"Because I Dance By Sarah Forney Becuase I dance doesn't mean that I am weak. It doesn't mean that my "sport" is unimportant. Because we (dancers) use tights and pink tutus. Becuase we're dancers we sweat, and we work. Because we're dancers simply means one thing; We work until we simply cannot work anymore. We work until our feet bleed, and our muscles are torn. True athletes work until they simply cannot anymore, And that is what dancing is all about. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Wed, 3 Sep 2008 18:26:00 -0500 Wed, 3 Sep 2008 18:26:00 -0500 Let me start off with an apology. I am soooo super duper sorry that I have been neglecting my blog. And hopefully I will have some readers left... although I highly doubt it =] Ok well, I am going to blog about some of the amazing experiences that I had in Canada! To start off I had to wake up at the horrid hour of 3. Who gets up at that time anyway?! Well I wasnt to upset about that since I had just gone to sleep 2 hours earlier. Haha. And I basically just got up and walked to the car! I will spare you the details of the trip and just tell you that it was 12 hours and extremely boring and uneventful. Although the scenery, when it finally got light wnough to see, was a beautiful reminder of God's awesome creativity and power. As you will see in some of my pictures =] Heres a pic of a little island place... I have no idea what the name is so.. sorry. This is just a beautiful picture from there. Do you see the womans profile? Look carefully on the horizon. The mountains? Comment and tell me wether or not you see it! =] Isn't that just amazing! It was just SO beautiful there!! There was TONS of clothes hanging everywhere on all the rails, because it rained off and on the whole week, so we kept on getting really wet, and so everyone just hung their clothes. We though that would be a better idea than, hanging them up in the cabins...... THAT stunk!!!!! Ugh! It was HORRIBLE! Bleh. All those wet clothes.. that slowly, but surely we're getting all moldy....... Here is a picture of the front of our cabin, Nootka 3 =] Here's a pic of the inner dock, that had the canoes, kayaks, Blob, and wake boarding. That is ALL of our luggage! At the outer dock. There is really to MANY things that I could say about all the fun at Camp! But I dont have that much time to tell it myself... so you will just have to go and see for yourself! I hopefully will blog much more frequently! Haha =] Bethany <3 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/584739/ Wed, 3 Sep 2008 18:26:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/584739/ Hi! So there not much to talk about (Gasp) Because well, after the Recital there is no dance classes (AAAAAAAHHHHHHH) Sorry I just had to let that out haha. But seriously I absolutely am about to die from not being able to dance! As I sit here I am reminscing about how wonderful it feels to dance and how I wish that I can dance, but its break week and there is no dance! Let me repeat that NO DANCE! Hannah and I are officially going CRAZY! But we only have been off dance for 1 week and we still have 2 weeks to go! This is NOT cool! And I am very sorry to report but my knees are taking a rest time. (more like a timeout)  This summer is going to be filled with "fun" activities such as swimming laps for  30-45 minutes a day 3 times a week, and doing Nordic Track 30-45 minutes a day 3 days a week, doing various weird excercises to rehabilitate my knees every day, and last but not least the machines that help my knees. I am not sure exactly what they are called but they are going to help me a lot this summer. At least they better! And the worst thing about this summer is that I am only allowed to take 1 lets repeat that ONE Ballet Class!!!!!!!!!!!! Do I need to tell you how sad that makes me feel? Its going to be very hard not being able to dance a lot this summer. Unbelieveably hard. But with Gods help I will make it with as few tears as possible. We still have to decide what ONE class I can take and its going to be hard. Whenever I talk or think about it the tears come. Its so hard! And next year I have to cut down 50% of my dance classes. That too is going to be hard, but I am not going to think about that at the moment. There is not even going to be a next year if I dont get my knees better this summer. My parents have made it crystal clear that if I do not get my knees better then there is absolutley no way I will be allowed to audition for my beloved Ballet Company. Which is making me cry as I am typing this. Some better things this summer is that I am going to be nannying these to very cute girls Isabel and Jessica who are 6 year old twins. I am going to be watching then 5 days a week fro about 8:30-1:15 monday through friday. And I am starting tomorrow! Which is very exciting! Yesterday I went up to the Duckabush for a CIT Meeting. It is for a Camp that my brother and I are going to be working at this summer. It was lots of fun to just hang out with Rachel! =] Thank you Rachel for coming and not leaving me with Josh, Tim, and your Dad. haha =-] I have been meaning to blog about the rest of the recital, but I want to get the videos ready so you will have to patiently wait for them =] I did want to say a special THANK YOU! To my teachers Mallory and Ana though. Mallory, is such a kind teacher and she was always so patient with me except for when I would constantly turn out (it drove her nuts) Thank you for being the best Tap teacher and for being understanding of my obvious problems with turnout. Haha I really enjoyed Tap this year and I am hoping to take it again sometime! BTW I was not the only person who woukd turnout Haley did too! ...........Just not as much as me. =] And thank you to Ana for being the best Ballet Teacher in the WORLD! Theres not much to be said that wasnt in the letter haha. The very looong letter. But I just want to say that I love the fact that you are willing to work with me and my knee problems. =] And thank you for helping Hannah and I with our problems and for being there for all of us dancers! You are a wonderful teacher and I love you!   