Ballet class!

KynnLee started a ballet/tap combo class this year! I'm not sure who is more excited, KynnLee or me!

Here is her first position plié.




The girl wouldn't let me take pictures, this was the best I could do. :)




I had to sew ribbons on my pointe shoes and was trying them on, so KynnLee had to go get the old ones that were hanging in her room and put them on. I gotta say, I was pretty darn impressed she got up on pointe! That's my girl!! Love her!!

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"You're seriously going to sit there and allow this?"

Poor Phoebe. She's such a good sport though. :)

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KynnLee's first day of preschool!

KynnLee was super excited to start preschool! Bet ya can't tell by the look on her face...

Don't know what's with her hand on her head, but she's striking a pose! Ha ha!








Here's how KynnLee is coloring at the age of 3. Too cute! Girly girl right there! Shoes and makeup is all a girl needs!



Happy first day of preschool KynnLee!
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Surprise mommy!

This morning before I left for school I put a small pair of scissors in my bag to cut these gel tubes for my toes. I get to class and sit down to put my shoes on and can't find the scissors anywhere in my bag. So I ask the other girls in the class if they have scissors.

Then I told them, "I KNOW I put scissors in my bag this morning and they are gone. I'm going to go ahead and blame the 3 year old on that one. She may get wrongfully accused sometimes, but the girl has earned that title!".

They kind if thought it was funny. I got my things cut and went to put my shoes on and...

Gasp!!! My ribbons are cut!!!

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August 2011

So I had to start school in Akron before Trevor was done with his externship in Tacoma, WA. So I headed back to Cleveland and left Jaden, KynnLee, and Phoebe with my parents. Trevor picked them up on his way back from Washington. What a trooper he is!! He drove all the way from Washington to Ohio by himself! And he had two kids and a dog with him from Idaho to Ohio! Way to go Trev!! All so I can go to school. :)

Here's what went down in my first few days of school.

Sore feet!! That's what happens when you do an intense pointe class after you haven't done it for 10 years. :( I found out the hard way how to properly fit for pointe shoes. Those babies in the pic were NOT right for my feet, and I danced in them for three weeks before I figured out that my feet are not painful for lack of strength, but for a wrong fitting shoe. I have the baby bunions on my feet to prove it. I was a whole new person when I found the right fitting shoe.

I made sure to have an extra special dinner ready for my fam when they finally got home.


It was very strange being home by myself for a week. But I think I needed it to ease myself into my intense semester being in an upper level ballet class every day of the week. This momma was tired! But I loved every painful, tiring, and inspiring minute of it!

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Cassia County Fair and Rodeo 2011

Kids loved the fair and rodeo! Here's how it all went down...

Jaden had a liking to the bow and arrow booth.

Here's some of the gang that went to the rodeo with us! Aunt Joan and Jessica and Andrew.




We let the little boys do the cow chase, it was hilarious!  A big thank you to the Rodeo announcer for telling the kids to pick up a handful of dirt and put it in their pocket!


I believe Jaden is the blurry kid on the far left.



J-man coming through the gate all worn out!

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Jaden and Kaleb's drink wagon

We let the boys sell drinks at the parade, they were to die for!

They made their own signs...

And we brought grandpa Bob's wagon and they filled it with ice and drinks.  Bright light!! Bright light!!




 

My favorite part was their tip cup, and it was Jaden's idea, not mine!! Ha ha ha!!  Little salesmen working it!!



When I was following them I saw people just throwing change in their tip cup!! Ha ha!


They did pretty darn good! They made $53!! They split it and used it at the fair.

We can't miss pics of the girls doing their thing during the parade.




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