On Saturday we were invited to Hallie's dance recital at the Cookeville Drama Center. Hallie's been dancing since she was just little bitty! This year she was in three of the performances. Not only is she a ballerina, but she also takes tap lessons. Hallie of course was the star of the show, an excellent dancer and her smile on stage was the best! Good job Hallie and thanks for including us!
April 3rd, after our big Easter extravaganza, Kayla and Storm dropped by the Ponderosa on their way to the Kayla's senior prom. They were looking very fancy and we got a few photos of them just as the sun was setting! I'm sure they were the best looking couple at the prom!
We were actually up higher than the planes coming into the city! Can you see the airplane coming in for a landing in this pic??? Look slightly above the buildings of Phoenix (the middle right of the city).
I've been to Phoenix a few times, but I forgot it's a valley surrounded by mountains. I guess I just typically think of it as flat desert, but that is not the case. You can see there is even a little greenery in this pic...
Me enjoying the scenery and taking a break...
And this is a pic of the buttes from the start of the trail so you can get an idea of what we were actually climbing on...
This pic was part of our scenic drive. You can see when I say it's 82 and sunny, I mean sunny. There literally isn't a cloud in the sky. I thought this was a neat pic because there probably aren't many lakes surrounded by cacti.
Today is Stephanie's birthday. This is baby Stephanie who was always very happy! She didn't know she did not have much hair! Or that she looked like her Dad. 
This is Princess Stephanie after she was a little older and grew lots of hair! And if you are wondering what happened to her lovely little pink princess dress, she wore it several times and later Emily wore it and even Tracie. Now it is hanging in the closet on the Ponderosa!
Happy Birthday to Mom
Notice how she was able to expertly set up our sleds so that we could go down the hill together..head first, of course.
This is kind of a shot of the first part of the hill, you make the turn and then it actually gets steeper. So, yeah, people were going really fast.
Carson and I only made it about 3/4 of the way down and we had to wreck ourselves into a snow bank due to a stranded motorist. Even though most of the sledders were annoyed by this, they still tried to lend a hand. 
Once the car was out of the way, it was time to climb the hill again for more sledding.
This is our friend Kenzie, Carson's sister, she wouldn't sled down the hill by herself. She would however lay on another person's back and ride down the hill! Check out the other sledders coming down the hill behind her.
And lastly, here is an action shot of Jay doing some sledding!
