Dance Recital

The girls had their first dance recital here in WI this weekend! It is quite the extravaganza at our dance studio. They had really fancy costumes, a dress rehearsal and TWO shows!! They really did have a blast...most of the time ; ) Both girls did awesome at the recitals! We were very worried because Braenna would not go on stage at the dress rehearsal, but she pulled through and danced her heart out at both shows! And Mikaiya was the leader of her class and had to lead the whole class on stage...she did so great! We are so proud of them both!! We learned this weekend that apparently just being incredibly cute is not enough for a ballet recital! Since our school was wanting the girls in make up and all, we decided to just completely go all out. Here are the girls getting ready for their first show...yep, those are hot rollers!! Grammy came and helped with hair. Here is Mikaiya all ready to go, she looks so grown up!!

Braenna looked beautiful also...although she doesn't hold still long enough for the camera these days! This is the best shot I could get of her:

And here are my two beautiful girls all dolled up and ready to go:

Braenna and Emily are in the same class. It is so awesome to get to see the girls together! Here are the three of them are at dress rehearsal:

I thought this was just the sweetest picture...here is Braenna and her class lining up to go in. It's like a little pink polka dotted sandwich!

And here is Mikaiya in her class. Note to self, next time put her in the older class versus the younger when she's on the border. She is by far the biggest kid in her class!!

They had so much fun. They even got flowers and presents after their first performance. We were so happy to get to have so much family here to share in their special days too! Nana and Pop drove all the way in from New York to be here, Grammy came down from Hayward and Aunt Cece, Uncle Mike, Aunt Teresa and Uncle Kory were all there too. Thank you so much to everyone for coming...it really means a lot to the girls!!

We have a TON more pictures! You can see them here: Click here for pictures!