Friday, May 29, 2009

Happy Birthday Alli!

Today my baby girl turns 11! Here's a few pictures from the past few years.
Sweet baby Allison
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Halloween 1999
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This is half of a layout I did just because of her big blue eyes.
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BYU Girl
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Alli's 4th Birthday
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Easter 2003
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Elphaba and Glinda 2005
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At Build-A-Bear with her own Elphie 2007
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Official Dance picture 2008
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Alli with her best friends, Carlee and Natalie April 2009
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So sophisticated!
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Me and my little girl!
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Love you sweetie!!!

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Downtown Dance is Amazing!

Alli's last dance competition for the year was today, and I am still amazed at how good these girls are! We are so lucky to have such an awesome teacher who takes such good care of our girls. She teaches them precision, dedication, and how to be the best while still being modest. After going to these competitions and seeing some of the outfits other teams wear, the music they dance to, and the moves they do, I have come to really appreciate what Amy does.
Alli and Amy
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Alli danced to "Rockstar" this year, with a supercute costume. Today was the competition in Idaho Falls, and Mom came to watch her. It was great to have her there for the 3 hours during which Downtown was performing so she could see what I've been talking about the last two years. She was very patient, especially considering this is not her kind of music that was blasting, and there were lots of little teeny-boppers doing their really cute dances that they didn't really know.(Always fun to watch for the first few, but after 20, you've kinda had it)
At all three competitions this year, every dance Downtown performed took 1st in their category, until today, when the Elite lyrical number took 2nd to a really great number. They have received awards for highest overall points, execution, technique, showmanship, and more. They're the best!
This is not a great picture of Alli, but they never turn out very well.
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