It's THAT Time of Year!

Yep!

Stadium of Fire!

This is the 3rd time we have been inside the stadium for this show..

Pretty sure this was my favorite year..

Hmmmmm..

I wonder why??

..getting started with the usual skydivers..

..but not the usual landing..

..this guy took out a barricade

AND a photographer..

But that's not the reason it was my favorite..

Could it be...

Those Walker gals!?!

Pretty sure that's a YES!!

Can you see Savannah there in the middle??

..one of the times they are both in one shot..

..both spelling out USA {separately}

Adi in her "A"

Savannah in her "U"

{dancing to "Rockin' in the USA}

..the Main Dancers in a wave..

{Savannah is one of those close red raised pom-poms}

..Adi mid-shimmy..

{she's the 2nd girl}

..most of the girls..

..our girls are both there..

..trust me..

..I can point them out..

The Main Dancers making the Liberty Bell..

Savannah is a red pom near the top of the "crack"

Gotta love the fly-over!

During the flag ceremony..

..Adi 2nd girl in top group..

..Savannah {are you ready for this??}

See the break in the bottom group?

She's right along the bottom

on the right side

the second girl..

This is where they sat during all the concerts..

Adi heading to her "pre-stage" position..

David Archuleta

Chad Lewis

..our host for the evening..

Recognition for Dave Rose..

..and BYU's basketball team..

...mmmm..

A litte Brad Paisley

Yes, he's a cutie!

I just think this is a cool picture..

..waiting to go on stage..

..and chillin' right next to her buddy..

..Dave Rose ~ BYU's Basketball coach!!..

..cheering about?..

{love that pic!}

..it's just about time to head on stage!!..

ON STAGE!!

{she is the the top left girl silhouetted on the right side}

{does that make sense??}

..running to the front stage..

{Dancing to "Firework"}

This was the dance where the firework show started!

..right there on the front stage..

{2nd row}

..ending pose!..

They were fantastic!!

{Savannah was out on the field,

but no pictures would turn out

because they danced in the dark

with just light up gloves on..}

And DONE!!

We're so proud of these two!!

This was a lot of hard work

over a short period of time!!

Chelsea can't resist getting in a few shots!

Heading out after a looooooong night!!

Our favorite year for sure!!

Signs of Life..

I really, really miss my blog..

I don't have a good reason for the drought in my posting..

I have stuff to talk about..

But ~ I don't feel like downloading any pictures..

Yet I want to prove I haven't forgotten my blog all the same..

So how's your summer thus far??

Good. Good.

Ours has been crazy busy..

Here is what's going on:

We didn't go on a beginning of summer trip for the first time in a long time.. Too much going on so far.. Hopefully we'll have time to go somewhere before summer slips away..

Savannah & Adi are practicing a minimum of 2 hours a day for their performance in the upcoming Stadium of Fire.. We're really excited to see these gals in the show.. Granted, there are about 600 girls performing, but we lucked out this year and our studio is right up by the stage, in fact, Adi will be on the stage! How cool is that?? She is considered a "Junior" dancer, but some of this group will be on stage. Savannah is a "Main" dancer. She was also supposed to be a Junior {technically ages 8-12} but because of her height, she was moved up to "Main". In our true procrastinating fashion we waited until Saturday to get our tickets {we'll call it the spendy route} ~ but in our defense, I wanted to get as close to the girls as we can so we can {hopefully} get some pictures, and be able to tell they're our kids! We {mostly meaning me} are really not looking forward to the final practices next week at BYU.. Because Adi is on the stage she has a practice Wednesday from 7:30-11pm, then stage and Main dancers have a practice Thursday 5:30-11pm, and then the real kicker, Friday from 6:30am-11pm {with 2 breaks for lunch & dinner} Then the actual performance is on Saturday, but not without a practice that morning 6:30am-noon. I know, you're jealous.. I am one of the mom helpers for the Friday practice, so here's hoping none of us ends up with heat stroke..

On top of all that^^ Savannah has also been to Beehive camp for 4 days, and is currently at Young Women's camp.. I'm really not ready for my little girls to be this old already. ::sniff:: Adi has also been taking swimming lessons again. She is a great swimmer, I really love the place we have taken them for years, and she is currently in a private lesson just to really perfect her skills!

Chelsea is actually busy.. {I'll give you all a moment to take that in, and possibly pick yourself up off the floor in case you fainted} She has her last final tomorrow for Spring Block, and will begin Summer Block on Monday.. On top of that, she's already registered for Fall semester.. For those of you who know our procrastinatey-ness ~ be duly impressed. On top of school Miss Chelsea also has a job. She is working at a couple of SnoShacks in town. It has been a great Chelsea job so far, and she's making money and fantastic tips!

I have a couple of big projects I'm really wanting to finish before school starts again {which is sadly feeling too close} I somehow manage to find other little projects to do, or worse, still love to randomly leave with the girls in search of something fun to do, or for a yummy treat..

Davy has been ridiculously busy with the whole 1800Contacts/WalMart business. We sometimes feel like he is traveling, but ironically he hasn't been on a work trip since April..

Wow.. That wasn't how I envisioned this post, and I'm sure it was a yawner to read {sorry about that}

One of these days I'll load some photos and liven this place up..

DanceAmerica!

March 26, 2011

DanceAmerica Competition at Timpview High School!

Today was the girls' first group dance competition..

It was a long day, but they both had a great time!

{please note, I tried to keep pictures at a minimum,

in fact, my goal was 2 photos per performance,

but some were just too cute..

forgive me!}

*a quick note on scoring,

there were many categories of dances,

where they would receive a place - 1st, 2nd, etc,

but in some categories,

a particular routine would be the only entry

so they would receive a rank -

bronze, high-bronze, silver, high-silver, gold, high-gold..

Got it?

Letsago!

Chocolate

{pronounced chok-oh-lah-tay}

Savannah's Jazz routine

..first dance of the entire competition..

..first girl on left facing forward..

2nd place!

My Boy Lollipop/Wake Up Little Susie

Adi's Ballroom routine

..lining up & spotting the family!!..

Alice

Company Production Number

Finale!

Savannah - the orangeish/pinkish wings..

Adi - the second pink & purple cat from the left..

Second Place

{I was irritated with not winning this one}

Let's Get It Started

Adi's Hip-hop routine

Second place

Elevator

Savannah's Hip-hop routine

..doing her stall..

{second row}

..launch!..

High Gold!

The Call

Savannah's Lyrical routine

Gold

Miss Invisible

Adi's Lyrical routine

This picture is during Adi's SOLO..

Second place

Technologic

Adi's Jazz routine

High Gold!