Summer Camp Week 2

Happy Friday Blog Readers! Hope everyone has had a good week. Camp this week was all about Creative Movement. We made up walks, games, and dances. Here is a picture of the girls being silly and showing me their "peace" signs :) We had a good week and they performed 7 dances, including "Party in USA" which was a group choreography number...good old Hannah Montana!

Summer Camp-Week 1

This summer, I am teaching 4 weeks of dance camp at Emerson School here in Ann Arbor. Summer at Emerson offers half day camps which are open to all students K-8. This is technically week 5 of the camp session, but for me it was week 1...and it was SO much fun! The camp I taught this past week was called "Dance Your Heart Out". Every day we learned a different style of dance. Monday-Jazz, Tuesday-Tap, Wednesday-Ballet, Thursday-Swing. The kids learned 4 dances (one from each style) and today we got to present them to some of the other camps. The kids did an amazing job...they were an absolute riot! I had 12 girls and 1 boy. Here is a picture (of most of us) after our performance today. Stay tuned for next week's camp...Creative Movement!

My favorite line of the week was from one of my precious little campers, Esme, who told me on Monday "Boy Ms. Anne...I'm a little rusty and out of practice on my polka step...but I'll sure try my best". :)

Reunited!!

Thursday evening, two of my dearest college friends/ballet major buddies Meredith and Laura, along with their hubbys, came up to AA for a long weekend visit. We had a blast! It was so good to see them catch up. The guys bonded instantly (Ted had not met Laura's husband Kyle, and had met Mick who is Meredith's husband, only once). The three of them talked about and did nothing but golf! So us girls were pretty much left to entertain ourselves (which we were totally capable of, ha!) Friday, we went to lunch at Zingerman's Deli which is a world famous establishment I believe (it's CERTAINLY popular around here!) Friday night after Ted got home from work, he took us to tour the Big House. We then went to Grizzly Peak for dinner, yum! Saturday, the guys spent most of the morning/afternoon at the golf course. The power actually went out early Saturday morning so us girls got up and ready and headed out for the day (thankfully the electricity came back on later that afternoon). We went and spent the day in downtown AA shopping and touring around. Saturday night, we went to the Ann Arbor Comedy Club...something that is kind of cool and unique to us here. We then went and walked around campus. Sunday afternoon, the guys (you can probably guess what they did!) golfed! and the girls went to IKEA :) Later we all met up and our dear friends the Jobes joined us and we went to dinner at our favorite place, Prickly Pear. Got up early this morning and took everybody to the airport...it always goes so fast! Thanks for coming to visit us guys, we love ya and hope you enjoyed your first trip to Ann Arbor :)

Bye Bye Bria!

Our dear friend Bria moved to Washington D.C. last weekend. Her husband Robert is starting a new job/wrapping up the Ph.D. We miss you already Bria (and Robert), you can come back now :) We know you guys are going to do great, and we're excited about your new adventure. (We really do prefer you move back though!) This pic was from their farewell party...Emily, Bria and Anne...the three amigos!

Happy Anniversary!!!

Six years ago today, we said "I Do"...and I Do believe I'm the luckiest girl out there! :) Thank you Lord for the gift of marriage and of love. We are so very blessed, and it all comes from You. Happy Anniversary Ted Led! Love, Me :)

Happy Fourth of July!

Hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th! It was a gorgeous holiday weekend here in Ann Arbor and we spent as much of it outside as we possibly could. Ted and I house sat for some friends for the weekend(they have a pool which was a lovely bonus!) We spent the early part of the day on Saturday in the pool. Later, our friends Robert and Bria came over and we, well Robert more specifically, grilled hot dogs for us. We then went to a Tiger's game. We had a great time, saw a great game, and ended the evening with a spectacular display of fire works. Sunday evening we took a blanket and a book to campus, and set up shop under a tree...we later moved once we realized we were in "ant territory"! So thankful for a low key weekend and the freedom to enjoy the things that we do. Here are some pics from the weekend:

Sweet Suites!

