A Busy Weekend

We had a great but busy weekend. It started off Saturday morning going to our old neighborhood for and Easter Egg Hunt. We were sad to see that our old house is for sale again. Because of the horrible housing market, they have marked it down $30,000 less than they paid us for it. Very sad!! The hunt was great! The kids got a lot of eggs and prizes. We stayed after the hunt was over to do our Modern Woodmen's youth service club. If you are wondering what that is I'll briefly explain--Dan and I got life insurance a few years ago through an organization called Modern Woodmen. Besides being an insurance program they sponsor youth service clubs to help kids learn to serve and take pride in their community. I am the club's leader. We do a service project every month. This month we did liter clean up at the park that the hunt was held. There are several kids in the neighborhood that are involved in the youth club, so we had about 15 kids helping us. We ate Krispy Kreme donuts after and went home! It was fun.
That afternoon Maddie had a cheer competition at the Idaho Center. This is the biggest competition in Idaho. Maddie and her squad have practiced since September to be ready for the event. Here are a few of the girls waiting for the rest of their squad to get there.

This next picture is Maddie's cheer squad waiting for their results. The girl next to Maddie (Hannah) hates loud noises so wears head phones to block much of the noise. I found it very cute that she decorated it in ribbon with red, black and white (their cheer squad's colors).

Maddie's squad won first place in their division. Maddie was so excited to take a turn posing with the team trophy. It's almost as big as she is. They did a fantastic job despite the fact that they had a few technical difficulties with the music. She did great.

The kids wanted to pose in front of the Idaho Center. Zach was so excited that Maddie won a medal. She promised Zach that he could have her old medal now that she has a shiny new one. The sun was in their eyes, but I wanted a picture of all three of them.

Don't forget to check out the post just under this one because there is a video of Zach doing a very funny magic trick. He has been practicing this one a lot because he wants to show his grandpas when we go to Salt Lake next weekend.