In the Path of Totality

Easter Weekend

This Weekend In NH

 Rolling in to comp Friday afternoon.....

The Pro team dances took place Friday evening. 

Back at it Sunday afternoon. 
I love that while Grace is doing her make-up, Laura and Nina are in the background having a race to see who can put their bun in the fastest. 

Gorgeous! 

On Saturday Grace only had one dance to compete -the production number (Moulin Rouge)

Post-production number silliness

Since production was her only dance of the day, and since she had an eight hour break between that dance and the awards ceremony we decided to head home for some downtime. Grace and Dave went back in time for awards (which started at 10:00pm). 

Finally, Sunday arrived! She did not dance until 6:00pm (ish) that night so we went to church that morning and then did some stuff around the house before heading back for her solo and awards (another late night for us). 

While shd did not score as high as she would have liked to she looked gorgeous on that stage and absoltuely lived up to her name! And now, for a two week break before we get to do it all over again (with hopefully earlier awards ceremonies the next time around)! xo 

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Happy Braces Off Day, Emma!

How it started....
(August 31, 2021)

How it's going! 
(March 19, 224) 

Just about two-and-a-half years later and her new gorgeous smile has been revealed! Happy Braces Off Day, Emma! The day you have waited for has arrived and now you can enjoy all the foods you have beem missing! xo 

And That’s A Wrap!

 

The final scenes that the girls were extras in was filed tonight. People were encouraged to come in Christmas attire and eveyryone needed to have their phones on them for the "flashlight torch parade". Dave and I sat there, on the heated Dragon Seats and watched as they took four runs before "that's a wrap" was exclaomed. It was realy soothing to watch them all ski down in such a rthymic and relaxing pattern. Word on the street is the movie will premier after Thanksgiving. We'll be sure to let everyone know when to watch. Hopefully we'll be able to spot Grace and Emma in it! xo 

Weekending

 

Friday night was the dance team dress rehersal. Costumes were steamed and ready to go. It was great to see everyone on stage! Looking forward to the first comeptition at the end of the month! 

On Saturday, the girls were back at the mountain (but this time for their usually weekly role as ski instructors), Dave was working and that left me to dig in and do some work on my disseration. Here's to hoping that I can get it all done by the end of 2024! 

And finally, on Sunday, we gathered with the Delta Gamma chapter at Brown to celebrate Founder's Day. The chapter did a fabulous job, and I loved that they invited Grace and Emma to attend as well! So special to have all of my daughters (all 68 of them!) together! xo

Today's Morning Lesson

 

One of the many perks of being homeschoolers (again!) is that they get to do cool stuff like be extras in an upcoming Hallmark Christmas movie! 

POV: Everyone is out filming the movie and you get the lodge to yourself. 

What a day they had! Call time got changed to 7:30am, which was a lovely treat,  and we were at the moutnain until just about 2:00pm, The grls had the best time and really enjoyed getting to see what goes into making a movie. We are super curiious what the footage will look like in the film as there really is not that much snow out there (thanks Climate Change 😓) but we have no doubt that movie magic will be in full effect! They both plated the fole of skiers, either on their way to or from the mountain, In addition to that some scenes were filmed on the chair lift or with them skiing down. This was defintiely a day (and a morning lesson) they will never forget! xo