Ice Skating Exhibition, Easter & Other News

On Saturday, April 15, Anna performed her ice skating routine for the first time. Marta came up for the day and Jack, Kara and I went to watch. Thomas and Luke were at a baseball tournament, but Thomas had watched her practice on Wednesday with her music and we recorded the performance. Both he and Luke were disappointed to miss it, but they had committed to the tournament before we signed up for the showcase.

Anna had two goals: 1) to not fall; and 2) to finish with the music. And, she easily met those goals. She remembered everything, did not fall, and finished with the music. It was probably the best she has skated. She was very nervous and her coach said she considered backing out, but she did it! Now, she is looking forward to doing an actual competition.

After her skating, we went to Cracker Barrel (Anna's choice) and then Target. It was a very fun and successful outing.

Anna with Summer, her skating coach.

Marta came up to support Anna and treated us all to dinner.

In other news, Luke got invited to try out for some special baseball tournament through perfect game. It is kind of like an all-star team. He is very excited about it. 

We went shopping for Kara's 8th grade formal dress, but it did not go well. Sometimes having teenage daughters is awesome and sometimes it isn't.

On Friday, we let Luke and Anna skip school and we went to Volcano Bay. It was crowded, but we had a great time. Kara couldn't miss school because of theater (the show is this weekend!) and Jack didn't want to. Kara said it was okay with her if we went, so we did. I have been promising them a Friday at Volcano Bay for a few months, so it was good to check it off. 

And, since this is in no particular order, I will end with Easter. We started the day with an egg hunt, Luke's favorite thing. The Mottas came up to spend the afternoon with us. We had a  ham dinner and played Grounded for Life. It was a nice day!

I actually won! Although in this game it doesn't matter, it's all in good fun.

We noticed that Luke and Amanda have the same haircut! :)