Dancing Girl

This past year Kaylie has been taking a teen ballet class for girls that are taking dance for the first time. It's a one hour a week class so its really low key and Kaylie is taking it to get a background in dance to help her when she tries out for musical theater.  She realized she enjoys dance more than she thought she would.  At first she was really resistant to the idea.


Kaylie had her first performance on Saturday. She was one of the Maidens in the Cinderella.  It was really memorable for me to watch Kaylie dance and to see all the cute little kids perform. It reminded of my childhood as I started ballet when I was three and danced for 10 years or so. It was really fun to watch the dancers and remember my childhood.

Kaylie received an award last week that she was pretty excited about. It was for Charger of the Month at her Jr. High School.  They choose a few students each month to receive this award and Kaylie got it this month. She will have her photo and a bio posted in the hall in the next week or so.  She was feeling pretty good to get recognized for her good choices!

Our family has been over-run by monkeys! It's really crazy how much our kids are into these Beanie Boo stuffed animals. They are what the kids have been using their allowance money for so they have duplicated lately. Then Dallyn had some Christmas money he used to buy a few more (they are like $5) and so now we seem to have monkeys coming out of our ears!! Here are Dallyn's new little ones. He has these in big size but wanted them in keychains so he could take them on his backpack.