2000 VIEWS EVER!

To commemorate this I have decided to type up my list of 2000 blessings!

Blessings

1. stars
2. an amazing cave system
3. new toothbrushes
4. clouds
5. books, stacks of books
6. Christmas music
7. sleeper jammies for sisters
8. cotton candy
9. crisp fall air
10. Daddy's hug
11. majestic cumulus clouds
12. worship service
13. spaghetti served by a loving friend
14. cool breeze
15. half moon
16. fall flowers
17. a see-saw
18. librarians
19. kitty fur in my nose
20. performing free shows
21. surprising people pleasantly
22. The Piano Guys
23. Denver & the Mile High Orchestra
24. Messy Mondays
25. peppermint leaves
26. chicken 'n' biscuits
27. jean jumpers
28. playgrounds
29. hide 'n' seek
30. important documents that shaped our history
31. soy milk
32. milk mustache
33. blue eyes
34. words
35. doctors racing for leukemia cure
36. dogs that alert diabetes patients
37. stages
38. costumes
39. catacombs under stages
40. FAITH
41. friends to keep you accountable
42. Edelweiss
43. America the Beautiful
44. under ripe tomatoes
45. babies
46. tuna fish
47. homemade laundry detergent
48. apples
49. mail
50. dance shoes
    
    
    To read the rest go to Blessings! 

The Ballet Mirror

Happy St. Patrick's day!

Happy Happy St. Patrick's day! :~D

Above is a video of some of our seniors. :~)

The Red Ribbon

Around Town

They are painting by our new Tops!

Spring is coming! We've seen snow and Canada geese flying north in HUGE migration flocks!

And plants are coming up!

Snowdrops!

We are bridging the gap from Winter to Spring!

I LOVE SPRING! :~D

Wacky Wednesday - Wacky Hairdos

Wacky Wednesday - Headgear

C.K.H.G.P.F.L. - Colossians 3:12-14

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility,gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Colossians 3:12-14

If you have read my blog, you will get the inkling that I am a bit of a fashionata, it is a weakness I must confess. 

What if you take your clothes and view them as virtues?

I'm going to give you a 2 week challenge. 

For the next 2 weeks, "put on" each of the aforementioned virtues. Compassion, Kindness, Humility, Gentleness, Patience, Forgiveness, & Love. Be honest with your self if you fail. If you are like me, you strive to the very best to be more like God.

	Compassion	Kindness	Humility	Gentleness	Patience	Forgiveness	Love
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Total

For each that you nail, place a check mark, if you fail cross it off for the day. If you aren't sure, you can go for 1/2.

At the end of the 2 weeks tally your scores and see how you did. Be honest with your self, don't chalk it up to "I was tired." or "I was sick." BE HONEST.

When it gets hard, pray, pray, pray. And when you're done reflect on the 2 weeks to see how God worked in you.

In 2 weeks I'll check up on you!

2 Corinthians 8:11
 Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.

A Goal, a Dream, to soon be a Reality

Louisa May Alcott

“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.” 

My birthday is April 13th, a little over a month away. 

Since January, I have been more diligent in stretching. I don't always remember to stretch at home, but I have exceed anything I could hope or imagine. I am not the most flexible person, but I can reach farther and bend father than anything before.

I have a goal, a dream, and soon to be a reality, of doing my splits by my birthday. Center, I may never get, as it is the hardest to do, but the others will be realities. 

Yesterday at ballet class, between exercises, I slid into my right split.

3 inches to go.  Just 3 measly inches. So close I wish I could go the rest of the way, but I can't. 

Inspired I went to my left split, 4 inches, just 4. I could barely contain my excitement! 

I figured since my teacher was still working with someone or music (I can't remember which) I would do my center split. I'd say about 12-15 inches to go.

Now you are probably wondering why my goal is my Birthday. I will do my splits on my birthday I just know it. 

In January I had at least 8 inches to go, at least. And my center split was atrocious. Diligence and a passion to get my splits led me to practice, and practice, and PRACTICE! 

I may never be a prima ballerina, dance with a famous company or even meet a star, but I will be able to say:

"I had a goal and I met it!"

C.S. Lewis
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

Irish Proverb