dang - my thoughts were i could hit this more like a journal - but its been a few months...here we go, again.
so a lot has happened since the whole nationals post, a lot. we no longer dance at KKDC. kinda hard too because we had such great friends there but long story short, a misunderstanding led to hurt feelings which lead to words said and then hurt feelings. it will work itself out i am sure but little miss sassafras is still dancing and loving life.
i got a lot to get into but not that much time - it was a crazy week and i am sick and tired. just drank a neurosleep and i am going to go out. i feel good and feel like i have a purpose and a goal i am going to achieve!
goodnight!
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Nationals in Vegas
So, this week we dropped the babies off to Nan and Papa's and took the two olders to a national dance competition. we got here Sunday and have waited until today (actually yesterday 7/6/2010) to compete. Brileigh went this morning with her solo and had this evening as well. it was great, the first solo went well - not to complain but a a studio was bumped to our division and had no biz being there and stole the show, regardless - Brileigh scored well and took 8th overall!
in between sessions we went back to the hotel - even went to try our luck at the NY NY roller coaster ride - snuffed us out tho, Brileigh and Dalton are not big enough to ride it. we came back, ate and went back to the Miss Jr. Dance show.
Brileigh was up 2nd and she was WORKING it! Her teacher had modified her solo a bit and made it a bit more fancy - and Brileigh was ALL over it, working the faces and then as she was performing a move in her solo that she has done A LOT of times - the unthinkable happened...she fell, and it was a good fall. as her father - this has been a fear - she is always top 5 and every time she has competed for title she has got it! this was it tho - no way, the judges were not scoring tap well anyway - let alone a fall in the routine. well, one of the happiest things that has happened to me was seeing that little girl hop up and work the best of her ability the rest of that routine. it was amazing! so excited and happy and full of joy.
she didn't place and she was sad afterwords but the thing is this - this is life. we fall - that's not always a sin thing or cuz we do bad but maybe we lose a job or the company folds - we need to just get up, and keep dancing - smiling the whole time, just like my little girl did - i am so happy!
in between sessions we went back to the hotel - even went to try our luck at the NY NY roller coaster ride - snuffed us out tho, Brileigh and Dalton are not big enough to ride it. we came back, ate and went back to the Miss Jr. Dance show.
Brileigh was up 2nd and she was WORKING it! Her teacher had modified her solo a bit and made it a bit more fancy - and Brileigh was ALL over it, working the faces and then as she was performing a move in her solo that she has done A LOT of times - the unthinkable happened...she fell, and it was a good fall. as her father - this has been a fear - she is always top 5 and every time she has competed for title she has got it! this was it tho - no way, the judges were not scoring tap well anyway - let alone a fall in the routine. well, one of the happiest things that has happened to me was seeing that little girl hop up and work the best of her ability the rest of that routine. it was amazing! so excited and happy and full of joy.
she didn't place and she was sad afterwords but the thing is this - this is life. we fall - that's not always a sin thing or cuz we do bad but maybe we lose a job or the company folds - we need to just get up, and keep dancing - smiling the whole time, just like my little girl did - i am so happy!
Friday, June 25, 2010
one week...weak
i really have good intentions but it is a non-stop run around craziness of my life - can't i do a post from my blackberry? i need to look into that but fear i may end up looking like rev-run...in a bath with my hat, bubbles and my blackberry.
so at this point i'm doing 3 jobs and my wonderful wife is doing 2 - we're raising a family and its crazy...but very good. we feel blessed that we can - i am not complaining just making an excuse for not making an entry earlier! :)
so, my family showed up at my softball games, it was very cool - they got there later and usually we have 2 games - so it would have been no problem but the last game was a no show, so it ended early. it was so fun to see them and have them come to my game. i have a hard time sometimes - i do process serving and most of that is done in the evenings. i have a bit of a route and do serves during the day - for 2 companies and my own...its been crazy lately but i am hoping to see some $$$ for the pain, BUT i am on a tangent. my time with my family is my most favorite thing of all time - i don't feel like i get enough - some say that this is just the nature of our market - blah blah blah, but i want to spend more time with them and hate it when scheduling gets crazy - so just to have a few minutes is great.
it was funny, i got up just as they walked up and i hit the ball pretty hard but right at a guy so he caught it and i came back, bitty ran up to me and said "dad! that was so cool, you went (then he swung like he had a bat) then made a cracking sound and ran - he was impressed -
my lottie screams at me when she catches a glimpse of me, it have to admit, loud sounds hurt the ears, but that is like u2 joshua tree to me.
peanut got an opportunity to see his good buddy - he was stoked, funny to watch them hang out. he also blew me away by cleaning his room today...awesome job. i came home before they went to bed and he was killing a bug in saiges room. sweet dude - even tho he is a big teaser.
saige-a-riffic - my sweet angel, she is going to be dancing in vegas the week after next and will compete for national title. she is such a great help with my better 7/8's - she is really an amazing girl and will be an amazing woman - just like her mom!
ok - its late...night
so at this point i'm doing 3 jobs and my wonderful wife is doing 2 - we're raising a family and its crazy...but very good. we feel blessed that we can - i am not complaining just making an excuse for not making an entry earlier! :)
so, my family showed up at my softball games, it was very cool - they got there later and usually we have 2 games - so it would have been no problem but the last game was a no show, so it ended early. it was so fun to see them and have them come to my game. i have a hard time sometimes - i do process serving and most of that is done in the evenings. i have a bit of a route and do serves during the day - for 2 companies and my own...its been crazy lately but i am hoping to see some $$$ for the pain, BUT i am on a tangent. my time with my family is my most favorite thing of all time - i don't feel like i get enough - some say that this is just the nature of our market - blah blah blah, but i want to spend more time with them and hate it when scheduling gets crazy - so just to have a few minutes is great.
it was funny, i got up just as they walked up and i hit the ball pretty hard but right at a guy so he caught it and i came back, bitty ran up to me and said "dad! that was so cool, you went (then he swung like he had a bat) then made a cracking sound and ran - he was impressed -
my lottie screams at me when she catches a glimpse of me, it have to admit, loud sounds hurt the ears, but that is like u2 joshua tree to me.
peanut got an opportunity to see his good buddy - he was stoked, funny to watch them hang out. he also blew me away by cleaning his room today...awesome job. i came home before they went to bed and he was killing a bug in saiges room. sweet dude - even tho he is a big teaser.
saige-a-riffic - my sweet angel, she is going to be dancing in vegas the week after next and will compete for national title. she is such a great help with my better 7/8's - she is really an amazing girl and will be an amazing woman - just like her mom!
ok - its late...night
Thursday, June 17, 2010
starting now
so, i have a family blog and a facebook page - but i honestly feel bad that the only real time i have kept a journal has been my mission and so, here is another attempt. i am not going to let anyone know about this...it's really just for me. i wont hide it either - its stupid to do that. here goes or at least i try.
its late and i'm tired - i just drank this drink that's called neuro sleep - its great and it is starting to work. right now i am a freelance process server...sounds fancy or incredibly lame - depends on my mood but i have my own schedule and things are starting to pick up. as my oldest used to say "here my gooooooo!" i will explain more later and fo sho you will get it as i ramble on.
i'm going to sleep - night
its late and i'm tired - i just drank this drink that's called neuro sleep - its great and it is starting to work. right now i am a freelance process server...sounds fancy or incredibly lame - depends on my mood but i have my own schedule and things are starting to pick up. as my oldest used to say "here my gooooooo!" i will explain more later and fo sho you will get it as i ramble on.
i'm going to sleep - night
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