Tournament and Advancement For Jake- February and March

Jake competed in his 1st tournament for tae kwon do, where he had to do proper form, sparring, and an event where they fight with sticks. I forgot the name.
Jake performing proper form

Congratulations!

He placed in the event I can't remember the name, but he got medals for the other events also. He did great for his 1st time.

Happy Kid! Good Job!

This is when he advanced to green/white belt.

They put his old belt around his head in the ceremony.

Ceremony

Putting on the new belt.

still

Taking off old belt with his friend Angel. Tae Kwon Do has been so good for Jake in many ways. He has even learned to count to 10 in Korean and Japanese

Ice Skating With The Hendrons- February

Woah, catch your balance there James!
Hey Bronte!

Jake had never been before, and struggled a bit at first until we saw these cool skating helpers, then he was flying!!

This was Emmas second time, and she did very good!

Rob helping Jake!

Elli doing great!

Butterfly Kisses Ball and Kid Kicker at the Jazz Game- February

Daddy Daughter Ball at Emma's School
They looked so good and had a wonderful time!

Beautiful flowers for a beautiful girl!

Jake got to perform at a Jazz game with his Hapkido/Tae Kwon Do class.

Quite a group! Lots of fun!

Jake and his friend.

Elli's Birthday- January 2011

We celebrated January, February, and March Bdays together at Gills
Elli's Bday always starts our new year. She turned 13 this year. She's officially a TEENAGER. Pretty scary! Not really. She's a lot of fun!

All her presents from her friends.

Two friends playing ping pong.

The biggest hit of the night was "Just Dance"! They had so much fun! I had fun watching their dance moves!

Just Dance!

Movin'!

Shakin!

Pizza and cake!

Family gifts, bright and early!

Tradition of singing to wake them up!

Christmas 2010

All the 1st grade performed fun songs at Mapleton's "Lights On" ceremony. With Santa, doughnuts and cocoa after. Very cute!
Jake with Santa at the ceremony.

Jake with glasses for his "Reindeer Rap" song! Sooo cute!

Emma singing at her choir performance at the beautiful Provo Tabernacle one week before it burned!

The beautiful Tabernacle. Check out Emma, top left, second one in. Her mouth in perfect O as she is singing.

Tabernacle with stained glass windows in back. I am so glad we got these pictures. How sad to see such an amazing structure burn.

We decided to try to cut our own tree down this year. Unfortunately we never found one we liked. This is Jake in his make-shift boots.

We had to go down this deep ravine and it was very slippery.

The girls crossing back over the ravine.

Looking for a tree.

We ended up getting a tree at the nursery at end of our street again. We've had good luck with those trees. We love them. It's kinda tradition now.

Jake putting on the star.

Our beautiful and fragrant tree!

Thanksgiving 2010

Emma, Gentry, and Maisy put on a play depicting the true meaning of, and how Thanksgiving was created! Being thankful and sharing our bounties with others.
Pie from our pumpkins we grew! Nothing even compares to real pumpkin pie! Homemade crust too from a pie making class our RS had.

Delicious Turkey! Maybe next year we will raise our own turkeys.

Elli just loves preparing the turkey!

Family and friends!

What a wonderful day!