so my trip to vegas/arizona was better than I expected. It was fun, and i loved seeing all the animals my aunt and uncle have. They had this baby cow that wasn't named yet, so they named it dancer for me! she's so cute. Vegas was nice b/c we stayed at the hotel we stay @ 4 nationals in vegas, and it was pretty much the same. our last night we stayed at the MGM grand...which is AMAZING! no joke.

k8e moved in thursday, then we had rehersal and a $|<@// sleepover @ fatty's. the next day we had an easter egg hunt, then katizzle and i practiced at the centre, and packed 4 competition.

competition went well. it was gr8 getting to see all of the dances in the first half. i'm usually too busy. my first number was temptation and wasn't until 2:30! it went REALLY well too. i was shocked. it got gold, jungle got high silver, unity got gold, goodnight saigon got gold, revolution got gold, i was hoping got high silver, bayao got gold, spiderman got gold, heartbreaker got gold, then solos. k8e got gold and 2nd place in rising star ages 13+, mary got gold and 3rd in the same category. there were a bunch of ppl in there category (6 or 7?) shawn won, paul wn the future star category ages 13+, i got gold on big time and dialate, andd i got 5th out of 25 w/dialate for All Star ages 13+. I was pretty pumped. (i lost to 4 amazing guys and an amazing girl*there was a tie*). overall it went pretty well. i'm very tired tho and i don't want school to happen at allllll.

I'm also wickedddd excited for tomorrow afternoon!!!!!1 blake mcgrath is teaching at DSOM and skam is going to try to take the class. i'm probably going to start crying i'll be so excited. wow. okay.

i hope everyone else had a gr8 vacation.

_Mariel*