Christmas Dance

Chelsea helps teach a 5 year old combo class at DC Dance Factory on Wednesday nights. This is a huge honor for her because usually only the older girls get to help teach. Plus, you have to be invited to do it by the teacher. Chelsea enjoys this class so much. She has really gotten to love the kids and they love her too. Last night they had a little Christmas dance they performed for their parents. Chelsea has to do the routines with them so they know what to do. Here are pictures of Chelsea dancing with her class. She had to dress up "Christmasy" too!

Christmas Band Concert

Last night, Chelsea's band held their Christmas dinner/concert. It was a really fun night. During dinner, the children were able to perform for the parents. In order to do this, they had to audition for the band directors. Some children danced with their friends, others played their instruments. Chelsea and her best friend Terah made the cut to perform a duet with their flutes! They did an amazing job and I was so proud. Then we went to the gym for the concert. All three levels of the band performed. Since Chelsea is only a 5th grader, she is still in beginning band. However, she and Terah do share the honor of first chair!! To those of you who are familiar with bands, first chair is a huge honor. It means you are the best player of that instrument in the band!! Here are some pictures from last night...enjoy!

Snow day

Well, Chelsea finally got her first snow day of the year!! Of course, there really wasn't much snow...but we tried to make the best of what there was. We went for a walk around the neighborhood & played on the playground for a little while. Chelsea spun around on the tire swing forEVER!! It made me sick just watching her. Hopefully the next snow will be a really good one...but this was a good starter!

The Grinch on ICE

After the convention and pool party on Saturday, we went with 2 of Chelsea's friends to see the Grinch on ICE. It was really fun. The Kennedis...as we like to call them...had never been before. We had to wait in line for about 30 minutes. To keep the girls entertained, I took pictures of them "begging"! haha, they had fun acting silly. It was incredibly cold in the building, so we didn't stay for too long. Everything in the building is sculpted out of ice! There are even ice slides that are really fun...but cold on the bottom!! The girls went down the ice slide 2 times each. They couldn't go more than that because the line was too long and they got too cold! But, it was a really fun night.

NYCDA

This weekend was EXTREMELY busy! Chelsea had a dance convention called NYCDA, New York City Dance Alliance. It was held at Opryland Hotel. This is a two day convention. Chelsea danced all day Saturday and Sunday! Needless to say she was exhausted when she got home last night! She did a really great job, though. She really worked hard to learn each routine. I think she learned a lot. I'm proud of her hard work this weekend! Here are some pictures from the convention. Saturday, one of the other girls had a pool party for her birthday! That was a fun way for them to all relax after a busy day.

Baptism

Chelsea was baptized yesterday!!!!! It was one of the proudest days of my life. It was all I could do not to completely lose it! Chelsea was baptized by Pastor Daniel Bell at Christ Church in Nashville, TN. This was a decision that she made entirely on her own. I have always felt that a child needs to understand what being baptized means. I wanted Chelsea to WANT to be baptized and to dedicate her life to Christ. It was not a decision that I needed to make for her. I am SOO proud of her for making such a life altering decision! She has dedicated her life to Jesus! No mother could be prouder!

Halloween 2008

Halloween night was lots of fun! Chelsea's brothers, dad, and stepmom all came over to trick-or-treat. A friend of ours and her two boys also came over. Chelsea was a Leprechaun and her brothers were Batman (Gavin) and Robin (Gaige). Gavin is only 3 and Gaige is close to 2. They were all really cute. Chelsea seemed to have a really fun time running house to house with her brothers. "Batman" kept trying to beat up the older boys that were with us....it was pretty cute. All in all, it was a good night!!