The Art of Dance

Dance is one of the activities that I am involved in. I started dancing when I was four years old. Ballet is one form of dance that I do and the one that I have done for the longest. I started out in shoes that are called slippers.

Slippers are a softer shoe that younger dancers use when starting to dance. They are made out of leather or canvas. The ones in the picture are made out of leather. I prefer leather because they won't wear out as fast. Older dancers use slippers too. They are required to take at least one class with slippers.

As you can see, I've worn a hole straight through the big toe of one of my slippers. Time to get new ones!

Once dancers are old enough and are at a high enough level in their dancing, a dancer will use pointe shoes.

Pointe shoes are a harder shoe that will enable the dancer to dance on top of their toes. A pointe shoe has a hard box at the end of the shoe and a hard shank (or sole) on the bottom to help support the dancer's foot. If you are constantly on top of your toes they are going to hurt, so dancers will put toe pads in the shoe to help cushion their toes when they go on to pointe.

Another form of dance that I just recently starting taking is jazz.

Those are jazz shoes. Jazz is a form of dance that is more modern and the moves are more free form. Pop music is what is danced to. It is really fun and is something that makes me feel relaxed.

Dance is something that I enjoy doing and hope to enjoy for years to come. :)

Beach Relaxation

Hi everyone! I just got back from a wonderful vacation at the beach. I hadn't been to the beach since I was nine years old. So this was a treat!

My family and I went to Long Beach Island, NJ and stayed there for Thursday, Friday, and part of Saturday. It was sunny the whole time we were there, perfect beach weather.

This is a picture of the hotel we stayed in from the beach. It was very nice and clean and it was great because you didn't need to walk far at all to get to the beach.

The water was clear and cold. The waves got bigger and bigger as the day went on.

My brother and I enjoyed boogie boarding and splashing about in the waves close to the shore.

Friday morning we all got up at five o'clock and rushed outside to the beach to watch the sunrise. I was really tired but it was worth it!

The scene was absolutley breathtaking! I just kept on snapping pictures to try and capture the beauty of it.

That night we went to the lighthouse that was on the island.

In this picture I was able to capture the lighthouse and the sunset too

I had so much fun on my vacation and wish I could have stayed longer. But I have to come back to reality sometime.

Have a great week everyone! :)

It is FINISHED!!!!!

The moment that I have been waiting for has finally come. The raffle quilt is finished! Or should I say the top is finished? I absolutley love the way it turned out. Now I'm going to ship it off to Laurie so she can quilt it. Get ready Laurie! It's coming your way! :)

It is hard to get a good picture of the whole thing because it is so huge. It is almost bigger than a king sized sheet.

This was a fun but long project to work on. I'm happy that it is for such a good cause. :)