Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! We hope you all have a wonderful holiday remembering our Saviors birth! We leave for New Jersey early in the morning. We will try to post while we are there!

With lots of love,

Melanie, Brian, Stephanie, Taylor, Kerri and Maddie

HaPPy bIrTHdAy MAdIsoN!

Madison turned nine on the eleventh of December. It's so amazing that she is already that old, the baby of the family isn't that babyish ( or whatever) anymore. Madison, thank you for being the best youngest sister EVER! You are such a joy to be around. And we love to laugh and be silly with you. Even if someone does end up hurt! Ha ha! You are an amazing dancer, and we can't wait till we get to see you dance in NATIONALS!  Soon you will be a official "double digit midget" just like the rest of us! one more year baby! We are so thankful that God put you in our lives to be our sister.  WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

Headed for WORLDS 2009! by Taylor

Yup... the headline says it all, We have a couple excited world qualifiers! We drove to Orlando, Florida on Thursday morning. Our grandmother and good friend Alexis came as well to cheer the girls on.  It was a long tiring drive, but we finally reached our destination.  Jonathan Hunt stayed with us the first night in the condo, we told  some stories and ate some pizza, then the "hangin out" was over. The next day was filled with the clacking of shoes, screams of happiness, girls dressed in makeup, wigs, crazy dresses, running around, and the boredom of sitting around for HOURS! Steph danced on Saturday, she danced beautifully. And she got.......... (drum roll) 4TH PLACE! Out of 124 girls. Ya, I know AMAZING! And yes, she did start to cry. =D So do ya'll like her new dress? 

Now for the little Moochie. Ok, before I say anything else, doesn't she look adorable in that dress? Not only was she in the top five, but she was definitely the cutest one out there. Yes, people that's right, she got 4TH PLACE TOO! She was so happy and surprised. The girls' whole school did great as well. Jonathan and JJ Hunt made Worlds too, and both got third place! Great job to ALL the An Cor Rud dancers!