catching up!!

Yes I have been lax in writing to my blog. Have we been busy.
Yes! In the past month we have wrapped up dancing and dancing exams, looked into new studios (as the communication at ours was horrible), went into full swing with ryley's rep baseball, went camping a few times and now that is it summer, I have up to 10 kids all day long to look after. Has it been fun? Most times yes.
Shyla's dance exams went very well. She completed her pre-bronze in ballet and jazz and scored highly commended in both (the highest mark you can get) and she did her pre-primary in tap and received honours(the highest mark again). We were very proud of her. We had been unhappy at the dance studio she had been with for the past four years with the organization and communication, so we scoped out other studios. We were proud to say that at every studio shyla tried out for (the competitive team)she was accepted for and even offered a solo at each. They said she danced not only great tecnique wise but with her heart and soul. We now had options. Being that we have been happy at the studio she is with with the foundation of her dancing, it was a hard decision. We sat down with the studio owner and discussed our problems that we had. She was very receptive to our complaints and suggestions. We are going to give it another shot and see how it goes. Her studio is going to try and skip her a level to catch her up with her ability. So she is taking some tap classes this summer. They think she has great potential to go big, but warned us of the commitment both from her and us...she will probably have to dance all year to be at her best, just as any good athelete would have to do...we don't mind at all as long as shyla keeps loving it....once that stops, then it ends or slows down....financially we will just have to do more fundrasing....
As for ryley, his baseball team hasn't done too well this year, but ryley is doing well at his first year of catch...he loves the signals and being in command....he is also done fairly well at hitting off of a pitcher for the first time (in the last three years, it has been a pitching machine)...he loves the fact that he can steal bases now and be walked...his team has qualified for the A provincials in sarnia on the labour day weekend....
As for holidays, we went camping for a week and it was very relaxing...we are going this weekend away to presquille and then we leave next thursday for Branson, missouri...i can hardly wait...
The kids both did well on there report cards this year: Shyla with all A's and Ryley with mostly A's and some B's....a C in art (guess he isn't artistic..lol)...i cannot believe that ryley is going into grade 5 and shyla is going into grade 2...boy time flies...if you have children, cherish every moment...
well that is about all for now.