Young at Heart

Saturday we went to Little Sahara to do some riding. We met up with some friends and spent the day cruising across the sand and soaking up some sun. We had a fabulous time! The weather was perfect and the kids were having a blast.

Don recently acquired a Banshee (although he'll tell you it was a Birthday present for me) and was dying to test it out. Needless to say, he rode it once and then his oldest son confiscated it and spent the rest of the day on it. Don was able to snag it back long enough to make a couple of runs up Sand Mountain. He was happy as pie to be able to keep up with some of the best of them on the climb up the mountain. Talk about being a teenager again!! Oh, wait he never has grown up.

Earlier in the day he attempted to be a teenager again, and soon realized that he is getting older. The friends we were with had a motorcycle that was big and fast and the boys wanted to see dad ride it. So when we were over at what we call our "little sand dunes" he decided to give it a try. His first pass was great-made the jump and all was well. So he decided to go for another pass - not so lucky this time. He made the jump, but failed to let go of the throttle as he land and the bike shot out from underneath him bucking him off the back and making him land HARD on his shoulder and bottom. Lucky for him the sand cushioned his fall and nothing major was damaged, except for his ego! The last 2 days he is realizing that his body is not young anymore and he is hurting. We love ya, Dad!!!

Dancing Queens

Becca & Rachel have been taking dance lessons this past year. We are finally in the home stretch with competitions out of the way and a dance recital on Saturday. I have to brag about them because they have both done an awesome job!

This year their dance teacher chose TV Theme songs as the theme for the year. The kids have had a ton of fun dancing to some classic TV songs. Becca's jazz dance is to a mix of Laveren & Shirley and Happy Days. Her costume is a Poodle Skit and the dance is absolutely darling. At the Taylorsville Competition 3 weeks ago, they took 2nd place and at Lagoon two weeks ago they took 2nd place again. However, they missed 1st place by one-tenth of a point! But the girls did AWESOME!!! Her ballet dance I've only seen bits and pieces of. The music is from my most favorite TV show - E.R. I know this doesn't sound to fun of a piece of music, but the dance is beautiful (from what I've seen). I'm excited to see it at the Dance Recital.

Rachel's jazz dance is to the Doodle Bops. This is a show on the Disney channel. Her costume totally fits the TV show and the dance is darling. Mallory is in her class and the group took 1st place at Taylorsville - Woo Hoo! At Lagoon they placed 2nd, missing first by two-tenths of a point. These little girls danced their hearts out!! Rachel's ballet is to my other favorite T.V. show - St. Elsewhere. I've seen none of this dance and Rachel tells me that is because it is a surprise. I'm excited to see.

Great job girls for working so hard!! Despite a little complaining here and there, they have both given it their all.