Jake's 42nd Birthday

 Glad had a pretty mellow 42nd Birthday.  His mom came down to celebrate and we also had Morrison and Lennon make a special guest appereance.  Madden started his day off with a Madden Special aka an omelette.  If you haven't had one you are missing out since he cooks the eyes in bacon grease.  

Morrison made Uncle Jake a crown to wear on his big day.

Suzie made Jake is childhood fav tamale pie and we made him a massive ice cream cake to top it off.

Dance Recital 2022

 Well after two covid years of dance, nothing was better than being back in the beautiful auditorium and on the real stage for our dancers.  They have struggled with zoom classes in our garage, classes outside on the concrete, having to wear masks while in class and they have got through it all with a smile on their faces.  We couldn't be more proud of them and we're so excited to see them shine this year.

I love nothing more that for the past four years they have been in hip-hop together.  It's so much fun seeing them do something like this together and to support each other.  

This years Father/Daughter dance may have been the best one yet.  Skylar and Jake had a blast! We were lucky enough to see them dance it several times over the week as they were in both shows on both days.  They even got to close out the whole show which was awesome.

Mabel and Skylar in their Jazz number.

Our little ballerina.

The kids had a great cheering squad this year as with Grandma, Nana and even Aunt Sherry was able to be apart of the weekend.

Madden also received his 5 year award.  Its still hard to believe he has been doing hip-hop for 5 years now.  He is iffy on if he is going to do it again, but I know I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that he will give it at least one more go.

Our little tapper! 

These two have been in the same classes together for almost 8/9 years.  They have such a good time together and we couldn't as for a better dance bestie than Mabel. 

Our dance life has gotten a bit more interesting as this year Skylar decided to try out for her studio's competition team.  We were so excited for her to challenge herself in a different way when it comes to dance and we can't wait to see what next year brings her when it come to her dancing.  

Jake's 40th Birthday Party

 When I told Jake that I wanted to throw him a 40th birthday party he immediately said no to the idea.  Lucky for him I wasn't taking "no" as an answer and told him he is loved by so many and people will want to celebrate him and celebrate they did.  Jake had about 60+ people come out and celebrate with him.  It was awesome seeing so many friends/family from different parts of our lives all together in one room.  We had great food, lots of drinks, and tons of dancing.  The highlight of the night for our guests were the cardboard cutouts of Jake.  People were taking photos and dancing with cardboard Jakes all night long.  Jake had a blast and definitely worked the room all night.  All of our friends gave us so many lovely compliments on how much they enjoyed the night could of partied forever (luckily they didn't because people were getting very tipsy).  It was a night to remember and I wish we could relive it again as I loved celebrating the best human I know!