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My summer endeavor...

(This is the post that caused me to run out of photo storage! Be prepared!)
So I...

with the help of some dear friends started a Show Choir this summer with about 100+ kids...


All in an effort to get my own kids singing and dancing with friends...
And it was a blast!


(L to R: Trish sacrificed her garage all summer, Taufa and her daughters did all of the choreography and ran the classes, Kristi was the business and money, and I did all advertising, communications and enrollment. My friend Nicole, not pictured, did the logo and all the t-shirts! Fabulous right? Let me know if you want her info.)

We held classes every week in a friend's garage...


Even had a recording session...

And then ended the summer with a big backyard show where the kids showed off their voices and moves...

Grades Kindergarten-1st (My Alex was in this group. 2nd from right back row)




Grades 2-3



Grades 4-5 (Jake and Hannah are in this group. Hannah 2nd from left on front row and Jake in his own row leaning forward with his mouth open on the right side!)




Middle School...



And High School...




They rocked!! And it was so fun to see the kids overcome their fears and just let loose. They also made some great friends!

Adorable children and so much fun !
Some snap shots of all the cuteness...









Until next summer...

2nd Summer Tahoe Trip

August 16-22
We had the opportunity to go to Tahoe twice this summer. (I know, hate on me!)
It was so great! I went up early with the kids while John put a few more days of work in and then headed up to meet us.

The first day we met up with some of Hannah's friends from school who happened to be staying in Tahoe at the same time. It was fun to see her with her cute girlfriends...


I especially like to give her opportunities to be with girls since she's got 3 brothers! (I happened to put a bunch of animals in the beach bag for Owen and these entertained them all for hours. They even built them a pretty nifty habitat (which I failed to photograph!)


We were there with the Sharps and the Silvas...(notice the ladies holding tight to their umbrellas! It was a windy day!)

Owen had a great time playing in the sand...



And swimming in the water...


Cute and Protective older brother...


Mud Monster...



And of course...burying fun...







The next day we spent time at the docks of Chinquapin where we stay...Love these cool shots with the boat behind. He was enthralled!



Owen and Grandma...




I caught a crawdad by myself thank you very much (with much squealing and excitement--they are fast little guys!)...






And then lots of fun on the boat...

Go Aunt Kim...


Go Scotty...


(My camera was too slow (um, or me) and I couldn't get a good air shot!)
Grandma and Avery...

Isn't she precious? She didn't even make a peep! Such a sweet darling and so happy!

And Grandpa and Owen...

And with Avery...

Oh how I love these two! Grandma and Grandpa are so wonderful and love their family so much!! Their priority is making memories with their kids and grandkids and I admire this so much about them. I also appreciate being the benefactor of these wonderful trips more than they will ever know!
Aggs trying on Avery's hat...

We pulled out the knee-board first...
Awesome Jake and the knee board. I love the (sometimes false) confidence this guys shows under any circumstance!!

And the fact that he has no inner-monologue, so he's a pretty noisy knee-boarder..."Aaaaa! Whoa! You're okay! You got it! Whoa! Weeeee!" He is hilarious!...


And Alex (confident 6 year old)...

And Hannah (lovely and brave and poised)...

Owen couldn't wait to get out there too so we got out the ski trainer...



Cousin Katie was not so excited but she did it! Yay for Katie!


Cousin Sydney too was not feeling it but she perked up...

She did the motion for "cut" for quite a while though. Too funny!


Alex on the ski trainer...



Go Hannah girl!


Then it was time for tubing...

Uncle Scott and Aunt Kim went along for the ride...



Other cousins Katelyn and Natalie who are twins came up to Tahoe too during the week with Aunt Kathleen and Uncle Eric. They were hilarious. One always wanted to go faster and the other always wanted to slow down...



Looks like they finally all got on the same page!...


More tubing fun...


Watch cousin Mason (far right) in these series of shots...



Then a day at Sand Harbor (one of our favorite places at Tahoe) to climb rocks, catch crawdads, and play at the beach...

(Alex and Uncle Scott)


(Aunt Kim)

Struttin' on the beach...

Love Syd's pose...

Fun times at Tahoe!