Well we finally got to go on our covid cruise!! WOOT! We got to do an 8 day one this time and it was AMAZINGGGGG! We did Key West, Freeport, Half Moon Cay, and Nassau. We had a wonderful time with gorgeous weather. It was a little on the hot side (we prefer march) but it wasn’t terrible at all! Love making memories with my fam <3 and are already talking about the next one!!
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Season 2 showcase was amazing!! The girls look phenomenal and the Bakery District is such a cool venue. Its always over way too soon but already looking forward to Season 3 and Syd’s senior year!!
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Freshman and Junior year are officially wrapped up and we are off to summer! We have a jam packed one this year! Averi went to church camp at Big Stuff and had a blast! She is also doing Anne Marie’s teen team photo shoot this summer which kicked off in June. Sydni was finally able to have her first belle performance as a senior and we even went ahead and had some photos taken of her senior belle group! Another check mark to start senior year! She has been working when possible and of course dancing non stop. She has a really fun July of dancing ahead of her!
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Averi had her first camp with the varsity team!!! They went to Hot Springs and worked night and day all weekend long! Jim and I (and Rozi) drove from the beach straight to Hot Springs and got to watch their performances at the end of camp. They are SO CRAZY GOOD! So fun to watch! I can’t wait to watch them this year!!! SO PROUD of how hard she worked!
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Well this year was a weird one for the Bottjens! I booked the family house a long time ago thinking this weekend was going to be open as it had in the past but found out in the spring that Averi’s cheer camp was actually THIS WEEKEND. ugh. And Syd didn’t want to go without Ave. It was going to be difficult if not impossible to reschedule so Jim and I loaded up Rozi and went without the girls. I was sad. It just wasn’t the same! Hopefully I can book better next year! The house was great and the weather was beautiful so that was good. And it was so fun hanging with Sean and Sarah’s fam <3
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Both my girls have bdays during the busiest times!! Christmas for Sydni and End of the school year for Averi!! We did manage to run up to Rogers with Gran for some shopping the weekend before. On her actual bday she had school then cheer practice then a cheer meeting/potluck so she spent her bday at Southside haha! But the following weekend her sweet friends all met at Bricktown for dinner. It was so much fun! I love seeing her so happy! She deserves every bit! She makes me laugh every day and I couldn’t love her more <3 So very blessed to be her mom
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Sydni’s last comp was this weekend in Hot Springs! The girls did so good! Such a great way to end the season!
Thule (solo), double diamond 9th
Revolt (duo), double diamond 9th
Gone double diamond, 2nd, choreography award, judges choice
Stay Wild double diamond 6th
Just Breath double diamond 8th
Memoirs of a Traveler diamond
The Day is Done diamond
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Spring is here and I am so happy! Love the change in the weather and just NEWNESS that abounds 🙂 Sydni had her LAST VARSITY dance tryout… just doesn’t seem possible. And Averi had her FIRST VARSITY cheer tryout. I am SO EXCITED about next year football/basketball season watching BOTH my awesome girls dancing and cheering for the same team on the same night! It is going to be a very special year <3
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I was so excited that we were able to give Averi’s freshman class a formal!! I am very thankful to the awesome parents that pitched in and made the night a success! It was so much fun to see Averi and her friends all dressed up <3 She was asked to formal by her boyfriend Ashton… a super sweet kid she goes to school with. They looked great together!! SO fun! We had perfect weather too which was so nice!! Cant believe how grown up my girl is. She looked gorgeous <3
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SDA tried a new convention/competition this year called NYCDA. Being in Dallas we knew there would be amazing dancers there and being later in the season we knew the routines would be amazing and THEY WERE! The girls look so good though and Sydni and Rylin were outstanding dancer finalists from the audition!!!!
Sydni solo, high gold
Duo, high gold
Gone, platinum, 3rd senior jazz, Critic’s choice nomination
Memoirs of a Traveler, platinum
The Day is Done, high gold
Just Breathe, high gold
Stay Wild, high gold
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