WETNESS

Spring in Utah this year was to say the least- WET!  It felt like it was cold and rainy and dreary all spring.

I went as a chaperone on Masons end of year field trip- (In May) to the Hogle Zoo.  It rained and rained.  The kids were wet and cold, and then it began to SNOW!  Needless to say it was a rotten,cold, trip.  The animals didnt come out and we had to make it a short day.   

But at the end of the storm there is alway a rainbow. 

14---Really?

Yes our little girl turned 14 this year.  She is beautiful.  She is smart.  She is funny.  She can dance.  She loves to read.  She loves the gospel.  She loves to hang with her besties.  She loves movies.  She has her Daddy tied around her little finger.  She holds a BIG place in her Daddy's heart.  She loves writing.  She LOVES to sleep.  She loves her life.  We LOVE her!  Happy 14th Birthday Mikayla. 

All she wanted for her birthday was to have her friends over to roast weenies and make smores.  They played games, giggled and had a blast.  She is blessed to have such great, strong examples for friends.

(Emma, Mikayla, Joanie, and Nicole)

Making her wish!

**Did I mention that she got a TON of books for her birthday. She was HAPPY.

Arizona

In the dance world we sometimes get to travel. This season has been no exception.  Knowing that we were going to New York City, Mikayla had to pre-qualifiy all of their dance numbers.  There are only so many spots per catagory at each regional city.  Well we had to get the trio qualified, and so Arizona was the last city that was close enough for us to go.   So I took Mikayla and Emilee Clark and Megs and we drove to Phoenix for a long weekend.   Essy and her mom flew.

While we were in Arizona we stayed with the Boltz family.  Megan loved spending time with Logan in the pool.

These 3 lovely ladies spent their time rehearsing and dancing.  LOVE the blue shadow!

They did their trio- "Walk the Line". Choreographed by Janalyn Memmott.

They are a little sassy, but their costumes ROCKED!

What am I saying? They ROCKED!  They got a platinum award. Yeah baby they came and did their job-plus some.  We were proud.  Have I ever mentioned that Mikayla is a beast before she competes.  BUT when she is done-she is awesome. She is in the zone on comp days. 

We got to see our Aunt Nen and Cousin Claire.  It was fun!  We drank some

Starbucks, and the girls rode the escalators.  It was uber fun to see them.

My crashed out babies on the long car ride home.

Thanks for the amazing weekend in April Mikayla, Megan and Mem!

Just Some of my Favorite people

Kayla and Ash

(I love their smiles so MUCH!)

Cam

(He gives the best sugar!)

Livy

(It's the dimples)

Cam and Romney

(Because who sings tiny bubbles at their sisters wedding?! LOL)

SO....we went to our cousins wedding reception the other night.  It is always fun to get together with family.  It was a nice, chilaxin evening-I had fun taking just a few photos of some of my favorite people.  Now dont get me wrong, I love all of my peeps but here are some fun shots that I LOVED!

Dinner with da sista's

We had a super fun time at dinner on Friday night.  All of the sisters and sister in laws, and Mama (minus Aunt Nen)- got together and went to PF Changs to celebrate Suzie and Amber turning 40.  It twas fun!  Lots of laughter, and giggles.  Good to get away from the kiddos and have some girl time.  It was much needed.  Thanks Barb for the great organizational skills.

Peter Pan

Marquet Hill, Landon Anderson, Ruger Memmott, Zoey Anderson, Mikayla and Jenna Johnson

Every year Center Stage does a full lengthe ballet.  This year they did "Peter Pan".  It was beautifully done, and all of the students LOVED it.  It has been a super busy spring for our kids.  But hey this ballet was totally worth it.  Mikayla was a mermaid.   She was super glad too because Grandma and Grandpa Scoresby came and watched her perform.

Mikayla and Janalyn Memmott (Mikayla's director) and Emilee Clark

Mikayla and her Grandparents.

Spring In Utah

Spring in Utah is always unpredictable. We had an unusually long winter this year. Spring is one of my favorite times of the year here-Its amazingly beautiful and breathtaking--until you wake up to this-

Look at those beautiful buds! All covered in snow!

Oh well I guess we got to enjoy hot chocolate a little longer.

Fantastic February

Brings more fun travels for us...

Mikayla and I flew to Denver with Center Stage Junior company. They did the NYCDA convention there and qualified more of their numbers for Nationals. Night of the Dancing flame recieved a platinum award and Critics Choice award for New York. It was worth the trip! Then kids were happy, the directors were thrilled and the parents were proud.
They qualified all of their pieces and did a fabulous job.

Heidi Thornhill and I took 9 kids with us. It was FUN! We all flew together, ate together, and roomed together. We did have a crazy flight out. At one point we thought the plane was going to roll because the turbulance and wind was so bad. It felt like we were on a roller coaster. Heidi's red wine went flying all over the place. Good times.