AZ State Spelling Bee Championship

This is the big weekend for Sean. Saturday is the Arizona State Spelling Bee Championship in Phoenix. Sean won the right to compete by winning the spelling bee title in his school district and then the county championship. There will be 25 competitors this weekend competing for the right to represent AZ at the National […]

Winners at ShowStopper

Wow, what a LOOOONNGGGGG weekend at ShowStopper. Left around noon on Friday and returned on Sunday evening. Most the time between was spent in an auditorium watching a bunch of dancers compete. Aaagghhhhh! It was fun when Suzanne or Savannah were actually competing, but that was about 12 mins over the whole course of the […]

Sean Wins County Spelling Bee

Today, Sean competed in the Santa Cruz County Spelling-Bee Championship. You may remember a previous post where I blogged about Sean winning his school’s spelling bee and qualifying for the county competition. The spelling bee is for middle school students in grades 3rd – 8th and is an open competition (not grade specific). Once again, […]

Celebrity Cruises Named Best Cruise Line

Once again Celebrity Cruises has dominated the annual Conde Nast Traveler Readers Survey. This was the fourth consecutive year that they swept their “The Best Cruise Ships in the World” survey. In fact, they took Best Ships #1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 9 of the top ten. The complete news story can be read […]

Sean Wins Spelling Bee

Just thought I would pass along some good news about Sean. At his school today, they had the spelling bee championship and he ended up winning for the school. The competition was for grades 1 – 6. Sean is in fourth grade and won the whole thing. Now he gets to go on to the […]

Cheerleading Awards Banquet

Tonight, we are off to Savannah’s award banquet for cheerleading for this last season. Some food, though pot-luck, and awards presentations for the girls are on the agenda. The town mayor is supposed to be on-hand for some presentations. They had a wonderful season that culminated in a 3rd Place finish at the US National […]