Back to school!!!

May 24, 2009

Memorial Day 2009

We went to Star Valley on Sunday before Memorial day. We had a great day with my aunt Annette, my two cousins, Kim and Karen and their families and Cristi and her family. The girls had lots of fun getting to know Kim's girls, they actually didn't want to leave. And Annette sure knows how to feed us. We had a yummy lunch and then headed to the cemetery in the pouring rain. Even though we got soaked we had a great time.














I'm not sure what happened this year, but dad's grave was so covered in flowers that we could hardly see the headstone.

May 3, 2009

Our Time To Shine (Dance Recital 2009)

April 25, 2009
OUR TIME TO SHINE dance recital 2009 is finally here. Every year I say we are never doing that again. For dance mom's you all know exactly why I say this. Recital is WORK!!! But every year we do recital and for a good reason, my girls love it. They have truly become dancers at heart. Don't miss the two posts before this one, they have video of the girls dances.

Here are the girls posing on stage with some of the back drop. Cloe thinks she is a dancer too and hopefully someday soon she will be, she loves to dance like her big sisters.





























Brooklyn's jazz and tap dances. Brooklyn has had so much fun this year dancing. She has really come out of her shell and become quite the performer. She was so excited waiting for recital that I didn't think she would survive until the day FINALLY came. If you click on the picture collage they should open up and enlarge so you can see them better.



Brooklyn's Junior Finale. All the dance classes come out, do a little dance and bow. Then they all gather on stage and wait until everyone is out. Yeah dancers!!!



Taysa's KNIFE BATON dance. Taysa was really nervous at the beginning of the dance season knowing they were using the knife batons. She was afraid of it for awhile, but slowly became used to it and ended up loving it. She is really good at throwing and twirling it. She must have inherited that gene from my mother. My mom was a baton twirler in high school back in the day. Dance and baton have been so much fun this year for Taysa and she is sad to have it over, until September.




Taysa's "WE ROCK" clogging dance. This is a fun dance with the props. They are going to Lagoon to perform this dance on May 2nd at a competition. The girls are so excited.

Brooklyn's jazz dance - Recital 2009

April 25, 2009
Here is Brooklyn's jazz dance, or at least part of it. I completely forgot my camera could record until part way through her second dance and she is only in two dances. She is such a cutie pie dancer and loves it. This is her second year dancing and she is already an old pro at recital time, doesn't get nervous at all. Brooklyn is the second one from the right and on the front row. Watch and enjoy.

Taysa's light up baton dance - Recital 2009

April 25, 2009
This is Taysa's light up baton dance. She was in 4 dances all together in the recital, but I think this one is the coolest. Taysa is the second one from the left and on the back row. This video doesn't do the light up batons justice, but it gives you the general idea. Watch and enjoy.