This was Al - all day! All he asked for was a DS. Good thing he was good enough that Santa brought it. Now it's only used for special occasions when Alex needs to go to 'his happy place'
We were lucky enough to have ALL our kids with us for Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, but I wasn't able to get my camera operational until after Colby and Kierra were gone to visit her family. But this is what Cali and Taylor did all morning - made hats!
Mac and his Christmas decor. Notice the new plaque that Santa gave him. Much nicer than the 3x5 card he used to have and will be great until his actual marker is in place.
A beautiful, winter sunset to end the day.
Ice skating for Family Home Evening. (Notice Mike and I are not skating. We're getting too old!!)
Alex went from punk...
... to priesthood holder overnight!!
All the men in my family;
Al with dad (aka George, Papa Joe)...
...with Colby (I must say, 2 good-looking brothers!!)...
...cheesing it with Josh!...
...and then there's Moose. He thinks he's the manliest of them all!
AWWWWW!
Alex's 6th grade Valentine Dance! This is Alex and friends doing the Macarana. (The cards attached to their wrists are their dance cards. They filled them out the day before. Alex had a line of girls waiting to sign up to dance with him while other boys never got their cards filled up. )
Slow dance # 1. The teachers had worked with the kids for a few weeks to teach them different dance styles. It was great to see them doing the different dances. (You can almost see Alex counting... 1,2,3...1,2,3)
He was CONSTANTLY surrounded by the women!
Swing Dance #1! Yes, that is the shortest 6th grade boy dancing with the tallest 6th grade girl. She was kind enough not to get on her knees to dance with him, even though it probably would have been more comfortable for her.
Slow Dance #2 with his favorite Valentine...
...Nicole (or as Alex calls her 'ma-coe') Nicole has been Alex's friend since the 1st grade and has always treated Alex with respect and kindness, and even been stern with him when he deserves it! Thanks Nicole for always having a special place in Al's heart!!
After the dance we took balloons to Mac. Take a close look at both pictures. Notice Mac's balloons are 'blowing' around while the balloons in the background aren't? There wasn't a stitch of wind, yet his balloons were going crazy!! He must have been there playing with them!!
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! (And thanks for looking at such a long blog!)
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing those odds and ends. Every time I see that "Alex" I get tears in my eyes. Seeing him in that suit actually makes me cry. He is growing up so fast. Thanks for sharing him with us at Willow Canyon.
Trish
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