On January 19th Sophia's ballet school (Gasper's School of Dance) had their winter showcase... in spite of being part of a huge class only Sophia and her little friend, Hope, showed up for their classes' demonstration!
Hope was too frightened to go out on the floor so Sophia took her hand and helped her!
I was so incredibly proud of Sophia's performance at the showcase, and how she's responded to ballet this year in general. The difference that 9 months makes is just mind-blowing... she is approaching dance with such confidence and concentration this season! She's often the "leader" in her large class, and I just can't put into words how proud and pleased it makes me feel!
On the 20th we drove up to Grand Forks to spend the day with Ralph and Carmen, who just celebrated their birthdays! They also have bulldogge puppies, which is always fun!
Cousin Ava is a HUGE baby-lover! I just love it because Kaia's almost as big as her :)
The 3 "big girls;" Gabby, Jaylin and Magdalene
Baby poses! My SIL, Lindsey, brought some butterfly wings so that I could get some extra-cute baby pics :)
Grandpa Ralph with his 2 littlest girls, Ava and Kaia
We have lots of these moments too! :)
I snapped a pic of Sophia playing at her preschool a couple of weeks ago... I just love the indendent play at the Academy! Nervous about switching schools in the fall for kindergarten!
Grandpa Ralph brought us a bale of hay last week and squeezed in another visit :)
Yee-haw!
Margie... still the most beautiful horse on the planet :)
More cow-girling :)
Sophia's favorite part of bath-time: holding Kaia for a minute while I fill the baby tub!
Ugh... -23 last week. AIR temp. The wind chill temps are unspeakable!
Sorry... for some reason these pics got goofy! More bath cuddles!
Trav loves this one because the low of the day is -24 and the high is-23
As you may have seen on Facebook... we have become the hot new hang-out for all the locals! (the deer)... we have a moldy pile of hay by the barn that smells so sweet and is so lovely... EXCEPT for the mold of course! Since we don't want colicky horses we left the pile for the deer and they told ALL their friends! Travis counted 24 deer on our land on Saturday!
This gal was hanging out in the front yard
The conga line coming out of the prairie to the Williams' Deer Cafe!
Party time! :)
We occasionally find time to just hang around and goof off!
Love this pic of Travis and his mini-me :)
Sleeping babies are the sweetest
Kaia is truly a very very happy, chatty, smiley baby... it's just hard to get a picture of it! But, on Feb 3 (her 4-month birthday) she was so extra smiley in the morning that I finally got some pics!
One more deer pic :) We have deer on our property EVERY day now, but I never get tired of it! Even the deer poo is okay with me... they are just so beautiful!
Last night we went to our friend, Tiffany's, for Super Bowl! Her daughter Azahna was great with Kaia
Brien (the owner of the stable we boarded Margie with) holding his son, Hayden, who insisted on holding Kaia. Tiffany boards her horses with Brien and Jess so it was a big gathering of horse-lovers... you could have heard a pin drop during the Clydesdale commercial and the Dodge Ram "So God made a farmer" commercial! We had so much fun pigging out and hanging out!
Sophia and Tiffany's son, Ayden, hanging out. Sophia, Ayden and Hayden are all the same age!
Another country sunrise :)
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