19!

Happy Birthday Owen!!

Intrigue

 

These are all the pictures I have from this event and I didn't even take one of them! It was a whirlwind of a weekend and since Intrigue is just local and at Paige's studio I'm not around to take pictures as much as I would when we're out of town. Plus Paige doesn't want as many pictures anymore! Paige got to perform her solo for the first time and she blew me away. I saw her practice a couple of times but her energy and focus plus costume, hair and the stage lights really heightened everything. She was amazing!! She performed on Friday but then still had two days of convention classes and I think she was exhausted at the end. I'm so proud of how hard she works!

Ready to take the stage-her solo teacher took this picture, which I thought was so sweet!

Paige and Arden

Paige and Emma

Ready for classes

NYCDA

 

Dance Convention time! I know how stressful these can be for Paige but I think we still fit in a lot of fun time when we go out of town. It was a long drive to Lansing on Friday night because she had an early start on Saturday. While she was in classes I went to breakfast/coffee with a couple of friends and by the time we finished that and got back to the hotel it was time to bring the girls their lunch. And then we had just a couple more hours before they were done for the day. We met up with a bunch of other people for dinner at BJs and then stopped at Urban Outfitters and got ice cream before it was time to wind down. Pat and Owen were having fun at home too and went to a Cavs game while we were gone!

Driving down!

Ice Cream time

Dance mom shenanigans

The venue was along the river and I wish it had been warm enough to walk outside! We saw these cute road signs from inside though

Coffee from Strange Matter 

Pat and Owen having fun at the Cavs game!

New Year's Eve and New Year's Day!

 

We keep cutting it pretty close on fitting our art museum trip in before the new year and this time we visited New Year's Eve again! It was busier than I expected and we even saw people taking wedding pictures. We grabbed our Chinese food on the way home and had a delicious meal together before Owen headed over to a friend's house and Paige's friends arrived! I wasn't feeling great but I powered through until midnight to celebrate. On New Year's day I still wasn't 100% but we fit in our hike/walk and ate some Texas Caviar!

Indoor Soccer Tournament

 

Owen and his friends signed up for a soccer tournament the Saturday after Christmas and we got to go watch! It was so so great to see him play with his friends again. I don't even remember their record but I know they had so much fun playing together, I hope they do it again!!