rock n' roll

The culmination of our marathon week last week was the girls' dance recital yesterday. The way things fell, last week the kids had swim team, swim lessons, a swim meet, Elise had cheerleading camp at my old high school, and the girls had dance class, dance awards, and dress rehearsal Friday night. None of us thrive on that type of over-scheduling, and so I am thankful that the rest of our summer will be much more laid back. I will say, as crazy as it was, the kids did have a blast last week, and that is what is most important.

The girls have been looking forward to their recital for months, and were so glad it was finally time....
The theme this year was Rock N' Roll, and so the costumes were a little brighter than in years past, which (of course) the girls' LOVED! Their dance school has grown, and so although they are in class with several friends each the recital is split into two groups and so they don't all get to do the final performance together. This is bittersweet, but I definitely understand why the owner does it that way. Luckily, each year, we have been able to be with the Barrois girls- which makes for a very happy Elise and Lila. And, they did get to hang out with all of their friends at the rehearsal Friday night! So, it has been a fun weekend for them...



Elise and Ella ready for Hollywood!

The above two girls are two peas in a pod. I think in competition for who is the nuttiest!



Our sweet girls.

These were their ballet outfits. Elise's group danced to "Hippy Hippy Shake" and Lila's to "Teddy Bear". Some old school rock n roll.

This was the first year Kimberly and I let the girls wear make-up and they were soooo excited!

These are their tap outfits, which they adored! Their song was "Let it Rock".

Lila's class tapped to "Bird Dog" in these cute outfits.

Our performers...

I will say, the stage is the one place where any shyness that Elise has completely goes away. Both at the cheerleading performance and for the recital she had the BIGGEST smile on her face the whole time. She loves, loves, loves it!
And, without a doubt, Lila loves the stage as well- NOT a surprise!

Goof balls.

Sweet girl looking all grown up at the end of a long week.

This picture makes me laugh so hard. My attempt to show that I actually exist by jumping in a picture...then my eyes are closed and Lila is hidden by her flowers. So typical!

Can you tell which ones are sisters?? Although they all act like they are!

Time for sleep!!!!!!!

The girls had a BLAST, and David and I are so thankful to both of our parents for sitting through almost 4 HOURS of dance to see their granddaughters dance 4 times. It was a long recital!

We are also super, super grateful to the Bristers for allowing Bennett to hang out with them for the day. He would have been completely miserable at the recital, and instead he had an absolute blast and thought it was his special day! We owe them big time!

Looking forward to a week next week filled with Vacation Bible School and some afternoon swims...can't wait. I must say, I am having lots of fun with the kids the summer....and I hope they are too!