Jaxton 2nd dance competition

So we headed up to Logan last Friday for Jaxton 2nd dance competition.  We were all pretty excited now that we knew what to expect from these events. Jaxton had been working hard since his first competition to improve and they added a couple of new things to his routine.  One of the things that Jaxton got feedback on with his 1st one was that he needed to smile. So we all had been reminding jaxt to smile.  At one point Jaxton looked at me and started to cry.  I asked him what was wrong and he said to me "I can't smile and dance at the same time"  It was so cute.  He is such a perfectionist and he seemed overwhelmed with the idea of something as simple as smiling.  I finally told him not to worry about it and to just dance.  It was very cute cause when he started his dance he had such a serious face and then he did one of his moves and the crowd went crazy and his face went from serious to all smiles.


                                           This next couple pictures captured this change :)

Jaxton Did so good.  He had been really concerned about this competition because he was going to be competing against Aspen who is from the same studio as him.  One day  he said to me "I want to win but I really don't want Aspen to be sad"  He is so tender hearted like that.  He asked if  he could get her flowers that way if he won he could give them to make her happy and if he lost then he could give them to her so she knows he thinks she is great.  This boy has one big heart.  Aspen did win.  She is incredible. Her performance was amazing.  I was so impressed cause Jaxt was really happy for her and never said a thing about not winning.   So Aspen got Queen and Jaxt took first place.  

                                             Jaxton and Aspen after he gave her flowers

Jaxton also asked if he could give his "girlfriend" Sawyer flowers. Sawyer has been wonderful to Jaxton.  She has gone out of her way to show him the ropes and to make sure he feels included. She is one of the neatest young ladies I have ever met.  We really Love Sawyer!

Jaxton and his Teacher Jason Pickett.  We have been so impressed with Jason he is 17 yrs old and spends his time teaching young kids to dance.  He is a hard worker.  He is a great example for Jaxton.  Jason is working hard in school and just has his head on straight.  I couldn't have picked a better role model for Jaxton. 

                                                              
                                                              Jaxt loves his trophy!

 This is all of the Soloists from Inspire.  We love Inspire Dance Studios it really feels like a family

                                                              The girls love Jaxton

We left after Jaxton got his trophy and we didn't realize that at the second award ceremony that night that they do overall winners in each division.  There were 22 novice dancers.  Jaxton got 3rd overall.  He was so sad cause he missed that.  That is such a big deal that he placed that high.  We were so excited.  Now we know that we need to be at all the award ceremony's :) Sorry Jaxt!  He was sleeping when they were doing these awards. The next day they gave Jaxton his ribbon. 

This is Jaxton and Whitney. She is the studio owner.  She is holding the trophy the studio got for sweeping the competition.  Inspire studio had 16 teams perform and 13 got 1st place and the other 3 got 2nd place.  Jaxtons hip hop Crew got 1st

Over all this dance stuff has been so fun.  I had no idea what any of this looked like cause I have never been into dance. I would have never imagined having a child that loved dance like Jaxton does. In fact when I was a kid my best friend Breck Yates and I had a joke that she use to tell me that I was going to have sons that wanted to dance and I told her that she would have girls that wanted to play sports. She was a cheerleader and I played the sports.  Her prediction was correct and I am so happy.  Jaxton is learning so much and works so hard.  He said to me on Sunday that he knew he was going to have to learn all other styles of dance to be as great as he wants to be.  That is big improvement cause he use to say he only wanted to do hip hop.   This is also my son that at three told Alex and I that he never wanted to work cause working was hard.  So we are so happy to see him working so hard he dances for at least 6-8 hrs a week.  And he never complains he is always excited to dance.  In fact there are times where I just want him to hold still :)  LOL

I also have to add that our other kids are so good about the long weekends. Payton is such a good sport. Its not his thing but he doesn't complain.  Lola loves watching the girls dance and is constantly telling Alex and I that she needs to talk to Whitney (the dance studio owner) so she can start to dance.  This weekend Donna (Alex Mom) had asked if she could come with us.  This was the first time our kids had really spent any amount of time with her and it was a great experience.  We were so grateful that she wanted to be apart of it.  She was a great help with Payton and Lola.  Lola was running a fever and we weren't sure what was going on with her so Donna took her and Payton back to the hotel and let Lola rest.  I am grateful that she took the opportunity to get to know our kids and that our kids got to know her. 

                 I love the little portable DVD players they can all be watching their own shows

                     Payton was watching Ace Venter Pet detective.  He loves this show

Lola was not feeling well but we didn't know what was going on.  I can't get over how attached Lola is to Alex.  It is so super cute to me.  He is so in Love with this little girl.                                                 

This is the rest of the pictures (sorry its a lot but I want to remember it all)

At Breakfast before heading to Logan

                                                                
                                                                Alex and Donna

The Very Beginning of his Performance

 He worked really hard on this move.  He has been able to do the stall but he really wanted to be able to get his head off the floor and he did it!  It was so awesome!

Waiting

                                                                Alex and his boys

                                             
                                              I got a new hat and Lola had to wear it LOL