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40 reasons my dad is awesome

He drove me to flute lessons in Sugar House for years-cheerfully He is not afraid to embarrass me He loves to provide for my family He loves to travel He trusts me He is good at one-on-one time He doesn't complain about going to work He loves Christmas and Christmas shopping He is good with technology He raises, loves and supports seven kids! He loves my mom He's funny He teases He will willingly drive you wherever you want to go If it's important to you, it's important to him He has lots of energy and a big smile when he comes home from work He brings me lunch at school sometimes He is good at fashion His favorite book is Les Mis He graduated Law School He makes birthdays really special He has a good relationship with his in-laws His closet is really organized He served a mission We had a secret handshake when I was little He wants me to go on a mission He goes to church He is really nice and thoughtful to his parents He made up an outrage
This past week was Ririe Woodbury week in Dance Company. We are extremely lucked to get dancers from a professional modern company come and choreograph a dance for our spring concert. And we get THREE! This is very rare, and we're so lucky Kim has connections and that Ririe is so supportive of dance in education. This year, the Seniors got Mary Lynn. We know most of the dancers from workshops in the summer. We were all super excited to work with her. The process was very intense, creative and eye-opening. We had a great time. We practiced till 4:30 Monday thru Friday and came away with a 5:30 minute dance. Modern itself is so personal and unique and demands growth, concentration and work. It's not like any other dance style. A lot of people think it's similar to contemporary, but I'm starting to realize how different they really are. Modern is much more inventive, deep, and abstract. I love contemporary, and know that the movement is also very unique. But in modern al

Playing Mother

A day after coming home from California, my parents left at 10 pm to drive to Las Vegas and board a flight to Hawaii. Now there were four more kids to keep track of and a whole week to do it! My mom made a schedule for each day. It was expertly planned and she kept it as simple as possible. I don't know how she does it on a daily basis, and ours was the simplified version! Early morning music lessons were canceled, and lots of the kids had rides to other lessons. I did a little bit of driving, but not as much as my mom. Lots of trips to the studio and school of course, sometimes the store, that was about it. We had tons of help...Thanks Audrey, Sarah, Michelle Butler, grandma/grandpa, Jen Ramsdel, Jennie and Nikki!!!! I took Tizzy and Tolly to Dylan's on Friday night. They were cute. We got ice cream cones and some fries. I tried to channel my inner-Circe by being calm and laid-back while Tizzy swished her ice cream in the air, narrowly missing the window and my hair and Toll

DC pics