Happy New Year

Katy with her TOP Starz shirt

2012 was a busy year with good and bad things happening like it is every year.

Katy was chosen to go to Nationals again for Talent On Parade. She was a member of the TOP Starz Jr. team performing in St. Louis, MO. She competed with her solo, Asleep and won Elite Top 1st!!! We hope to be going back to Nationals this coming year!

Katy competed in several dance competitions this past year receiving high awards and even placing in the top 10. Jason and I are very proud of her. She works very hard in the studio. But she also works hard in school too. Katy received Student of Character for her grade and received high grades on her report card! She reads almost two grade levels abover her own and a grade higher in math! This year besides dance she is playing the violin and taking piano lessons. She has been flying through her piano books and is excelling at that as well! One thing about Katy is that when she does something, she exceeds expectations and is really good at it!

Jason has done several races this past year but his favorite was doing the Market to Market run. He was on a team of 7 people that ran from the Old Market in Omaha to the Haymarket in Lincoln. He'll be doing this run again this fall along with Trek Up the Tower in Feb, and the Half Marathon in May.

I'm busy working my full time job at Cedars Youth Services and working part time at Dance By Design. We moved to a bigger home this year and have so many new students! I'm one of the office assistants but my new role is helping with the dance team. I'm behind the scenes in charge of props, helping with accounts, ordering and fundraising. It's a fun job and I love being hands on with it! I'm also working on my "side business" of craft projects, making hats and scaves and other things that I sell. I love doing it and it's a great stress reliever!

Jason, David and Omar
 

We lost a dear friend this past year. He was a dance dad to a girl that we consider our own daughter. It was a difficult loss, one that we still have a hard time wrapping our heads around but we know that things happen for a reason and he's in a better place. We miss you Big Daddy!


Here's hoping to a great 2013! We have a lot planned this year with Katy's dance competitions, orchestra recitals, piano recitals and Jason with his running and Half Marathon. I have lots of craft projects that I'm doing for myself and for other people. Plus keeping up with our family, though it's small, there's always something going on!

Happy New Year and God Bless!
Kendra