Mark Wins Drill Sergeant Of The Cycle Award!! Another cycle of Basic Training Soldiers is over. At the graduation ceremony on May 14th, Mark was awarded Drill Sergeant of the Cycle. We are very proud of Mark, we know he works hard and is very deserving of this award!!

Alyssa danced at Arts For All in Lawton on Saturday May 9th. We were lucky it didnt rain. She danced 4 dances. 2 ballet, 1 modern and 1 tap. The stage was a lot smaller than the one they danced on for their recital. The girls had to be careful not to run in to the the speakers on the stage, or fall off for that matter. My only complaint was the big tent pole that ran right down in front of the center of the stage. I did manage to get some pics though.

Alyssa's Dance Recital! Alyssa danced for Story and Barton School of Dance this year. She took 5 classes. She has been a busy dancer. For the Recital Alyssa was in 7 dances + the finale. She danced 2 ballet pieces, 1 point (her first year doing this), 1 tap, 1 modern, 1 character, and 1 jazz. I was only able to take a couple pics back stage before the performance, but I do plan on getting a pic of her in a few of her costumes.. and we are supposed to be getting a video.. hopefully I can put one of the dances on the blog when I do. I am very proud of all her hard work. She is a graceful and beautiful dancer.

Grandma Marilyn came out to visit and boy did we keep her busy.. Besides our normal crazy schedule of kids activities, a little shopping, watching tv, and making cards...We had a Pampered Chef Party, Went to a Ward Activity, Women's Conference, Logan's Birthday Party, Logan's Baptism, a School Fieldtrip with Logan's Class to the Sam Noble Museum, a School Fieldtrip with Madelyn's class to the Braum's Dairy, (We got free Ice Cream, YUMMY!!!) Alyssa's Dance Recital, Riley and Logan's Spring Concert at school, a Mother Daughter YW activity and then the two of us helped prepare and serve lunch at a Missionary Zone meeting, I hope she wasn't bored while she was here!! And she managed to sneak away with only getting her picture taken once. We sure had fun having her here!!

Logan was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, on April 26, 2009. His Grandma Marilyn, Aunt Jenni, Aunt Marcianne, Uncle Andy, and cousins Marc, David, Alena, Kerra, Gabriel and Joshua came to help the family celebrate.

Logan's Birthday Party!! We had Logan's birthday party at a park in Lawton. It was very windy, but we were lucky it didnt rain. Family and friends came out to help us celebrate. It was a relaxing party just hanging out, playing, and having fun.

Pics of family and friends at the birthday party.