My one and only...

It is true my one and only love affair I have with my TV is...DANCING WITH THE STARS...I am a huge fan. As some of you know during my years in college I was a member of the UVSC ballroom touring team. I have competed nationally and internationally with ballroom dance. It was a very fun time of my life. I was probably in the best shape I will ever be in my life. I was dancing between 5-6 hours a day between team and individual practice. When I watch people, as I see on Dancing with the Stars, through their dancing interpret the music and give it new life it helps me to "feel" the music. There are a few things in my life that if I had another chance I would do differently but dancing is NOT one of them. Here are a few pics from my younger years and much, much more makeup than I normally wear.

I am the second one from the left. Didn't know I was a blonde, did ya!

I am the one on right that looks SURPRISED! I bet you are all wondering just what happened at this photo shoot to make us all react the way we did, aren't ya! I'll never tell. :)

My team accepting our trophy at nationals in California!

I am the far left girl. Boy was I tan!

Me and my ballroom girls showing some leg - OOO...lala!
My legs are the far right ones!

GOOD TIMES...GOOD MEMORIES!!!

I loved watching all of the professionals dance and have even danced with one of the professionals myself - Louie Van Amstel (Precilla Presley's partner) - it was amazing even though it was only a couple of private lessons. Pretty cool! My claim to fame. This past season of Dancing with the Stars there is one professional singer/dancer performances that stands out in my mind as my most favorite...Sheryl Crow and a professional partnership that I had never heard of before. Here is a youtube video of the performance. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Man, oh man, do I miss performing for live crowds. What a thrill! It's hard to say which is the better crowd though - thousands of people over in Blackpool England or my husband and daughter here in our apartment.

Enjoy the video below

Sheryl Crow performance

Shoes that always stay on

I found an internet site that has the cutest socks ever for girls and boys! The ones that I bought Susie are the "Mary Jane socks". These socks on her look as if she is wearing a sock and a shoe. The website that I found them on is http://www.babybella.biz/ They are pricey but worth the price-seeing that you are buying socks and shoes. Thank you Jim for letting me get these for our princess! They also have a line of toys called "taggies". I am going to try and make a few of my own. Such a simple idea but a good one. I am pretty sure that if Susie had all the toys in the world her favorite things to play with would still be paper, string, or any type of tag.

I also found at our local LDS bookstore a set of "little people" missionaries for Susie to play with. You can buy them also http://www.minimissionary.com/

SO CUTE!!!

Put your left leg out...do the bunny, hop*hop*hop!

Susie is now getting up on her hands and knees and rocking back and forth. I swear she is just one day soon going to decide to stand right up and start running around the house. She is learning things so fast. She now does this cute new little thing when she gets up on her hands and knees...she does the "bunny hop". Here is a short video of our bouncing bunny.

What do I play with first?

This past week we went out and got Susie an activity center to play with. Usually we have just laid her on the floor with some toys scattered around her but she is now moving around so much on the floor that we needed to find a new way to keep our daughter busy. This was our solution...she loves it. Bounce away my daughter. Bounce away.

This is our Susie's "Blue Steel" look.

So much to do, so little time.

Home Sweet Home!!!

We just finished our option period on our new house yesterday!!! We will be moving in to our first home around June 10th. We are so excited. One of my favorite things about the house is the large covered patio in the back. It has two ceiling fans to help us keep cool here in the Texas heat. More inside pictures to come in June when we move in. Here is a look at the front and the back of the house.

Us- 4&1/2 years younger

Lately things have been kind-of stressful. Susie has her good nights but mostly it is getting up every couple of hours with her. We are in the middle of finding a house (not really as much fun as you think it is going to be at the beginning of your search). But last night as I was looking for songs by a Utah artist named Kalai I came across some wedding videos that were done by a Utah photographer and as I watched them I was reminded of the day Jim and I and our family started. I love my husband. He is so good and thoughtful. He is the best father anyone, or any girl that is screaming in the background right now as I write this entry, could ask for. Thank you baby for being who you are. Here is a video for you all to enjoy of our special day about 4&1/2 years ago.

My cheeks hurt!

We got Sue laughing a couple of weeks ago so much that my cheeks were hurting from smiling and laughing so much. She is such a cute, cudley, happy baby.

We are so lucky to have such a happy baby.

Meeting all the family members

We went to lunch with Uncle Steve (Jim's younger brother) while we were in Houston. He had his hands full with a niece and nephew that love him very much.

We love our Uncle Steve!!!

We were also able to visit with "Aunt Rene" and "Uncle Craig". They are good friends of the family.

Aunt Rene

Watermelon in the Swing at Aunt Rene's

Uncle Craig

We also visited Papa and Uncle David. It was "papa's" first time to meet his first great-granddaughter. The weather was beautiful in Houston. While we were in Houston we stayed with Brian, Christina, and Dominic. Dominic just had his first birthday. Thanks for letting us stay with you guys. We had such a fun time just 'getting away'.

Papa and Susie at the pizza parlor

"Don't tempt me Dominic. I'll do it." - Sue

Where's mom?

Dominic crawling

Christina and Brian