This is a picture of her with our Pediatrician, Dr. Alexander. I could do a whole other post on why we love our Dr....Suffice it to say he is a Hawaiian lovin' fool. He plays the ukulele (Kelly even bought one from him), almost always writes a "prescription" for new albums or concerts we should go to, and has once or twice had cd's that he's made for us.Anyway, this is him wrapping Logan's arm in a cast. She was playing "Capture the Flag" in PE class. She was running really fast and stopped herself with her arms up against the wall, which bent her wrist back and broke her forearm. She ended up with a nice florescent pink cast. We were really glad when she had it removed. You can't imaging the funk coming from that thing!
We were really happy that the break happened after her volleyball season ended. We were able to go to Oregon State for the final tournament. It was a lot of fun watching her and her team improve over the season. The games were so exciting to watch. The volleyball was a club thing, so the season was from October to April...long, but fun. During this time she participated in track through the school. Let's just say volleyball games=fun for this mom to watch VS. track meets=BORING for this mom to watch. I had no clue how long track meets last, and how you have to wait for events...I think she wasn't that into it either, so it was even worse. 
Logan just recently turned 12. For us that is a big deal. In church that means she goes from a little kid to a young woman. Kelly and I had to speak in church on Mother's Day. It is a tradition for the primary kids to sing songs about and to all the moms in the congregation. Kelly and I were up on the stand behind the throng of kids, and there is Logan towering over most of them in her last Primary Mother's Day performance. Kelly and I both got choked up:) Kelly also teaches in the Senior Primary, and since it was Logan's last Sunday there, they let her pick her favorite song and lead it. She chose "Love is Spoken Here" which makes Kelly cry each time, and then to see Logan up there leading it made him lose it, which made the chorister lose it, and round and round it went:) I was told a few times during the week how sweet it was to see. We asked Logan if she was sad that she won't be able to do any more Primary Programs. She quickly said, "No!" and then said, "Well, I'm a little sad I won't be able to sing for dad at Father's Day."
Logan just recently turned 12. For us that is a big deal. In church that means she goes from a little kid to a young woman. Kelly and I had to speak in church on Mother's Day. It is a tradition for the primary kids to sing songs about and to all the moms in the congregation. Kelly and I were up on the stand behind the throng of kids, and there is Logan towering over most of them in her last Primary Mother's Day performance. Kelly and I both got choked up:) Kelly also teaches in the Senior Primary, and since it was Logan's last Sunday there, they let her pick her favorite song and lead it. She chose "Love is Spoken Here" which makes Kelly cry each time, and then to see Logan up there leading it made him lose it, which made the chorister lose it, and round and round it went:) I was told a few times during the week how sweet it was to see. We asked Logan if she was sad that she won't be able to do any more Primary Programs. She quickly said, "No!" and then said, "Well, I'm a little sad I won't be able to sing for dad at Father's Day."We are in the last full week of school. I can't believe Logan will be in middle school next year. It seems so long ago that I gave her the, "When you're 12 you can get a cell phone," or "when you go to 7th grade you can wear mascara." Time goes by too fast and now she has a cell phone...she hasn't asked about the mascara again, so I won't be reminding her. Logan has done awesome in school this year. She received rewards each semester and we just got a letter in the mail telling us that she was receiving another reward on the last day of school. It's a secret and I haven't updated my blog for so long that hopefully she won't find out about it.
We love Logan very much. She is a HUGE help to me! She loves her family and it shows, most of the time:) She's happy to have a cell phone and be able to text her cousins and friends. One day she was helping her younger cousin with math homework. It was so cute to watch, because she was talking with her hands and I had to remind her that Zion couldn't see her.
Maybe this post will get me back in the groove of blogging and I will catch-up or stay current with other things...only time will tell.
The second face to change was Maika's. She had to get braces for her extra jacked-up teeth! This is the start of many years of ortho care for her. The first phase is to widen her jaw, and to correct her over bite and cross bite. She is learning how to eat with her huge bite plate on the bottom (you can't see it, because it's clear), and to take extra good care with brushing. Who wants to see left over 
The third face to change was Nalani's. She lost her first tooth yesterday. She kind of freaked out for a minute and had some tears. But a few hours later she,
lost her second tooth! I guess she wasn't too scarred:) The Tooth Fairy was extra nice and brought her $10 since she lost her first and second teeth on the same day! Nalani is the earliest loser out of our family so far. Logan and Maika were both well into their Kindergarten year.
We had a very nice Christmas this year. This is our tree after Santa came to visit. I just love sitting in the 
