Lady GAGA

Aunt Camie bought Lady Gaga tickets for Sid and Dan forever ago.  Well the big night was last night.  Sidney was so excited to go to her first concert.  She thought it was the best thing ever.  Aunt Camie said she only had to hid here eyes 3 times and cover her ears a few times...haha! Good thing she has a great Aunt who will spoil her.  She even came home with a GaGa shirt so it was a very good night!

Austin....coming to an end.

This past weekend was all about Austin! Friday night was his last high school battle of the bands.  They played so great.  It has been so fun to see how much they have improved over this year.  It was also the final games of church ball.  Our Priest team this year was really good.  They won our stake tournament and went to regionals.  They made it all the way to the semi finals and then lost! They fought such a hard battle but just couldn't get it done in the end.  All these events with Austin are so bitter sweet as we come to an end of his high school life.  He is growing into such a great young man and I couldn't be prouder of him :)!

I'm a Sub!

I've gone back to work.  I started substitute teaching and I'm really thinking it's the best job I could have with my vast schooling and experience! I can work when I want, work the kids hours, and get to be with kids all day.  It's taking a little adjusting to. My house isn't nearly as clean and organized as I like and I've had to have the kids ride their bikes to several after school events but all in all I think it's my best option for now.  We also started cleaning Studio One one night a week. Sid, Nik and Cons all help and we are usually out of there pretty quick.  I think it's great the kids can help earn money for their very expensive talent!  Austin has been working with Scott a lot lately and I am so thankful that his Daddy can teach him a great trade that he can always use to help support his schooling and maybe even take over our business one day. :)  As a family we have been supportive of each other through these past hard times and have grown closer.  I LOVE my family!

Sidney's a Queen

When Jess started doing solo's we went to a lot of competitions that gave out crowns to the winners of dance.  Sidney was always wanting one of her crowns.  That became less popular or we started going to comps that didn't give away crowns.  Well this past weekend Sidney finally won Queen Solo Dancer! She got her crown and wore it proudly.  

Basketball Season

I love the change of seasons and the change of sports!! Basketball is on and with Austin playing J Jazz and Church Ball, Nikki playing J Jazz and church ball and Conner playing his first year of J Jazz we had enough games a week in our family to keep us hopping.  Then we tried to add in watching our Cougars and Jazz! Our whole winter has been a Madness.  The kids have loved playing ball and we have loved watching them.  Austin is a crazy hustler and really fun to watch, Nikki rebounds like crazy and it is so cook to see my daughter play under the basket.  She is actually one of the tallest girls in J Jazz. Conner is aggressive and turning into a great shooter. Conner doesn't go anywhere without his ball.  He loves going to his brother and sisters games just so he can shoot at time outs and half time.  Scotty coached Conners little team and had a blast.  We took all the little boys to a Cougar game at the end of the season and had a blast!

Our first time to Phoenix.

Sidney earned a year long scholarship to LA Dance Magic and really wanted to use it at least once.  We decided a few months ago we would travel in the motor home to Phoenix.  None of us had ever been there and it would be warm in March.  We enjoyed the 80 degree weather, swimming, a spring training game between the Oakland A's and the San Fran Giants, and a 10k race. The girls danced their hearts and legs out! All in all a fast fun trip.  The ride home was very long.  We left at 6:00 pm and drove until 1:00 am.  Once again we stopped at a Walmart to get a few hours of shut eye in.  Scott woke up at 5:00 and took off again.  We were home be 9:30am.

We all decided it was fun but we never need to go back to Arizona again. Not really a fan of sand, cactuses and brown.  No offense to all you retirees who love it there!