Minerette Showcase

The girls were excited to go to the Minerette showcase. It's fun that we know so many of them now and I was glad that it worked out with our schedules to all go. Brynlee's team was asked to perform in it so it was fun to watch her as well. We stopped at Modpizza for dinner on our way then enjoyed the showcase. Throughout the evening they did contests for the kids where they could win prizes. Brit really wanted a prize so when they did a military face contest she ran down there. Everyone was dying over how cute she was. And ya...she won so she got her prize. Brooklyn is trying out for drill this month so it was fun to get a glimpse into this life if she makes it!

 

Celebrating Brit

Since we were in Provo for Britney's birthday we decided to celebrate with family on Sunday. She loved all the attention, the giant donut, and getting a few more gifts.

 

Visiting Ashlin

Brooklyn's good friend tore her ACL during drill and had to have surgery. I dropped her off at Ashlin's house so she could "babysit" her while her family went to church. She enjoyed spending the day with her...even when Ashlin fell asleep lol.

 

Prom Q & A

Brayden asked his good friend Baylee to prom! He was a typical teenage boy with his ideas and asking her, but I loved that he came up with it and did it on his own lol. Here are the pics of how he asked and how she answered!

 

Britney’s 8th Birthday

What. A. Day. Dance competitions are already busy when you have 4 dancers, but then you throw a birthday in there and it becomes crazy town. Britney turned 8 today and she loved every minute of it! Little Brit genuinely loves everyone and gives the best hugs…so ya she’s naturally become everyone’s favorite. I got her a shirt that says “It’s my birthday” on it and gave her 3 sharpies and she was in heaven asking everyone to sign her shirt.

We were at the competition all morning then headed to Zupas for lunch. We had a short break in the afternoon so we went to the Rush Funplex where the girls enjoyed all the fun activities there. Then we stopped at a place called yonutz…ya it was amazing. The girls loved it!

We headed back to the competition in time for the 4 of them to dance the sister number they do together . Josh was able to come and sit with me as we watched our 4 girls on stage together. Yes we cried. There’s definitely something special about watching sisters dance.

Brynlee had 1 team dance tonight and Brooklyn had 3 so we watched a couple, snuck out for a quick dinner, then finished watching. Josh headed home and we headed across the street to the hotel where the girls passed out from exhaustion.

Happy birthday Britney!! She is definitely a light wherever she goes. I learn so much from watching her just love everyone. She is definitely the life of the party! I got emotional watching everyone all day love her so much and all the hugs they gave her, but at the end of the day…she’s mine and I get to take her home. Love ya miss Brit!

Dance Performance

Brynlee and Brielle's teams were invited to perform in Hilcrest's drill showcase. It was fun to see them dance in a less competitive atmosphere and of course Britney tagged along and loved being there too.

 

Dear Evan Hansen

When this movie came out Brynlee fell in love with it. I think she saw it 5 times before we finally saw it as a family. We all love the music and I love the overall message. Last year when she found out the broadway musical was coming to Salt lake she begged and begged to go. It was on her birthday list, Christmas list, and she didn't let up. We lucked out and got some great tickets through Rachael's husband so we were able to take her. She loved it! It was a little slower than we expected, but there's nothing like sitting in a big theater listening to all the great music.