As many of you may know (or not know), the Michigan Football Stadium-"The Big House", has been under construction since Nov 2007. Well, it is finished. And it is fabulous. Last night, I was able to go up and see the finished product. For those of you who might be thinking, what in the world is she talkin' about, the stadium added suites and club seats (indoor and outdoor). The pictures do not do it justice, and I didn't take NEARLY enough, but just to give you a small glimpse of the newest addition. I took one from inside a suite looking out the window, and the other picture is a section of outdoor club seats. You can see more at www.mgoblue.com And there are suites and seats available if anyone is interested :)

Anaheim, CA

Last week was the annual NACDA Convention (a.k.a.Athletic Conference). This year, it was held in Anaheim. Let me just start this blog off by saying we will NOT EVER move to LA (based on traffic alone!!) Going from LAX Airport to the hotel on a fast and fearless shuttle was about all our hearts and nerves could handle...Ted and I just closed our eyes and squeezed each others hand! As each passenger got off at his/her destination, there was such a look of relief...and a "good luck" to the rest of us. Well, we did in fact make it safely (thank you Lord!) and had a great week in CA! Our hotel was within walking distance to Disney Land. We didn't actually go to the park, but did walk to Downtown Disney one day, which was really cool and REALLY expensive (never in our right mind would we spend $18 on Jamba Juice and a pretzel). Oh well :) Ted attended several meetings, I attended several pool times...although I must say, it wasn't exactly hot. We were lucky to reach 80 degrees during the day and at night, it got down into the mid 50's. NO humidity though, which was lovely :) There were a few events that I was able attend. One of those was hearing Condoleezza Rice speak-VERY cool! Ted was also able to meet and get a picture with one of his favorite players, Dave Winfield. Speaking of baseball players, we also caught an Angels game. They were home playing the LA Dodgers. We decided to take a chance and walk to the stadium which was just a few miles from the hotel and managed to find a pair of cheap tickets. It was a lot of fun. Friday, we checked out of the hotel. On our way back to the airport, we stopped at Santa Monica Pier and ate at a yummy Mexican restaurant. We also went and dipped our toes into the FREEZING Pacific Ocean! One of Ted's coworkers/boss had rented a car and was very kind to give us a ride back to the airport and show us something "toursity" before we headed back to the Eastern Time Zone.

Happy Father's Day!

Just wanted to give a shout out to our dads...we love you SO MUCH!!!

A Trip Down Memory Lane...

High School Lane that is! Last Thursday, Ted and I flew to Oklahoma City to visit our families(of course!) and to attend my 10 year high school reunion. It was great to see everyone. I'd say all in all, there was a pretty good turnout, and the event was very nicely done. I really goofed this trip...AND FORGOT MY CAMERA!!! I always have my camera on me, but for some reason I never grabbed it before we left. My sweet mom loaned me hers. However, I must have been rather flustered because I managed to snap only one or two other pictures besides reunion pics (I am so sorry families!) We also celebrated Carleton and Mimi's birthday...I did manage to snap their picture! It was so good to be on Oklahoma soil :)

Beth Moore Girl's Weekend!

Sorry, I'm a little behind with this blog! Last weekend (May 21 & 22) myself and 6 other girlfriends went to Grand Rapids, MI where Bible teacher and author Beth Moore spoke to a group of approx 7,000 women and maybe 5 brave men :) It's hard to really put into words what an incredible experience it was. "For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God". Psalm 86:10 Thank you Lord for precious friends and for how you love us so.

p.s. we also found a Sonic late Friday night, woohoo!! An unexpected blessing :)

Family, Ford, and Food!

Al and Dixie (Ted's mom and dad) drove up last Tuesday from Oklahoma City to visit us for a few days...oh boy did we have fun! Of course the best part was simply being with them and having them here, but my favorite outing of their visit was our trip to the Henry Ford Museum/Ford Rouge Factor Tour. What a treat!! We spent the earlier part of the day going through the factory (which was quite impressive!) Unfortunately no pictures allowed, but we got to see how Ford F150 trucks are made. Amazing. We then ate lunch at the Wienermobile Cafe (can you guess what we ate?) and then toured the museum. We saw dozens and dozens of Ford model cars, including presidential cars (we have a picture of the car JFK was assassinated in). Dixie is standing next to her first car, although she said hers wasn't pink! We also took a picture next to the bus that Rosa Parks rode when she refused to give up her seat. And the picture of Ted next to the rocking chair was the actual chair that President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in on April 14, 1865 at Ford's Theatre. Pretty cool!

We were also taken care of in the food dept:) Thank you both so much for treating us to some yummy meals!! We are so thankful that you came to visit us...we love you guys very much!! (Al, I'm going to take you to the cup cake store next time you're here!)