After 10 Years...

and 200,000 miles, we finally bought a newer family Van!! Yep, the Plymouth Voyager has now become the teenager mobile...and we have moved on to a 2005 Toyota Sienna. We have somehow managed to stay with a patterned color scheme - 2 green vehicles (Ford Courier, Fiat Strata) 2 white vehicles (Chevy Lumina, Plymouth Voyager, Toyota Corolla - briefly) and now 2 tan vehicles (Ford Explorer and the Toyota Sienna)!

P.S. I never knew how much happiness an old van could bring to a driving teenage daughter! :)

Ballroom Dancing

Brandon and Sarah were in the Gem State Classic competition at the BYU-Idaho campus. Sarah was able to win her first ribbons at this event and took home 2nd place in the Pre-teen Waltz, Bronze level. She also won 6th place in the Pre-teen Waltz, Silver level (more difficult). Since Brandon's level has advanced and he is dancing in the "A" group, the competition is tougher and he wasn't able to add to his ribbon collection this time. He is still an excellent dancer though!

They also had team competitions. Brandon was able to fill in on Sarah's team at the last second because he is one year ahead of Sarah. Brandon's team came in 2nd place. I'm attaching a video clip of his second place Samba routine, "Best Days of Our Life" (he is the second boy from the right in the line-up). Matthew fell down the stairs in the middle of the routine...so there's a little blooper in the filming!!