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Our Normal Life

Sometimes it amazes me how normal things can be.  Our daily life is much like everyone's, the kids go to school, Joey and I go to work, Brad plays baseball and Ashley dances.  School started here a few weeks ago and Ashley is loving all of her classes and her teachers; she is the top dog, an 8th grader.  We got so involved in the normalcy of our life that we I completely forgot that Ashley has a trip to the Shands Liver Clinic next Friday.  To prepare for our two hour trip to Gainesville, Ashley needs to have blood work done this week, she needs to see her pediatrician for her 13 year old physical (I think I will schedule Brad's 15 year old physical as well).  So as normal as our life seems with school, work, dance and baseball, it really isn't all that normal when compared to others.

We are excited about Ashley dancing/competing again this year.  She will be doing two solos, a duet and 3 group numbers.  I am looking forward to NOT having to fundraise to keep her dancing. I work the first UCF Knights Football game this Saturday.  I am praying that we make some good money.  The more money I make for Ashley that less I have to fundraise and the more time I have with my family.  We are still looking at getting people to sponsor Ashley with dance competition.  Ashley said if we can get 5 people to sponsor $100 that would be very helpful. (Ashley likes to dream, she dreams big). This may be Ashley's last year competiting so we want to make the best of it.  We hope it's not but with her starting high school next year, she is going to be even more busy with academics not to mention a high school social life. Don't worry though, Ashley will always be dancing somewhere, it could be at her current studio, or at a workshop, a masters class or even her high school dance team.   Dance is in Ashley's blood, her great grandma was a beautiful ballerina.

Ashley and some of her friends after a dance competiton.
From left to right:  Ashley, Kylie, Alexa, Delaney and Ari



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