A Little Bit of Backtracking...

In the chaos that existed in the month of May, I failed to post about a few events.  So this will be a bit of a catch up session!

First of all, here's my beautiful little ballerina girl!
Ellie has been dancing with Dancemaker Studio for a few years now.  We love Ms. Victoria and are very sad that we will not be going back next year.  Miss Ellie has decided that although she likes to dance, she wants to try playing the guitar so she will be starting guitar lessons this summer. :)
Her final dance recital was in May and she did a fantastic job!

 Josh finished up another year with the Utah Youth Symphony.  They played Sibelius Symphony #2 and Finlandia.  They did an amazing job and it was great to see some of Josh's friends there.  He has a really great group of friends and that makes me happy. :)

 This was Ellie's first softball season.  She loved it, even though it didn't turn out quite as we had hoped.  There were only about 6 girls in her age group who signed up to play, so they didn't get much game time in.  They scrimmaged with Abbie's team and spent a lot of time going over the basics of softball.  She had two outstanding coaches, Karly and Elise, who really went above and beyond to make this a good experience for these girls.  Hopefully there will be more girls sign up next year so they can play some games.

 This was Abbie's second year playing softball.  She had a great season.  Her team (the Gator Gals) won every game and although she ended on kind of a bad note (see the previous post), she loved this season.  She would have liked to try pitching, but did not get a chance.  She is going to work on it during the off season so she can be really good for next year. :)

Although I do not have any pictures of Emma to post here, I will say that she is continuing with her ice skating and has participated in a couple of volleyball camps.  She loves both and we are just trying to figure out a way that she can participate in both things.  She has decided to not do the synchro team again (which was more like me telling her that she can't do everything and something had to go...).  She is a little sad about that, especially considering how much fun they had at the Regional competition back in January.  

She will survive though, and she will still be very busy.  She is trying to get her double axel down.  She is having some issues with the landing portion of it.  I know she will get there, but it is a bit of a frustrating time for her right now.  She is working hard at it and hopefully will be able to break through the barrier and start landing it consistently.

I love these kids of mine and I love that they are passionate about things.  Although it makes our lives a bit chaotic at times to try and keep everyone's schedules straight, I wouldn't have it any other way.  They are learning.  They are growing, and they are loving life.  

And I love being their mother. :)