St. George Dance Competition

Dance competition season is well under way! April 4th we had our first competition in St. George. We made it into a mini-vacation for our family. We went down Thursday night and got there late. (Oh yeah, Brevin threw-up before we ever reached I-15 . . . I was a little worried our trip wasn't going to be much fun). Friday morning after we all got ready we went to this little restaurant in St. George call the Bear Claw, the have delicious breakfasts!

John, Brevin and Dilyn . . . trying to decide what to eat.

Caitlyn and Haidyn . . . enjoying some yummy grub!

Mommie, Dilyn and Brevin.

After breakfast, we did a little shopping and met most of the Christenson family to see the movie Monsters and Aliens. Very FUNNY. I laughed the whole way through! I highly recommend it!

After the movie, we went back to the hotel and John took the kids swimming and I decided to take a nap (yes, I know, I am not much fun). After swimming we went to eat dinner and then went to the high school where the dance competition was being held to support a couple of our girls who were competing in the Solo portion. And I feel really bad, but I really don't know how the solos placed . . . Tiffany, want to help me out here?

Saturday was the big day. The girls had there first comptition! I hope I am not too much of a dance mom! We have so much fun and I just really want my girls to enjoy themselves! I can honestly say they bring me to tears!

Caitlyn's lyrical . . . The Way I Am. Won First Place!

Caitlyn's Hip Hop (This is her first year in Hip Hop, I'm pretty sure she likes it) MC Hammer's Can't Touch This. I'm lovin the parachute pants! They won first place and Grand Champions in their age group! WOO HOO!

Haidyn's Stray Cat Strut. She is not a fan of the "hat" portion of her costume . . . It's really hot, Mom! They took second!

Caitlyn . . . Hey Big Spender. Very cute dance! They took Second!

Caitlyn's Rock the Casbah. I love this dance they perform it so well! It took first place. Madison twisted her ankle during this performance and landed hard on her bum, but she kept going and was a real trooper!

Haidyn's ballet, Music Box. This is Haidyn's first year in ballet. She is really loving it! They took second.

I didn't post any pictures from the production number, which is Indiana Jones. It is amazing! We were sitting on the wrong side for pictures of our girls . . . so I will post some of them later. All of the girls from TDC did such a good job! My favorite comment/quote that I heard thus far this year was from Tiffany . . . after the awards were all given and because all of Tiffany's Hip Hop dances won first place she said "Not too bad for a couple of white girls!"

Saturday night we went to visit one of my cousins that lives in Hurricane. I hadn't seen her since Haidyn was a little baby. The kids all had much fun playing with their cousins and Jenn and I had lots of fun reminescing back to days gone by!

Sunday morning we got up and did some more swimming and were on the road by noon. We had so much fun! We have been told that next year we might skip St. George and perform in Disneyland . . . We will see what happens!