Julia and her new look!

 Today was a very special day for Julia. She got her braces off!!!!!! Here is the before shot, braces and all.

 Julia with her new smile and with our orthodontist Dr. Schultz.

Drum roll........... Tada!!!!!!! Julia is all smiles and is enjoying the freedom from her braces. Congratulations Julia!!!!!

Parade of Seven!!!

 You're never fully dressed without a smile. The residents really enjoyed this song.

 We enjoyed doing fun songs from movies like Music Man, Singing in the Rain, Annie, and others.

 Alex and Tony before going on.

76 trombones begins......

This was a fun song called Presto Change-o

This lady did her own little tap solo during our performance as part of the entertainment. Everyone did a good job smiling, dancing, and giving some joy to these folks!

Preparing to Dance.

 So we kids put together a little Broadway show to perform for people in local assisted livings. There was lots of practicing, changes, and prepping, but the day finally arrived when we performed at our first engagement. Julia fixes her hair before going.

 Alex helps Nick on with his outfit.

 Bella and Maria all ready to go!

 Yeah! Giving each other a good luck hand shake.

 Here we are ready to go and perform, so prepare for up coming pictures!!!!

Playing and Singing.

 We went to play music at one of the assisted livings where we kids volunteer at. We haven't played in awhile, cause of sickness. But now being healthy again we enjoyed blessing them and seeing everybody again.

 Right before we start.

 Dad, Maria, and Lucas.

We always have a fun time performing.Thank you Lord for giving us the opportunity to serve in a musical way!

Easter Egg Hunt!

 We had an Easter egg hunt for the little kids the day before Easter. We still have quite a bit of snow, but Maria and Julia( the official egg hiders) found clever ways to hide them outside in the snow.

They enjoyed eating the candy afterwards! We all love chocolate and so we stuffed the eggs with little Robins eggs, Hersey's, and M&M's.

Happy Easter!

 "Christ our Lord has risen today...... Hallelujah!!!!!!" We all hope that everyone enjoyed a lovely Easter( as we did)

 We hosted Easter at our house, and so we made the food. The theme was Chinese!! So a couple days before Easter, us girls and Mom worked in the kitchen making won tons, egg rolls, and cut up veggies for stir fry.

 All of us on Easter morning, just after church.

 Our wonderful parents!

Later on, our cousins came over. Bella and Aunt Brenda enjoyed playing wii bowling together. Happy Easter to everyone!!!!

Colored Eggs

We colored eggs for Easter. The little kids really enjoyed it. Tony wanted to do all the eggs. Nick really didn't understand all that well and Bella is an artist.

School day

Just an average school day.

 

 

This picture is so cute. Alex was reading to Lucy.