Dance shall Resume

So I was able to talk w/ a dance studio close to Evansville and Naomi starts on Monday. She is very excited about being able to dance and she will still be doing 1 to 2 competitions. She is required to take one Ballet class this summer which she starts on Monday. Then in the fall she will be part of the Jr. Company it is called. She has to take a tap and jazz class beside the Jr. Company which will also be jazz (competition team). I could have had her try out for their Jr. Dance Competition team which they would do 2 dances for competition instead of just one but it required a lot more summer commitment which I don't have since I am a single parent at night and have 2 boys who play baseball. In the fall it would have also required 2 extra dances and then the team. So we are going to do this for this year and maybe by spring/ summer next year we will be able to move up to the next competition level. Right now we are very excited that she will get to dance and the lady that I talked to that runs the studio is VERY nice and also there will be a couple other girls from her dance team last year that are going to do the Jr. Company and everything is all in one night so hopefully we will be able to start a car pool. That would rock! It will be a long night but I am ok with that. As long as we can get it done. All the teachers she is going to have either have a significant dance history or have studied dance in school and have a degree. So that is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is all for now.

Summer is Here

I would be happy to post some pictures but our digital camera took a dump at one of the most important times of the year. Nathanael's Kindergarten graduation, Naomi's talent show, our visit w/ Ani. So just some updates here, school is out now has been about a week and a half. There has been a lot of fighting in the house so I have tried to think of ways to keep the kids apart but still give them some of their own attention but I think once we get into the swing of summer they will be much better. I remember last year at this time how they fought and once summer got going they were better and more used to being around each other more. Let's start with Naarah we will go from the bottom up. Naarah has been very cute lately she is definitely changing and growing like a weed. She has an amazing vocabulary. She loves to sing her abc's and loves to count to 30 =). She is growing up way to fast seems like just the other day she was a baby screaming in my arms every night before she went to bed now we are getting ready to move her to a twin bed. Sad time for mommy. Nathanael: He finished kindergarten this year and is going to have my favorite 1st grade teacher. He did a great job in Kindergarten and found out that he is very good at math also. Seems I have a bunch of math nerds on my hands. It makes me very happy since I did not do good and did not like math at all. Nathanael is reading now and has a favorite book called Missal Mouse. He started baseball last week and has gotten some really great hits and has made it on base with all his hits except the very first one of the season, so he is having a lot of fun and so am I watching him. Noah: finished 2nd grade with flying colors. He also got an O for outstanding in Math and also spelling. The rest of his grades were awesome also. So proud. He was supposed to start baseball last week but his first game got rained out and now this week he chose to go w/ Ani to my parents house and spend some extra time w/ Jonathan and Jansen and Ani also gets to see Grandma which is a plus for him. I have to say, I am a bit surprised that he chose to miss baseball. I guess his priorities might be changing a little bit the older he gets. Noah is going to be going to church camp in August with Naomi. It will be his first experience with camp so he is a bit nervous but I know he will have a good time once it starts. Naomi: did a great job in school this year, every quarter she got straight A's which I am very proud of, she was in advanced reading and she also was in advanced math this year again so she finished 5th grade math in 4th grade and now in 5th grade she will be working on 6th grade math, not sure how much more I can help her after this. So we had some pretty interesting news come our way last week in that her dance teacher decided to close down the dance studio for at least a year since she and her sister are both going to be having babies around the same time this fall. So now we are trying to figure out what to do about that. Last year was her first year of competition and she really loved it. There are a few studios around the area but all of them mean that I would have to drive (yucky). So I really have to send out some emails to these studios and find out what might be best for Naomi, I also don't want to just wait a year because what if they don't open up the studio next year either? So I have some research to do quickly. Chris and I are doing well. Enjoyed the time that I got to spend with my sister and her family. Looking forward to preparing for her wedding. Very happy for her. Chris and I are just plugging along in jobs and life. We have a few things planned with the kids for the summer. Going to the Tony Stewart/Matt Kenseth race at MIS in a couple weeks. Also Freedom Fest and then Great America. Naomi and Noah both go to church camp in August so that should be fun for them. The kids also have vacation bible school the beg. of August. That is the Hionis update hopefully there will be pictures soon, we ordered a new digital camera so hope it is here in time for all the fun. =)