StaceyLizette :D

This past Saturday I attended my second workshop with StaceyLizette here in Browntown!!! It was at a foo fee well know two-story dance academy in Brownsville; you could here people practice everywhere. It was pretty cool. For a while there I felt like I was in New York at a dance school :D! Stacey is also a professional bellydancer. The coolest part is that she has a REAL job; she does this for fun and is amazing at it!!!! Stacey is a Level III Certified in the Suhaila Salimpour format!!! She soooooo kicked my butt within the first 30 minutes of class and that was just the WARM-UP, lol!!!! I had so much fun!!!! There was also a show at the Loft in Brownsville.

One graduation down, two more to go!

My baby boy, Aaron, graduated from Kinder Friday! One down, two to go meaning high school then college!!! Ariel and I were very impressed with the school. Everything was very organized and beautiful; they even had a slide show of the kids throught they year! It brought tears to our eyes and goose bumps seeing him walk down the isle!!! They grow up so fast, yet it has just begun! May the Lord bring him may blessed years!!! Congratulations Aaron! Mommy and Daddy are very proud and love you soooooo much!

My Beautiful Niece!!

My little girl, Alyssa, had her second piano recital tonight. She attends Dr. Cash Elem. There they have an after school program that allows kids to pick an extracurricular activity such as dance, piano, chess, etc. Anyways, this is her second year with piano. She gets better and better every year. This year her Uncle Ariel went to see her and was able to record. I was not able to see her last year nor this year. Ariel and I had to choose and since its HER Uncle Ariel which she adores how could I win!!! Her are some pics!!!

1st Place ~ BABY!!!

Well the boys are going to share 1st place cuz the undefeated team that our boys BEAT were toooooo scared to play for 1st so they "SAID" that they would share 1st place.... I think they were shakin in their boots (cleats, hee...hee...)!!!! Go BLUE DAWGS!!! Awesome season!!! only one loss!!!

"Shimmy By The Sea"

"Shimmy By The Sea", Corpus Christi, TX was my first bellydance workshop and it was awesome!!! My friend / BD Instructor "Elda" had been bugging me to attend a workshop, any workshop so I could see the other side of the "bellydance world". Boy is there a "bellydance world" out there, BEAUTIFUL women of all ages and sizes who LOVE bellydancing. We had three full days of exercising, dance and entertainment. The Shows were awesome. I got to see bellydancers from all over Texas perform ~ 2 1/2 hours long..... I loved it!!! We had three BEAUTIFUL Instructors Viviane, Karen Barbee and Dilek:

Friday ~ Day 1: "Viviane" gosh, what can I say about her.... she is just sooooooooooo BEAUTIFUL in every way. The way she dances, her looks, her character, EVERYTHING!!! Here's a little info of her background: she is a passionate multi award winning professional dancer and accomplished instructor. She dedicates her life to pursue the traditional Egyptian belly dance style or "Raks Sharq", while incorporating Brazilian flavor, without distancing herself from the dance origins. Saturday ~ Day 2: "Karen Barbee". I loved the way she taught class. She made it fun and easy. She would crack jokes and do funny moves. Here's a little info on her: she trained in Cairo, Egypt, with some of the most accomplished dancers in the world and has participated in major symposiums. She has taught and performed in workshops, clubs, restaurants in cities all over the U.S. She also taught in the Caribbean and Brazel.

Sunday ~ Day 3:"Dilek". Her class was interesting. We played with zills and our gypsy skirts. Here's a little info on her too: she was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey. She trained with many well known dance instructors. Growing up in Istanbul, Dilek was lucky to watch and study dancers perform to complicated Turkish 9/8 rhythms and Oriental style Turkish dance.

Here are pics from from the shows (the ones above are from the evening shows). I wish I could put the videos but I can't ~ its a rule thing, but I can show you if you want!!!

Oh, there were three little girls that performed. They were AMAZING!!! I also recorded them, sneakily... hee... hee... The shouldn't of made Still/Video cameras!!!

Here are a couple of slide shows. The first slide is of all the dancers, the second one is just of the Instructors performances! Enjoy, I did!

A MOTHER'S LOVE .....

This will be my first time EVER away from my children.... They may drive me nuts but their MINE.... I don't know how I'm gonna get through this weekend. Ugh! It just drives me nuts...."why did I sign up for this bellydance workshop!" I thought I was going to be real machona or fregona, hmmm, just pure talk... This time I can't walk the walk!!! Am I being a baby? It just hurts me to think of it.... Should I just lose out on the money? I'm driving myself nuts.... Parts of me WANT to go and parts just tell me that I'm being selfish!!! I just need to pray and leave my children in Lords hands. I have responsible people who are taking care of them for me and that love them.... Please dear God watch over my babies.... :-( This is no fun..............

Aiden's first haircut!!!

We finally took the "wero" to get his first hair cut Saturday, May 10, 2008; he was 22 months and 3 days old!!! The place we took him gave him a "My First Haircut Certificate" super cute with a little bag that contained his first curl. I look at the pics and it looks like they're cutting a little girls hair, funny!!!