Sore muscles

Ahh... Cheer camp. If you've never been, let me tell you... It's exhausting!

This year being the first year of the Canyon Ridge cheer squad's existence, we coaches decided to stay home for cheer camp instead of spending the couple hundred dollars per cheerleader to go away to camp or to bring staff here. So... I got the opportunity to teach a boot camp! I was totally comfortable doing so, because I spent my summers in high school teaching boot camps to junior high squads. I choreographed and taught a half time routine, as well as game-time chants and we did training exercises, team-building activities, and a whole lot of stunting. I'm so proud of my girls and guys! Here are a few pictures... I'm sure in the next few months there will be plenty more to come!

Canyon Ridge Cheer is #1!

Tumbling slideshow

I was looking around on the Burbank Photography blog and found a link to a video that Randy put together of some tumbling at CSI... I wonder if I always look so serious while I tumble. And mom, don't critique my form too harshly, because in slow-mo like this you can see everything I do wrong! ;) Cool video, though!

http://burbankphotography.com/videos/eagles_tumble/

Go Eagles!

Oh, and a little bit of Culture Club for your musical enjoyment. lol.

Car Wash!

Did I mention that I'm going to be an assistant cheer coach at the BRAND NEW High School next year? Go Hawks! We had tryouts last weekend, took 18 girls & 3 guys on Varsity, 15 on JV. That's a lot of cheerleaders! They found out if they made the team Friday night, and then we had a combined fundraiser with the basketball team the very next morning. Here are some pictures from the day's festivities:

Brad from KEZJ brought the KEZJ truck for the girls and guys to wash. They kept really busy and I hope they had a lot of fun!

This holiday weekend was also fun for our cows. There was a little bit of branding, a little bit of shot giving, a little bit of ear piercing, and a little bit of AI-ing... Sadly, I took no pictures. :( lol

I very much enjoy all of the time that I get to spend with my husband doing what he loves to do. It's fun to watch him be a cowboy, and I'm sure it's fun to watch me when I have absolutely no idea what's going on. I hope Dennis and John (Dennis' dad) don't get too annoyed with all of my many questions! I've really come a long way, really. When Dennis and I were first dating I asked what the difference was between a bull and a steer... The answer might've made me blush just a bit... :)

Poor steers...

A dash of color

In the last post I mentioned that we were painting a wall in our living room... Well, here it is! The pictures aren't that great, but I love my new red wall! Our living room is already a little dark, and the dark red makes it even darker, so there's now a lamp by the piano. I'm excited because I can actually see my piano music now when I play.

It goes wonderfully with the americana themed living room. Now I just need to figure out how to arrange everything, maybe get some vinyl lettering on the walls. We already have some in the kitchen and I love it! It's hard to see in this picture, but it says "bienvenidos!" (which is welcome in Spanish). I also love Dennis' smile as he fixes the blinds, and his shirt that makes me think of Steve on Blues Clues. Isn't he such a handsome handyman?

It's fun decorating our own house. It took me over a year to get brave enough to paint anything, but now I think we'll add some color in the bedroom and spare bedroom. So much fun! :)