DeVries Drama

Allie started a dance class with Karessa and Shauntell at their Dance studio in Draper. It is called Esteem Dance and they have been more than incredible with her! She is the youngest in the class, but she is really picking some of it up! She adores being part of something girlie! She completely LOVES dance school.

“Love can sweep you off your feet and carry you along in a way you've never known before. But the ride always ends, and you end up feeling lonely and bitter. Wait. It's not love I'm describing. I'm thinking of a monorail.”
Jack Handy

Wooley is starting to get in on the action too! She likes to watch the kids run and laugh! She is a sweetheart! She is really starting to talk...

It is so cute when she says "Jakey"

I LOVE to see the Temple!!!!! What a beautiful symbol of eternal life and the Gospel!

YES THAT IS A.M.!!!!!! (I am an idiot) I don't care for paper tubes or porches...especially in the rain, but I guess it could be worse right?

How FUNNY! I love to catch people pulling faces...mainly because almost all of my pictures growing up make me look like an idiot! Brian finally taught me that someday i will want to have a decent picture of myself so I quit pulling faces like this one!

This is my BIG sis Karrie. She really is an inspiration to our family! She suffers from bipolar disorder and addiction. She is coming up on her 3rd year of sobriety this October and is REALLY making a devoted effort to be a part of her children's lives. I know that Heavenly Father has a special purpose for my sister because she is still here and has over come incredibly painful addictions. I know that Karrie will never be 100% fixed, but I know that if Karrie can pull herself out of the deep, dark, rotten place that she was in for several years and continue in good faith with her recovery effort, ANYONE can do it!

Karrie is a strong woman and I am grateful to have my big sister...I am so proud of you Karrie! I am thankful to House of Hope and the Justice system of Salt Lake City for keeping you safe when you were not capable of it on your own!

I don't understand why my children refuse to have a first day of school pictures.... they seriously acted like I was the cheesiest, lame mom in the world! I wanted to share how cute they looked and I guess I used the wrong word...THEY ARE NOT CUTE!!!
I finally got a few and so now you can see how NOT CUTE they were on the first day of school!

Nate has Mrs. Zitto at Saratoga Shores in the 4th grade A.L.L. class and Jake has Mrs. McPherson at Harvest. I have to say what AMAZING women these 2 teachers are! They have already done so much to get to know my boys on a personal level and I am hopeful that Nate will have a positive experience in 4th grade (3rd was a STINKER!) He doesn't say that he hates school everyday which is HUGE for Nate and he is really being challenged! He has to think and he has tons of homework! I love to watch him solve problems! I can already see the change in his self esteem because he can figure things out!

Jake still has it pretty easy because they are still doing assessments to place them in rotation groups, his teacher says he's at the top from what she can see so far...he just discovered that there is more to reading than The Magic Treehouse! He is really enjoying The Boxcar Children...which was always my favorite growing up! I am such a LUCKY mommy!!!! I truly do have THE BEST KIDS in the world!