The Lee Clan

We had just gotten home from school, I was checking emails and the girls were cleaning out their backpacks for the day, and doing homework, our normal routine after school. I received a phone call during this time from Sister Resendez, the Primary secretary asking me if I thought if Amber would like to give a talk in Primary on Sunday. I of course told her that it would not be a problem and that Amber would LOVE to give a talk. (I this whole time thought that Amber was standing right next to me listening to the conversation.) About 15 to 20 minutes later I looked at Amber and said to her that she has been asked to give a talk on Sunday and that I told them that she would love to. At this point her face went completely white! I thought that she was going to pass out. She then looks at me and very politly states that she didn't think that she could give a talk in Church on Sunday, because she was scared, and that she had never done anything like this before. (Keep in mind, she is our 9 year old.) I must have had a very puzzled look on my face, because she asked me "Why are looking at me that way?". I then asked her what do you mean that you are scared, and you don't think you can give a talk in Primary? Then as quickly as the color left it was back, she looked at me and said "Oh Thank Goodness, I thought you meant Sacrament Meeting." She then said that in Sacrament Meeting she can only do her 5 sentence part in the Primary program, and that she doesn't want to give a talk in Sacrament Meeting because she isn't old yet. I sure do LOVE my girls.

My sweet friend Machelle over at spunkyCUTEchicKNITS had an April Fools Quiz, we had to guess what really happened to her. I won a basket of goodies. Machelle I hope that you are feeling better! Please do not stress about getting the basket of goodies to me, you get better first. Love Ya!

This last weekend Candace was Baptized! It was such a wonderful day! My parents came from Colorado Springs, and of course Jared's parents, and Denee and Robby and their cute girls were there, and of course I can't forget our wonderful friends that came and shared our special day with us.
Candace received some wonderful gifts this day to help her remember about her Baptismal Covenants. Thanks to all!

Our weekend was a fun filled weekend! My parents arrived Thursday afternoon, and then on Friday Jared took the night off of work, and we pulled the girls out of school and went to the Wild Life World Zoo. They have an awesome aquarium. We spent most of our time in the aquarium, then went and fed the giraffes, and went home. Wish that I had pictures of the zoo, but I forgot to pull out the camera. By the time Monday hit, we were all tired. Thanks Mom and Dad for coming and spending the weekend with us. We love you guys.

On March 7th Jodi (our baby) turned 6. We had her birthday party on the 14th. It was a fun little party for her. When preparing for Jodi's party she informed me that she wanted balloons all through the house, clear up to her waist. I then told her that she had to help me blow up the balloons then, she gave up, Jodi blew up one balloon then said that she was done. She loved being able to play with all of her friends, and enjoyed the gifts she was given. I keep thinking that we are almost to the end of this school year, and my baby will then be in 1st grade. In just 2 more years Jodi will be baptized, and I will be heading into the next stage of my life, getting all of the girls into YW. What a joy it is to be raising daughters.

I got to have Tea (cookies and juice) with some very famous people today. I was privileged enough to be invited to go to the White House (Candace's classroom). I met Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller, Thomas Jefferson, Orville Wright just to name a few. My favorite part of this wonderful event was when I got to meet Florence Nightingale (aka Candace). Mrs. Maldonado did a great job with this program. The children were to choose a famous person in history and read a biography on them, then turn into that person for the Tea at the White House. The invited guest (parents) got to go around the room and meet these wonderful and influential people. Enjoy the video of Candace answering all of her questions.

Our sweet little Amber decided to try out for the talent show at the school with 3 of her friends. They would get together after school at her friends house and practice. When they tried out, they were told by the judges that they were impressed with these girls because when they messed up they didn't quit, they just kept going. The girls did a great job. Here is a video of the girls dancing to the song "Push It" from the Disney movie "Jump In".

Amber is the one in the pink shirt (and she is the shortest)!

Breanna, Makela and Kaylee!

After they were done pampering themselves.

I had a fun Birthday party. I turned 8 on February 5th. Last Friday evening I had some friends over for a Birthday party, it was a lot of fun. We ate hot dogs, chips and had a juice box for dinner. Then we made a craft, we made princess wands, then we opened presents. I got some really cool stuff. Thanks everybody! Then we had cake and ice cream. Then it was time for everybody to go home. I wanted my party to keep going. I got my ears pierced. My mom and pops also gave me a nice new set of scriptures. Here are some pics of my fun Birthday!

I'm not sure where to begin! I think that I will start with the yucky stuff. Last weekend we had to completely redo the sewage plumbing from our home to half way through the back yard. After 50 plus years, the roots from our trees finally found the old joints and worked their way into the pipes. We kept getting major back ups, which are not fun. But we are done now and waiting for the inspector to come so we can rebury the pipe.

On February 1st Jared turned 38. We went over to Denee and Robby's home and cooked up Carne Asada and watched the Super Bowl. In which our Cardinals lost.

Tomorrow Candace will be turning 8 years old. She will be getting baptized at the end of March. She is getting very excited because she will get her first official set of scriptures, and she will also be getting her ears pierced.

Then on the 18th of February Breanna will turn 12 and be heading on into the YW's program. I am still in shock that I will actually have a 12 year old, and only one more left to get baptized. My how time flies.

This was just a quick update on how we are doing! I will definitely post more later.

On Monday, we had school off and Daddy didn't have to work. Daddy took us to Flagstaff to play in the snow. We had a lot of fun. Mommy and Daddy kept telling us that we are definitely "City Girls"! We didn't much care for the COLD, and getting wet when the snow melted on our clothes. It was funny watching everyone trying to walk through the snow. We would start walking then all of a sudden we would fall through to our knees or higher. We tried to make a snowman, and have a snowball fight, but Daddy said that it was to cold and that the snow wouldn't stick together until it got warmer. Daddy started a fire to help us warm up before we came back to Phoenix and warmer weather. Thanks Daddy for taking us, we had a fun time.