February 15, 2008

my sweet valentines ~ Kiana & MylaSela’s 1st outfit, prior to a day filled with chocolate…Sela’s 2nd outfit…Isn’t the root beer bottle a nice touch?KJ currently has this thing going where he always looks in a different direction than AT the camera. hmmm.

I helped in Myla’s 2nd grade class for their party – first we walked over to the nursing home next door to the school. The kids visited with everyone and handed out Valentine’s they had made, it was really great for them. Shannon Taylor organized the games &

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my little Amelia Earhart

February 12, 2008

Myla’s class has been studying great Americans and Inventors in Social Studies lately, and she was given the assignment of doing an oral report on Amelia Earhart. It was an option to dress up, use props, charts, etc. She used this picture as her inspiration for her costume and ran all over the house looking for the right things. Thanks to KJ she had the shirt, tie, and jacket. That hat is actually hers! She did such a great job, and even was able to answer questions from the kids in her class that was from information she had read but not included in her report. While preparing this report she became very fascinated with Amelia, she thought it was so cool that she was the first woman to fly over the Atlantic,

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Go PATRIOTS!

February 4, 2008

a little bit of history on Dusty…. He grew up in Southern Nevada, hence, no professional sports teams. As a kid he watched the show and liked Sam Malone {the bartender who was an ex RED SOX pitcher] just enough that he adopted ALL of the Boston teams as his faves…which makes this a pretty great year for him. Which also, in return, makes this a happy year for us, when he’s happy, we’re happy.

But, we are tailgating without Dusty today, he was up at dawn to leave for the Philippines, he didn’t know he booked this trip on Superbowl Sunday and then once he realized it – there was no way to change it…

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dance season is underway

February 3, 2008

This was a busy dance weekend, with many to follow, so our anniversary may take place in a couple more months…when there is time.

Kiana & Myla had a Center Stage Showcase fundraiser event on Friday night at Thanksgiving Point. All of the companies/dancers that perform/compete were involved and it was AWESOME. Kiana did 2 solos, and 4 team dances, and Myla did 2 of her team dances. Dusty actually wanted to go back Saturday to see one of the Senior Company dances again because it was so incredible, but we opted out for dinner on our own.

Then on Saturday morning we were back at Thanksgiving Point for a “Utah Dancesport Championship.” Myla & Ezra competed in the Cha-cha,

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Myla’s ballroom team from Center Stage, “Preteen Millenia” performed at the Provo H.S. Ballroom competition this afternoon. This was their first time to perform this year, they don’t have their costumes yet for this Quickstep so they wore their normal black/white couples outfits… Myla is partners with Niua in this dance ~ they did so great!

Tonight, we [Dusty, Kiana, Myla, and I] went with the Morton’s to dinner @ the Bombay House for some delicious Indian food [a family favorite.] Then we headed over to see some of Kiana & Myla’s friends/dancer buddies @ the Vibe’s “Evolutions of Dance” playing @ the new Covey Center for the Arts in Provo.

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Artists in training

January 23, 2008

Some of you may remember back in September when I did a post about Kiana & Myla in their first year of art school. Well, my girls are starting to bring home the masterpieces! I am anxious to start framing some of their art and displaying it around our home. They spent most of the Fall doing sketches/pencil drawings to learn many of the basics. Now they have started using pastels. They both really enjoy going to class and when they come out of class they always wish they could stay longer. Here’s their artwork!

Myla~Kiana~

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