Nationals at Lagoon

We were at Nationals for dance last week, and the girls did so good. We spent the night at Jon and Carrie's, cousins of Jason's, and had a great time. They have a little girl who is one, and our girls just devoured her. They fed us well, and like to play games like us. Thanks guys!


Here is the Michaela's and Payden's intermediate team. They did great. LaChere had just had her baby, so she wasn't there, and you never would have known. Their music even stopped for a couple of beats, and it didn't even phase them. They just kept dancing, and when the music came back on, they jumped right in. It was awesome. The judges were impressed too.

Here is there advanced team. I love watching them dance in this team. The dance intructor's kids are on this team. Since it is advanced, it is really entertaining to watch. They are a great team, always place first. I didn't take a video of it because our batteries were dead! But trust me, they are really good.

It was sooooo cold and rainy in Lagoon, and we were dancing from 8am to 4pm, so we didn't buy ride tickets. We had a break at lunch time, so we took our lunch to Pioneer park and ate and looked in the buildings. Some of them were even warm!

I didn't prepare well. We all had jackets and long shirts and pants, but I should have brought more blankets. We had one we kept passing around.

In jail, don't ask what they did!

Ava is just cute!

Here is Ava in her makeup. She takes my breath away.

Here is Ava dancing. She is in the novice category, and the only one from her team to dance at Nationals. She did three solos, and did so good! She held her own with all the older girls! And she absolutely loves dancing on stage.

Me and my girlie.

Ava rode in style. It worked pretty good!

Here is Ava with her medal and stars.

We had fun, but were relieved to get warm when we were done! I just love watching my girls dance. I do have video of Ava dancing, I will try to remember to get that on here!