A Final word................................ Love you all!!!!                                                 ~Bethany http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/544736/ Sun, 8 Jun 2008 15:01:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/544736/ Ok I am sooooo sorry that I havent blogged in approximately 2 weeks =] But I have been sooooo busy its almost funny, but not quite =] Well we just had our Dance Recital and it was truly one of the most fun/exciting/busy/sad weekends of my life! You might be wondering why it was sad, but you will have to read further to find out! Haha. Well all this craziness started on friday when we had our Dress Rehearsal. Dress Rehearsal was REALLY good for Hannah and I we did really well at our dances I messed up in the Enya and the Ballet 2 class dance, but the other dances I did rather nicely. So I was pleased with that day. It took so long and I was soooo tired and it seems all a blur, so as I sit here in front of my computer I am trying to remember what happened. Its not working. AAARGH! Well you will just have to take my word for it I was fantasticaly fun! =] One of my good friends, (Not that I have bad friends haha) Emily had gotten hurt on Wednesday, she sprained her ankle, and so she could not perform on pointe, for some of her dances and it hurt a loooot so she was really sad! I was sooo sad for her to! When I called her that night to see how she was, I was crying too, but I didnt want to make her feel even more bad so I tryed to hide it. So there was a lot of drama that day because I got the cruel news that I can only do 1 class this summer and I will most likely have to cut down 50 percent of my dance classes next year. So I was crying about that and then I cryed about Emily and so that was just a very emotional day for me! The next day I texted my friend Andrea and we got to "talking" about Emily and I was saying that I wanted to do something special for her, so we decided that I would get a card and decorate it and then Andrea would get her cookies and that I would get my mom to get flowers for her. So that day was really busy trying to get all that stuff together, trying to find a good poem for the card was really hard, but I did find a good one for her. =] And then Hannah and I decorated the HUGE card. Then the next day, friday, we had the Dress Rehearsal and we gave the card and cookies and flowers to Emily and she cryed and said that she loved it, it was nice to make her feel better. Because I felt really bad for her. =[ But I am glad to report that Emily made it through "The Weekend" and that she is on her way to being fully recovered! (I sound like a doctor, but that was the point) So that was a fun filled, frantic, emotional, and dramatic day. It only got worse. On Saturday was the DAY that we had sweated, stressed, worked, cryed, laughed, and hurt various body parts for. And the day stared out good the first show went through without any "emotionaly happenings" but the second show............... I am getting ahead of my self, lets backtrack to the two and a half break we got in between shows. Our friends Kaitlin and Casin came over to watch both shows so in between the shows we went to Ruby Tuesdays and I had french fries lol I LOVE french fries!!!! And Tim, Casin, and I had a chugging contest with our cherry lemonades it was soooo funny! I won!!!!! I downed about half of my drink and Tim was close, but he wouldn't admit it =] But I will for him =] That was soooo fun! Then we went back for the second show. The second show was ok I guess. Hannah had some mishaps in her Jazz/Lyrical Company performance she fell on stage and so she was really sad about that. She also had a mishap in our Ballet 2 class, but its fine, I bet nobody noticed except for the people who know the dance. I really messes up in my Candyman tap dance it was NOT good. But I will and did survive =] I had a really long break in the second show so I spent a lot of it talking with my friend Amy. And I got to know her more so that was really nice. Here is a nice break from reading so that you can look at some pictures. Here is Hannah, Kaitlin and I Haley, Drew, Emily, ??, Carissa, Missy,Amanda,  Alexis, Callan, Me, Andrea, and Lilly Haley, and Maili doing weird faces and Andrea looking surprised =] A cool picture of Alexis Kaitie and I Hannah and Kaitie with "The King" Me, looking very happy! Haha My Ballet Teacher Ana, and I. Sorry that some of these are blury =] Apparently some people ( namely hannah) have been complaing about the weird pictures I put of them so I  am putting a weird picture of me now. PLEASE do not laugh! Ok so there it is. I was beckoning other people to come and join the pisture when this was taken. Here is Amanda, Emily, Hannah, Rachel, me, and Kaitlin Ok so back to the reading, My really good friend Rachel came to the Recital and that was really fun! So I was talking to Emily and I was telling her that I wouldnt be doing a lot of dance in the summer. And then I started crying and then someone was passing and said if you want to cry go over there to join the cry fest. And so we went down the hall and there was soooooo many people and they were all crying because