Stitches!

For the first time in his life....Lance got stitches.
Is anyone else surprised that this is a first for him? ;)

I happened to pick a great day to watch rehearsals!

I was watching Lance as the cast ran through the tramp wall act. I knew something was off when Lance stopped dancing/jumping and stood on top of the tramp wall wiping at his head. Then he climbed down off the structure and disappeared. That isn't like Lance to just quit in the middle of something important!

There was a slight bit of confusion as everyone was trying to figure out where Lance had disappeared to and what had happened. A boat was sent out to the structure to retrieve Lance. It turned out Lance had hit his head on a new prop that was placed on the wall.

Because I was there, I got to go in the "employee only" section of Sea World (woo hoo!) to check on him. (It wasn't as exciting to go "behind the scenes" as I had anticipated it to be....but at least my curiosity was satisfied.)

Anyway! Lance had a big gash on his forehead. We took him to the doctor and he got 12 stitches.

Harry Potter?

The best part of the day was that we all got a free dinner! The cast of Cirque de la Mer was treated to dinner by the head honcho of World Entertainment at Souplantion...and because I happened to be around that day, I got free food too! :)

Tyce and Mary on trapeze.
Lance and the other acrobats on the wall. 

Lance going off the wall while Tyce and Mary practice
their routine.

bandaged up

Adobe Summit Tramp Wall Show

The first show on the brand new trampoline wall was Wednesday night. Lance and 7 others performed at the Salt Palace for the Adobe Summit. They performed 3 different acts within an hour, and did filler tricks on the trampolines in between the shows.

They did an amazing job, especially considering that the wall was only completed about 3 weeks ago AND most of the performers had never been on a trampoline wall before!

I didn't get to go to the actual event, but it was a lot of fun to watch the rehearsals.

A special thanks to Voodoo Productions for making this happen. 

Credit for these photos goes to Todd Collins Photography.

the "flybots"

the costumes

a view from the side

Lance

Lance and Savanna

The Tramp Wall

Lance has a new circus apparatus to play around on... a trampoline wall.

Not that I really know anything about tramp walls, but I think this one is pretty sweet.

The first show on this thing will be this week!

notice the bean bag and nasty couch cushions strategically
placed near the tramp...just in case

the wall while it was still being built

Savanna and Lance practicing

there is a trampoline on both sides of the wall

yeaaaah no. My baby may be able to do a back flip,
but I think she should wait until she can at
least walk before she jumps off this thing.

just another view of the tramp set up

there will be 8 people on this thing during the show!

Cirque du Soleil Auditions

Guess what everyone?

My brother in law, Tyce, just auditioned for Cirque du Soleil in LA over the weekend and.....he made all the cuts!!!

My understanding is that now we wait for headquarters to watch his demo video and then hopefully we'll hear back from them that they are putting him in a show!

check out his tramp wall demo:

Cirque de la Mer Tramp Wall Act

Here is the video for the trampoline wall act in Cirque de la Mer at Sea World. Mary is one of the dancers in red, and Tyce is one of those dudes in blue.

San Diego

We took Jade on her first ever road trip/vacation last week! We drove to San Diego so we could visit Tyce and Mary. They have been living in California and performing in Cirque de la Mer at Sea World, so they hadn't met Jade yet!

I was so nervous about taking Jade on such a long drive, but she was awesome! She mostly just slept and only got fussy when she was hungry (I get pretty fussy when I'm hungry too). We spent the first night outside of Vegas in a place called Whiskey Pete's.....oh boy was it whiskey!! .....holes in the walls and ceiling, carpet that must have been put in by Pete himself eons ago...


San Diego was really nice. The weather felt fantastic! We enjoyed swimming, exploring Old Town, going to the Mormon Battalion visitors center, watching the Olympics, and attending shows in Sea World.

road trip time

in the car

at the pool

Jade's first dip in the pool

Jade and Grandma

taking a snooze

Cirque de la Mer

Mary (in red) and Tyce (2nd dude)

Tyce on Chinese Pole

Tyce and Mary on Chinese Pole

Tyce

Mary

trampoline act

Lance, Tyce, Mary and Austin

I think it's funny how their hair kind of sticks up the same

killing time in the hotel

Lance, me, Austin, Mary, Tyce

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