Dance Family

Sunday, February 28, 2021

Super Bowl and Konrad's Birthday

We went to the Crabtree's house to watch the super bowl and celebrate Konrad's birthday. We had yummy food and a great time!

We brought a huge present for Konrad...

4 boxes of Mt. Dew!

Sunday, February 7, 2021

Craft Time

Kenzie and Coleman participated in a craft zoom activity put on by the relief society. It was a Valentine's Day decoration. This is Kenzie's, but they both turned out so cute!

We went to the zoo last week! It was so fun to be out on a field trip again. It was our first time in Seattle in over a year. I don't even remember the last time we went there. Usually we go every couple months to the Science Center or the Mariners' games or a play or something else. We had to pay more for parking than we used to. And we had to follow the signs around the zoo. We couldn't go in whichever direction we wanted. We missed seeing the tigers and sun bears because we missed the path and couldn't back without going around the zoo again or breaking the rules. We also had to wait in lines sometimes to see the animals. And we couldn't stay at the animals as long as we wanted sometimes because other people came and we had to be polite and let them have a look. Because of this (and because all the play areas were closed) we were only there about 2 and a half hours. That zoo usually takes us at least 4-5 hours to see everything. And there was only a tiny amount of traffic so we got there and back much faster than we ever have before.

The jaguar was right up by the glass.

Look at the savannah.

The lioness. Kenzie wanted me to take a picture and send it to Kenzie.

The orangutan was really entertaining. He went into the outside part of his habitat and started collecting blankets and putting them over himself.

This is him. After he walked to the other side, he just laid down and we decided most people didn't even know he was there, they probably just thought he was a rock with blankets on him.

Kenzie and the wolf.

Coleman and the wolf. He wanted his picture without his mask on :)

Sunday Funday

Jordan was supposed to wear a white shirt and tie for his young men meeting last week.

Cam stayed with us Saturday-Sunday. We love having her here!

Sam and Alli came over for dinner (Ash and Konrad were out of town). After a exciting game of Balderdash (I'm really horrible at Balderdash, I lose by a lot every time) we went down stairs to see the dance the little kids made up. It was to the Duck Song and some acting in it too.

The finale

Then these kids decided to do the Monroe dance. They all remembered it really well. It was fun to see again:) When they did it in Monroe, Jordan was shorter than Sam, but now he's taller(even if he doesn't look it in this picture... he's actually taller than me now too! (and I'm still taller than Sam, although she seemed to be getting closer. Hopefully she doesn't get any taller. I'd like to keep hold of the title for the tallest female in the family)). He's really sprouted over the last couple months!

Then these two put on an interesting play which involved block food and temper tantrums.

Quixx

We've been playing a lot of Quixx lately.

Jordan laminated some of our sheets because we were almost out. They work great!

I was the first to get 12 in was section! We were really excited. I also have the record for the highest and lowest scores :)

A few days later Coleman got 12 in one row too!

Friday, January 29, 2021

Random Pictures

Kenzie and I made cocoa bombs for young womens.

They were yummy!

One day I was unloading the dishwasher (which is the kids' job) and Jordan stepped in front of my telling me not to do it anymore because he would finish :)

Coleman can solved both these Rubik's Cubes!

We got to watch Michelle's talk on Sunday! The kids were sick last weekend so we couldn't go to our ward, but I was happy that meant we could watch Michelle's since they were at the same time. I listened to Ashlee speak last month. So fun to listen to them! (I did tell them that if I have to speak, I'm not telling anyone because it would be too weird to have more people listening to me:))

Kenzie facetimed Nati and took a picture of her :)

Kenzie made Doug a count down chain.

We bought a new banana chair with money Grandma and Grandpa Dance gave us for Christmas. I knew the kids would like it, but Kenzie and Jordan both love it. We've had to banish it to the basement because there was too much fighting/distraction because of it during scriptures and history time.

We had Snickers spayed on Monday. She hasn't been eating as much as normal or been as active, but she's getting better everyday. Doug was the nicest husband in the world and took her to the appointment so I didn't have to get up at 6:30 in the morning! He's really the best! He came home in between because she was going to be there all day (which we didn't know until he dropped her off). The vet was an hour away so it was a lot of driving (because of covid some of the closer places are not accepting new patients. And other ones were really expensive). I offered to pick her up, but he said he'd do it. So nice of him.

Kenzie got a craft subscription to Kiwi Crate for Christmas. We gave her one for Christmas, and then another came after. The first one was hand sewing a bag and the second one was dying fabric for a another bag. She's had a lot of fun with them and they both turned out great.

Doug and Jordan

Coleman reading Harry Potter 4.

Jordan made an elephant out of his orange peel. We had to take a picture of it show Michelle since she's the master of making these.

Trip Down Memory Lane

When I was looking through my photo albums to find pictures of Grandma Carlson I found lots of other pictures that were pre-blog so they aren't on here. Poor Jackson didn't get any pictures on the blog until he was a year and a half! Here's some of them :

Jack and Kenna

One of my favorite baby pictures of baby Jackson. I put all my kids in this outfit trying to recreate this cuteness because I love it so much.

Baby Jackson again.

Grandpa Riding and Jackson

Me, Doug, and Jackson. Maybe on Jackson's blessing day?

Jackson again.

The Riding Family in 2006.

The Riding Grandkids in 2006. So sweet and little!

My and Doug's first house! We lived in the basement under it. It was tiny and had one small bedroom that barely fit a bed in it. It had a tiny living room that could barely fit a loveseat and chair. And the kitchen was only about 6ft tall. My dad had to duck when he was in it.

One of our engagement pictures.

And another

Plus this weird one:)

And one where we sat on a statue horse.

The first time we met each other parents. My parents came to Provo to meet Doug and then we drove down to St George and Doug's parents met us there from Sandy Valley. Deveny was living in St. George then too so I met her. And we saw Grandma and Grandpa Carlson. Doug's brother Jason (and maybe his whole family? Although maybe just Shantel was with him) also was there too from Arizona. We realized that Jason and Shantel knew my grandma and grandpa from when they were in Orem.

Doug's first birthday when I knew him.

The Dance family in 2006. 7 of these kids are married now, and 4 of them have babies of their own! 11 have graduated from high school, with another one graduating this year. Plus a bunch more were born after this. On of my favorite parts of this picture is Alyssa staring at Jackson. It always makes me laugh:)