Scooter & Piano

Audrey also enjoys riding her scooter & bike with Bruce as they wait for their carpool to school. Audrey is taking piano lessons from my mom. She likes to play and sing along!

Space Play

Audrey & Mrs. Michaud
Averie, Audrey in her space suit, & Colleen

Audrey's class just finished studying space. Each student researched a planet. (Audrey's was Uranus.) With that information, they made a power point presentation and wrote lines to a play which they performed in space suits. They also presented their homemade robots, a huge cardboard rocket that they made as a team, researched constellations, and shared their homemade shadow boxes showing their constellation with written reports. (Audrey 's was Pegasus.) They created their own unique solar system and decided what attributes each planet would have and wrote reports and made water color tantagrams illustrating it. The class made a large planetarium with their constellations punched into the ceiling of a ground cover. You could go into the large (30 feet by 20 feet) black plastic bag filled with flowing air to view the constellations with a flashlight. Its hard to describe! But, it was super cool! They also sang several songs and served yummy treats (Milky way bars, starbursts, moon pies, etc). It was an amazing night! They also got to go on a field trip to the space exhibit at OMSI and watch a planetarium show called "Adventures in a Cardboard Rocket." Audrey's teacher should win an award for creativity and enthusiasm.

Audrey's School

Audrey and her teacher

They had twin day at school so Audrey and her friend Erin decided to wear the same outfit.


Audrey and the school principal Mr. Hood


Audrey and Janet our favorite lunch lady & friend.

Audrey gets hot lunch almost everyday

Audrey has a lot of fun at school! She has likes being with her friends, playing at recess, and learning!

The Hand Shake

Audrey and my Dad have created their own hand shake that they often are practicing, refining and showing to other people.

Audrey's Primary Class

This is a picture of Audrey in her primary class! Her church friends include Levi, Davis, Josie & Ellie. Her teacher is really great! Her name is Sister Karchner.

A Week in the Life of Audrey

This week my mom is going to follow Audrey around with the camera and portrait what her life is like right now. She's growing and changing so fast. I want to save these memories and share her experiences with our family and friends that live so far away. Bruce and I will be coming up next!

Audrey's Favorite Foods

Audrey's favorite foods include: corn tortillas with melted cheese, popsicles, cinnamon sugar toast, apples (unless she has a loose tooth), Cheerios, hash browns, lollipops, and cantaloupe.

Audrey's favorite dinner is BBQ Chicken Soup, which is a recipe I made up one Sunday when there wasn't a whole lot to eat in the house. I just started throwing stuff in a crock pot with the hope it would be edible when we got home from church. It was actually yummy and is Audrey's favorite dinner. Here is the recipe:

1 28 oz can of Bush's Baked Beans
1 14.5 oz can of stewed tomatoes
1 chopped onion
1 32 oz oz of chicken broth
3-4 frozen chicken breasts
8 oz (which is 1/2 bag) frozen sweet corn
BBQ sauce to taste (We like about 1/2 cup)

I puree the stewed tomatoes and onion in the blender to make the onion chunks too small to pick out. :) Then I put everything except for the corn & BBQ sauce in the crock pot on high for 2-3 hours. Then I shred the cooked chicken and put it back into the soup and add the corn and BBQ sauce. We serve the soup with mashed potatoes and corn bread. Enjoy!!

Audrey The Gymnast

Audrey climbing to the top of the rope to ring the bell.

Audrey loves doing a handstand. She does them all the time at home too!

Audrey's coach is Amber. Her favorite friend at gymnastics is Averie Sievers.

Audrey loves her gymnastics class on Monday and Wednesday. She does the bars, beam, tumbling, trampoline, and a lot of conditioning. It's a good fit with her flexible, strong, & little body and her daring and spunky personality. After class Brandon always asks her "Did you win?" Her answer is always "YES!"

Hazel Dell Parade

Every year our family goes to the Hazel Dell parade. Its a fun morning watching the high school bands, horses, floats, sports teams, politicians in fancy cars, and firetrucks go by and collecting candy as its thrown onto the street. I rode my bike to the parade with my friends Madison & Maddie and went out to lunch at Taco Del Mar.

Shopping Buddies

I love shopping with Bruce!!! He's really fun to be with PLUS without being asked (because I actually think he enjoys doing this) he:

Gets the cart,

Pushes the cart the entire time,

Carefully follows me as I weave through the other shoppers in the aisle,

Properly bags the groceries (cold stuff with cold stuff, delicate stuff at the top of the bag, etc.)

Helps me load the bags into the car and inside,

And finally helps me put everything away at home.

I'm spoiled!!!! It's a mothers' day gift I enjoy all year long......

Happy 10th Birthday Bruce

Making a wish

Birthday Breakfast - Pancakes with Candles

Bruce is such an awesome kid! He is very helpful, diligent, and obedient. His big birthday gift was an i-pod (not for music - its full of audio books). He also got all his webelo stuff and a cool nurf gun from his Schultz Grandparents and a gift card from his Erickson Grandparents. He said he wanted to go the an "All-You-Can Eat Meat Festival" to celebrate! But, we couldn't find one in our area. So, he decided to have a family bowling night. But, he had to take a rain check on that too since my dad's recent gallbladder surgery prevented him from lifting anything heavy.

Escape to Hawaii

In April, my mom and dad escaped for a week in Hawaii! My mom worked with my dad on a project in Wailea and then set up the branch office in Maui. While they were there they went snorkeling in a new reef by Makena and got to enjoy the sunset walks down the beach. Hawaii is their favorite vacation destination!!