It's been HOW long?

Okay so I have so much catching up to do - I've never known time to fly by quite so fast as it has the past few months! Here we go: This was Rexburg in February. It's great for a while, the sledding, beautiful storms, the snow men... but it gets old. I don't know what Spencer's fishing for, but I think it was Spring. Nice try, buddy! One of our favorite things to do - lounging around in our pajamas with Bella! She's just turned one year old now and is a really sweet family dog. We love our beautiful boozy-bear! As evidenced by Sophie allowing Bella to kiss her... yup, Bella is a kisser! and a cuddler...

February: had a fab Valentine's Day with a steak/bearnaise/asparagus dinner in (tradition), flowers, sparkling cider, chocolate dipped strawberries, decorations, love-themed FHE, all that jazz. The weekend before we had a big Friday family date and went to Leos Place (like Chuck E Cheese but way better) and saw Gnomeo & Juliet, delivered sugar cookies to widows on Saturday, had friends over for dessert on Sunday, and Sophie and I heart-attacked Gary's door at work on Monday. Good times. We love holidays! Sorry though no pictures - the camera broke that month and we had to get it fixed.

March: was dominated by dance in many forms. We spent the first weeks getting ready for the Idaho State Clogging Championships, the one big competition that all our teams do every year. This year we stayed overnight at a hotel in Pocatello instead of driving back and forth and it was lovely - a pool and free hot breakfast makes the Larsens a happy family! Our teams did great, Sophie was adorable in her freestyle, and Maggie's "Popular" duet from Wicked brought down the house. She really comes alive on stage! I'll upload videos when I figure out how. :-)

This is Sophie in her freestyle costume and Maggie as Elphaba for her duet. They look so much older in makeup! Maggie loved it but I told her not to get used to it -this is a performance only thing, young lady!

After the competition we started work on our Festival Team - we were chosen to represent the United States at the Rexburg International Dance and Music Festival in July and have LOTS to do. We've started work on a hoe down and the 80's medley (always a crowd favorite), and have plans for a swing, group clog, boogie woogie tap number, Blues Brothers clog, and maybe a Charleston. Stuff we could take on possibly an international tour next year!!! Anyway, lots to do and it keeps me busy, and dancing! Love that I'm getting my dancer arms back. It's a great workout! Which is one of the many reason why I love having a dance studio!

The rest of our days are filled with carpools, laundry, game nights (we've recently discovered Blokus), temple sessions, laundry, playing with friends, sledding, movies (Leap Year, Harry Potter 7 Part 1, How to Train Your Dragon, Despicable Me, Tangled, and The Adjustment Bureau were 2011 winter favorites), reading, Zumba, kids' homework and piano practicing, more laundry, dishes, and playing with Bella. Nana and Papa come up to stay with Nanny every few weeks so we get to see them; this last time Papa tickled Bella's neck while we watched Kid Histories on YouTube and she followed him around for the rest of the afternoon. Even when he was trying to take a nap before driving back to Utah! :-) She's so loyal.