recital rehearsal

the dress rehearsal for savannah's dance recital was kind of funny. they were the first class to do perform. the first time the girls danced amazing, only problem was the music was off. the second time. well, the second time was not so hot. the music was not the problem. savannah was the problem. she was having a small meltdown. ricki, another dancer, always led the girls onto the stage. she was number 1. and savannah figured since they take turns that it was her turn to be number one. so she was crying the whole second run through. i didn't know what the problem was until after the incident. she cried about it for a while. the whole next day (tuesday) i prepped her that she was not 1 but 3 or 4 but not 1. so she was ready for that. I guess what happened at the recital just goes to show you that kids are aware of things and they (especially savannah) like to have things as consistant as possible. Oh and I forgot her ballet shoes. In all the excitement to get packed up and over to juan diego, I left them sitting on the counter. Funny thing is that I never forgot shoes the entire year!

random pictures

I love to take pictures of my girls. I have so many. Here are a few from the last month. Livvy is getting so big!!!

reading

I love to read. I read most anything. I love to get lost in a book. Both my parents are readers. Eric is a reader. (that is a whole other post!) As a teenager during hay fever season, I would just lay inside and read. A few weeks ago, much to my surprise. The house was quiet. That is usually the scariest sound to a mother. It means that trouble is brewing. I run upstairs to see this......





What a great sight for a mom to see. I was so excited. I ran to grab my camera so I could capture this moment.

dance recital

Last night was Savannah's first dance recital. It was a lot fun and hard to work to get to this point. It is amazing to see how much she has grown in the last year. She began in August and really she has progressed beyond what I thought she would do. Back to the recital. Let's just say that it will be a memory that we will not forget. Here is the play by play.

First, I have to start out by saying, I think they were supposed to go before they went. Another mom could see them lined up and then a few other acts went a head of them. Not sure why and well I could only imagine with this group. They really are a bunch of characters!!

Being lead out by a helper. So far so good.

Savannah being put in the wrong place. She was put on the 9 and she was not a 9. Trust me the rest of the performance shows this.

Her kind of doing the dance. She is only starting to get ticked off! One little girl has already run off the stage. Not the best start.

Okay. So then my camera chooses to take blurry pictures. But I can sum it up for you. Savannah is mad!! She kind of freezes and then looks like she wants to cry. She knows that she is supposed to be the 4th person in. And it shows. I just wanted to run up on stage and then put her in the right spot. She really did know the dance. I will post the recital practice pictures so you can see that. Oh well, this is the first one and well she did great.
After the performance, watching the show. Hercules was the theme. It was an amazing production and very entertaining. Savannah and Lexi completed the evening by dancing like the prima ballerinas they are by dancing in the aisle.

After the show. She was cranky and hungry. She drank a whole kids sprite from mcd's in about 2 minutes. Note to self. Feed kid during recital!!


It was a fun night. It was great to see that Savannah was up there and growing so fast. Thanks to all that came to support her! We missed you, Dad!

what happens when mom stays up too late!!

So I stayed out way too late last night. I have a habit of doing that. I went out with friends. We seem to start late. (after kids go to bed at 9 we get together at 9:30). We head for treats and such. It is always a good time and more often or not we talk and talk and talk. We really needed last night. We have A LOT to talk about. So I was tired this morning. Not up to mom duties. I played on the computer and the girls ate their cereal (out of baggies) and not much else or so I thought.....

Looks like Olivia found the bag of dum-dums left from our trip to St George.

Looks like she didn't want to eat them just unwrapped and taste test.

Aren't kids just wierd?

Old Friends

Angie, Me, Melissa, Amber, Tori and Krissie

It has been said that your college friends are the friends who know you best. I couldn't agree more. I love these ladies. This is a small group compared to the whole group but it was fun to catch up with them. Amber comes in town every june. (She lives in North Carolina.) So every June, she plans a party. It is always a fun time. We just relax and talk. The kids play and have a great time. This year there was was only one exception. Eric and the kids stayed home. Eric knew that he wouldn't be able to go since we have so much going on with getting the house ready to stucco. But I was planning on going without the kids. Until Monday morning, when both kids were sick. I was so sad. Here it was a set time to see my girlfriends who I have known for years and I was sad all day long. Eric called around 4:00 and told me that he would work for a few hours and then I could go and see my friends! I was so excited! I had a great time catching up and seeing new babies! We took this picture at the end and Catherine had already left. Thanks Ladies for a great time. We miss all of you who live far away and I hope you enjoy this picture. It is always fun to see how much (or how little) people have changed! Thanks Amber ( & her parents!) for a great time!