Britney's 6th Birthday!

 What a fun and exhausting day we had! Britney has a playgroup on Tuesdays so I decided to take the whole playground to Airborne to play. They loved it! After school I dropped the 3 other girls off to dance and took Britney for an afternoon full of surprises. We picked up her best friend who she hasn't seen for 6 months bc of Covid! She was SO excited! We headed to Gardner Village to visit their animal farm. It was pretty cold, but the girls loved it. All Britney has been wanting to do lately is see a "real life llama" and boy did she get her wish! She got to hang out with 2 llamas and snuggle them all she wanted. She was adorable and had the time of her life. After feeding a few more animals and going for a pony ride we headed to Classic Fun Center where Audrey and Britney played and played for hours. We left just in time to drop Audrey off and pick up all the girls from dance. We grabbed the boys and headed to her chosen dinner at Zupas...she likes the ck strips and of course the chocolate strawberries. We went to my in laws for presents and cake, then headed home to crash! Happy birthday miss Brit!!!

Gotta Move Dance Competition

Britney's first dance competition! She finally gets to dance! She's been going to her sisters' competitions for weeks and has been patiently waiting for her turn. This competition was in Ogden with solos on Friday and team competition on Saturday. Since I get Marriott hotel rooms for super cheap with my brother's discount we decided to stay overnight and have some fun while we are up there. We headed up Friday morning so Britney and Brielle could do their solos. They both did great! Brielle did much better this week and wasn't scared like she was last week. We went to IHOP for dinner, swam for a few hours in the evening, and spent the rest of the time at the competition watching their friends dance. Saturday both girls did great with their teams! It was a fun weekend and we made it home totally exhausted.

 

Intrigue Dance Convention

This is Brooklyn's third, Brynlee's second, and Brielle's first dance convention of this season. Little Britney came with us and was dying that she didn't get to dance too (her first comp is next week). I decided to book a hotel room for the first night of this one so I didn't have to drive back and forth so much.  The started with the team competition mixed with the solo competitions. All 3 girls did great! Brielle had a minor break down about 2 minutes before she was supposed to go on stage. She was the first solo from our studio and I think bc she didn't get to see anyone do it before her she got nervous of the unknown. But we were able to calm her down enough for her to go onstage and do a great job! We headed to the hotel after the competition part was over and relaxed for the evening until we all got together to listen to the awards they were streaming. 

On Friday the girls all headed over to take their classes all day. I stuck around at the hotel with Britney for the morning, dropped off lunch for the girls, then Brit and I met up with a bunch of the moms for lunch. After lunch I headed home with Britney. The girls caught rides home after a long and exhausting day!

Saturday was another day full of classes. During these classes the girls are all evaluated and during one class they have auditions. At the end of the competition they give out scholarships for future conventions! Since we had carpools set up I was at home watching the awards that were being streamed. Brooklyn and Brynlee were in the junior group of 9-12 yr olds. There were about 200 girls in their group so it was very hard to get scholarships and they didn't give out too many. So I was shocked when Brooklyn won a half scholarship and Brynlee won a full scholarship! We couldn't believe it!

In the mini age group (8 and under) there were about 80 girls competing for scholarships. They started announcing the winners and as they got higher in the level of scholarship I lost more hope that Brielle would get one. Then they go to the big Apprentice award. They gave out 3 of them and it's the highest scholarship you can earn as a mini. They announced Brielle's name!!! I started freaking out (and feeling so horrible I was at home instead of their with Brielle to celebrate). I seriously couldn't believe it! This gives Brielle free tuition to any of their conventions for the next 2 years (each convention is about $260). SHe's also invited to compete against all the other Apprentices from all their conventions this year at their National convention in Florida in July. This is such a huge accomplishment and a once in a lifetime opportunity. Im already going to Florida with Brooklyn and Brynlee, so now Brielle gets to come too! It was fun to see all 3 of my girls get scholarships and they were all so happy for each other and for Brielle. What a weekend! 

 

Breakfast for Dinner

I was in charge of dinner for Brooklyn's team and she insisted on pancakes and eggs. So they all huddled in my van and had a yummy breakfast for dinner!