Okay, this is very strange.  I haven't been away for that long and already Blogger has changed things.  Facebook did the same thing.  Oh well.

The reason I decided to write tonight was because the purpose of this blog was to keep in touch with family.  Recently I tried to connect family with a photo of Amber from dance that someone else happened to take.  In the process of tagging, family got up in arms because they thought some other random person was linking their name to a photo they weren't in.  The sad part was, those two family members didn't even recognize Amber!  Here her picture has been on this blog and in e-mails and no one knew it was her. 

That being said, I guess this blog is not doing its intended purpose, which was keeping family that is far away, in touch with us out here.  I try to get photos up about once a month if I can, but if no one is even looking at the blog, I wonder why I even try.

I have since removed the FB photo tagging links to those family members.  I cannot and won't double photos in both places.  It would be too time consuming.

Family who want to stay in touch on FB may do so.  Others can read blog entries as they desire.  I will continue to stay in touch via e-mail, too.

Our daily lives are a ritual of schedules.  We go from one hour to the next, day after day, one event to the next.  Until the school and dance year is over, our schedules are pretty set in stone.

Every day we school at home.  The rest we fit in as we can.

Mondays are allergy shot days, dance, and scouts.
Tuesdays are violin and dance.
Wednesdays are volunteering at EPO and TAing at the studio, then more dance.
Thursdays are band day for the entire morning, followed by TAing at the studio, and then more dance.
Fridays are violin again, and more dance.
Saturdays are teaching dance, and whatever else we can fit in or perform.
Sundays are a day of rest ... unless someone is dancing.

Dance fills our lives in this house.  If someone isn't taking a class, you can hear feet tapping in the kitchen or in the playroom, music playing and someone scribbling on paper as they choreograph a new number, or humming and singing rehearsal pieces.

So, if you don't hear from us on FB, or read an entry on this blog, or don't get an e-mail, it's probably because there isn't much more to add ... or we simply do not have time to squat in front of the computer and do lots of creative writing and editing and photo editing.