you can take the girl out of dance but you can't take dance out of the girl

I am and forever will be a dancer. You know the saying "you dont know what you've got until it is gone". yeah that would be me and dance. for the past 15 years I have dance with Utah Dance Center. 15 years of ballet and jazz and then suddenly after all of that it is just over. I realize i should have written this blog last year after my final performance but i never realized that I would miss it all this much.
Most dance studios have recitals where each class does a random dancce and then it is all over. This is not true with Utah Dance Center. Every year they put on an actual show for example this year it was Beauty and the Beast. Every class has a part in the show even the adorable little kids. These performances are truly amazing and for the first time EVER I finally got to see one. I will admit i was crying throughout the performance tonight. It was just so weird to be sitting in the audiance and not backstage freaking out about the next dance. Everyone did such a wonderful job and I now know I can not go on with out dance in my life. Which is why I am going back in August. . that is until I leave for England. I realize now that once you have done something for the majority of your life you cant just walk away with out it still being a part of you. Dancing has always been a huge part of my life and I guess I am not ready to let that go.


(The picture is of Andrea Bell.I danced with her for 2 years and O man she is an incredible dancer I am jealous of her life and her dancing ability. Andy if you see this I promise I am not creeping. I wanted to post a picture with the blog post and I was going to google a random picture but your pictures are so much better.)

The Story of the Pineapple

Today. . . or i guess yesterday was my godson Hayden's first brithday

so cute right?! I seriously love him to death and cant believe a year has already gone by.

It really is surreal to watch him grow up. given I dont get to see him all the time because Sarah is lame and Cody is lame as well. . . huh the poor kid (Im Just messing you guys know i love ya)I can not wait until he starts talking although i would be ok if he decieded to stay 1 for the rest of his life.

As for other news, it is finally official, as of this fall I will be studying in England at Keele University.

So pretty right? it is like steppig back in time to olden day England. It would be and understatement if i said i was excited. I have two goals for this next year. 1. meet a gorgeous british guy. and 2 develop a british accent.

and now the story behind the pineapple! So 2 years ago on a junes evening my best friend introduced me to the wonderful world of Psych. one of the best shows ever. . .many life moments are brought to you because of psych, elven point turns are always mandatory. in every episode of Pysch some form of a pineapple is hidden in a random scene, so natural one of my life's goals is to find every pineapple in every episode. So I kept talking about this show and got a whole bunch of my other friends hooked on Psych and so for my 18 birthday my buddy Sammy gave me a pineapple. BEST. PRESENT. EVER!

what made it even more awesome was that i carried it around school with me for the last part of the day. walking into seminary 30 minutes late with a pineapple cause a lot of problems. ;D Given the need to name everything this pineapple was dubbed Colada. After a week of living in my room Colada started to rot and i had to thrown him away. But then a genius idea struck. I asked my best friends sister Annee to do a painting for me and after brainstorming what it would be we decided on a pineapple. A memorial to colada. A year and a month later the painting is finally done and it is AMAZING!

totally awesome right? She is only 16 and she painted that. i seriously wish i had that talent. honestly i cant stop looking at the painting. So that is the story behind the pineapple but dont worry the painting is not the only pineapple in my room. there is of course the pineapple i hijacked from my graduation party last year.

It really is such a happy pineapple. to bad sammy's was broken.

Well that is all except Harry Potter world opened last week. it looks so awesome! I am going in less than a month so i will give you all a full report on how awesome it is.

Day Tradition

Well tonight was "Day Tradition" and it was an epic fail. So lame. I cant really go into details because I have no idea who reads this but Sarah totally chicked out half way through just because the truck wasnt there. However my ninja moves did come into handy. My conclusion. . . Neighbors are evil and i need a new partner in crime.