Dance friends are the best friends

I've said many times how grateful I am for the chance to be a part of Vega. There is something special about dance friends. We're typically nice, fun girls who get along with our moms. I'm Facebook friends with many of the girls I grew up dancing with and there's a sisterhood there that we will never lose. I have a very special relationship with my burlesquing buddies, and we will probably still giggle over our shared stories when we're old fancy ladies drinking champagne and talking through some group chat or future hen party technology mechanism. There's also some acquaintances who are dancer I've met only a few times who are friends on Facebook and we share a comradery with our shared backgrounds.  Right now, I also have a fun little group of students and this is my Facebook wall from this morning.

AJ: 1. I am not going to start calling you my personal trainer. Like, "Shannon, my personal trainer, killed my glutes this morning, so I won't be taking the stairs." and/or "My personal trainer, Shannon, said I could have a beer." 2. Morning highs are not as high when it's pissing rain outside. Even still... I am feeling pretty good. 

AP Oh no, she is sooo my personal trainer! I don't know about you, but I'm official addicted to Body Blitz! Love ya Shannon! Lol! :D 

AJ ‎^ addicted to a lot of things that Shan has brought to my life. Also, 

AJ ‎3. Does doing Power June make leg hair grow faster? It seems like yes. :\ 

SS are you just saying that because you noticed mine this morning? if so, thanks for pointing that out. I blame my impending period. 

SS You can call me your personal trainer as long as you say "awesome* personal trainer." and you can totally have a beer. (*may replace "awesome" with "hot" or "funny" but not "hairy legged") 

AJ HAHAHA no I'm just saying that bc I can't keep up with my own oldgrowth forest right now. Should we frenchbraid or what? 

AJ ‎(deal.) 

SS I have always wanted to learn those fishtail braids. maybe while we're stretching... 

SS also, I am awarding myself ten points for "Power June" 

AJ Oh, the fishtail I know. Sisterwives, here we come. "I am going to fishtail braid my awesomely hot personal trainer and my leg hairs together while we are stretching."

Photo Challenge - Weekly Recap

Day 26 - 12 o'clock
By 12, we'd made it to the woods, gotten a great start to our mushroom pile and cracked a beer.

 
Day 27 - something sweet
A road beer on the way to town after a successful day in the forest.

Day 28 - the weather today
While most of the day in Portland was gray, I woke up with the sun in Pendleton.

Day 29 - a number
Each birthday, John runs as may minutes as his age. Last year was 42. I'm going to laugh at him when he's 90.

Day 30 - your personality
I'm fun and funny and maybe a bit of a flirt.

Day 31 - something beautiful
I was running early in the morning and focusing on the rainbow's end on the other side of the road, when I turned around and saw that it arched across the whole sky, I literally stopped in my tracks. I love the bright colors against and sagebrush and stormy sky.

Day 1 - morning
I love waking up early and running as the sun comes up.

Memorial Day Weekend - part 3

I woke up early on Sunday morning and was going to head out for a jog. I looked out the window and it was dry with no wind. By the time I got ready to go, the wind was blowing the trees and rain was pouring down. 10 minutes later, it passed and I took off down the road. As I got out of town, I noticed a beautiful rainbow on my right. I ran until I could frame it with the silo of grain at the end. A pot of gold, right?
I kept running until it felt like it was time to turn around and when I did, I saw that the rainbow from the other side as well! So gorgeous.
I love how this looks like the tree is being pushed askew by the awesome force of the rainbow.
Back in town, I could see the whole arch. Rainbows make everything look magic.
I ran into John in town and we drove out to take a couple more pics . magic.

Memorial Day Weekend - part 2

6 adults, 1 toddler, 2 dogs, an RTV, a cooler of beer and a bunch of mushrooms. A great day.

We work out

Something fun is that I had one of Vega's beginning Hip Hop teachers come and teach a dance to my class on an in-between routines week. We had so much fun.

Memorial Day Weekend - part 1

We took off for a much needed 5 day weekend over Memorial Day. We landed in Pendleton for our first night away and then headed east to Vale, where we waited to follow John's mom to their new house.

We walked in to be greeted by this furry welcome wagon (waggin'?).


The Judy kids' senior pictures decorated the room we stayed in. 

It's always fun to see what John's dad has in the old car department so I snapped my way around.  

We had a great dinner with John's folks and then took off to explore the countryside from the very fun seats of the RTV.

Monster in Training

This is a lot of confidence for something only 4 inches long.