TJS Spring Review

First performance of 2013 for The Jazz Studio. Isabel is on the Mini Co this year.

This hair-do was a nightmare, but I'm sure it will get easier as I do more of them.

Isabel and her duo partner Kelsey.

 Isabel and her cousin Kaylan dance the same hip hop routine this year.

The bouquet of flowers we got for her on performance night. She looks forward to them every performance.

This Thing Called Pinterest

Pinterest. It's where grand craft ideas, perfect outfits, wedding plans, and all things funny are found. It's where five minutes can easily turn into two hours! I've tried things and failed, but a few things that actually turned out. Here's a few:

Christmas gifts for friends & neighbors- glass etched casserole dish, monogrammed scented mason jars, and homemade pretzel bark.

A Nerf board holder for Lex's room.

The little helpers at Lowe's.

A mason jar salt holder. That's the original spout from the cardboard container. So much more pleasing to look at. Thank you Pinterest!

Sickness

About a week before dance competition season started, Isabel got sick. Really sick. When we first took her in to Instacare we were told she had ????, but a week later she still had a very high fever and wasn't getting better. We took her back in for more tests and this time I asked she be tested for flu. Even though it had already been 7 days, I wanted to know. Just to rule it out. Well, it came back positive. She had something that I can't recall on top of flu.

Her fever broke the night before the spring recital. She performed anyway. I remember how skinny she looked. You could tell she lost weight on her small frame and she looked tiny. Too tiny. But, I also remember how I cried. She performed her duo perfectly. I was so scared she didn't have the energy to get through the dance and especially her back walkover. She did it. Shane was also teary-eyed. He couldn't believe how beautiful she had done. She's learned so much this year and I know the extra practices from this duo have made a difference.

Valentine's Day '13

Happy Valentine's Day!

  

 

Yep, those are heart shaped bacon. That's what you call a Pinterest fail. Or in common hashtag words
#pinterestfail and that's what you'll find on Instagram these days.

 

Shane surprised me with this beautiful box and a sweet watch inside.

Our best gifts right here. My heart can't handle all the love and so my eyes fill with tears of joy from these two. We couldn't be more proud of them. Really such sweet kids.

Starbucks coffee love!

Bringing in 2013

We were invited to a friend's house in Bountiful for a family friendly New Year's Eve party. There were plenty of kids to keep ours entertained for the evening and we got to hang out with our friends just eating, drinking & chatting the night away. We even got to see some fireworks going off in the neighborhood. We didn't see much of Lex that night with a game room and basketball court in the house!