Reunion

I was going through some of my videos and came upon this one from the family reunion. It's one of my favorites:)

Grown Up Furniture

Mike and I, after 7 years of marriage, bought our first set of furniture-a bed, bedside tables, a dresser...and a new mattress. When it was all set up, we were trying to remember that fairy tale about a pea under the mattress or something. As you can see, it may take a springboard to get into bed and a crash pad to land on in the morning. We're ok with that.



The 2nd bedroom is now the keeper of hand-me-downs from Papa, mom n dad, and Target (the computer desk that won't break)

An addition-

I was added in at the last minute as an understudy to help finish and perform in Utah Dance #5. Many thanks to the Tuesday night students...we stole some moves from you:)

and the dance goes on...

We're now in the clean up and embellish stage of Dance #3. Still looking for a real name for this one. There will be a preview performance on July 14 (Tues) at 8pm in the studio. The event is free and will offer a cozy shoulder to shoulder glimpse of our performance being taken to Utah and Colorado.

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Andy at AscenDance

Starting with some choreography Andy and his partners made up in class Tuesday night. The first video is a bit cleaner performance-wise, but was taken before the final ending was thought up, so I've included both for your viewing pleasure.






And some photos of the twins in action:

Dance creation day7 (track 03)

(As it turns out, this video looks better at 2x speed, as it's easier to miss some of the mistakes... *blushes* -L)

We go on a date!

Now that we're in the home stretch toward Ironman 2009, eating dinner together, let alone going away for a weekend is a rarity. So spending the weekend together...out of town...was huge. After deciding that the dutch oven of Joshua Tree was not to be (and that I'd miss meeting up with my good friend, Laurie), we settled on Lover's Leap near Tahoe. Apparently, all of California struck up 100 plus deg temps while we basked in 70 deg days and 40 deg nights.

For the first two days, I believe the universe was screaming at us to cut climbing short and go shopping at the Patagonia Outlet on the third day. I stepped within 1 foot of a rattlesnake. I ran away with arms fluttering and a high pitched squeal. Happy for both myself and the little rattler, the snake had a rodent twice its size lodged in its unhinged jaw. It shook its rattle and curled up to lunge at me, but couldn't overcome the weight of the critter.

The next day, as Mike was leading "The Line", (after waiting for 2 hrs in the sun for the 3 person team in front of us), he reached a rare situation; he wasn't sure how to get around the first roof.
He took one heck of fall sideways. Then managed, bleeding, to conquer it.



Notice a few things: 1) the knee gash 2) the dent in the helmet 3) Photo of Mike taken from above and not below. Much was learned that day; wear your helmet!! And that I can lead a second 5.8 roof in place of shaken and tired husband if required.



By the end of day two, we had tallied a sprained ankle, gashed knee, two rattlesnake close-encounters, a broken in helmet, and a proud wife (for many reasons).
Day three entailed a major Patagonia outlet shopping experience, Safeway sandwiches and snickers on the beach of Lake Tahoe, and smores by the fire.