My Tiny Dancer

She is SO excited. I never knew a child this young could be so passionate about something she technically knows nothing about. But she does the moves like she was born with knowledge of ballet. She is my Tiny Dancer, my Brynlee.

Happy New Year!

This year starts out KICKIN' IT TAE BO STYLE! I purchased a percentage of ownership at 5280 which was official as of January 1! I'm very excited about this new adventure. I am working on a little story about how it all came about, but here is the Long-Story-Short version!

In September 2007, I found Tae Bo. It changed my life in so many ways. I loved the exercise and how it made me feel, and I wanted to be able to give this wonderful feeling to other moms like me. In March 2008, I went to Los Angeles to train with Billy Blanks to become a Certified Tae Bo Instructor and began teaching my first classes, 2 per week, in April 2008. I loved being a part of such a wonderful thing and was at the gym far more often than just during my teaching times. Toward the end of 2008, I decided I might really like to own a place like this some day. A few months later in early 2009, Sonja (founder of the studio) came up with what was to be an Affiliate Program for the gym, so instead of it being "a place like this", it was going to be a place JUST like this and it was going to be SOON! I was very excited but knew I would need an investor to get the thing off the ground. Sonja and I thought we might make good partners so we started talking about where we might open a second 5280. In August 2009, I told Sonja I was ready to move to another part of Denver and get going, but it just wasn't the right time for her to make that investment. Instead, she asked if I might like to be a part of the existing 5280. I was so excited! So, 5 months later, here we are!

To put all of this into perspective, here are a few Divine Details I'd like to include.... A few things that, if they didn't fall into place just as they did, this story probably wouldn't have unfolded as smoothly as it did.

If my dad wasn't able to babysit the kids...
If I hadn't been at the Farmer's Market that day selling my Pampered Chef...
If that client didn't have to bend down to grab her purse...
If Sonja had been irritated with my constant interest in everything she did...
If I hadn't won the challenge in only 5 weeks...
If Sonja hadn't given me that extra nudge to go to Los Angeles for certification camp...
If my husband hadn't been so supportive on me going out on a limb for a new gym...
If we hadn't made good money on the house we sold 3 years ago in Phoenix...

I could keep going. But you get the idea. This has God all over it. And I am so thankful because now I can work to return the love God has so graciously given to me.