Dance Recitals and Sunsplash

We had a busy weekend, but one of our favorites of the year!  The girls performed in their annual recitals and I know I speak for my entire family when I say.. WOW!!  The girls work so hard dancing 15 hours a week at the studio, attending conventions and competitions all year and recital is a time to just have fun and dance!  Friday we spent at least six hours at the venue while the girls ran through all their recital dances at dress rehearsal.  Without complaining, they were up early on Saturday and ready to dance the entire day! 

There were three recitals on Saturday, each one was two hours.  They all had multiple costume changes, Kam had 8 in the first recital of the day!  The little girls (Liv and Lucy) even had a costume change this year.. so fun!!  I took pictures, but not many, we usually just purchase the professional DVD.  In the first recital of the day, the girls danced in 13 numbers between the four of them.  Our entire family came to cheer them on and I may have been emotional most of the morning watching them dance on stage.  We had a quick lunch at Kneaders before dropping the boys off at home and heading back for recital two of the day.  Followed by the evening show and we were home and in bed by 10pm!   A busy, but super fun day!

Monday morning was the annual dance party at Sunsplash!  We look forward to this day every year and it was SO fun to not spend the day lugging around oxygen tanks.  Last year, this was our last hurrah before heading to Stanford for the summer.  You can see that post here... it's like I have a different boy.. amazing!  It was 110 degrees out and I think I was a little OCD about keeping the kids sunblocked and hydrated... but they had such a great time!  Owen loved the wave pool, played in the splash pad area and even went down the slide once.  My sis brought all her girls and Gigi came with us.  Of course we didn't see Kam or Gigi most the day because they were off with their friends, but Owen was happy to be my sidekick for the day.  I even talked him into taking a double tube up a million steps, burning my feet along the way.  We got in the top and ready to go down the BIG waterslide and he jumped out and said "I don't want to do it!"  SO we walked back down the million steps, against the flow of traffic, while carrying a giant double tube over my head.  Good memory?!  After six hours, we grabbed the girls a shake, ice water for all and headed home.  We were exhausted but we can't wait to go back soon! 

We totally LOVE summer around here!