A Wonderful Evening

Saturday night was an exciting night at our house! (This was before Shannon's staples!) As most of you know, my girls are very involved in dance. One of their favorite shows is "So You Think You Can Dance." Kelly was talking about this show to a good friend of ours, Clare, who was also Kelly's fourth grade teacher. (top photo) They always had a special connection and Kelly goes over to Clare's house to spend time with her and her 2 year old twin girls. Kelly mentioned that Mia Michaels was her favorite choreographer and that she really liked her work. So Clare emailed Mia and told her about Kelly and how it would be so special if she could meet her. Mia emailed Clare back and said she would like to make it happen. Mia's assistant called Clare on Friday and said Mia had some time Saturday evening and would like to meet Kelly. Mia and her assistant, Teddy, came down to our humble house in Mission Viejo Saturday evening!! It was so exciting to meet her. Naturally, we had to have the important dance people in our lives here, so we had our good friends, Kristi, the girls' dance teacher and owner of the dance studio, and Stevie, who is another dance teacher at our studio. Megan also had her good friend Amy Jenkins over since they have danced so much together for the last three years. And of course Clare and her family were here since she was the one who made this happen! We can't thank you enough Clare. This meant so much to Kelly. It was so great to have something so positive and exciting happen right after Kelly's surgery and week in the hospital. The timing couldn't have been better.

It was truly an amazing visit. Mia is such an inspirational person and was so nice to Kelly and everyone else. She and Kelly are planning to stay in touch now.

note: I am having trouble uploading photos for some reason. If I get it figured out, I may add some more photos later.