A Grand Adventure

Today was the first day of Curly's soccer camp (but he will tell you more about that on a different day). I chose the session in Utah County because it fit well with our summer plans, not because I wanted to drive the 40 minutes or so to get him there and back.

I managed the trip by myself this morning to drop him off, but when they told me he might be done by noon instead of 3:00, I convinced Drama Queen to take me back down. Of course Baby Doll and Scout wanted to ride with us.

When we got to the park, despite the wind and cold, they told us the camp would proceed as planned. That gave us 3 hours to kill in Utah County because there was no way I wanted to drive home and then make a 3rd trip back down!

So first we ran by the Scera to pick up Grandpa's free ticket to see Brigadoon with us. Then we stopped at Krispee Kreme's for free donuts (I keep telling the kids that good grades pay off!). Provo City Mall was our 3rd stop. Baby Doll had lost her earring solution at the dance recital on Saturday, so we visited Claire's and bought another bottle. That stuff is so expensive!

Then we wandered down to JC Penney and bought a couple of things for my sweetie for Father's Day. After a turn on the escalator, we left the mall. The girls were hungry, but everything there was so expensive so we found an Arby's. It was barely 2:00 so their sliders were all $1. We managed to feed all 4 of us for just over $10.

Back at the park, Curly was just finishing up, so we timed it perfectly. Drama Queen stayed off the freeway on the way home and I enjoyed a nap. I just love a grand adventure! Especially when someone else does all the driving.

Party for Beauty

We had a great time tonight at Beauty and The Beast's new home celebrating her 24th birthday. She doesn't actually turn 24 for about 10 days, but we were hoping to stay away from Fathers' Day this year. Besides, we just couldn't pass up the chance for a tour of their new home.

We all descended on them about 6:00 pm. They were cooking The Beast's special burritos and Beauty was just putting her famous apple crisp in the oven. After seeing all the amazingness of their house, we settled in to have dinner.

Beauty opened her gifts (why is it when I take a picture everyone looks away?) and then we had apple and peach crisp with Tillamook ice cream. Yum!

Twiz was at work so I got a few turns to hold Twizlet. Her eyes are going to be that brilliant blue just like her mama's. Love these grandbabies! Can't wait to hold that cute grandson in a couple of months...

Dance Recital 2017

Tonight was our dance recital for Crafty, Scout, Curly, and Baby Doll. They have been working hard since Christmas to show us what they can do on stage.

Baby Doll, right in the center

Our studio is large, so they split the classes into upper and lower school. Baby Doll and Curly are in the lower school mostly, but tonight things were a little mixed up. Crafty performed her solo in the lower school and I thought she did a great job although she had to talk about every little mistake.

Mission Impossible - Curly

Baby Doll is amazingly good for a 6-year-old dancer. One of the teachers told me it is because she counts so well and stays with the beat. She participated in three dances tonight, tap, jazz, and ballet. Her ballet number was my favorite with their cute little umbrellas they performed to Singing in the Rain.

Scout as Mulan in the red costume.

Curly was the star of the show in his jazz class. I loved the Mission Impossible theme with him right in the middle as the main character. The girls love that they have a boys so they can do fun things like this one. The sunglasses were so cute! Sometimes I forget what a good dancer Curly is and how he loves being on the stage with his little entourage. He did 3 numbers as well, and he also did a great job in the Production number. He and Scout were pirates for Peter Pan.

Crafty, 2nd from the left.

Speaking of Scout, she had 6 dances (I think!), two for performing team, one each for ballet, tap, and jazz, and the Production number. She always does such a great job playing up to the audience. Her classes are huge and she is often in the back, but I loved this one where she was the character of Mulan. Each girl took her turn dancing with the "prince." So fun!

Crafty as Peter Pan

Grainy, I know, but I love Crafty's leap!

And then there is Crafty. She had 8 numbers, including her solo and the lead role in Peter Pan. I love watching her dance because I can tell that it is her passion. She loves being on stage and making the music come to life. I can't even begin to pick my favorite of her dances, but I'm thinking the Production number wins everywhere. She does such a good job as Peter Pan and then I get to watch Curly and Scout besides.

Pirates from Peter Pan. Scout in skirt on far left, Curly in black vest 3rd from left.

Sorry for the grainy cell pics, but they are all that I have.

Getting a Haircut

Yesterday I told Bossy that SuperCuts was doing their free class this week. Of course she texted me back right away and asked me if I had time to run Chips out for one. I try to be a good grandma, so what could I do but say yes? After all it was my idea, right?

I picked him up at about 1:30 and we headed for Herriman. We arrived about 10 minutes early, so we settled in to wait. It wasn't long before he picked up my phone and started looking for games. Since I don't have any (no, not even one!), we started looking at pictures. After we got all the way back to his preschool graduation, he was bored.

That's when he started taking the first pictures. I didn't even realize he had snapped one until I offered to do the selfie with both of us. Then he wanted to take one of Melissa. That's when I noticed that he doesn't take just one. His little thumb was clicking that button just as fast as he could.

The amazing Melissa!

Nearly every pic was really 5 - 10 pics! So glad it wasn't an old-fashioned film camera!

Bossy showed up about halfway through his haircut with 2 of the other boys in tow. It worked out well for me to leave and pick up Sport from his science class which is just up the street. It also gave me a great opportunity to delete all those extra pics while I waited for him to come out of the school.

You boys look great!