mother's day

this mother's day was the first time audrey sang in church with the primary and she gave her first talk in primary!! she had been asking me for weeks if she could give a talk, so i talked to the primary presidency about assigning her a talk. they usually ask for volunteers during closing exercises, but by then, audrey's so tired she's oblivious to everything happening around her. when they asked her the previous week, she thought they meant right then, so she climbed up the steps to the podium. we had a really hard time convincing her that she had to wait a week:) we prepared her talk- i can repent- for FHE and wrote down everything she told us. we were so proud of her!! she wasn't scared at all and asked jacob to help her with the talk. she stood up there, spoke clearly into the mike as she repeated the talk she had written- "“Repent means to say sorry. We say sorry to show love to other people. Jesus Christ teaches us to show love. I can show love to my family and friends when I repent and say sorry.” the primary presidency made a HUGE deal about the fact that that was her first talk ever, but i think audrey was just happy she got to talk into the mike AND got a sticker:) she makes us detach the flexible showerhead from the pipe and uses that as a microphone:) but, what made this day so much better, was the outfit audrey chose to wear- her favorite "hawaiian tiki princess dress", her new rain boots, her favorite star tights, and NINE hair clips. she stood out so much when the primary was singing to the moms- she was the only sunbeam who went up and about halfway through belting, she realized where she was, stopped singing, and started turning in circles so she could see the other kids. i was playing piano, so i didn't get to watch, but jacob said it was pretty funny to watch her turn in circles:) oh, to be a sunbeam!!

she wanted all nine clips in her hair:)

those bright yellow floral boots go so well with her dress:) people kept asking me where i got them:)

she was very happy with the way she looked:) jacob couldn't look at her without laughing:)she's three and a half! it's cute:)