Posted in Ballet, Cami, Hannah, London on Mar 17th, 2013 No Comments »
Russian Festival in Trafalgar Square The girls’ ballet teacher is Russian, so their dance group is asked to perform at many Russian events. It just so happens that once a year they get asked to dance in Trafalgar Square, but it usually falls on a Sunday so the girls can’t attend. This year, it was [...]
Posted in Ballet, Cami, Hannah on Nov 20th, 2012 1 Comment »
Hannah and Cami have been doing dance with Kalinka Dance Studio for about 2 1/2 years now. Their first show was only a few months after they started and seemed like such a big deal. They each had 2 costume changes and it was a little stressful getting their hair up in buns and their [...]
Posted in Caleb, Cami, Emma, Friends, Hannah, Holiday, London on Oct 28th, 2012 No Comments »
One new thing about being in school is the designated half-term breaks. One nice thing about the private school the girls go to is that they aren’t out the same week as the public schools. So, we took the chance with some other friends who were out of school to go to a local amusement [...]
Posted in Emma, Hannah, School on Oct 7th, 2012 2 Comments »
It was our first experience with school picture day, but I think the girls did well. Emma Hannah They are definitely sisters! Both girls are still really enjoying school and we’re so glad they are having such a positive experience so far. They’ve stepped up to the challenges and so far have handled them well.
Posted in Caleb, Hannah, London, Piano on Jul 1st, 2012 No Comments »
The day was wet and rainy, but we ventured out into Central London, jumping puddles on our way down the streets, still decorated for the Jubilee. (Notice Caleb’s ‘briefcase’ he insisted bringing) The occasion was piano grades for Caleb and Hannah. Caleb has had grades for gymnastics and Hannah has had grades for ballet, but [...]
Posted in Becca, Family, Family Reunion, Hannah, Travel on May 31st, 2012 5 Comments »
With a big celebration brewing in Illinois, we knew we needed to send some representatives from our side of the pond. Hannah and I were the lucky ones! Grainy iPhone Photo Before Take-off All my sisters were flying or driving in so an even bigger celebration began to brew. It was an all-out family reunion [...]
Posted in Becca, Cami, Hannah, London on May 3rd, 2012 No Comments »
A spur of the moment trip to the theatre is never a bad thing. A friend was given tickets for Matilda the Musical and invited the girls of our family along. There is a reason the musical has already won so many awards. It was amazing!! If you get a chance to see it, don’t [...]
Posted in Hannah on Mar 27th, 2012 1 Comment »
Hannah has spent months growing out her hair. Before Her ballet teacher has waist-length hair and Hannah loves that. Before However, I think in the last few weeks, she started getting tired of taking care of it and asked if I could cut it. After She actually got up early one morning so we could [...]
Posted in Cami, Church, Friends, Hannah on Mar 5th, 2012 No Comments »
When we moved to London, my first visiting teaching companion was Sis. Barker. When we met up the first time (and I, of course, had my kids along), we discovered Sis. Barker was also Cami’s Sunbeam teacher at church. With these connections, we just fell in love with Sis. Barker and the kindnesses that she [...]
Posted in Ballet, Cami, Hannah, London on Feb 27th, 2012 1 Comment »
A couple weeks ago, Hannah and Cami were asked to perform in their Russian dance groups for a fundraising event at a local school. Cami was also asked to perform her solo piece, which would serve as a great practice for her competition (from the previous post). We got a hold of the paper that [...]