The Jazz Studio 2011-2012

Solar Eclipse

 We had the opportunity to see a solar eclipse this year and so made an event out of it! A friend invited us over for a BBQ and she had access to some welder's lenses which made it possible for us to look at the sun and see the shadow cross over. We even tried the cereal box method which kinda worked, but the lenses were more fun. (And, Shane was here, too, but for some reason I don't have a picture of him. I'll have to see if our friend got one of us because I could've sworn there was one of us together!)

The kids took the opportunity to play a bit of croquet as well!

Year End Dance Recital

Every year, the competition dancer's dad or mom does a routine at the end of the recital. I did it last year, so it was Shane's turn this year. I must say, I am so proud of Shane. He put his all out there & just had fun. The video says it all! Add to that the fact he did this only a few hours after his first half marathon!

Our "Mini Prep" dancer!

Ogden Half Marathon

 Shane & I ran our first half marathon this year. I first must say that I never thought of myself as a runner and never even imagined I'd ever run a half marathon. But, my love for running grew after my first 10K with my sisters last year. I thought running six miles would just about kill me, but I actually did well & enjoyed it! So, when we heard about the Ogden half being such a great run, we had to sign up. We went with some of our friends from Crossfit22 and with our Sunday Run Day group made a few 6 mile trips and one 7 mile run on Thanksgiving up to Todd's house. But, 7 was the most we ever did while "training". We weren't sure how we'd do, but were hoping for under 2 hrs 15 min. Guess what? We did it! We both got it just under 2 hrs 5 min. And, we enjoyed it so much that we signed up for another half marathon in October... the Moab "Other Half". It will be beautiful.
 

 

Happy Mother's Day