was well.

Friday was also the Author's Party at the elementary school and I got to hear my incredibly clever girls read me the things they have written this year.  They've all made great progress.  I'm so proud of all their hard work!