Aubrey advanced to the semi-finals at the scera celebrity competition last night. YAY. Last year after singing at the same competition she felt like she'd "bombed" (in a negative way) and would in her words "never sing in public again". But she decided to try again, if nothing else than to conquer her fear. She practiced really hard and despite her worries had a great performance. She and two other young singers won the night. Aubrey teaches me daily the power of living a life focused on moving toward your dreams...and does that girl have dreams!

Balloon Festival Bust

So we got up and 5:15 am and trailed ourself over to the balloon festival per tradition. But the balloons would start to blow up, wildly quiver, than be taken down. Too windy for any to be fully blown and too windy to ever launch. Came home...naps. All were feeling a little "deflated". We are feeling blessed to have melissa, lance, evelyn and adelle visiting for a little while. Also we are having so much fun with cousins and uncle and aunt up from california. Hope everyone has a great independance day weekend.