west coast dance explosion - regional

thursday hailey, megan and i, and leann and brynn hewitt, headed for the land of provo, utah. bunker dance was participating in the convention/competition for west coast at the salt palace, so megan and i decided to take advantage of the trip north and take a tour of the campus of uvu. megan was able to attend a modern dance class on campus to get a feel for the dance program and the school. i think she really enjoyed it! she was pretty nervous before she got there, but found she easily fit in and liked the atmosphere!


is megan really going to college soon? YIKES!
when did she grow up? sob!

i don't know what comes over me whenever i visit college campuses, but i feel so happy and excited. every time i go to one (when i dropped kristen off at byu, when i searched the campus at the u with sadie for the buildings where her classes were, and then as i walked around with megan) i realize what a wonderful college experience i had, and i want so badly for my children to love their experiences as well. (note: tod didn't have his mother tagging along and i know he did very well...hmm...)

anyway, uvu was a good idea. we got some good information (auditions for scholarships were the next day during the competition, bad timing!, and if she wanted to be a dance major - we got it all mapped out for a four year graduation date). we had a fun morning.



the rest of the weekend was spent in classes and competing for megan. (except when she gave herself a concussion slamming her head into the corner of the wall in our hotel room, complete with dizziness, nausea, and major headache). jon and sadie arrived late friday night, so the family were her cheerleaders saturday morning, and then we entertained ourselves doing the usual fun things we love to do in downtown salt lake. i introduced the "apple pie" carmel apple from rocky mountain chocolate factory to a couple of the dance moms we ran into at the gateway friday afternoon, and they told me saturday night that they had had six between them since then!!! they are a sweet treat!!!


megan danced beautifully! it is so fun to watch her! she is very captivating on stage! (i'm not biased at all:)! for those of you who might be interested, here are a couple of videos of this years dances. the first one is her tap number, she starts on the far right. i am so happy that she is loving this number this year. tap has never been her favorite. i wish you could see her beautiful smile...



this one earned the overall high score in the senior category. megan is the second from the left in the beginning and second from the right when it ends. ENJOY!



GREAT JOB MEGAN! all your hard work is paying off!