Happy Birthday Abby!

 We celebrated Abby's birthday a day early because Brynn had a ballet showcase we invited the grandparents too.  We decided to save them another trip during this busy time of year.  Abby requested a Strawberry Cheesecake.  She LOVES to be celebrated and we love celebrating her. 

This is the cute outfit Abby received from Grandma and Grandpa.  It came with sparkly pink tights too, but Abby wanted to wear thicker leggings because it was so cold.

San Elijo Dance and Music Academy Recital

Amidst all of the craziness that is our life right now, we had Brynn and Abby's ballet recital last week. It was beautiful! Abby did a cute ballet pieces called "Alewander." Brynn has danced with the conservatory program at San Elijo and did a number called "Petite Symphony" as well as a conservatory finale with all of the conservatory dancers age 8-18. She also did a number called, "Sea of Love" and "He Lives in You" with her Lyrical Company. All of the numbers were amazing! We enjoyed it so much.

Mom and Dad came down for the week to watch the girls and help with the boys while I was with the girls at rehearsals and backstage. Joseph flew in on Tuesday night and stayed until Thursday morning. It was so nice to have him here after being gone for about 2 1/2 -3 weeks. I realize that my happiness is up to me, but I must say that my joy is full when he is around. I can't wait to be all together again!

We are very grateful for the friendships we made through dance. We met some great people and learned lessons from so many of them. We will really miss San Elijo Dance and Music. Because of the opportunities we were invited to be part of, it felt like a family. We will cherish and miss those friendships. I started to cry as we walked away from the theater on the final night. Everywhere we've lived we've really tried to invest our whole selves and because of that, it's always difficult to leave.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Brynn's dance teacher is teaching the girls a little celtic formation dance. It's been alot of fun watching and listening to the music. I love Irish Dancing. Joseph and I saw "Riverdance" at Kingsbury Hall when I was pregnant with Brynn and we both loved it. I loved how they danced so lightly on their feet. It is always amazing to me to see what incredible things can be done with the human body. I love any event which displays human performance, whether in the form of an athletic event or dancing, singing, playing an instrument...anything, watching what the body can do is simply fascinating! This music from "Lord of the Dance" is the music Brynn's class has been dancing to, it makes me feel happy inside. I really like it! I have also added it to my playlist at the bottom of the page.

I think we'll be dancing for our FHE activity tonight!