Working Hard or Hardly Working?

The answer: working hard, with a good amount of hardly working. Consulting projects are well underway and very time consuming. Coaching is picking up as we head out to dance camp, and choreography and workshops start popping up this month. But first, a little bit of play time. :)

My family upheld the tradition of staying in my grandfather's condo on the beach over the 4th of July. A beautiful view from the condo. We had a ton of time together as a family and got to spend more time than usual with my grandparents and aunt.

My mom and I love these little shops near the condo. We always find some cool stuff. This time we found a gift for my dad...

...yep, that is a fully functioning vintage traffic light. Why you ask? Well my dad loves everything having to do with cars and road signs. My parents' garage walls are covered with vintage oil signs, oil jars, and old license plates from his "toy cars" that he collected and sold over the years. Pretty cool, huh?

That next week, my brother and I got to experience a concert by Kenny Chesney with performances by Kasey Musgraves and Zac Brown Band at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN. 

Aww, sibling love. :) 

Outdoor concerts are absolutely amazing. And this one was no exception. It was an awesome July night in downtown Minneapolis, country music in the air, and cowboy hats and cowboy boots everywhere. (Pardon the rhyming..) 

Truth be told, I enjoyed Zac Brown Band the most out of all the acts. The next person who finds me ZBB tickets to purchase will be my new best friend. I've been listening to them nonstop since that concert. The Zac Brown Band station on Pandora is phenomenal. Just saying :)

Like I said, there was some "work" that went along with the "play"...if you want to call it work. I had the opportunity to spend time with the wonderful Karl Mundt a few times this summer. I assisted him with dance workshops across the country and even helped him choreograph a few routines! 

Another "first" of this summer was my first visit to Portland, OR with Shelby, Courtney, and Karl. Yep, we were on a rooftop restaurant...pretty sweet! Portland was a beautiful city, and I loved being able to teach dance to high school and college students in the same week with some amazing coworkers. I'm not sure that I'm cut out to live on the west coast, but I'd definitely visit again. (Spoiler alert! I may or may not have visited again in October to choreograph the University of Oregon's nationals routine for 2014! Videos to follow, post-nationals of course!)

I've been so blessed to have all of these opportunities, and I'm so thankful for each and every experience I've had this summer.