Dance Nationals 2014!

Chloe knows no strangers!  She befriended this adorable little girl and they played together for hours! 

As always Brian found us an awesome hole in the wall find of a local seafood restaurant,  best meal we had all week!!

  Cheering on sissy!!

 couldn't help it.  She looked too cute with her head phones on. 

 "Bully" the dance mascot having dinner with us

 Ready to head home from a wild week.  I remember "Low Rider" came on the radio and we played it loud and all started jamming,  I love my family!!

 I realized once we were going into Ruby Tuesdays we all still had on our matching dance family tee shirts.  Oh well, secret's out....we are dance nerds!

Well there was some drama about choosing this year's location for our nationals event that our school would attend.   Our teachers made a last minute change from SC to Florida and in the transition we lost more then half of our kids who could not make reservation change to the new venue.   It was hectic and frustrating for the kids and parents to try to make the last minute switch.  Luckily we were able to get a full refund on our reservation so we were able to transition to Panama City.   We only stayed a few days due to increased expenses but we did manage to still make some great memories and the kids of course, still had a ball.   We go with the flow in this world but it was hard on the remaining kids redoing spacing and last minute choreography changes to account for the loss in numbers.   We had some highs and lows with the changes but overall it was still a good experience.   We had a great time on our road trip.  We always do when we get some time together.   We'll see what next season brings but for now, ahhh,   home again!

School's out foooor the summer!!!!

 First day back at our pool!!

 no where to go and nothing to do,  now this rocks!

 She found this hat in the basement and I love it on her!

 No our pool isn't usually this empty,  we arrived at rest period.

 She made a killin at our yard sale.  More people just donated money once they saw it was for a good cause

 Quick trip to Italian ice with the dance school right before nationals.   Should have seen the looks of everyone there wondering who were all these kids in weird outfits :)

Here's a selection of random  June photos as we kick off our summer.    We have spent lots of time a our favorite pool, lots of time messing around our own back yard and had 2 yard sales, one of which was very successful to help pay for Abigail's trip to nationals in Florida.    So far so good! AHHHHHH  I seriously love this time of year!!!!!

AHHH! A great finish to a great year!

 So proud of our girl today! And her little BFF Emma stood beside her getting the same award for her class.  Proof they not only are great kids but pick great friends!!

 I forgot my camera so some of these are blurry but an iphone is better then nothing!

 She had great connection with a wonderful teacher this year.  She really helped her catch up from some overcrowded classes in kindergarten and first grade.   Abigail grew leaps and bounds this year!!

 Waiting on meeting daddy for an early lunch.  I always just take her out of the last hour of school after the award ceremony is done (it's allowed the schools gives it's blessing to do so) and go grab a special lunch or outing to celebrate the end of the year.

We wrapped up 2nd grade today.  It's been a great year this year.  Not that we didn't enjoy kindergarten and first grade but this year the ROCKIN principle fought hard for the kids with the county and added a 4th teacher to split the classes up and bring the numbers down in the classrooms.  It made ALL the difference and finally we were able to cover major academic ground with a better student to teacher ratio.   Abigail always loves her teachers but this particular one she really bonded with. She finished the year with a special award and earned the principles award for her class meaning she worked hard and always was a model student to the teachers and her peers.   Brian and I are so proud of her hard work and good behavior with her classmates and the teachers. Now on to some much needed time off.  We are looking forward to that bus not coming to take her at the crack of dawn, sleeping in and playing all summer long!!  Swimming pool here we come!!