Legend's amazing choirs!

This is how this fun choir night ended for my girls and I...happy beaming smiles!

The Roach family joined us for an impromptu Family Home Evening to the Legend High School's Spring Choir Concert!

Almost all of my girls were singing in one of the four choirs showcased this night.

My new camera was, once again, not cooperating.

But look at these beautiful girls!

I loved searching the kids to find each and every one of their sweet faces.

Alyssa, Oaklee and Hailey...gorgeous as always!

Look how cute they are!!

This is one of Legend's future stars...Miss Cortney!

Terrible picture...amazing kids!

Megan was sweet and allowed Ellie to be her personal guest for the evening.

L-O-V-E these girls!!!

Two more of Legend's future pianists and superstars...Jocelyn and Jesse!

Look at pretty Sara singing away!

Oaklee and Brittany had solos...amazing!

And Janae even accompanied a number!

These girls are not only talented, they are well trained, disciplined to practice and brave enough to share their gifts with others.

This young men's choir is known far and wide for their talents and their "special" number that is never on the program. The performance is always a memory maker. One year they did Dynamite which you HAVE TO check out right here! They also have some other awesome ones out there here and here!

Jared is this amazing soloist! He is a famous YouTube hit in our home!

Check out the moves!

These two girls are amazing as well. Kristin was on the drums and Miss Tiffany rocks too.

Go Hayden (above) and Shelby (below)...we love you both!

The director is Mr. Stroman, who is extraordinary. I don't mean your run-of-the-mill extraordinary, I am talking the kids love him, the parents love him and he is one of this school's most priceless assets, along with his beautiful wife above!

Look at all these talented and beautiful girls!

Shelby giving the girls a hug, and Josh and a friend posing below!

This is exactly how my girls and I felt about the whole night...THUMBS UP!!!

You can also check out great times with these amazing kids at our last Ward's Youth Conference click here!

Mom's Right-hand Girl

(sorry for the blurry faces, still figuring out my new camera)

Ellie is my right-hand girl.

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I just can't do it all. (Ok, let's be totally honest, that is pretty much Monday-Friday! But, on two of those days, we have figured out a solution.)

My solution is Ellie.

I start at 5am with A.J. to seminary, then Madie at 6:30 and Easton on the bus at 6:55. Then I go over Brooke's piano with her once more, and we head to piano lessons at 7:30-8:00, then Brooke has honor choir at 8:15.

I am literally going from one child's breakfast, lunch, and ride to the next for over 3 hours, and I have no time to get Miss Annie ready for preschool with a drop-off time of 8:45am.

We tried several different things, with me waking Annie and showering her at 6:00 and riding around town with me. We tried letting her sleep late and taking her after Ellie got on the bus at 8:30. We even tried getting everyone up at 5:30 and having breakfast and scriptures together, but nothing worked.

Nothing worked until I discovered the "power of siblings," or the "power of Ellie."

Ellie is amazing! One morning, without any suggestion, while I was gone running Brooke around, Ellie accomplished the impossible.

She showered, dressed and fed BOTH she and Annie. She even did Annie's hair in a sweet little twist on top into a ponytail. (Which is no small feat with Annie's curly locks that have a mind of their own.)

She made both their lunches, cleaned up their breakfasts, packed their backpacks (complete with lunches, snacks and Annie's show-n-tell), and even had their jackets on and ready to go.

Tuesdays and Thursdays would never be the same.

Now I wake them, and Ellie takes over.

Every week I return home to an excited Ellie who can't wait to show me "Annie's do" for the day, what they have cleverly decided matched the letter of the day for her show-n-tell and Annie beaming like she was the star of the morning.

Well Annie Grace is a star, but Ellie is the light of my mornings!

Thank you Miss Ellie!