We had another busy, fun filled weekend in the desert. Friday night was a late night dance competition for Kam and Owen insisted on joining us...he loves watching the girls dance. We arrived home and were in bed by 11pm. Saturday was an early morning wake up call to pack the car, pick up Gigi and head back up north for the girl's dance convention/competition weekend. NRG is one of my favorite conventions the girls go to. We checked into the resort, got the girls to their ballrooms and headed up to Bumble Bee Ranch for our favorite Hopekids activity of the year!
Owen took an offroad jeep tour, did a craft, flew a balloon kite and loved archery! He has some mad "bown and arrow" skills.
After a bbq lunch, he wanted a little "face" painting on his arms and then we had to leave and get back to the resort. My sister was holding down the fort at the resort and got us all checked into our rooms with the girls.
We had an hour break between conventions and competitions. Gigi had written some "break up" songs "for a friend" and had us laughing so hard. We laughed, the littles tortured each other, the big girls got their hair and makeup done and our hotel room was a hot mess. There were lots of fun memories made for sure.
We walked Gi and Kam down for their first dances and these two wanted their picture taken in front of the red carpet sign.... Owen was nudging Liv out of his photo op.
Later, he shared the spotlight with Kam. I was so bummed I left my good camera in our hotel room.
Between Kam's dances, we ran over the resort pools and they had a little café poolside. We ordered some dinner for all and it was freezing cold (for us.)
Gi was done dancing earlier than Kam, but we had one more late night photo after Kam's last dance. The girls crashed early and hard. We were all exhausted.
Owen and Daddy relaxed in our room all morning and the girls were back at conventions by 9am. We checked out of room after the girls' lunch break and headed to the pool. It was a perfect 88 degrees and we had lunch poolside. So much fun.
When the girl's were done dancing, they changed into their suits and we let them swim for just a little bit.
It was hot and the kids were exhausted. We loaded up the car and headed home.
Two out of the three were passed out within five minutes. The girls had a great weekend, learned a ton from their dance teachers and did so great at competition. Owen had fun with Daddy and we all relaxed just a little bit when we could. While conventions are super fun...I'm glad that we get a little break until Nationals in Vegas! :)
It was a great weekend. Thanks to NRG, SAS and HopeKids!
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