The first dance competition after we lost Chaddy was extremely hard on all of us but especially Paislee. She never forgets her dances or gets scared about competing and she couldn't stop crying because she just wasn't remembering her dances. Chad gave her a blessing and we just prayed that she could be calm and remember the dances. The stress of loosing someone close to you hurts in so many ways and affects your everyday life for awhile.
So at the competition we just took it dance by dance. I would help her go over one dance at a time, the one she was going to compete next. She absolutely amazed me with how she held it all together and rocked every one of her dances.
Her cousins and friends were a great distraction from the pain our family was all still feeling!
I often ask myself as we are running 4 to 5 days every week to dance and tumbling why, why do I do this to myself? Then at this competition I saw how much my beautiful and talented Paislee girl has grown and bloomed, I am so proud of her and it makes it all worth it. All the driving back and forth, all the late nights, all the hard work, all the nights fighting Prescott at dance, all the money and all the practicing, it is ALL worth it.
We needed a break during the long dance day with just our little family. So we went and got lunch, bought bread and went to feed the ducks. Prescott LOVED it and we realized as we were there and watching his excitement that we have never taken him to feed ducks before.
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