Dance Recital!

 

In June Maddie had her end of the year dance recital with Evergreen Dance Academy.  She is my only child now that takes dance there. All of my girls have danced with this Studio over the years and she is the only one left there.  This year they performed the "Twelve Dancing Princesses" and Maddie's class was part of the Royal Court.

 

 

She loved being in the show! She loved the costumes, her bun in her hair, and her dance!  I just loved these shots I got during her dress rehearsal. That is the only time you can take pictures! Her facial expressions are priceless! 

 

 

 





 

In her class were some of her good friends from the neighborhood and the ward!  Shaylee Phelon, Kylie Cannon, and  Natalie Reid!

 

 

 

 

She is thrilled to be taking dance again this year.  She has Miss Kim for Ballet and Miss Jessica again for tap.  I love that she enjoys dancing and performing!

 

Basketball Season!

Mason finished his Basketball season a couple months ago. At one point he was on four different teams all at once. He loves this sport but I think he got a little burned out. He played on our ward church team, the school team, and two select teams (Jayhawks and Union Titans Select). He liked playing on all the teams but I think his favorite was his Pacific Middle School team. We loved going every T/TH to the Pacific Middle School games! 

He has played ball with some of these kids for several years!  They had a really great team and coach this year!  The team was undefeated the entire season!  They won every game home and away and were the district champions! 

The tournament was on a Saturday and they won every game to get them to the final championship game!  Unfortunately I think they got a little over confident and lost to their arch rivals "Shayla Middle School!" They ended their season on a very sad note!  They were all pretty bummed leaving that evening, but they accomplished alot this past season and had much to be proud of! 
They celebrated as a team a few weeks later with the team!  They had some great memories together!  We have loved watching Mason play this season wearing his favortie number 23!

 

Dance Team

Morgan ended her second year of dance team in March.  She has loved supporting her school by being on the Union Titans Dance Team.  This year they did three routines for their competition season.  In the "dance" category they split the team into JV and Varsity.  Morgan was in the Varsity dance called "Black Cat". This was Morgan's least favorite dance of the three and some of the other girls' felt the same way.  It was a challenging dance and they did fine but they never placed with this dance. 

 

 

Their "show" routine this year was Hairspray.  I thought it was such a cute routine.  The entire team loved this routine and it was their theme for the year. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Every time I saw this routine I would want to jump out of my seat and start dancing with them!  The crowd seemed to love it also.  Unfortunately, technically it wasn't as difficult as some of the other teams they competed against at the State competition therefore they didn't place.  But we still love the "You can't stop the beat" routine!

 

 

 

 

Their hip hop routine is usually the dance that they are the most competitive in. This year they brought in a choreographer from California to help them with this routine.  It was jam packed  from start to finish!

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the regular season they placed first and second at their competitions.  Therefore they had a good chance of placing at the State Competition in Yakima, WA.  The performance was amazing but they soon found out that the judges docked them for the brand names with the graffiti on their costumes.

 

With this deduction it took our girls' completing out of the running for a trophy.  They were all devastated and the tears were flowing! If it hadn't been for this costume deduction they would have placed 2nd or 3rd.  They ended up leaving the competition with their head held high knowing that they did their best!

 

 

At the end of the state competition before the awards the lights are turned off and it becomes a dance party!

 

Everyone on the teams and in the audience wears glow-in-the-dark paraphernalia.  It is very fun and everyone dances and sings! 

 

 

At the end of the season there is a team banquet.  This year Morgan was only one of two girls' that earned a 4.0!  She got a plaque with her name engraved on it to keep and she will also be on the team plaque that is kept at the school!  Morgan is a hard worker and she deserved this award!  Proud of all her accomplishments!