{photographed by mother.}
This weekend I have been helping renovate our basement. Lots of painting took place. Sometimes your legs cramp up and you can't help but stretch. Well, so a dancer would think. Mother & sister were supposedly entertained by my style of work, and couldn't help but snap a couple photo's of me in action...
I have the wonderful privilege of not only dancing ballet but also teaching it. I teach the 6-7 year old girls at my ballet studio (Jacqueline's school of ballet). It is so much fun and there is never a dull moment. Are you kidding me?...kids are hilarious! Well, today was especially funny. Let me tell you the story... So, here I am just teaching away when all the sudden one of the little girls tugs on my skirt. When I looked down she had a concerned look on her face. I asked her, "are you OK?" She then opened up her hand lifted it towards me and said, " oh no teacher, somebody accidentally left this here?" (in a very concerned voice.) I then bent down a little so I could get a better look at what was in her hand. It was nothing other than a BIG, Thick, nasty, toe-nail!!! ha ha, maybe you kind of had to be there but, I couldn't stop laughing and wanted to throw up a little. Kids do the funniest things. The best part is she was totally worried too and obviously wasn't disgusted that she had someone else whole toe practically in the palm of her hand. Of course you would find a giant toe-nail in the middle of a ballet studio. I think this is one reason why I love teaching these little girls. I get told every time they loose a tooth, silly family comments here and there, and how good they are at ballet. So cute. I love them. -Jan
This weekend has been a busy one for me. One of my good friends, Kayla Roper, is El prego (a.k.a pregnant). She is about to have a little baby boy. "Troy" to be exact (she already has a name picked out.) Yesterday, was her baby shower. It was a success. baby clothes and the works, galore. I was the official baby shower planner along with Kayla's sweet sister, Jen. We had lots of fun putting this shower together. Besides the actual shower, planning it was just as memorable:)
Sometime's I felt to young to be doing this kind of stuff. I can't believe one of my childhood friend is married and having a baby. I'm not even dating anyone serious right now and i'm OLDER than her. Only by 11 months that is. I guess you could say i'm dating ballet. Were in love.
...no more than 10 minutes ago I finally purchased my holga camera online!It should be here in 5-7 days. yes, thats right, 5-7 days. patience janika, patience.
I have been eyeing this camera for quite sometime and I can't wait to get my hands on my own! The Holga camera first appeared in 1982 in Hong Kong. It's imperfections in creating a photo is what makes it so intriguing and vintage looking. This is going to be my next purchase. I can feel it.
Recently the ballet company I dance for, Utah Regional Ballet, had a performance. I love performing. It honestly is the greatest feeling when you are on stage expressing yours or someone Else's thoughts through movement. When I don't dance anymore, I hope I still have opportunities to perform even though it probably wont be up on a stage. I've noticed that one of my favorite parts of performing is the unity it brings to us as a company. We have to learn to work together but also trust together. Our performance was called, "Choreography Design Project." Several choreographers signed up hoping to win and have their piece in the show. It all came down to 6 total choreographers and they only had two weeks to teach us our material before we would perform. It may had been a bit stressful for both us dancers and the choreographers but the show came together and was wonderful! OK, so I have been really intrigued by photography lately. We got this new Nikon camera and since then I can't put the thing down it seems. My sister Janelle wanted to give her husband pics of their kids for Valentine's Day so I thought I'd get creative and help her out. This is a little V-Day photo shoot I did with Mayson and Madelyn:) I just took them in my backyard. I think they turned out fun...
I recently got to walk through the new Draper Temple open house with my mom and sister. It was the second temple open house I got to go through. The other one was the Mt. Timpanogos Temple but I was really young so I vaguely remember the experience. Seeing all the beautiful rooms reminded me of the time when I was sealed to my family in the Timpanogos temple for all time and eternity. I got to play in the waiting room with the darling old ladies and watch a special video. It's an experience I will never forget. 
