Despite Harrison's response to the question what have you been doing lately, April was a roller coaster of a month. When asked what he'd been up to, he said he was spending a lot of time scrolling the internet with his mom. Maybe we needed some brain rot time with all the emotions of the month.
Katelee had her last prom(s). After the Herriman with Angel, she also went to another school's- Mountain Ridge with a blind date and her friend Izzy was in the group as well.
These girls are getting the most out of their senior year and getting fancy. Most of their days are spent in lacrosse uniforms,
and covered in bruises and battle scars...
so it is fun to see them all gussied up. Her Riverton prom
was spent with her guy Bear, who drove all the way down from Boring, Oregon to take her.
They looked stunning and were turning heads at the capital building, as well as his famous tik tok sister who was doing the photo shoot. This girl is worth the drive.
It plucks at my heart as I think of all Katelee's "lasts" or senior experiences. We walked by the field and there was her cute face on her senior lax banner.
She has had a challenging year and is just barely developing the senioritis, hopefully it doesn't get too debilitating- but she is oh so close!
Harrison, too has been caught up in the emotions. He and I have been working on his Battle of the Books reads for his school competition. We were wrapping up one of the novels and I had to run out while he finished it. I came back to him choked up with tears. He was hardly able to express what happened and he kept wondering why they would write such a sad story and make kids read it! I felt bad I left him alone to deal with the trauma, but we talked it through and spent some time in our zen modes re grouping.
Now that the weather is turning warm again, one of our relaxation zones (especially mine) is our backyard hammock zone.
I mean the whole grounds are looking springy
and while you can't smell through the computer, if you could it would be a most flowery fresh aroma. We love going out and taking some deep breaths!
We spent much of the month trying to stay upbeat and lift Brenna's spirits as her back struggle continues. We got to see Wicked-phenomenal of course and so fun since Brenna had seen the movie in the fall. Now she has a spoiler for how the whole story wraps up.
We took her to get an MRI to make sure there was not a fracture that she should be rehabilitating.
Luckily, the injury is still consistent with the initial muscle tear/strains diagnosis. But we have had to lay low on dance and her spirits were suffering. Especially with auditions approaching. We contacted the coach to see if we could send in some recent videos (pre-back breaking situation) of her tricks and she would still attend auditions and push as much as she could. The dance company director agreed and had remembered her from some pre-audition classes and we were so grateful. AND....
SHE MADE IT! It is a scary audition-where they keep sending girls out after different steps in the process. At the end, I was just circling the parking lot and watching dancers come out in tears, with parents holding them up and comforting them. I kept hoping she didn't come out and Katelee texted me saying Brenna had made it (her senior friend helping run the try outs messaged Katelee).
We were so relieved and happy and she is beyond thrilled to get to continue dancing through HS on the school's dance co. She made it with her childhood chum, Kate.
as well as all the gals auditioning from her studio. It is going to be such a fun ride!
What we did learn is that the ride is so unpredictable. I mean we all know that, we understand that life's roller coaster ride throws curves and loops that weren't on the route originally. All Brenna has been working for her dance journey was to be on this team; however, we realized that rides can alter and it would be alright. It would be hard and an adjustment, but when we are built on Jesus and He is our rock, he will be right there with us to see us through.
Now...continuing on to heal that girl's back!
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