Showcase Pictures

This is KJ. He is 12. He is a joy to work with.

He was dead set on doing a Michael Jackson song.

We chose Smooth Criminal.

He got a little help from Brett (his "bodyguard") to do MJ's signature "lean".

Never thought I'd see myself doing MJ moves.


It was a Cha Cha.

Backstage helping him with his buttons.

This is Phil. We did a latin medley with cha cha, rumba and jive.

Apparently,I get really into it.

I love getting the audience involved.

This is Tom.

We did a Hustle to Stayin' Alive.

This is Bridger.

He is 16.

This was his first danc performance.

He was scared to death.

I think he did great!

I borrowed this amazing dress from a wonderful lady who happened to be the same size as me.

I fell in love!

This was the Rumba I did with Brett.

The gal that took this picture calls it "levitation".

Photo Shoot with Rich Legg

How to Train Your Catchapus

So, I'm sure I'm not the only mother of a kid who is in love with

How to Train Your Dragon.

Right?

You know that big scene at the end, where the Vikings go to destroy the Dragon Nest.

But they are greeted with a giant surprise of a Dragon?

Well, my little one thinks that everything has to have a name.

And at the moment that they yell for the catapults, the giant Dragon is wreaking havoc.

Thomas thinks that they are yelling the Dragon's name:

Catchapus.

We have told him that they were yellling for a catapult and

explained that it was a machine that threw rocks.

He says he knows what catapults are, but still insists that they are yelling out in warning for Catchapus.

I don't know if I should be worried about this name,

or if I should just giggle.

For months now,

I've chosen to giggle.

Anniversary

So I totally dropped the ball and never posted this.

January was the 5 year anniversary of Kevin and I being sealed in the temple.

He took me out to the Anniversary Inn.

He chose the Twilight room for us.

The waterfall bathtub was pretty cool- but it was weird to operate.






I loved all the stuff above the tub.

Disappointed that the couch wasn't a black leather one...

They even had Carlisle's father's cross on the wall!

I had to explain that one to Kevin.

The wall was painted in a mural to look like the Forks forest.

The bed was super comfy.

You know how you can never really sleep well in a hotel bed?

Not with this one!

It was amazingly comfortable.

There were all sorts of Twilight memorabilia there to keep you occupied, should you not be otherwise occupied...

We quizzed each other on Twilight Trivia. He knew quite a lot. But....

Not as much as me. :)

It was a great evening. So happy to have my Sweetheart for forever.

And I didn't have to be bitten to have him that way. ;)

Thoughts

Before you read this and jump to conclusions, I have a disclaimer: No, I am not pregnant.

Ya know- studying the New Testament in sunday School has got me thinking.

Reading about the visits to Elisabeth and Mary by an angel telling them that they would bring a child into this world. And not just any child- but John, the baptist, to prepare the way for the Savior. And the Savior himself! What an announcement eh? Not only are you told that against all odds, you are with child- but the child you carry is on God's errand!

Now imagine poor Zacharias and Joseph.
"Say what?!!?!?!"

What a weight the four of them must have felt on their shoulders!

All of our children are also on God's errand- and the responsibility isn't any less than that of those two ancient sets of parents. The fear and uncertainty we feel about raising our children correctly, I'm sure they felt too.

And like them, if we rely on our Heavenly Father, we too, can raise children who will change the world!

Doesn't make it any less of a "Say what?!?!" situation though. HA!