The Haircut

It's done. The hair is gone. I'm sure no one is in mourning, with the exception of Phil. In case you didn't already know, Phil put his hair up for auction to raise money for the Chapman Relief Fund. OK, the hair wasn't actually up for auction because who would really want that...the haircut was up for auction...people who wanted to see Phil cut his hair bid as much as $220 to make that happen. And it could have gone a lot higher but at the 5 minute cut off, the 5th Grade Football Moms had the bid at $220. (Phil coaches the 5th graders and apparently the Moms ganged up to make sure he couldn't get out of this one!)

So here we are, at Mane Effect where Susan has donated her time to cut the mop, I mean Phil's hair.

Look how long it was! She actually cut 7 inches!

Here's the audience...

Don't you like Phil's clippy?

And then Jace had to get a matching cut - his had been getting pretty long too! So here they are, my two favorite guys with their new do's. Aren't they striking????

Thanks, Susan, for donating your time, and for those who participated in the bidding. It was all in fun, and for a great cause!

Gearing up for Open House!

We finally concluded our Summer Camp Schedule last Saturday with our Saturday Day Camp in Concordia. All in all, we had almost 100 kids participate in Summer Classes at the studio! That is more than ever before! Thanks for your participation!

We had a great time, we decorated hats and shoe bags...
and the Roller Skating is always my favorite. Tori was showing off her tricks...but most of us were mainly just falling down! But it was still lots of fun!

Ceanna and Erin were great sports, being the oldest at camp the little ones really took to them! Liah rarely left her side!

Genna and Alex got the Spirit Award for their skating skills...or lack thereof...they never stopped smiling and laughing - and never complained when I know some of those falls must have hurt!


We also did tumbling, jazz, ballet, tap, hip hop, kick and some games. I wish I had more pictures of the dancing - I'm terrible about remembering to snap pictures! I only brought the camera one day and Janelle took most of these!

Open House is coming up in Clay Center on August 7th and in Concordia on August 8th. I can't believe summer is almost over! It always goes so fast. The Enrollment Newsletters are going out this week - so watch your mail! If you want to be added to the mailing list, just e-mail me with your address!

Happy 4th!

Hope you all had a Happy 4th of July!

My Mom always buys the grandkids a 4th of July t-shirt, so we tried to get a decent picture of the 5 of them. It's always comical but frustrating at the same time...there's the goofy faces from the boys....

The dog trying to jump in the picture...

Alyxis getting splinters from our unfinished porch project... which finally makes everyone smile.

And we have a keeper!

Sammi was a little out of sorts...she lays back her ears when she gets disturbed.

My Mom is looking and feeling great! She has had 4 of 6 treatments, and is ready to have her energy back, but overall doing really, really well!

Jalyn was kinda jumpy, she'll stick to the poppers that you throw on the ground...in fact, when the boys were just getting started she was ready for bed. Went inside and put on her pjs!

Zeb and Jace were throwing firecrackers...which was driving me crazy! Every year the Moms sit on the porch and yell at the kids all night, and the Dads egg them on more and more. It was cracking me up how Zeb was throwing his leg out everytime he 'wound up' to throw a firecracker! Hope you had a safe and FUN Day!!