I haven't blogged in forever! I'm going to do a quick catchup here, and then maybe I'll be back on track!
Family
Scott traded his motorcycle with a friend for his boat. We can't wait to try it out! We'll be able to fish and waterski. We've enjoyed our dog, Sadie (being wild in the tube with the kids). She's such a good dog!
We went to South Dakota for Easter and had a great time- remember Charlie?Scott
Scott loves to ski, and took the kids skiing a few times this winter. Last year as foster kids, Gauge and Anastasha weren't allowed to ski. They picked it up really fast this year (they were better than me on their second try, which isn't that big of a compliment).
Scott got a new motorcycle to replace the one he traded. Don't worry, his stipulation is that he always has to wear a helmet!
Jenny
I had my best concert yet! I had Jena Dickey (of Young Voices of Colorado) guest conduct my choir. She's amazing!
I had a "Bring your Parent to Music Day" for kindergarten. We had a great turnout, and the parents sat with us and did all of our songs, dances, and games!
This is my Strasburg Singers choir. I had almost 40 this year, and they were amazing! They sang in 2 and 3 parts! We went on several field trips- on one we rehearsed with Jena, then we sang at St. John's Cathedral. Amazing experience for me and them!
Gauge
Gauge is playing T-ball this summer. It's so cute, all the kids who throw the bat, run the wrong way, hit the tee. He's pretty good and hits it past second base a lot.
He also did wrestling in the spring, and I HATED the matches! You wait for two hours to see him wrestle for 3 minutes. If he wins, you wait another hour to wrestle again. At one tournament, we had waited for two hours for our second match. He asked "if I win, then what?" You stay and wrestle again. "If I lose, then what?" We go home. He said "I think I want to lose this one!"
Scott loves to ski, and took the kids skiing a few times this winter. Last year as foster kids, Gauge and Anastasha weren't allowed to ski. They picked it up really fast this year (they were better than me on their second try, which isn't that big of a compliment).
Scott got a new motorcycle to replace the one he traded. Don't worry, his stipulation is that he always has to wear a helmet!Jenny
I had my best concert yet! I had Jena Dickey (of Young Voices of Colorado) guest conduct my choir. She's amazing!
I had a "Bring your Parent to Music Day" for kindergarten. We had a great turnout, and the parents sat with us and did all of our songs, dances, and games!
This is my Strasburg Singers choir. I had almost 40 this year, and they were amazing! They sang in 2 and 3 parts! We went on several field trips- on one we rehearsed with Jena, then we sang at St. John's Cathedral. Amazing experience for me and them!Gauge
Gauge is playing T-ball this summer. It's so cute, all the kids who throw the bat, run the wrong way, hit the tee. He's pretty good and hits it past second base a lot.
He also did wrestling in the spring, and I HATED the matches! You wait for two hours to see him wrestle for 3 minutes. If he wins, you wait another hour to wrestle again. At one tournament, we had waited for two hours for our second match. He asked "if I win, then what?" You stay and wrestle again. "If I lose, then what?" We go home. He said "I think I want to lose this one!"Anastasha
Anastasha did he big 5th grade biography project on Princess Anastasia Romanov. She really got into it and spent hours researching and putting it together. She even did an extra power point presentation. She got a perfect score!
This is her best friend, Tycie. She's also a teachers daughter. They are BFFL's (best friends for life).
Victoria
Now that Tori's 12, she's in Young Women's. She loves it! Here's her and some of the girls at a Girl's Camp fundraiser yard sale at our house. There were lots of large granny clothes that were fun to dress up in!
Here's Tori's best friend Ellie. They are in choir together.
We just found out that Victoria made it into Concert choir next year, the top choir! They get to go to England and Wales on tour in Summer 2010.
Anastasha did he big 5th grade biography project on Princess Anastasia Romanov. She really got into it and spent hours researching and putting it together. She even did an extra power point presentation. She got a perfect score!
This is her best friend, Tycie. She's also a teachers daughter. They are BFFL's (best friends for life).Victoria
Now that Tori's 12, she's in Young Women's. She loves it! Here's her and some of the girls at a Girl's Camp fundraiser yard sale at our house. There were lots of large granny clothes that were fun to dress up in!
Here's Tori's best friend Ellie. They are in choir together.
We just found out that Victoria made it into Concert choir next year, the top choir! They get to go to England and Wales on tour in Summer 2010.That's a little bit of what we've been up to! Sorry it's been so long!
This was our first Christmas as a new family- it was pretty exciting for all of us. Gauge especially was excited about Santa, he even "saw Rudoph" flying in the sky! We had a busy December with my school concert, Victoria's choir concert, we made lots of Christmas treats for friends and neighbors, and did lots of shopping. 
What priceless look! Gauge got a Nintendo DS.
Anastasha got a hamster cage.
Both girls got Ipod nanos. Thank you, Santa, wherever you are!
Meet Sadie, the newest addition to our family. She is about a year old, and she is half golden retriever and half black lab. She's a nice, well-behaved, calm dog. She got a Beatles name (Sexy Sadie) like our cat Lucy (in the Sky with Diamonds). We all love her.
We had our 5th annual Authier Halloween party- about 50-60 guests this year. We had nonstop trick-or-treaters, who all know me! "Oh my gosh, it's Mrs. Authier's house!"
