Busy, Busy, Busy

We have survived. The 2007 recital is over.

Friday afternoon with storms closing in Emma & I were out getting her hair done again. This time for the real thing. We were able to make it home before the rain. Once home we did her make-up & made sure everything was together & ready to go. Since most of the storms were listed as severe, we decided to head downtown at 4 pm (even though the recital didn't start until 7 pm). Once downtown we parked the car & headed to a close restaurant to have an early dinner. That's when the storms let loose. South of town tornado's were touching down & in town the wind & rain was were coming down. Since we only had a single person umbrella, Emma got to shield the rain.

After dinner, back to our car to get everything, then to the civic center. Once there Matt got in line (waiting to get our seats). I took Emmersyn back stage to get changed into her Belle costume & to check her in with the "backstage mom". At 6:15pm we were able to find our seats & then wait until it started. This was a fine idea for the adults, but Bryce was not to overly impressed. Emma had 10 family members that were able to make, they were Grandma, Grandpa, Nana, Papa, Aunt Danielle, Chris, Heather, Matt, Bryceton & Myself. She was very excited to hear they were coming to watch.

Emmersyn did great on both of her dances & how she didn't make it look hard or make it look like she was nerves. I was very impressed by the entire 3 hour recital, it flowed great & the dances were amazing. There were only a few songs/dances I could have done without, but over all it was great. Bryce got to the point (even before intermission) he would ask after every song if it was "over yet" so for him it got long. But he did well for not having a choice in the matter.

Emmersyn's dances were both in the first half so during intermission I got to go upstairs & check her out from the "backstage mom". Emmersyn enjoyed watching the rest of the recital with us.

We left around 10 pm when it was over, which at that time both kids swore they were not tired, not 5 minutes down the road both were sleeping soundly in the backseat.

Not much was planned for Saturday morning so we sleep in. I had volunteered to be a "backstage mom" at the Saturday recital so I needed to be there by 2:30 pm (recital started at 4 pm). I was helping the opposite "Belles" & "ducks" class, get ready for both dances & then staying with them until their parents picked them up.I never knew what went on behind the scenes at the recital. What to chaotic zoo of people. Going here, there & everywhere, again since they danced in the first half my job was done by 6 pm.

I decided to meet up with Matt & the kids, they had been spending the afternoon with some of family Ronny, Trent, & his boys Kolby, Kade, Tricia & a friend of the family at the Clive festival letting the 4 kids run & ride rides. We stayed there for a while then headed home around 8 pm.

All I have to say is "What a weekend". We are done with dance for at least a month. We will see what dancing August brings.