Friday, July 11, 2014

Vegas Dance Convention Day 3!

Another bright and early dance day! The girls rocked it today. I am so proud of their perseverance!!

Even Peyton...hung in there for 4 hours and gave it ALL she had! She even stayed in the room when parents had to leave for auditions. That kid seems to have very little fear!

Jordyn and Kira with Jason, their awesome tap teacher...who wrote his own song just for them to tap to!

Jessie telling the "minis" how proud she is of them after auditions.

Tucker's second morning of golf with the other Dance Dad's. Even tho it's hot, it poured rain on them! (He's in this pic with Jimmy Trigueiro).

Our hotel.

Kids FINALLY got to swim today.

Lexi photo-bombing our pic :-)

Dressed up and ready to take the girls to a Beatles Tribute Concert!


Tucker promised them a trip to the magic shop.

Another stop at Bahama Buck's!!

Me and my girls.

It's been fun and busy but I'm also a natural homebody and can't wait to get home. :-)

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Las Vegas Dance Convention Day 2


All ready for convention classes!! Bright and early! We went downstairs at 8:00 am, while Tucker headed out golfing with a few other "dance dads".

This is Peyton's very first time participating in the workshop classes. Usually it is only for travel team, but I got permission to add her so she could participate while we are here. It is great experience for her, and that way she doesn't just have to be bored the whole day.

This kid has no fear. She just jumps right in with so much enthusiasm. 

Her room is called the minis, which are girls ages 6 to 9. She said the ballroom class was her favorite!


Jordyn and Lexi's group is called the juniors. There's is double the size of Peytons. These are girls ages 10 through 12. One of their favorite classes is musical theater (or theataaahhh...as he says it), with Eddie Strahan. He is so, so, so awesome.

Here is a sample of one of the days schedules for their groups.


These next few pics are from just before they did their final performance of their trio "Turn to Stone". They have really grown do much this year and a bug part if that us what they learned in their trio. We love Miss Jessie so much!





It was amazingly emotional before and after. You can just feel the love! This is after they got off stage.

We went to M&M world and Hard Rock Cafe tonight with the Trigueiro family. It was fun! And boy oh boy...the things you see on the strip!! Most of it not for little eyes at all!!




 (Silly pics watching the little 3D movie about the m&m's)




When we got back, I needed a breather so I walked across the street and hung out inside Sephora for 1 1/2 hours trying on makeup and nail polish. That's my kind of fun! Tucker took the kids to see a fire show in front of our hotel, then got them to bed for another early morn tomorrow. 



Tuesday, July 08, 2014

Las Vegas Day 1 Cont'd

Taking some pics around the beautiful foliage inside the Mirage!


Sometimes, it's really too much to ask to get a normal picture. Actually...this IS pretty normal!

Pey is obsessed with high heels!

Awards on the BIG stage!

Stretching for Applause.

Waiting for awards (with Taylor).

First Grade

So every other Monday I get to help and Peyton's classroom. First grade is such a cute age, they just completely love you and aren't afraid to express it. I love that Pey is not (yet) embarrassed to give me a little kiss on the cheek in front of her friends, or give me a hug. 

Before I left today, I noticed her lips were dry, so I gave her a little bit of my lipgloss. It was the funniest thing because she beamed with pride that she had my lip gloss on, and told one of her friends about it. It was cute to watch her walk off like she was so big because of that. And then she still turned around and ran back and give me a hug. I love that, and I hope she never stops!

Our Furry Children

Our dogs are definitely members of our family. They got haircuts this week. Which freaks Roxy out, and rusty doesn't seem to mind :-)

I love how roxy shows her teeth!!