sleeping beauty

June 4, 2009

center stage performing arts studio
ballet department presents-
sleeping beauty, a full-length ballet…{our ballerina’s just finished three shows in two days at uvu}
featuring:

Myla Rhodes as a “guest at the party”
Kiana Rhodes as a “garland corps”
and Myla Rhodes again as a “sprite”
thank you, thank you, thank you
to everyone who came and supported the rhodes ballerinas…i took the activity day girls for an activity to see the ballet and they were a darling cheering section for myla.

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sibling-art

May 29, 2009

my girls have finished their second year of art school. in february they both needed to take a picture to art to start their new pieces and kiana and myla decided together to both take a picture of their younger brother and sister…

after hours, and hours, and hours, the results –

i have the original pictures posted so you can see what they used as a reference

myla did a pastel of kj~

and kiana did a pastel of sela~

i absolutely love them! they are now hanging in our home, and maybe one day kj and sela will do art pieces of their older sisters…and I will have a complete collection.

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mr. & mrs. atkin

May 27, 2009

*reminder- you can double-click on all pictures to view them larger*

dusty’s niece lisa davis and her fiance’ matt atkin started their life together this past weekend and we were so thrilled to share in their excitement during the ceremony and celebration.

sela was lisa and matt’s flower girl! sela loved wearing the dress, being barefoot, and performed her duties beautifully. although, she did not drop any flowers. there was a moment, while sela was walking down the aisle that she really contemplated dropping one or kissing it, but in the end she chose not to drop any. they all remained in her basket, the entire night!

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our kids had their last day of school on friday, may 22nd. we picked them up from school at noon and headed to vegas!

we had a family wedding to attend in boulder city this weekend, and our darling niece dani hooked us up with a sweet deal where she works – the green valley ranch. we had a fantastic, spacious room and 50% off all of our food, love good deals. thank you very much D!

our family had a very needed, relaxing, weekend in the sun. there is nothing better than uninterrupted family time. we loved their pool. it had this awesome beach section full of sand that molded into the regular pool.

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was the theme for our kids school spring program this past week.

kj is such a funny kid. oh my my. We can’t help but smile when we think about him. Dusty and I continually caught glimpses at each other across the row of seats in the audience {sela and grandma between us} as we laughed at this little guy. He is so NOT interested in performing. NOT at ALL. maybe my three girls sucked every performing gene out of me because kj missed the boat!

maybe he yawned way more than he sang. so, it’s only appropriate to share this picture-{hehe!}
myla’s class did awesome! they each dressed up in different costumes to represent the different nationalities and cultures that make America what it is.

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felt headbands

May 10, 2009

our kitchen counter ~ all weekend…myla made some felt headbands to “sell” at school this coming week. Her class has been earning fake money for good behavior, good work, etc.

the plan is to have a class store full of their own items to purchase from one another to wrap up an economics unit. hopefully they learn well and this next generation can make sure the economy doesn’t get in the mess we are in now – again.

one of Myla’s “rolled” felt flowers headband
i had to get in on the action & create a few too-this project was temporary and is not going to take-over our life unlike the last flower clips project.

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