Hannah's Cake

Hannah has been diligently working on yet another cake to enter in our local county fair.  The theme of this year's fair is "Fill Up On Fun."  So, she came up with the idea to have a bottle pouring things that you would associate with the fair into a cup, thus "filling up on fun."  A pretty ambitious idea and, as she discovered, difficult to execute when you are an amateur cake decorator.  However, she rose to the task and the end result turned out to be pretty great!

sketch of her idea

the beginning

hard at work

adding some final touches

the final product

proud Hannah

Dance

This year was a GREAT "dance year" for the girls and, although we've already started anew, here are their end of the year pictures!

Utah Dance Fest-2013

We had another great year at Utah Dance Fest.  This year Mia, Bella & Hannah all competed.  Artistry In Motion did great and it's always fun to watch our babies do what they enjoy most!

The Spice of Life Newsletter; Edition 1

I started a newsletter for our family. Here is the first edition:

Happy Halloween

Halloween 2011

Mia ~ SpongeBob Girl
Sophie ~ Mime
Bella ~ Witch
Hannah ~ Grrr Monster

These sillies had way too much fun taking pictures!












A sad mime who's make-up is rubbing off.

You can call her Mrs. President

Hannah's class recently held student council elections. Below is the speech she gave and a picture of one of her campaign posters. The speech, written entirely by her, was quite cute {I mean, who doesn't love crazy hair day & wacky glasses day?} and, more importantly, she won!

Hi, my name is Hannah Spicer and I want to be your class president. I’ll think of fun ideas for fundraisers and superb ideas for school days. For example, crazy hair day, wacky glasses day, inside out day, you get the point.

Here are some reasons why you should vote for me: I am organized, I get good grades, I will try not to miss any meetings and can bring spectacular ideas to Pilot Butte.

School is not always the way you want to spend your time but I will try to make it a little bit more enjoyable. I will give you a voice and let you all be student council members by listening to your ideas or suggestions

If you don’t want to share any of your ideas out loud, come to me. I can also solve any problems you might have. I will stand up and or defend you in any situation. I am the person you can count on in a crunch. And that’s why you should vote for me as your class president.

Cake decorating

Hannah has been practicing her cake decorating skills for 4-H, experimenting with a variety of different tips. She's an eager learner and despite her sore hand and wrist, she keeps on! We've worked on: stars, letter piping, leaves, shells, a basket weave and using those tips to make different borders. She told me today she feels that she is really beyond Level I and I had to gently explain that we've barely scratched the surface {the look of awe was very cute}!

Hannah

We recently got the following letter in the mail:



Needless to say, we are very proud of our girl!

Aspire Dance Competition Part 2

Here are their second dances of that same competition. Bella & Hannah's team performs last in this clip. They appear in this order: Diamonds - 'Mad Hatter Mix'; Saphhires - 'Beauty Shop' and Emeralds - 'Spider Man.' Hannah is in black and Bella is in red during their 'Spider Man' dance. Enjoy!

2011 Aspire Pro Dance Competition Pt 2 from Justin Spicer on Vimeo.

Aspire Pro Dance Competition Pt. 1

Hannah and Bella recently competed in the Aspire Dance Competition in Rock Springs with their dance team, the Emeralds, from their dance studio, Artistry In Motion. Their dance, "Dream Big" is the first one in this clip and if you choose to keep viewing you'll see the Sapphires dance team perform "Technicolor" followed by the Diamonds dance team perform "Secrets". You can see Hannah waiting to come on stage as they are being announced. Her and Bella dance in the same 'cluster' of girls so just look for them {but they may be hard to follow}!

Their studio did awesome at this competition taking home these awards: Diamonds - Secrets: Best Choreography; Diamond (1st Place) & Teen Grand Champion. Sapphires - Technocolor: Ruby (1st place). Emeralds - Dream Big: Ruby (1st place); Junior Grand Champion & Judges Choice awards.

Hannah's Easter Cake

Hannah is taking on cake-decorating as one of her 4-H endeavors this year. Here is her first cake decorating attempt {an Easter cake for our family dinner}. It turned out pretty cute!

So PrOuD!

A Star is Born!

Last week Hannah found out she got one of the lead roles in her upcoming choir Christmas musical. She is so excited! She got the part of 'Betty' a school janitor and "the best part," according to Hannah, is that she gets to faint at the end!

Hannah holding her book with what seems
like a million lines that she needs to memorize!

A brief overview of the musical:
It's the last day of school before winter vacation officially starts. Excitement fills the air with plans of tropical vacations, shopping at the mall, visits from relatives, NO homework for a while, favorite holiday meals and lots of presents! Everything is just right, including the beginning of a beautiful snowfall. SNOW!! Oh no! The snow keeps coming and vacation appears to be heading for disaster. Everyone may have to spend the holidays at school! Dinner cooked in the Science Lab? Shopping on the web? A musical perfect for all ages!

2010 Fair

Sophie and Hannah had their respective class showings for their 4-H lamb projects yesterday at the Sweetwater County Fair. They did great - we are very proud! Sophie placed 3rd in her class of speckle-faced lambs and Hannah 5th in her class of black-faced lambs. Hannah has had a particularly challenging lamb this summer and it was her first 4-H experience so, she is very pleased to have placed {and we are all pleased these projects are coming to an end}!

Hannah's New Room

While the girls have been visiting their grandparents in Colorado, I have been diligently working on a big surprise for Hannah! Last October {for Sophie's 10th birthday}, we switched Sophie and Hannah's bedroom's last fall and updated Sophie's room to more of a "tween" decor. However, we never really did anything with Hannah's "new" room. Fast forward 9 months later and I felt that it was high time that Hannah was able to feel at home in her room and not like she was just slapped in Sophie's old room. Although I still have a few minor touch ups to complete, the result turned out beautifully! Hope she loves it.

Gem State Invitational

This past weekend we traveled to Pocatello, ID for another dance competition. Hannah's studio did AwEsOmE - taking home 3 - 1st place trophies, 2 - 2nd place trophies, 1 - 3rd place trophy and a best costume award. It was a great weekend! Here are some shots of Hannah performing her teams winning routines:

Bailamos
{a jazz/lyrical routine}

Crank It Up
{a hip-hop routine}

The Awards
{after a long day}