our friend Missy was leaving the Y so we all were crying and sobbing and my dad was taking some pictures trying to capture the moment. Uh Hum, so yeah he took them even though we were telling him not to through our tears. But he did anyway. So we were crying and hugging each other for about 30 minutes  while our friends and parents looked on with strange looks on their faces. I wonder why. lol Poor Kellen was so sad! Here is a funny picture of Hannah my dad was going to take a picture of Hannah when she was crying when some unwelcome people showed up jk. At least she is smiling now! =] Ok thats all for now I will post again about this tomorrow maybe =] http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/542083/ Mon, 2 Jun 2008 20:05:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/542083/ Yesterday we had a dance photoshoot and it was a very very looong day! We had to be there at 9in the morning for our opening number and then we got to have a nice long break until 2:00 at two we had to stay there until 9:00 at night. It was very tiring! But we did have some fun and stuff! We got to try on Zach's Afro. It was really funny! I know what your thinking, I wish I could have been there! Well here are some pictures of us! You have to admit, I can totaly work a fro! haha Here is a picture of PART of the mess in one of the girls dressing rooms! Messy! Here is a picture of some of us waiting in our rainbow costumes, dont we look lovely =] haha. Look at that bright green! This is one of my very good friends Amanda! Well I hope you like this very short post =] Thanks for reading and please leave a comment. =] =] =]  Love you all! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/534103/ Sun, 18 May 2008 14:14:01 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/534103/ Today was a scary day. I had a fight with someone, who will remain nameless. Imagine if you will a fight with mousse, not moose as in animal but mousse as in hair product. And well the result was rather frightening. For this nameless person has really big hair. and when you drench this persons hair in Volumizing Mousse, correction EXTRA Volumizing Mousse. WEll the result is not pretty. Mayeb I should start at the beginning. We got some new hairthings and they were all Volumizing products and this morning we took showers and she added some volumizing creme stuff and, and her hair got really really huge! And then during lunch I said that she should put a little bit of mousse in it to calm it down. So we went and we were putting a little bit of mousse in her hair. And then I noticed that it was VOLUMIZING mousse and then I was like "Umm excuse me _______, but I think that you just put VOLUMIZING mousse in your hair!" And then while she was freaking out I took the other bottle of EXTRA volumizing mousse and, well you have to understand that this other mousse bottle had the kind of nozzle that if you shoot it out of the nozzle then it flies really far, so when i sparyed her I got like a pound of it in her hair! And so then she was screaming and I was laughing and then she saw herself in the mirror with tooons of mousse in her hair, that expands by the way, so then she started laughing. And I was laughing sooo hard that I left and when I came back I sprayed more in her hair! And then she freaked out more and then she grabbed it from me and sprayed me with it and well, its kinda hard to explain but we were both COVERED in EXTRA volumizing mousse. So here are some pics of her hair after we tried to tame it down a bit. HAHAHAHA.   Well they are the pics of the nameless person. I hope you had a good laugh! I know I did. Love you all and please comment me. Bethany http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/531783/ Tue, 13 May 2008 19:02:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/531783/ Hi! Well I am really sorry that I haven't blogged in a while. But i don't  have that much to blog about except for dance, which I am sure that you guys don't hear about that any more haha, like every other post is related to ballet haha! So in this post we are going to go back in time and take a brief glimse of our life before moving to America. Ooooh you know its going to be interesting! First here is a picyure of some beautiful scenery in England. And here is some from I think it was Scotland? I am not sure. Ooh look its a BIG rock! Here is us in a big rock! By the way Tim got stuck in that hole! And if you want to know how we got up there, its top secret! Ooh, It was sooo high!!! It was kinda scary! But we were all safe =] And fine I will tell you how we got up there we clibbed through te hole that Tim is stuck in! Luckily we didn't all get stuck! Ok so I lied we lived in America when this pic was taken =] But I had to put it in cuz its so cute! Here we are in Iceland at this really cool place that had really cool stuff. I bet you want to know what it is dont you! Look at Lizzie! She looks like a marshmallow! But a very cute marshmallow =] Tim and I are petting the Icelandic Ponies =] Tim and I again at the beach, where there was black sand and LOOOTS of icebergs! Easter in England that is us in our backyard. The rest of these pics are of us in England. Happy Birtdhay Liz! We love you =] Aha! Finally some pics of Tarah! Look at her beautiful smile! Messy baby! But still very cute =] Can you guess who it is? And finally some random pics of us =]   Here is Elizabeth Hannah Timothy Me Bethany =] But this next pic is my favorite one EVER!!! I love it! Haha its so cute =] And it proves that Tarah is also naughty =] Well I hope that you liked the pics of us. Pleae leave a comment! I would really appreciate it =] Love