Give Me A "D" "A" "N" "C" "E"

Ok, a little late getting this posted but 5 weeks into the new school year Tayler has major decisions to make. Tayler at first decided to give up dance and do cheerleading. After the first game and a visit to the dance studio.... We are back in dance and no cheerleading. After many a long awaited years to do pointe, this was their year to start. So she ditched the cheer shoes and bought the pointe shoes. She is now officially taking tap, jazz, ballet, point, clogging, lyrical/musical and hiphop.

Tori is taking tap, jazz, ballet, clogging and hiphop. Tori was adamant about not doing hiphop. I made her try it and now she is all over it. She loves to practice (which is good). For me, listening to the lip gloss song 100 times (not so good). Oh well, you can't win them all!

As for me I just dance around schedules!

Quote

"Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room."

~Kurt Vonnegut

I Don't Need No Mo Education!

Ok, so summer sucked me away into a land of bliss (More on that story at a later date) and I didn't get a chance to blog like I thought I would. Sorry sis for not responding to your response and I will be sure to get you the info ASAP! So here we are...It's baaaaccckk....the girls have once again started school. Tayler in the 7th grade and Tori in the 3rd grade. Yes, the dreaded math is back which takes up the most time but, I am finding that the english is blowing me away. So I just got on the internet (got to love it) and ordered me a teacher's edition so I can tell if her homework is correct or not. Yes, I was that bad in English and still am!!! So.. problem solved! I have a feeling it will be a breeze from here on out as soon as the UPS man pays me a visit!! Got to love him as well!!
Love to all my friends and family!!!!

Schools Out and Summer Begins!

Yes, this is the time of year parents look forward to. Well, at least I do! The end of the school year has come and gone. Another year gone by and we sit and wonder where the time went. It seems it was just yesterday that I took their picture on their first day of 2nd grade and 6th grade. Tori thought it to be cool, Tayler thought it was sooo elementary (Ha!Ha! ).
Yes, the drives to and from town may now be filled with the tunes of a radio instead of the constant drilling of spelling words and memory verses. My evenings may now allow me time to keep my blog updated instead of constantly thumbing through a math book trying to remember geometric calculations, itegers, exponents and the metri system. Then here it is already June and I am still working on the blog that I started at the end of the school year. Why is time so hard to come by these days? The pictures where taken at Tori's baptism back in May.

Much love to all my friends and family!

Someone Always Brings You Flowers!

Happy Valentine's Day to all my friends and family!

I was thinking about how a lot of people get down on this day because they feel they don't have that special someone to celebrate this day of Love. I myself could place myself in this category but when I really got to thinking about it I really couldn't. No, I didn't have a prince charming come galloping up on his horse to whisk me away. I didn't have flowers sent to me from a secret admirer or that special someone. I didn't have someone stand outside of my bedroom window and serenade me a beautiful love song. I didn't have a letter with a love poem filled with all the right words. What I did have, as I stepped outside for a walk, was God. He gave me the gift of life and when this one here on earth ends I will be whisked away to heaven. I had beautiful azaleas in three different colors everywhere I turned. I heard the breeze sing its melody as it blew through the trees. I have the Bible to read all the right words that will guide me as I pass through each day. What a blessed day it has been!
Let me share with you two favorite things I received from some special people in my life.
Tayler gave me a magnet that read,
PEACE...
it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.
Cyndi and Tommy gave me a card that read,
May the sun
bring you new energy by day,
May the moon
softly restore you by night.
May the rain
wash away your worries.
May the breeze
blow new strength into your being.
May you walk
gently through the world and know
its beauty all the days of your life.
-apache blessing

Enjoy

Love to all my friends and family!

I'm Getting All Caught Up!

Yes, I have been sitting here during the Super Bowl trying to catch everyone up on what's been going on. If you haven't noticed there are two new blogs before this one that I just posted. I am not much of a football fan. I am more interested in the commercials than the game. Although, Tayler's class will have no homework Monday if the Bears win. So, I guess I am cheering for the Bears, as it would be nice to have a night off from checking over homework. January has come and gone and now February. Time seems to be just flying by. The girls are doing great. They are both doing dance. Tayler just made the softball team at her school and Tori will be starting softball at Shockers Park. We have gone from buying tap shoes and leotards to cleats, gloves and bats. As long as they keep up their grades then I don't mind them being involved. If my head starts spinning around on my shoulders then that will be an indication that we are doing way too much! Anyway, enjoy the misc. pictures. The baby birds were leaving their nest just outside of our house last spring. The baby turtle Wendy found in her garage. And LOVE is to celebrate Valentine's Day!

LOVE to all my friends and family!

Happy Belated New Year!

There is no where else I would rather be, to ring in the New Year, than here at the cabin enjoying a nice hot bon fire with great friends and family. That is exactly what we did and what we do every year. The menu...Hotdogs, marshmellows, graham crackers and Hersey's chocolate! Johnny and Allison (my Miami friends) were introduced to roasting hotdogs and making smores on the fire. Their daughter, Rachael, goes to school with Tori. They were great sports and loved every minute of it!

I hope 2007 is good to all my friends and family!

Chistmas Catch Up!

Time to catch everyone up before 2007 passes me by. The holidays were good. We spent Christmas in Park City, Utah. First time away from home during Christmas and our first white Christmas. We were blessed with safe travels and great weather. My first stop when we got there was Walmart to get some decorations for the condo. We went tubing Christmas Eve and skiing Christmas day and the next four days after that. The hot tub and indoor pool seemed to be the most popular place at the days end! For me a hot shower and a bed!

Love to all my friends and family!