More of Meili's Pictures

Beautiful Heber Valley & Cotton Candy

Train Ride

Dave and Katie invited Meili and Ana to go with their family on a "Thomas the Tank Engine" train ride in Heber Valley, about an hour away. They had a really good time. Meili took all of these pictures.

A Budding Blogger

Lately Ana has been playing with a pretend camera. After she takes your picture, she smiles and says, "I'm gonna go put this on my blog."

A Lazy Sunday

Meili and Ana relaxing on the front porch.
 

World Famous Violist

Meili plucking her viola at last week's orchestra concert.
 

Pensive Princess

Ana thinking hard while holding her princess crown from Aunt Natalie.
 

Ana and Her Tag

Ana got restless during a school play we attended tonight. Luckily, we brought along the magical instant calming device--her tag.
 

Get Outside!

Yesterday I had to pry the kids away from SpongeBob and force them outside to enjoy the beautiful spring evening.
 
 

Grand Finale (video)

http://youtu.be/_aJdalqmXm4
Here's a portion of the kids' last song: We Can Be A Light.

Star Spangled Banner (video)

http://youtu.be/fp3Wn4FWa_U
A tiny sampling of The National Anthem.

Hope of America

The 5th graders in Utah County (thousands of them!) get to participate in a Freedom Festival event called Hope of America. It's pretty spectacular. Wish you all could have been there for Eliah's performance. As you can see, the kids wore red, white, blue or yellow t-shirts and then sat in formation to display the American flag. They sang patriotic songs and made our hearts swell with pride. (5/1/07)

"Take a Picture of Me"

This is Ana's special camera pose. It's just so adorable. We didn't teach it to her, and we're wondering if anyone out there knows where she picked it up.

Not Much Going On

We're gearing up for all the end-of-the-school-year activities and the beginning of summer fun. May will be busy and I hope to catch photos of every little thing, but for now we're just enjoying the beautiful, warm spring weather that has come our way. Watch for future postings of all the kids. In the meantime, check out the Chase Family blog (link at right) for pictures of some of us at Lincoln's (very late) birthday party today.

A Rainbow to Remember

Here's a picture of last night's double rainbow--the most vivid one ever! It was fully complete (both arcs) and just enormous! A real treat after a dismally gray day.

Family Party

Katie & Dave and Steve & Debbie met us at Leatherby's for ice cream and presents. What a great night!

Push-Up Bars

Eliah demonstrates his new push-up bars. (Watch for rippling biceps in future blog postings!)














Ana's baby gets a workout too!

Birthday Morning

Opening a few presents.

At Duke's Lanes

Eliah spent almost his entire birthday weekend with his great friend Colby. They started out the festivities with a trip to Ya's favorite bowling alley. They came out smelling like greasy french fries and cigarettes. I made them each take a shower afterward!

Early Birthday Present

Dave Chase spent three hours setting this basketball standard up for Eliah. (Thank you, Superman!) My pictures are blurry but they show the true joy of the moment. It's a great relief to know we no longer have the only child in the world without his own hoop.

Ana's "Fancy Boots"

It rained last week, so Ana grabbed her water shoes and asked to go outside. I think she thinks they're rain boots because she calls them her "fancy boots."

Our Boisterous Boys

These guys have such a great time together!