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Ballroom Tryouts

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While we were celebrating Sebi's birthday and baptism and swim team tryouts, Maddie had one of her own: the big one. Maddie tried out for Provo High's ballroom team. Hopefuls attend a meeting one day and the outgoing varsity seniors teach them a new routine which they have one day to learn. They come back the next day and perform for the coaches. The varsity seniors decided to do a tango, which Maddie had never done before. Then her dad talked her into going to a YW activity instead of going to the tango workshop they were putting on. I pulled up the tango scene from True Lies to help her practice, but other than that, she was on her own. No one in this house knows how to clench a rose in their teeth! And the result? She made it on to the JV team as a freshman! We can't believe it! We are so proud of our girl. She's a very hard worker and a motivated dancer! You'll be great, Maddie Lou!

Time to Celebrate: Sebi Turns Eight!

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 On Sebi's birthday, we had such a packed day that the kids convinced us (the normally fun-inhibiting parents) that we needed to open the presents in the morning. So Sebi got to open everything before breakfast. When he had opened the lego Star Wars and things, we dragged out a cage from behind the couch. Sebi squealed "You mean I'm a hamster owner now?!"  We'd been thinking about getting Sebi a pet since Christmas. Back then he had wanted a turtle, which seemed like a good sort of pet for him. But then his friend Tomas got a teeny tiny spring-loaded hamster and Sebi decided that he really wanted one of those instead. When Rob and I went to the pet store, we got talked out of all the dwarf hamsters and talked into a good old traditional teddy bear. They looked monstrous there in the pet shop. But once we got him home, he seemed much smaller and we were glad that we'd started with a big basic rodent. The hamster is still really skittish and if he thin