you guys,      Bethany http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/529277/ Thu, 8 May 2008 16:19:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/529277/ Hi! Last friday we had our last day of HOPE co-op! YAY! It was kind of bitter sweet. Because we are happy that there is no more homework, but it is sad because we wont be able to see some of our friends for a long time! I had a really hard time that day, but I wont go into details =] If I already told you about it then you are special, and if you saw it happen, good for you. The rest of ya'll are just going to have to guess. Or ask politely. I had a play performance and I was Marjorie, the banker. It was an Ok part, but I would rather of been someone different . I had to skip ballet, which I did NOT want to do!!!!! I wish that I could of magically made it to dance, but I couldnt. =[ sadness I know. . . . But I probably wouldn't of been able to actually participate it in my classes because I have stupid knees, you guys have probably heard me say a lot about my knees, and you might not actually know what I am talking about! I dont even really know what I am talking about! You will have to ask Ana haha. I will start with Tarah! Tarah graduated form Kindergarten, and they had a special ceremony for the 3 kindergartners. Here is some pics. Tarah and Sarah Yay Tarah! Well next I am will show you guys some pics of our Play, Cafe Murder! I dont have any pics of during the performance, but I do have before and after ones =] Hannah was a mime and Pizza Delivery Guy, I was Marjorie, and Tim was a mime and Luigi who was one of the owners of the restraunt. Our hair looks lovely, I must say =] Detective Harris, mime, Marjorie, Luigi, and Mario Me getting my hair done. The finished product! Ta Da! I look very pale Megan, did not want to be seen! Haha, that is not her real hair btw. Tim did not want to get his hair done! We had to get Mario to hold him down! Mrs. Gunnells, who put together this whooole play, is very brave to have to put up with 3 Pancho's! Savana K. Micah and Savannah I. Always hamming it up! Josh, Stuart, and Zach Timothy and Dan at the computer as usual =] Price and Ross, or Pross and Rice according to Tarah haha. try and find a weird one of her just a sec, while I go and work some magic! And here is a pic of some random kids getting ready =] Well, I hope you like this post even though its kinda short =] Ok Hannah says she wants a pic of her in here so I will have to find a weird picture of her just a sec while I go and find a weird pic of her...................... how do you like that? http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/524507/ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:54:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/524507/ These are pretty cool! And funny =] Dont sing the songs.   Can you cry under water? How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?  Why do you have to 'put your two cents in'.. But it's only a 'penny for your thoughts'? Where's that extra penny going to?  Why does a round pizza come in a square box?  What disease did cured ham actually have?  How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?  Why is it that people say they 'slept like a baby' when babies wake up like every two hours?  If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?  Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV?  Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?  Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat? Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane ?  If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?  Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs! If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME stuff, why didn't he just buy dinner?  If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?  Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?  Why did you just try singing the two songs above?  Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?  Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?  · Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed? ·  Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"? ·  Why is "abbreviated" such a long word? ·  Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?  · Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?  · Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker? ·  Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour? · Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food? · You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?! · Why don't sheep shrink when it rains? ·  Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together? · If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress? If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal? http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/523002/ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:08:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/523002/ Hi! Well we have some very exciting news! Hannah my lovely and talented sister might be able to be en pointe this september! I am sooooooooooo excited! I cant wait until I can teach her stuff! It is going to be soooo much fun! And last night I was just lying in my bed, icing my injuries and reminiscing about when I was told that I could be en pointe. . . . . . . . I remember the day like it was yesterday, actually I remember that whole week like it was yesterday. It started on a monday, most weeks do you know, and I was in this Ballet 1 class, and this girl named Sammy was asking about Pointe, and then she asked if I was on pointe and I said "No, not yet" very dejectedly =]and Ana, said "No, but she will be soon." Well, she had been saying that for months and so I was just thought sure, yeah, uh huh, soon can be a very loooong time. But I didnt say that out loud, just in my head. =] But that wednesday during Pointe class, Ana just asked me if I wanted to go buy pointe shoes that saturday with her and this other girl Andrea!  