Spring Spectacular (closure to another Clogging Season)!

Last week our family went to Cedar Hills to cheer on two of our family members and their clogging studio Rocky Mountain Express. My oldest daughter, Justine, has been clogging for eight years and my forth daughter Hannah has been clogging for four years.

Lots of people turned out to cheer on the cloggers for their accomplishments throughout the year. Each team danced at least a couple of numbers. I caught a couple of dances Hannah was in above.

Justine did fabulously in her two dances. I got some action shots of her above. I love the vented arms on their outfits.

Ramalama Bang Bang is quite the hit with the audience. If you are not familiar with the tune you can hear it here.

Here's some pictures of my cute niece Bailey, and Hannah. She just took my sunglasses off my head. She calls the sunglasses Mary Jane sunglasses. The sunglasses are Maui Jim sunglasses. I found the sunglasses last year on the shore at Scofield Reservoir.

I managed to get another shot of Justine dancing. McKay helped me at the sound table. I mixed the music for the bluegrass band that played before the clogging show and I helped out the studio by queueing up songs and playing them in rapid succession. We had to leave quickly right after the show ended because a couple of my children needed to use the restroom, none of the restrooms at the city park we were at in Cedar Hills were locked. I guess there had been some recent vandalism recently and they wanted to protect them.

Blossoms, Lilac's and the Backyard

Spring is the Period Analysis

Spring is the period
Express from God.
Among the other seasons
Himself abide, But during March and April
None stir abroad
Without cordial interview
with God.

- Emily Dickinson

Justine just got her senior pictures taken. She looks good in them. Sydney got hit in the eye with a softball last night. She had a game last night, she plays fast pitch softball in a city recreation league. I think she's going to have a good shiner. Cassie pushing to replenish our chicken population. Hannah started going back to school, she is finally starting to feel better. McKay was in heaven because we got some fuel for his tiki torch. He thought it was the coolest thing to have it lit up in our backyard last night.

I Think Spring Is Finally Here!
In the morning, when I go out to feed the chickens and the cats, I love to hear the song of the Black-capped chickadees. You can listen to the song of the chickadee here if you like. Go to the section called vocalization. There are lots and lots of bird sounds early in the morning but the sound of the chickadee is distinct and stands out from the rest.

"When piped a tiny voice hard by,
Gay and polite, a cheerful cry,
Chic-chic-a-dee-dee! saucy note
Out of sound heart and merry throat."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Spending Time in Arizona With The Topol's

Best of buds, McKay and Zak. I'm not sure if the tortoise is sure what to do with all the attention.

We went swimming at a neighbors pool and the water was 67 degrees. Rob is actually gritting his teeth he's not really smiling. Cresta and Julie were the smart ones they didn't get into the cool water.

We took the boys shooting. The targets got boring so the little guys found a ant hill to shoot at.

Thank you, thank you Rob and Cresta for taking our family Wake boarding at Canyon Lake.

Sydney is about ready to get up on the wakeboard. Zak and McKay are about pulled behind the boat.

Hannah and Luke are best of buds as well, getting ready to get pulled behind the boat. Also, here's proof that Sydney wakeboarded.

Disneyland '08

This how looked starting out the day when there was an early entry. It's a little chilly at that time in the morning.

Sydney hooked up with a friend from A.F., Logan. Cassie and I shared a tea cup. This ride never gets old and you usually don't have to wait to long to get on it either.

McKay could have spent our entire savings shooting at the Rifle Range. We stopped off at lunch at the Mexican restaurant right by the Rifle Range.

Hannah and Cassie heard how much fun Pirate Island was so we went over together and had some fun adventures. McKay could have spent our entire Disneyland vacation on this island.

Look at the girls taking in the Jungle Cruise adventure. Next is a picture of some us all enjoying Hannah's favorite ride.

McKay enjoyed turning the Captain's Wheel until he got the treasure to appear along with the skeleton.

Disneyland '08

We are at Disneyland this week. Here's a picture of a picture
that was taken at Splash Mountain. I got to protect the family from the huge splash that was forthcoming. Yesterday it was a little cool, I think it got up to 71 degrees. We got a few text messages yesterday where people told us back in Utah it had been snowing all day, so it really wasn't that cold here at Disneyland. Hannah loves this ride.