Mackay Madness: UT

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Summer Dance Camp 08'

This summer, dance camp was simply AMAZING. Last year, was fun but this year, even the MOMMIES were STAR STRUCK!!!

This is who showed up to teach our kids for their dance workshops in Park City....are you kidding me? For all you "So You Think You Can Dance" lovers...YES, that is SABRA!

More of SABRA!!! She is so much littler in person than she was on TV. A little pip-squeek!

This is CAMERON!!!! He worked with Sabra, and they were simply amazing together.

This is NICK...he was hilarious, and so good with the kids! He made them all laugh so hard. He made all the girls tell him how cool his hair was, and that he was "very dreamy."

My personal favorite....TRAVIS. He is so stinkin cute. And a great teacher. The girls thought he was so nice. How lucky are these girls to have some of the best teachers EVER show up and work with them all week!!!! Amanda and I were simply giddy little girls waiting for pictures and autographs.

There was a lot of swimming at night and during breaks.

We snuck out and ate on Main Street one night!!!

If you could see this picture close enough, you would see that Addie covered herself in sparkles, and is spraying hairspray on her arms to hold down her arm hair. She's such a dork!

The view from our room at the Yarrow Hotel.

We were there on Hannahs actual birthday, so we had a small pizza party for her and a few of her dancer friends, and then they went swimming.

Chance was super sick with the flu and just laid on these chairs and looked out at all the kids swimming! So sad.

Maddy, Hannah, and Maddie

Hannah, Mckenzie, Danica, and Narrie

This is how it looks in the dance rooms while they are learning each routine. This was a class when they were doing freestyle dancing and the teacher put on "The Jonas Brothers." You would have thought they had just walked in by the way the girls freaked out! So funny.
I hate to admit it, but I think I had just as much fun as my kids did this year. We're starting to get the hang of this dance thing, and it's so fun to watch my girls enjoying something together!

From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!