FALL 2011

So much to say and seriously not enough time to do it. Our family is well. Gabriella is is 5th grade and making all A's. She is a dancing queen and has developed a real passion for dance. Her goal is to audition for the BYU Summer Ballet camp this upcoming summer 2012. She is nervous but we think she will do great! Austin is in 2nd grade. He turned 7 in July and is doing great in school so far pulling all A's and 1 B. He is our Football, Baseball and Soccer star. Jared and I are extremely busy. We are both running companies and managing to stay above water in these finacial trying times. We moved back to the country in May. The kids love it out here they have plenty of room to run around. I hope to post some new pictures of our lovely family. Our kids are huge and many of you will be in shock! Happy posting to all. I will get back to you all very soon!

Loves!

January

Just peeking in. New pictures to come. Lots of new updates to post.

Gabriella

Gabby is now 9 years odl in the 3rd grade almost 4th. She is very soft spoken, but get her on a stage with make up and a fancy costume and her personality really comes out. She is our little perfectionist, staright A girl and amazing little dancer.

I AM BACK

Crazy that explains my life. I will be back and running soon I have alot of catching up to post here. So great to see so many of you kept up with blogging after the Facebook outbreak. Things are great here in Florida. Kids are getting big and are so much fun. Gabriella is now 9 and Austin will be turning 6 in July. Crazy I know! Studio is in full swings. Recital is around the corner and my front room is currently the costume closet. It has been a very trying year for the studio but we know the Lord is always mindful of us. Well I have my work to do here. Talk to you all very soon.
Loves,
Aurie

Our Staright A Girl!

Congratulations to our smart little cookie! We are so proud of our girl. Gabriellas has worked very hard these past 9 weeks. 3rd grade has really proven to us that it is time to grow up! NO MORE BABY STUFF! With her busy schedule of dance 4 times a week plus weekend rehearsals for Company and the Nutcracker she has really been brilliant. Way to Go Gabs!

Also Congratulations on making the Nutcracker Ballet this year. Gabby will be playing a little mouse, Angel and Mother Ginger children. She is also an understudy. We are so proud of her. Gabby has really taken off with dance. Her strongest Genre at this point is Ballet which she totally loves! She is a happy little girl, as she discovers new ways to express herself through dance. She works just as hard with dance as school. She has recently mastered her double pirouttes and is now starting to work on her triples. At only 8 years old she has proven to be a natural. I am a proud Mommy as you can tell!

Soccer Time!

This Fall Austin is playing Soccer. He was given Lucky #11. We have been so proud of our little man. He is a very talented little athlete. Austin has shown us that he is a very versatile little boy. I am so glad that spending so much time at the dance studio has not ruined him! Thank Goodness for soccer! He loves the game and understands it very well for never having played it. I have to share a little story; during his first game which was 2 weeks ago, I had prior commitments at the studio, but I had promised him I would be there for his first soccer game. I had forgotten where the game was being held, so that made me late for it. As I walked to the field all I could here was my child's name. I quickly sat down and realized that my little boy was dominating the field. He was the fastest out in the field, and he had already scored 3 goals. I was so stunned and proud that I started to cry. I just can't believe how fast my kids have grown. I feel so blessed that they are both equally talented and intelligent.

The kids at school

My cute kids in their classrooms on their first day of school.

They both found new friends and old ones to make the day complete.