Family Camping

 

Not going to lie, I was being a stinker about going camping.

I was done for, and adding one night of camping
seemed more than I could handle.

The kids would have killed me, so I rallied and got us there!

My plans of staying in the close by lodge got foiled.
 I threw the bare minimum in the car to get us through the night.

Which was a bad plan.

I froze my keister off, and slept a total of 10 minutes shoved
in a kid sized mummy bag.

I honest to goodness thought I wouldn't survive, it was the longest night of my life.

To top it off, Della was at the beginning of a health journey.
She was no peach to deal with.

She had an epic meltdown I had no idea a 9 year old could make,
along with multiple mini meltdowns. 

And cried at every meal since she is now gluten and dairy free. 

Here are some pictures trying to make the best of it, lol!

The Month That Never Ended

 

May.
Maycember
May this month be over already, lol!

It kicked my trashhhhh.

I'm not sure if we ate dinner this month, it was such a blur. 

WHY does teacher appreciation week land in this month?
They are so busy, they don't even get to enjoy it!

This is one of my committees, so each day that week Tiffany and I set up
the lounge with various goodies. 

Spring Sing for Della!

I was pretty distracted during it. 

Casey and I got a text from our realtor that our offer to
purchase a new home was accepted!!

More on that obviously later!

Rusty surprising me again with his artsy side,
getting his stained glass entered into the art competition!

The ASU pitch fork is so good!!

I was asked to do some hair demos at a mom and daughter spa night!

I loved that Hudson wanted in on our picture.

Our new home!

Only, it will get completely torn down and rebuilt.

It will be a process.

We have already had a big hiccup, which is humbling us to be more

realistic with our timeline. 

Sorry Lane, looks like you are coming home from your  mission to your old house!

Dance Competition

There are many dance competitions throughout the year.

This one seemed to be the big grand daddy of them all!

It was way out in Phoenix and spanned between Friday night and Saturday.
They performed both their Tap CO and Academy pieces.  

We also had Olive with us since her parents were out of the country!

It was solo and duets Friday evening.

I was so tempted to get a hotel and just stay out there.

But we ended up making the trek back and forth. 

Saturday was a wing dinger as we left at the crack
 of dawn and got back before midnight!

Wowza. 

We set up camp backstage and made the best of it!

First place for Apple Tree!!!
The first time she has won money at these competitions!

Here are pictures from their professional photographers.

DELLA

PAJAMA TIME

ANOTHER CHA CHA 

RESCUE:

DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE

DO YOUR THING

9 TO 5

5 GUYS NAMED MOE-

I love that you can tell this is a silly dance by their actions. 

LOVELY

A LITTLE PARTY

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN-

This was a favorite. And really hard as the banged the sticks
 the whole time they were dancing. 

I LIKE IT LIKE THAT

IF NO ONE LISTENS