Dance Day!

 After going to bed really late Friday night, it was time to get up early on Saturday for dance recital day! Anna needed to be at the recital venue at 8:15am! Thankfully Janell had to be there for Renee and she took care of Anna so that I could go home and get Aliza for her 10:00 rehearsal. Anna's class sat together while they waited. They were the cutest and had so much fun together.

Rehearsal was over about 10:40. We dashed home to eat lunch, do hair and makeup, pick up some friends and have Aliza backstage for the 1:00 recital! This Mom gets a bit stressed out with time schedules like this!

 

I am not a good hair and makeup Mom. (That comes as no surprise for anyone who knows me!) But I have some great hair and makeup people in my tribe! Janell did Aliza's hair while Amanda did Anna's hair. Anna did her own makeup. Aliza had decided that she wanted bright red lipstick for the stage. She asked Amanda to bring some and then let Amanda do all of her makeup. A first for Aliza.

 

 

 Dance Unlimited divided the studio into 2 recitals to meet guidelines for building capacity. Aliza and Anna were in both recitals. In the first recital, Aliza's class performed the lyrical dance that they didn't get to perform last year. It was Undone by Tommee Profitt. That dance made me cry. And I have no picture of that dance! 

Anna's jazz class danced in the Mama Mia showcase to Waterloo. She did that dance at the end of the first recital and that number opened the 3:00 recital. Anna smiled through every one of her dances. It was so much fun to watch her.

Aliza's jazz this year was Anything Goes. An upbeat, super cute dance.

Anna's favorite dance this year was her tap dance to Top Hat, White Tie and Tails. She LOVED her costume and they danced with canes. It was super cute.

Anna's last dance was ballet. I was impressed with how much she learned this year. Ballet isn't her favorite, but she wants to do Pointe in a couple years.

Aliza's lyrical dance was the last dance of the second recital to Rescue by Lauren Daigle. So so good.

There were no class pictures this year so afterwards someone got Anna's class together for a picture.

Aliza and Anna invited Maddie and Alaine to watch the recital. It was fun to have them with us!

Most of Aliza's class. All of these girls are homeschooled. Aliza has been with them for 8 years now and I cannot believe that.

Anna and her sweet friend Jillian.

It was Chick Fil A for supper and sitting around the table telling the most ridiculous jokes that could be found. It was a fun evening. One of my sisters thought that it was me on the right on the next picture at first glance...it's definitely not! lol. That is Amanda, Joel's girlfriend. She slipped into our lives and hearts just as seamlessly as I slipped her into this blog post. It's been quite a story to watch develop. We think she's great...we love watching Joel smile...and we really love Amanda too.