Thursday, February 13, 2014

April 2013

April 2013


Cymbre's headaches are continuing to be a daily issue.  She spends several hours doing exercises and stretching and we hold muscles and use heat and cold, and we are still having not much luck!  Physical therapy is still coming along, but its a very slow progress!  We will keep up the stuff!


Tap and ballet privates, and voice lessons are still happening every week, and somehow the girls are managing to keep track of everything and be where they are supposed to be.  Cooper is always so excited when she comes home from singing with Sister Pennington about what they did, and Brother Pennington says I should come over and sit in his office and just listen.


Ms. Andee is keeping them busy with their solos and duet for competition, and trying to throw in some harder tap steps in the private time she has with the girls.


We went to Thunderstruck Dance competition, and the girls did well again this year.  


Sister Margaret Mayo went to the competition with us, and we all had a tremendous time.  She's in her 80's and just enjoys life!  The girls duet won the whole competition!


MOVE competition was also this month, and the girls did tremendous there too.  Their duet, Mr. Pinstripe Suit is winning everything at every competition.



We went to Ladies Night at the temple bookstore, and as usual, I won something in the drawings.  It was a CD this time.


General conference is always a delight.  Jammie Church as we call it is fun to just listen to at home without the hassle of getting to church on time.


I returned again to the oral surgeon, and again he shocked my face to see how the numb nerves are doing.  Still numb, but it seems to be over a smaller space...more waiting, more slobbering, more funny words in Sunday School lessons!


Guy went to Norway for a week and a half on business.  I really hate it when he has to be gone that long.  Everything goes wrong, and everything brakes, and someone always gets sick.


Cymbre is carrying on with her tutoring before and after school.  If we can just keep up going in the morning and afternoon for a few more weeks, she will have her excessive absences made up and it won't be a problem.



On the 13th, I was trying to fix where a screw was coming out of the family room wall, and was trying to glue the piece of wall back on top of it.  Well, it didn't work very well as I super glued my fingers to the wall!  Had to rip skin to get it off...pretty dumb...just saying...



On the 17th, Cymbre saw Dr. Holick for a follow-up appointment.  Things are not worse, but not much better...continue physical therapy, and she talked about starting a daily preventative medication to see if that makes any difference.  We will decide next visit.



We tried to get Taylor Swift tickets, but didn't have any luck...I think they were sold out before the released them.



The girls had Young Women In Excellence and displayed some of their stuff...they both have their medallions but they wanted something from them.



 On the 23rd,
I went back to the Endodontist for a another root canal that was on a tooth with a crown.  He repaired it, and  hopefully, I don't have the same issue as the last time.



I took the girls to Raleigh, North Carolina for Tap University with Mark Goodman.  They love that man, and he loves the girls.  He does a terrific workshop thing over a long weekend, and the girls have gone every year for years.  They LOVE it!



On the 27th, we were coming  home from shopping, and just as Guy opened the garage door, there was a flash of lightning, and it was right over the top of our garage.  A loud boom, and we thought the garage had been hit, which would have made it twice for our house to be hit by lightning.  Guy was really mad, but we soon discovered that everything was ok...how it was is still a big question in our minds, but let's just say Heavenly Father was on our side that day!



Cooper taught some classes for Ms. Josie, and loved it.



We took the girls to Hall of Fame Dance Competition, and they always do well there!  That competition loves tap dancers!  And there is no fuss for not dancing on Sunday.  They work with a lot of Mormons when they go to Utah, so they understand.  The girls won First  Overall with their Duet yet again!




I went to the APAC Dance Company Parent Meeting.  There wasn't really anything new, but Traci always has the competition schedule for next years.  Then we can plan around dance things for the year.



The girls went to a youth dance, and as always enjoyed the evening.



The last day of ballet class for this year has come, and because the girls are not doing the recital in that class, they only have to attend the Saturday ballet technique classes for the rest of the year.

Pella Windows came to replace some windows in the sewing room and scrapbook room.  It's always a mess!




As for Sunday School lessons:



On the 13th the lesson was:  How Can I Liken The Events Of The Apostacy And The Restoration To My Life?



It was mostly using the story of the First Vision, and the class really enjoyed the part where I was describing the story and stopped and said to them "Can't you just see Satan sitting there on a log in the grove just waiting for Joseph to start praying so he could pounce on him.    Satan had to know what was going to happen sense it was a revelation being fulfilled straight out of the scriptures.  He knew that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ were going to start the Restoration so there was no way he was going to miss out."



On the 27th the lesson was:  What Does Joseph Smith's Example Teach Me About Learning The Gospel?



We talked about how Joseph prepared himself even though he had no clue what would happen.  He read in the scriptures, pondered what he read, and then exercised his faith and simply asked Heavenly Father his question.  I asked them how being prepared can help you when you finally ask the question.  Are you more receptive if you've put some work into the asking, or is it easier if you just wing it?



Then we played a Joseph Smith Trivia game that Guy and I had made...always a fun time in class.  I always have to prove that I am still smarter than the kids in class, and they always think they will know all the answers...not true...just saying.



I know there are other lessons, so I will have to look them up on the big computer.



Tap University was also this month in Raleigh, North Carolina.  The girls LOVE to go because they get to see Mark Goodman and tap dance for a whole weekend!  They learn so much, and Mark is such a great mentor for them.



Guy spent some time in Utah seeing Caleb and Holly and the kids, and stopped by to see Shyla, Russell and the girls.



Guy has been published in the EAEG First Break Journal.  He wrote a technical paper.  I'm so proud of him.




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