A couple of months ago Rylee came home from school with an interest in signing up for a community theater class. A classmate had told Rylee about the theater class and Rylee came home telling me how much she really wanted to do it. I had just signed her up to play Y-ball so I told her we needed to wait on the theater class, I am all for letting my kids pursue their interests but this wasn't the best of thing. She understood and agreed to wait. A couple of weeks ago my friend in the Ward, Melissa, posted online about some theater classes that the company she is a part of, Treasure Valley Children's Theater, were having. One of them was a Theater sampler which was a three day, 1 hour class where kids can participate and give acting class a try. It was pretty inexpensive and we did not have any conflicts on those days so I talked to Rylee about it and we got her signed up. Unlike the regular theater classes parents were allowed to stay and observe and I really enjoyed watching Rylee come out of her shell. She was fun and funny and really seemed to be having a great time. After the last class I asked Rylee if this was something she wanted to continue doing and she enthusiastically said "Yes!". Her teacher recommended the intermediate class and I signed Rylee up for a 12 week course with Melissa as the teacher.
Ryker has been working really hard lately to get some Merit badges passed off and this week at our Ward Court of Honor he was able to receive recognition for the badges he earned and also to receive his Life Scout rank. It is pretty big deal for him to have received this rank because the next rank to receive is his Eagle Scout which he is really wanting to earn.
Also this week was Rylee's first Basketball game with her team the Tornadoes. It was really fun to watch her and to see how much she has improved since last year. She has gotten more aggressive in trying to get the ball and even earned herself some skinned knees in the process. With only 30 seconds left in the game Rylee got hit in the nose with the basketball and immediately her eyes welled up and she started crying. She tried to continue to play but her coach saw that she was hurting and called a time out to see if she wanted to sit out the rest of the game. Rylee told him she wanted to finish and she did. I was so proud of her for going back in when it would have been so easy to give up and sit on the sidelines. Rylee is amazing and her team winning the game made the day even more fun and exciting!
