Scrap Page Catch Up

My New Year's Resolution last year went really well! I only had a couple pages to catch up on at the beginning of this year before I was able to make our 2013 book. So of course this year I made the same resolution, but am totally slacking! I just can't get in the groove. I sit down to scrap and end up on Pinterest! Oh well.. here are some pages I'm trying to catch up on from January til now.

Back in January we celebrated Luke's birthday! He was so excited to open his presents. Crazy how he is just turning into a little man!

Also back in January, Johnny turned 18 months. He starting going to nursery, at church, and hated it! Now he loves it.. most days. But he does love playing outside and helping daddy work on stuff.

 

One morning in March, Mark came up to me while getting ready for school and said, "mom there is a steer head on my nose!" He scrunches his little nose up and sure enough the outline of a steer head shows up! I decided to scrap this memory and call it "Born a Cowboy" .. cows are in his DNA!

 

And in April we went to the fair! We love the fair! The food, the rides, the rodeo, the food.. oh wait I already said that! We had a blast!

 

These next two scrap pages are the more recent memories. ^^Mother's Day! Me and the kiddos :)^^

 

and Allie's Spring Violin recital. The recital was only two days ago, so 10 points for me for not procrastinating! Allie did great. She is loving violin and we plan to add the piano this Summer to switch things up.

Whew! Now I need to scrap Mark's birthday, May Day and lots of camping and canoeing trips!!

Allie's Christmas Recital

Allie has been taking violin lessons from Aunt Jill for the past few months. She's loved it and calls it her fiddle! This past Sunday was her first recital. She was nervous but she did so great!

You only have to practice on the days that you eat...

Allie had her first violin lesson today, from Aunt Jill!!

From my limited musical knowledge, I think that she did quite well for her first lesson. And she was so eager to play and to learn!
I think she's must that from her Nelson/Whitney side.. the Hardy's aren't well know for the musical abilities {well maybe just Aunt Cindy}.

For the past week or so, Allie has been telling everyone, {I mean everyone!} that she gets to play the violin and that you just put it under your chin and it just plays. Just like that!

Well today she learned that its not quite that easy but that its still super fun.

When we got home she practiced her "tugga, tugga, stop, stops" and made sure to play on "Mama A"
... anybody want to guess what those things mean??!

And how cute is that tiny violin?! Let me tell ya, so cute. That's how cute. ;)

We're excited for Allie's new endeavor
and we're so grateful for Aunt Jill and her patience.