Kindergarten Graduation

 Kaya is all done with Kindergarten.

She thinks she is ready for 1st grade, I guess we will see after this summer!

Utah to Washington

 Over our anniversary this year we went to Richland, WA for our friends' wedding.

We decided to drive......

And I hate long drives!!

We had to leave the kids behind on this one.

Kaya had a dance competition and Dylen had basketball.

 Some of the things we saw were amazing...

The Columbia River was so much bigger than anticipated.

A river cruise paddle boat.

The city put on a glow run along the river parkway.

And yes some of the best coffee ever.

We found at a little shop, 

up the street from our hotel, called Roasters.

 The vineyards were beautiful!

 On our way back to Utah we stopped at all the random places we saw on our way up.

This old farmstead was neat to see, with it's dilapidated structures.

 This is Lime, OR.

An abandoned town where a cement factory, that used to employ much of the towns people.

 Some amazing gratify artists, they filled nearly every flat surface at ground level.

 We did have a "Hill's Have Eye's" moment while wondering around. 

This place is off the beaten path and there were no cars around for miles.

We had been there for a about an hour exploring the site, 

when an old ford truck came roaring down the old road.

We kept waiting for them to stomp on the brakes, mutant people to pop out, and chase us down.

Thunder Basketball

 Dylen's comp basketball team ended their season winning most of their games this season!

Go Thunder!!

 Dylen wasn't able to play much the last few games, he jammed his pinkie finger.

A sever sprain the Dr. said.

Kaya's First Solo Competition

 Kaya competed at her first solo competition this last weekend.

She did really well considering how stubborn she had been about practicing for the last week.

 The girls in her group were all very talented.

The judges complimented her costume and two of the three her technique.

 She got third place!!

 She also competed in this competitions dance off.

This age group was the biggest, with $102 prize to the winner.

She was really sad she didn't win this one, she wanted the money.

Kaya and Dance with Energy Dance Company

 Kaya and her team, Competed at Rocky Mountain Dance Competition.

And preformed at the Roy High Royalaire Night, this last week.

 At the competition, her team won first place.

She also took part in the dance off at the competition, 

She made it to the finnal round.

A few minutes later she was sitting with her group crying.

We couldn't figure out why.

When we asked her later, she said that she was so excited to have made it that far, that she felt like she needed to cry she had been so happy.

And she is preparing to compete her solo this Friday.

Update to come on that one.