Our beautiful little baby

Jared's Birthday Party

Hello Everyone! Hope all is well and that everyone is enjoying this wonderful Memorial Day weekend! Another very special holiday is soon approaching. My darling husband, Jared, is having a birthday on Friday, May 29th! To celebrate his birthday we invite all to come and share some cake, ice cream, and lots of laughs at our place in West Valley, Utah. Come and join us at 7:00pm Friday, May 29th. Please let me know if you can make it.

It's a BABY!

Jared and I are having a baby!! Yay! It's our first and greatest addition to our small family. I'm due November 27th, the day after Thanksgiving. So the holidays around here will be interesting. Morning sickness has been fun, especially with teaching in the classroom. I've been so lucky that it only hits me before or after school. I really want to stay home with the new baby so I won't be teaching next year. I will finish out this year and help out with the summer school program. Things with Jared's job at the credit union are going very well and we have decided to stay in Utah for the next year or two. We are so excited to be parents! Today we went to the doctor's and even got to hear the baby's heartbeat!!! Jared and I would love a little boy, but if it's a girl we would be just as glad. Either way, we are thankful to soon be parents and raise a little child of God in our family.

Welcome Little One!

Graham, Rhandi and Cayman are happy to announce the birth of

Huson Chad Orme

Born Thursday February 12 2009, at 2:54am

8lbs 3oz 19 1/2 inches 

More pics posted on our blog!

XOXOXO

Good News!

Hey Fam! Hope everyone had a great Christmas. I'm already starting to get excited for the Family Reunion though it's far away. I have two pieces of news I wanted to share. First off...

I was alerted that the Brotherhood of the Frogs is at it again, the Dance Family Waterpolo team won their first game of the season!!!! Glad to see the tradition holds strong.

Secondly, I got a letter from ISU last week, and was offered a seat in their Boise class. So this August I get to start the Physician's Assistant Program! I'm glad to have plenty of solid examples of schooling from all the cousins.

Love you all and stay doing great!

We did it!

We did it!

Hey Fam,

Anne and I would like to announce the creation of our blog. Check it out: http://carsonandanne.blogspot.com/

Love you all,

Carson and Anne

We've Moved!

Jared and I have moved. If you would like our new address please email me and let me know.

Brennan, ten days old.

We're still getting to know this little man child. We love him more and more with every passing day! He sleeps a lot, cries very little, nurses efficiently, and grunts all the time.

This weekend was Homecoming at BYU. During the Homecoming Parade 3 Dances were ah... dancing. Megan, Emily, and Joshua all participated in the BYU Folkdancers parade entry. It was fun, long and tiring.

Brennan Richard Dance

Good news! He's 6 pounds 10 oz, 2 weeks early, and very alive and kicking. Definitely has a dimple in his chin. We checked in at 1pm and the baby came at 6:30pm. Couldn't ask for a better experience.

Staying connected

Here's a screen shot from iChat. It beats talking on the cell phone, especially since we don't get good reception in our apartment. And I got Mom to connect with me on her first try! Johnny and I type messages to each other while Julienne and Heather chat our ears off.

Fruitland Flora & Fauna

Some summer fun- We made the long and treacherous trip to Shayne's old mission. We stopped by Burley on the way to see Marielle, Muggs and Janelle. Marielle won her penning contest if you didn't hear- ask her about it. Try as Shayne did, the mission wouldn't let him back, it was fun to visit all the people he taught and worked with. They loved him- not too surprising though.
The all important potato.



We caught a wonderful little mouse in our kitchen about a month ago and decided to keep him as a pet. Unfortunately, Case got to the landlord's rat poison before we found him and only lived two days longer- at least he died in comfort.
Trying our hand at square-foot gardening, as you can see we don't have much of a backyard. It was a fun experiment, didn't yield a lot of flora, however we plan on trying again with a few improvements.

