Logan's 2nd Year Music Recital

Today was Logan's Let's Play Music Recital. He just completed the 2nd year of the 3 year music program and has loved every minute of it! This past year mainly focused on learning how to identify music notes by both reading and listening to the music and learning how to play the music on the keyboard. They also have learned a lot of fun new songs. Logan is really getting the hang of it and it amazes me how much he has learned and retained this year! Mrs. Renae is a wonderful teacher and we just love her! One more year to go and Logan will be ready to move on to piano lessons, which should be a breeze with the groundwork this program has provided.

Logan had a special part in the program where he played "When the Saints Go Marching" on the keyboard along with one other boy. He did a wonderful job!

Way to go Logi! We are so proud of you!

Circus Circus

On our way home from the Relay for Life in Cedar City, we thought it would be fun for the kids if we stayed a night at Circus Circus in Las Vegas. We were right, the kids LOVED it!!!

They had a blast riding rides at the Adventure Dome.

 

 Since I am obviously pregnant, the kids had fun waving to me from the rides.

 The boys loved the arcade games and they used their own allowance money for most of the games, which they surprisingly gladly did.

 The carnival games were so much fun because each game was only about $1 and you won a stuffed animal pretty much every game you played. The kids loved those odds!!!

 By the end of the night, the kids had won handfuls of stuffed animals and we only spent around $20!

 After all of the fun, the boys couldn't keep their eyes open at dinner. It was a nice and quiet dinner for Ben and I:)

 On our way out of town, we had to go our favorite Vegas spot...Serendipity!!!

 Frozen hot chocolate...heaven on earth! It was a great way to end a great weekend!:)

 



Relay For Life

Jen's sister-in-law, Marie and her daughter, Jocelyn (and many of her friends), signed "Team Jen" up for the Relay for Life that stopped in Cedar City at Southern Utah University (my old stomping grounds) on April 19-20th. The Relay for Life is an amazing organization raising money for every kind of cancer.  The relay takes place on a school track (in this case it was SUU) and there must be at least one member of your team walking on the track during the entire event which lasts through the night.

We along with many other friends and family, were thrilled to go and support Jen and her fight against cancer.

Jen and Matt (he was also born and raised in Cedar) graduated from SUU and I studied 3 years undergrad there, so it is always fun and nostalgic to visit the old campus and city.

We had all had a great time at the Relay and "Team Jen" raised $1700 that went straight to cancer research!!! Every dollars counts and is helping bring researchers that much closer to finding a cure.

It was about 40 degrees there (VERY cold for us AZ whimps!) and the kids were thrilled to see some old snow patches left behind!!! Beau had no idea what he was touching, but he didn't like it:)



Taking our lap around the course

The kids LOVED playing in the old, dirty, icy, leftover snow patches! But hey, these AZ boys will take what they can get!

We are so proud of Jen and her ongoing strength and determination. We know she will beat this and she is definitely not fighting alone!!!

The bouncy slide was, of course, a huge hit with the boys:)

We were so happy that we were able to participate in the Relay For Life and to support Jen. Thanks Marie and Jocey for all of your hard work! It was such a fun event and we look forward to doing it again and again. We love you so much Jen and Roper fam!!!