The 12 dancing princesses

Ok, maybe not TWELVE dancing princesses, but this post is dedicated to TWO dancing princesses! My sisters are two of the best dancers I know, and I am so proud of them! When I watch them dance, it makes me want to dance again. Elisse was very busy in December and put on her very own production of the Nutcracker.... She was the sugar plum fairy, Lauren was the Spanish dancer, my dad was Drosselmeyer and Spencer was the bearded lady. My camera died before I could film Elisse's Pas de Deux but it was beautiful and considering it was her first ever, she did amazing! Elisse and Addison in the NutcrackerElisse, Dad and Lauren after the performance... my dad was supposed to look crazy... I think it worked :)The family after the performance. Jed had to work late and wasn't able to comeThe two dancers

Elisse has done MANY other things in dance, but I'll have to dig up some old pictures and put them on here.

Lauren is a Junior at Alta and is continuing the tradition of being on the drill team (Elisse and I were both on it all three years of high school) and on Friday she competed her solo for the last time this year. She was really sick, but she still did awesome!Lauren and her friend Miranda before the performance

Lauren striking a sassy pose!This is a video of Hip Hop and Lauren's solo. We scream a lot for them while they dance to give them energy, so hopefully you can still hear the songs that they are dancing too... Lauren is on the Front left for most of Hip Hop She is the TALL skinny one :). Region is next week and I will record Military, Dance and Kick there and post those for you to see. They are incredible dances! This is mostly for you dancers (or dance moms.. Terra :) that I thought would like to see what I am always talking about ... I'm proud of my little Sis!

Goodbye 2009, Hello 2010!

Christmas has come and gone again, and instead of boring you with all my Christmas pictures, here is a picture of our tree ... I loved how big it was! We decided to take advantage of our very tall family room, and I think the tree turned out pretty... So until next year, I hope everyone had as Merry of a Christmas as we did!

On the 29th, it was Jed's 26th birthday! I can't believe I am married to such an old man :) Just kidding Jed! I love you! I am so lucky to be married to such a good man who is so good to me and pretty darn sexy if I do say so myself :). We started off the celebrations with dinner to a place of Jed's choice... he chose Joe's Crabshack...Before DinnerJed loves his seafood (me not so much, I ate at the movie theater after dinner :) Little did I know that they make you put on a hat and ride a stick horse around the restaurant for your birthday... Jed was a good sport and I got a good laugh out of it! We went and saw Sherlock Holmes after dinner with my family and Jed's parents. It was fun to be together and the movie was so good!

The next day we had the traditional birthday dinner at my mom and dads. My mom made a DELISH dinner of New York Roast and mashed potatoes... my favorite!

The cake I attempted to decorate for Jed using my new cake decorating kit that Joanne gave me for christmas. This was MUCH better than my second attempt, but still I need work. The blue "frosting" that I used to write was NOT frosting and was a melty gel that didnt' stay in word form, so I did my best to make it read-able... I want to take a cake decorating class, so if you know of one let me know!Me and the birthday boyBlowing out his 6 candles... I didn't want a fire hazard with all 26 candles :)

The token "this is what I got my birthday" picture at my parents. My mom and dad got him a BYU shirt and Hat... His favorite!!! That Sunday we went to Jed's parents for dinner and had another cake for him there but I didn't get any pictures.... Happy Birthday Jed!!

April 17th, 2010

So... I need to put update about Christmas, Jed's Birthday, and the New Year... but my camera is dead and I can't upload pictures until it is charged again... stay tuned for that.... but I have decided to do something that I want to share so I am accountable for it. I signed up for... A HALF MARATHON. That's right. 13.1 miles. The furthest I've ever run is 3.1 miles and that was in August and I thought I was going to die. I am excited for this challenge though and I started training yesterday... 1 day down, 3 1/2 months to go!! My mom and my sister in law Annie are both running it as well and I am so excited to accomplish this with them. Annie has been running these like mad the past year so she will toast us, but my mom has only run 1 half marathon and it was years ago so she and I are good training buddies. So goodbye Soda Pop, until April 17th! If anyone has good tips for training, let me know! I need all the help I can get :)