Last weekend

We went to the National Clogging Competition last weekend held at Lagoon in Utah. We used to go there all the time growing up and I loved it! Then as I got older it seemed really stupid. Now that Six Flags has bought it....it's getting good again! I have to say though that it is not the greatest place to bring a baby. It would have been more fun for me if Elli could have ridden the rides. It's nothing like Disneyland (and it only costs about $10 less I might add - RIP OFF!!!) because it's not as kid friendly. It was fun to watch the kids ride though and to watch my girls clog. Most of the time I sat with Elli while everyone else went on the rides. Oh well...maybe in a few years! Actually, in two years there will be a worldwide clogging competition held at DisneyWorld in Florida and our teacher wants us all to be saving up and working to go there. Akayla and Adriana both did great at the competition. They both got all 1st places on their freestyles and solos, and all of their team dances also. The studio (called Ultimate Dance Force) won OverAll Highest Scoring Studio awards in the Novice (Adriana's) category and Champ (Akayla's).......I didn't pay attention to any of the other teams in our studio. I just worried about our own. We didn't go to the awards show because it got so late, but we heard it was great and our team did very well! We did have a little drama at one point.....my sister Genelle came with us (yay!), and she offered to watch Elli while I went on one of the rides with the little kids. While we were in line she came running up with Elli who was screaming her head off! I'm used to that so I didn't panic until I got up close and noticed how strangely she was holding her arm. Elli had fallen off of a bench and Genelle had grabbed her by the arm to try and catch her. Poor Genelle is not used to babies. She felt so bad (it's okay Genelle, Elli has forgiven you)! It reminded me so much of Adriana (*tangent....when Adri was a baby I was putting her pajamas on and I must have pulled her arm wrong because she was suddenly screaming and holding her arm close to her body. I rushed her to the ER because I thought I broke her arm or something. My friend's with doctors for husbands probably think I'm crazy, but we did learn the hard way about Nurse Maid's elbow. The doctor fixed it and immediately she was better. This happened to her numerous times over the next few years. Dave learned how to fix it and it was never a big deal again), so I had Dave pop her elbow back in. She kept screaming and acting funny so he started messing with her shoulder. We both thought we'd have to leave and go to the hospital somewhere. After a quick run to the First Aid station we decided she was fine (especially when she started lifting her arm to point at things). Thank goodness!

Anyway...here are the few pictures of the day that I took. My camera has the worst delay, so I miss EVERYTHING!! ...........I really want a good Nikon D40 (maybe someday! *SIGH*).

I bought this wagon just for the day.....it was perfect! We will be using it a lot this summer!
My girls on a good day (I don't remember hearing any arguing)
I don't know what happened to Mariah's hair.....it started looking crazy after the water ride!
Mars was so tired while we were waiting that she just pulled up a comfy curb and fell asleep!

Elli actually kept these sunglasses and hat on for most of the day!

Favorite ride of the day: The Ladybug Bop!

good things:
sunblock

economic stimulus check (the reward for having 7 kids!)

winning another handful of medals and ribbons