Family Life

Hey there :)

I didn't really know what to do for a second post so I thought I'd write about something that only happened a couple of days ago.

I became an Auntie for the 9th time on Friday! My older sister, Tinikka, had her 3rd child which was a little boy who her and her husband have named Hayden James, he is the cutest thing I have ever seen. He is one of the coolest babies around as he's got a Monsters Inc and Batman baby grow.

With a new baby being in the family, it makes me want to have another one but then I remember how much I have going on in my life at the moment. My main reason is the fact that I ideally want to have been with someone for a few years before having another baby. 

Its crazy how much my family is growing, my other older sister has recently become pregnant with her first child and she is ridiculously scared about it and she's nearly 28! 

I don't know what I'd do without my family, they annoy me a ridiculous amount sometimes but I know that they'll always be there for me and I wouldn't swap them for anything.

Dance Opportunity

Hi guys :)
I thought for my first blog post I'd write about a recent experience of mine.

A couple of months ago, back in February, I was offered an amazing opportunity to be a dance teacher abroad for 2 years. In order to get this job, I had to complete an audition. When I was first offered the audition, I was a bit hit and miss about it because if I was successful, it meant leaving my family and I had also just found out that my Mum had cancer which made me think about things a lot differently. In the end, it was her that convinced me to pursue my dream and she told me that life was too short and that I should follow my dream. So with that in mind, I travelled to New York with my 3 best friends, Chelsea, Joey & Alex, who had also been offered the same as me, to partake in the auditions. They took place over 3

days, this allowed 2 days to rehearse dances and 1 to actually perform them. We all decided to go for 5 days so that we had change to see the sights on NYC.

We had to learn 5 different sets of choreography, 3 hip hop styles, 1 ballet and 1 group.


Since I was 17, my dance partner has always been my friend Joey, so we were together during these routines which made it a lot easier for me because we had to perform lifts and more technical things which needed a lot of trust. Chelsea and Alex are also dance partners and are also together.

The 2 days of rehearsals were so intense and I have no idea how I managed to get through them on such little sleep. When the performance day came around, I was ridiculously nervous and felt so sick. Each group of 2 was called in one by one and given a 10 minute slot. There were about 20 people in total on the audition. After the audition, I was fairly confident because I hadn't messed up during it which I thought I would have done. We weren't going to be told until later on in the week if we'd got the job or not. So everyone flew home and then the next few days were just a waiting game. About 5 days later, I got an email from the organiser, Karen, saying that I'd been successful! :)
Because I got through, that also meant Joey had and I also found out Chelsea and Alex were too!

Until recently, I hadn't heard much from Karen but this summer is the start of the adventure. The 4 of us can travel round and work together. We have chosen to split the next 2 years in Miami, Brisbane and Hong Kong. I'll be taking my daughter and my brother with me so I shall at least have some family around me all the time. It'll be difficult because I won't be able to visit anytime I like, probably only a few times a year, but it'll be worth the opportunities that will come my way. Its a scary experience but I'm looking forward to it.

This is probably a really shit first blog post but you've gotta start somewhere!