Walked out the front door this morning and found this friendly critter sharing my porch. Thought all the Orkin men would especially enjoy this photo.
Overall- life continues to be wonderful- just wanted to share a bit of the local wildlife. Shayne's work is going amazing, and I'm in the process of GRE studying and ISU applying. Volunteering in the PACU and looking for more work. Shayne just got called to be the 1st counselor in the Elder's Quorum and I'm still teaching the sunbeams. Love you all

A trip down memory lane...

Found these priceless old photos on a backup DVD while hunting down some old files... enjoy!

dancing through life together

Jared and I started our own blog. Check us out!
www.jaredhannah.blogspot.com

Tom, Maria, Jake, and Dallin went hiking to Lake Blanche (trailhead up Big Cottonwood Canyon) on a beautiful day (Sept 6). After Tom had us convinced the lake's man-made dam was from the Inca's and Aztecs, Jake decided to jump in. We discussed the bravery of Sir Richard in jumping in cold water, and Tom told how Cameron nicknamed Grandpa Richard the "King of Cold." Here's a couple videos. Jake's initial plan was to swim across the lake, but that changed quick!

Jared's Graduation

Pictures from Jared's Graduation. Thanks to all for you support!

Hello Family!

Hey everyone!  It has been great to see what you have been up to.  We sure miss everyone and look forward to the next time we can all be together.  Good news, the Dance home has officially been rented for two years!  We are grateful for all of your help getting the home ready to rent!  

Brent and I have recently started our own blog:  

http://bdancefamily.blogspot.com/

(I'm not sure how to add it to the blog.  If anyone knows how and could help us out with it that would be great :))

Love you all,

Andrea

  

Ragnar Relay - Northwest Passage

The team and support crew at the McDonald's before the drive up to Blaine.

Need I say more?

"El Jefe" showing an excellent baton pass to our captain "Jazzy John".  Why "Jazzy John"?  I don't know, it just came to me at the moment.  And besides... it sounds cool.  Eh, John?

Johnny hands off to Joshua.  I don't think Joshua stopped smiling the whole 24 hours.  And group consensus from runners we encountered vote Johnny the cutest runner at the 2008 Northwest Passage.

The victorious Dance4Ever team at the finish.

189 Miles...

12 Runners...

1 Family!

That about sums up the amazing experience we had at the Ragnar Relay - Northwest Passage.  We ran, sweat and bonded for 189 miles over a 24 hour 15 minute period.  Each runner ran 3 legs totaling 12 to 18 miles depending on the leg assigned.  We started at 12 PM Friday, July 25th at Blaine, WA (on the Canadian border) and finished at 12:15 PM Saturday, July 26th in Langley, WA (an island in the gorgeous Puget Sound).

I am extremely proud of our team who, while fighting injuries (Ryan, Brent and Rhandi) and lack of preparedness (everyone), ran faster than we estimated.  Our projected time was a team average of 8:17 minute miles we finished with a blazing average of 7:41 minute miles.  Out of 152 teams we finished 20th overall and 4th in our "Open Male" division.  Not bad for one family (and one friend) with 2 females (one being prego-Rhandi) and a 13 year old (Johnny was the youngest person to compete in the race).  A side note: we did not qualify for the "Mixed" division because we had more men than women and, AND ... the "Open Male" division champion finished 2nd overall.

Although entirely exhausting (we each averaged less than 2 hours of sleep during those 24 hours) and "ragnastally" difficult, the Ragnar Relay was one of the best experiences of our lives.  Being with close family and sharing the hardship together, rooting each other on and working hard for our team was truly remarkable.  Thank, Uncle John, for orchestrating the event and organizing a crew of 12 different schedules and availability into 1 lean, mean, efficient crew!  Thank you, Diane, Sharla, Jeanna, Kaeli and Kari for your support and time.  Without you it would not have been possible!  Thank you team Dance4Ever for the race of a lifetime!

Summer Fun on the Malibu

Richard tears it up-- as usual. Yep, that's my dad.

Momma Dance slalom skiing! Woohoo!

Johnny goin' for a 360... settling for a 180.

Jake clears the wake, again. Or is this Logan?

MTC

President and Sister Dance at the MTC, June 21, 2008