So You Think You Can Dance

This is the girls favorite reality show, and they can't wait for it be on every year. This year they were thrilled when we learned that they were stopping in Salt Lake on the tour. We invited our friends Brina and Brianna (Rachel's dance partner), and Kelsie's friend Melia to come with us. We had a blast. One of the dancers has taught at the studio where the girls dance and taught Kelsie and Rachel about a year ago. It was fun to see Thayne dance. There were three dancers from Utah so it was a fun crowd. About half way through the concert Katelyn leaned over and said to me, "But Mom, we saw this dance on TV at our home." It was so cute to see her recognize some of the dances and dance along with them.






This is Twitch, he was the household favorite!



This is Thayne, it was fun to see him dance!

Congrats Tiffany!!

Jason's sister Tiffany was inducted into the BYU Sports Hall of Fame. We are so proud of her, it is a huge honor. I was surprised when I arrived and saw the number of past inductees, it helped me realize just how big of an honor it was. We were able to take Kelsie and Brinlee with us to the dinner and ceremony (Rachel had a special dance thing and couldn't come). Tiffany lived with us for awhile when she was going to BYU and even after she moved out, still managed to come back to do laundry and eat. So the girls remember going to lots of track meets and watching her on TV.

Crazy Acrobats!!

Look at these kids!! I think they liked the Olympics a little to much, they all think they are gymnasts. Luckily I only saw the pictures and wasn't outside when they were doing it.

Soccer Mania!!

August and September are full of soccer, soccer and more soccer at our house!!

We had four kids playing this year. Rachel took 2nd in the city wide tournament (she had to go straight to dance after the game so no pictures of her with the trophy). Brinlee, Austin and Katelyn are on learning leagues for their ages, they all love to play.

Grandpa and Grandma Washington, Aunt Jamie and Christine took them to the first few games while we were on our trip. After that it was soccer every Saturday and Tuesdays, we only had one Saturday that all three games ended up being at the same time. Although everyone loved playing, mom was really ready for the season to be over!!

Kelsie learned to drive!!

It was a scary glimpse into the future!! It was only a four-wheeler but by the time she got comfortable with driving she was bookin' it. That was the highlight of the Labor Day weekend at Grandpa Lott's for Kelsie. Rachel started learning as well, but Kelsie didn't give her much time to practice. The rest of the kids enjoyed driving the small battery operated jeeps, they know that Grandpa will have them charged and ready as soon as they get there. We had a great weekend, even taking pictures of the whole Lott clan wasn't so bad. The kids are already asking when we are going again.









As we were waiting for our turn for pictures the girls started playing with the camera and learned a great lesson on depth perception. This one had everyone laughing.



Kelsie had a great idea to have the kids peek out from the trees, I loved how it turned out. The photographer liked the idea so much, she had all the other families do it as well.