May...the CrAzY month!

The CrAzInEsS starts mid-April...by May, we are nearly certifiably INSANE!

In between the Soccer competitions EVERY weekend for 3 weekends Straight (Reno, Twin Falls, Pocatello), we have soccer practices for EVERYONE-including Coach Denny, Dance practice, and Dance Pictures, AND Dance recital for 3, Scouts are wrapping up-Asa, Ben & Sophie, oh, and Cub Master Denny! (all of these pictures will follow!)

Katy and Mom got to break away! Katy had to pick-a 3rd weekend in a row Soccer Tournament, or Dance Competition in SLC....She chose Lagoon! So, Katy & Mom did a one day trip to Lagoon (just north of SLC), had a nice lunch together, Katy danced-smiled and did REALLY well...They came in FIRST place!! Then we hit a few shops, can't go to the big city and NOT shop!! Then returned home...to the chaos!!!

December 2009

December gets Super Busy!
Starting with the Festival of Trees-local clubs, churches, individuals decorate trees, display them at this function-the trees (and wreaths, gingerbread houses, donated gift baskets, etc...) are silent auctioned over 4-5 days. The schools, dancing studios, etc... perform on one of the nights!

Sophie and Katy clogging!

Another night is Katy's Band Concert. We were given the pleasure of sitting through the 5-6th Grade Band playing 4/5 songs, the 7th Grade Band playing 4/5 songs (Katy's Band), and the 8th Grade Band playing 4/5 songs! What Beautiful Music!?!

A younger Brother's take sitting through all of these bands! Aren't brothers wonderful!!

The Charter School the kids attend produced a Christmas Program, performed an Another night this month! The kids/classes sang, performed readings, skits, played instruments-the recorder and the harmonica, and danced (Ben had some MOVES!!-the Robot, Travolta's Stayin' Alive, the twist and more)!

Here is a video of Our Ben's Dance Moves!

Who Knew!!

And, in the middle of all of this excitement, Denny got his braces off!!! (We were quoted 12-18 months-Denny had them on for 23 months!) Katy was jealous that her Dad got his braces off before she did! (He did get them 9 months before she got hers!!)

May becomes INSANE around here!

EVERYTHING wraps up in May, so we get to run around CrAzY for the whole month!

Dance Recital May 17th: Sophie in Pre-Clogging dancing to "It's a Hard Knock Life"...

She is an Adorable little Orphan!

Katy's class danced to Cheetah Girls' "Dance Me If You Can"

Followed by Concert #3 (we didn't attend #2, it was a school assembly concert!)

Denny's already Wiped out!

Sophie's Daisy Troop wrapped up their year of scouting by gardening the Church's flower beds on May 21!

Ben & Asa (and Denny's) Pack wrapped their year up with the annual Cross Over Ceremony, also on May 21!

The younger classes at the kids' school 'grew' their own Butterflies! May 22 was "release" day, after they all got to 'hold' the butterflies in a mesh tent!

And Asa's grade performed in...

And Soccer Season FINALLY wrapped up on May 23!

Ben completed another year of Soccer, with Dad as assistant Coach!

Sophie's U5 team, with Dad as The Coach!

Asa played this season, also, but with Mom and Dad running to and fro, neither one of us caught a snap shot of his playing! And His Team Photo is Professional, so, you'll just have to take my word for it, Asa played and played Well!

Here is Katy's Team, again, Dad is the assistant Coach! Bless these two men for volunteering to coach 13-10 & 11 year olds Girls! The Hormones flying on these fields, Wow!

In the middle of all of this, Our Sophie turned 6!!

The last day of school, saying good bye to al of our friends!

Whew! We survived-all of the extra dance classes, just to make sure we're ready for recital; 5 days a week of soccer, 3 of those nights there were usually 2 different practices going on; Scout meetings; Homework-don't the teachers Know? we have all of these extra activities going on Every evening, it sure seemed like Katy & Asa had more homework these last few weeks, than they've had at any other time all year!

Now, we get to relax for the summer, right?!

OKTOBERFEST

I know, it's still September, but the Ruby Mountain Symphony does their Oktoberfest celebration now! We have never been before, as participants or as spectators, but this year our Dance Studio was invited to perform!

Sophie's Pre-Clogging class performed the Chicken Dance! They performed and taught the other kids, it was VERY cute!! And, as a THANKS for dancing, each of the little girls got a Wonderful, SQUEAKY chicken!!

Katy's class performed the "Lonely Goat Herd" from the Sound of Music! They only had 4 weeks (4-45 minutes classes) to learn this dance. And I must say, they did pretty good for that short of time! Very good!!