Dance Festival

At church I get to work with the young women, ages 12-18 and it has been a great experience so far! It sure keeps me busy though. The youth have been practicing since February for a huge dance festival that we just put on a couple of weekends ago. It was a LOT of work, but it came off being an amazing experience for the kids. We had about 1,200 youth participating from 6 stakes around the Seattle area. 

On the day of the festival, I arrived at about 7:20 am and didn't go home until after 8:00 pm. It was a very, very long day. The performance was in the Kent Sho Ware Center, which is an indoor ice hockey arena. I got to chaperone 9 beehive girls (ages 12-13) all day as we moved them from place to place, rehearsal to rehearsal, in and out of costumes, etc. It was absolutely crazy behind the scenes, but the kids looked amazing out on the floor. 

Here's a picture of the girls I got to spend the whole day with:

Here are about half of the youth in the opening number. I could only get half of the floor in one shot.

And a few shots from some of the numbers

It was worth all of the time and effort. Now we get to take a break for 4 years!

April Catch Up

I tell ya, the time sure flies by! Here are some random pictures to sum up our month of April.

Brandon being.....Brandon!

Dylan's little surprise for me right before preschool at our house....

We got to attend a BYU Baseball game and cheer for our Cougars!

Miss Linds.....

Eating dinner on our new front porch furniture!

Katelyn rolled her ankle on a trampoline

Here's her ankle after a visit to urgent care the next day

And now she's in a cast for one month for a fracture on her growth plate.

Our family at the Seattle temple on a beautiful day and Katelyn sporting her new tie-dye cast

Here are the kids eating popsicles while watching a show

Poor boy! Who taped his face like that?

Here's Dylan trying to be like his older brother

Justin can now solve a Rubik's cube

We got to visit with cousin Michael during General Conference

We like going on family bike rides

Brandon turned our bedroom into an art studio

The much anticipated Pinewood Derby! Justin did set-up this year and kept track of and projected the scores. Brandon came in 4th! Great job!

I don't have pictures, but I also attended the 47th District Convention as a delegate. Let's just say that it was an......interesting......experience! I stayed there for 7 hours and left early! But we were successful at doing the process right and electing lots of great delegates to the state convention. We kept the crazies at bay! And let me tell you....there were a lot of crazies!

Whew! A busy month! Two more posts below about Easter and the Zoo!