I was SHOCKED! She just out of the blue yelled across the room "Hey you! " Lilly and I both were like "me" and we pointed to ourselves and then she was like no not you, you. And I was just like "me" and she said yes. Then she was like do you want to go get pointe shoes this Saturday? I still could not believe it! I looked behind me to see if there was someone else, but there wasnt!  I could not believe it!!!! I just remember asking if I could go and call my mom and ask her and Ana said yes and I ran all the way down the long hallway ignoring the yells to not run in the hallway and called my mom and I was like "Mom, mom guess what?! Ana said that I could go on pointe! Can we go get pointe shoes this saturday? Please Please please please please pretty pretty pretty please?" And I was praying as hard as I could that she would say yes! And she did! And then my level of happiness that was at "I CAN do pointe" went to "I CAN get pointe shoes!!!!!!!" Then I ran all the way back to trhe dance room and I slowed down before I got there, because heaven forbid that I look toooo excited =] haha. I walked in and, and so much for subtlety I ran to my teacher and was I was like My mom said yes!!!!!! And I hugged her and I was jumping up and down, if I remember correctly. . . . haha. And she just said that I have to promise to work hard and, of course I said I would, who wouldnt? And I was walking on air the whole day I was just soooo excited! I bet I couldnt stop smiling! Then the next 2 days were the looongest days of my whooole life! I walked and slept and danced on air! And I looked at our discount dance magazine and looked at all the beautiful ballerinas not believing that I could actually do those things, but wishing that I could. And I knew that my wish was becomimg more of an reality. I knew it was going to be hard, but I knew that I was going to try sooo hard and that I was going to get better. It was actually very nice, because before I used to HATE looking at the dance magazines because I wanted to be en pointe, but I wasnt en pointe, and that made me mad!!!! So remember looking through that magazine going WOW I can not believe that I will actually be able to do that someday! It was just. . . . . . . . . . I cant really explain it, but it was wonderful!  And finally that saturday came and I was excited and I was telling everybody, that I was going to go get pointe shoes! I think they were just like, yay Bethany, but thats the 6th time you told me today! But i didnt care =] But as the time grew nearer I started to get nervous and I started to think, what if I go and when I try on the pointe shoes Ana thinks that I am not ready yet, and she changes her mind! I really did think that, but I dont know why =] haha. But, I did get my coveted Pointe shoes and I could not wait to wear them! And when did did I was just soooo happy! That I didnt feel pain that much! I remember standing with Carissa at the barre and doing warm ups with my First Pair of Pointe Shoes and we were doing the simplest things and she was saying that her feet hurt really bad and then she asked if mine hurt. And the I just paused and I thought about it and then I was like, I think they do, but I cant feel them because I am to excited for it to hurt! But, of course they did hurt after and I had the blisters to prove it =] So that is the story of my first Pointe Shoes! I am sure that it was not that exciting for you to read, but it was for me! =] = ] =] Now I am soooo excited that Hannah gets to be en pointe! And I know that she is going to do GREAT! Because I know my sister and she is just great at everything she does! =] Plus she has the beautiful ankles that I am really really really jealous of, but we wont get into that right now. She is going to be soooo happy and I bet she is going to be better then everyone! Ok, not everyone but at least she will be better then me someday! And I will be so proud of her! Hannah is just such a talented dancer! That is hard to believe, but its true! And it is just going to be soooo much fun! And I am just sooooo excited! In case you cant tell! This is probably going to be the longest summer ever! Haha. I wish I had pretty ankles =[ Love you all! =] Have a wonderful day! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/521544/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:17:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/521544/ Hi my name is Tarah. I am 5. I like ballet, becuase it is so fun and I cant believe that its so fun. My favorite thing is doing my dance. My favorite teacher is Bethany, no I mean Maili.  When I grow up I want to be Bethany, because I want to be a ballet teacher too. My best friend is Sarah, because she comes to my "YMCA" and to my Church and co-op, and she gets to sleepover at my house and I sleepover at her house. My favorite book is Princess books. I like watching Hannah's hip-hop dance, cuz its cool and I saw it in Bethany's camera. Ana, is so cool. Ana, is Bethany's teacher, I like her because she is really nice and pretty. I like to do backflips on the trampoline, except I dont know how. Love Tarah http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/520471/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:49:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/balletluvr/520471/