Dance, Dance, Dance

We are thick into the dance competition season and are having fun spending entire days (literally from 8 am until 11 pm) at dance competitions. 

Brynn's trio did great at Amplify

1st place and a High Gold ranking!!

Makayla might have gotten a little too much into her and and freaked herself out at this solo comp. She was worried about performing on the gym floor and didn't do as well on her turn section. She still did really well and got high gold. 

 

I love this picture of these girls. Makayla, Avery, and Harper are all doing solo's this year choreographed by Haiden, and they usually compete in the same division. I love how they all cheer and support each other. 

This is such a fun year for Makayla's team. All of their dances are so good! At this competition Party got 1st and High Gold, Professional Show business Comedy got 1st place, platinum ranking, and 3rd overall in the Junior division. Moment got 1 place and a platinum ranking, and Auschwitz got 1st place, platinum ranking, and 1st overall in the Junior division!

Brynnli's dances are doing so well this year too. They all received high gold. 

Just a quick trio comp for Brynn this time. Her trio got 1st in the mini duo/trio division and were tied for 1st overall for all duos/ trios. 

I had shirts made for all the girls. The back of the shirt says, "In a world full of Barbies, be a Rosie". We were all chuckling at the girls trying to explain their shirts to each other, "Barbies just wait for their Ken to come marry them, but Rosies know how to work!" Wise words from 9 year olds. 

Why would we want to have a free weekend when we could spend another weekend at a dance comp? Brynnli's trio got a judges award for Elite costume... if only the judges knew we pieced the costume together from the clearance section and a Halloween costume!!

Makayla did so well on her comp this time around. She hit all of her turns in her solo flawlessly!!

Dance comps are so fun when friends cheer each other on. 

High gold for Brynnli's dances! Cinderella is my favorite because she has so much sass in her dance and really stands our more than the other girls on her team. 

Blackbird is such a cute dance, but the judges never seem to score it well. 

And hip hop is my favorite of her dances... so fun!

Makayla's dances did so well again this comp. Professional Showbusiness got platinum and 2nd place overall in the musical theater category. Moment got Platinum ranking, Elite judges pick and 3rd overall in the contemporary category,  Party got High Gold and 3rd overall in the hip hop category. And surprisingly Auschwitz only got high gold... turns out the judges thought the dance was too inappropriate for the girls? All of us were so confused, but it could have something to do with the current conflict and the war with Gaza... and the fact that the judges are all in college. And if you don't understand what any of that means, just google "College students protest war in Gaza"

After all these dance weekends, we are left with one tired dance dad. I love that Tyler makes it a priority to be at all of the girls' comps. He really is the best dance dad around. 

You may be wondering where Caden is all these dance weekends. Sometimes he comes with us and other times he opts to hang out with the boys playing games and having a sleepover with Camden. 

Hangin With My Peeps

Happy Easter!

I love Easter because that means that Spring is finally here... Well it's supposed to be here, but the weather is so cold lately. It definitely does not feel like Spring. We still managed to do all our fun traditions despite the cold. 

We started off with coloring Easter eggs. The kids were all so creative this year. 

 

Brynn made so many cute eggs like Peppa pig and Bluey (can you tell what shows she likes to watch right now?)

Caden went for a farm theme with a cute chick, pig, cow, Mike, and Sulley... wait a minute... Monster's don't live on a farm!

Makayla went for a Minions theme. She also loved her "Deep end" egg to highlight her solo dance this year. 

But the best egg award goes to Tyler who made a "Cup O Noodles" egg. Seriously, this egg was so good and so detailed, even with nutritional information on the back. 

The kids all got new pajamas from us... one of my favorite traditions. 

The next morning we were up early to go to church, so we didn't get to hunt for our baskets until after church. Once we got home the hunt was on. Bella found her basket first. Her great sense of smell must have led her straight to her basket that was filled with treats and bones. 

Brynn found her basket behind the Lego table. 

Makayla's basket was behind the watermelon sign. 

We were pretty sure the Easter Bunny forgot Caden's basket because it took him FOREVER to find his, but we finally found it in dad's new office closet hidden behind some books. 

Then we were off to our family parties. Brynn looked so "Utah Mom" in her new romper. She needed her swig cup to complete the look. 

All the cousins were ready to slowly walk around the yard yelling each other's names. Kenzee definitely wins for loudest voice. 

It was so cold while we were hunting for our goodies. 

Then we went over for dessert at my parent's new house. It was too cold to do the hunt outside, so the kids got to find their eggs in the basement. All the kids said they actually liked hunting in the basement better. 

Time to count the money in their eggs. Each of the kids won a "golden egg" with $20. Lucky kids

It was a great Easter this year, despite the cold. I love hangin with my peeps!