All she wants to do is Dance! Dance! Dance!

From her first solo competition "Wave Bye-Bye"...

Jaina won Gold in both competitions, making her the

2010 Tap Dance Novice Division Nationals Champion!!!


to Lagoon National Championship Competition

(her group took 1st place at Nationals for all 4 of their dances)

("Destiny's Path")

("Till the Dawn")

("Rhapsody on Paganini" aka--love theme from "Somewhere in Time")

("She's a Pirate of the Black Pearl")

to recital

("Rhapsody on Paganini" aka--love theme from "Somewhere in Time")

("Jai-Ho")

(Destiny's Path")

("She's a Pirate of the Black Pearl"---stabbing Ms. Barbera after the show)



Jaina had a blast this year dancing!

8 is Great!

This Spring has kept our family hopping with birthdays, dance competitions and recital, soccer and a baptism. Several Spring posts will follow, trying to blog all the big events in our family.

To begin, this May, Jaden turned 8! A huge milestone and exciting for him and the rest of us. Jaden wanted his party at the Recreation Center. So, he invited his buddies and we all went to the pool for awhile then back to our place for cake, ice-cream and presents.

Better than the party and swimming, Jaden was able to be baptized this May. We were able to schedule his baptism for when family members could come. So, on May 22, 2010, with the Saari, Hatt and Meyers families present (minus a few significants--Ryan's family and Julie's family, the 1st in our family without the Edwardses-sniff-sniff!!) Jaden was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Here are some of my fave pictures from that special day:

Cameron Talent Show

Mute/Pause the "Tunes" in the bottom right-hand corner of Blog before you start the video so you can hear the audio.

Spring Break Camping Trip

What's Underneath Floor # 1?

We pulled up the laminant wood in preparation for the new flooring to be installed. What was underneath was a stinky, yucky floor!!!

Now, in the dining room/den (whatever we ultimately decide the room to be) we now have a new, non-stinky hardwood floor!

What will we find under Floor #2?

Beauty in the Morning

And it came to pass.... Ouch!!!!

We were reading scriptures the other night and it was Jaden's turn. He was reading along just fine while cuddling with Rosie as she nibbles and licks him like always. Then, "Ouch!!! Rosie bit me on the John-Thomas!!!!"

Anyone who has watched "Man vs. Wild" will know what that is.


In other news....Cameron's Science Fair Project, "Crystal Growing Experiment" was chosen to go to Regionals in Rangely, CO. He leaves in the morning.
Soccer practice started tonight--Daddy is his coach.

Jaina's costumes are starting to come in for her upcoming competitions and recital. Her very first solo competition ever is scheduled for April 9th in Salt Lake City. She is doing a tap routine to "Wave Bye-Bye" To hear a clip follow this link, it is song # 15


http://www.workman.com/boynton/samples/dog_train.html

Jaden earned the highest score on the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) testing for the entire Uintah School District's 2nd Graders in Language Usage (reading & comprehension)--higher than his teacher has ever seen in a 2nd grader, and the highest scores for Math in the history of Discovery Elementary School 2nd Graders.