1st place GOLD and 5th OVERALL

in all my years of life..not that very many i'll have you know but enough...i did something for the first time today. i attended priss's very first competition for tap. she was all smiles and nerves as we got ready to leave yesterday afternoon. jason and i had talked that since we had to be there at 7:15 a.m. and it was over an hour away, and she didn't dance until 8:45 a.m. we would just go down the night before so that everyone would get some more sleep. when she and i arrived at the site there were only about 5 cars in the parking lot. we went in and immediately found her instructor and her dance partner. all of us made our way to the dressing area, which was a large gym with tarps all over the floors. we still hadn't done her hair, make-up or painted her fingernails yet so we got down to business. by 10 till 8 her hair, make-up and nails were done, and she had her tights, costume and feather decorated shoes on. she was ready to go but it wasn't time yet. jason, the boys and my mom got there about 15 minutes before she took the stage. she did AMAZING! she smiled, hit her taps and kept her arms straight which was all we really wanted them to focus on. her partner and her were so excited when they finished that they were all smiles. now we just had to wait for the other numbers for finish before the awards were given out. her routine Rockin Robin got a gold first place award and they placed 5th overall. we were so excited! i think a tear or two might have been present when their group was called. at the mornings start she said she wasn't sure if she wanted to do this "competition thing" again but by the time we left i think her mind had changed. we'll just wait and see how she feels after the next competition at the end of this month! but for now she is floating around the house somewhere wearing her gold medal around her neck!

we couldn't video tape so still pics is as good as it gets!