Holiday Dance Recitals

Abbie and Daisy were involved in their holiday dance recitals this past week. Their dance studio? (do you call it that when they dance out of a rec center? group? I don't know...) was invited to participate in a city holiday festival of sorts so they got to head out on a proper stage and perform their Christmas numbers for a large crowd. Both girls went out without a problem and had a great time.
Monday night was the traditional holiday recital in the rec center gym. Daisy's class danced in the 5 p.m. show and Abbie's in the 6 p.m. show. The girls had a great cheering section: Daddy, Kyle, Aunt Tara, Aunt Sam, Aunt Lindsay, Nate, Grandma Marz, Papa, even Uncle Wes and Ryan made a cameo. Unfortunately, this recital didn't move along as quickly as Saturday and that is the undoing of my girls. Daisy got nervous during the wait and cried. She didn't participate in her first number. With the comfort of her blankie and passie, she was able to join her class for the tap dance of "Santa Clause is Coming to Town" (her favorite).

Abbie was a star. She had such a hard time at the performances last year...so nervous and not able to get out on stage. 180 degree turn this year. She prayed that Heavenly Father would dance next to her and it worked. She danced her little heart out (or buns off in some instances). Her cute bud Ruby got over her nerves and joined her for the second number with the tappers and the candy canes (so much fun). A huge "Thanks" to everyone who came to watch. Two hours of dance show is a big commitment. We love you A LOT.

After the show, we were invited to dine with the Butler Family and headed to Cafe Rio. Rich and George updated us on the latest You Tube videos (we wouldn't know what to watch without them) and we generally laughed our buns off as usual. Thank goodness for good friends after two + hours of dance shows. A bigger thank goodness the next one isn't until the late spring....