Montana winters do not make me think of hula dancing, but late each January we get the Hawaiian feeling going when we head to the north west corner of the state to get our hula on.
Many years we drive through blizzards to arrive bright and early to the multi-purpose building on the Flathead County Fairgrounds. Inside the building we hear surfing music and the staff and judges are all in hula attire, including some great t-shirts.
Instead of the sleek, dignified leotards our girls usually wear, it's an explosion of color and flowered leotards, grass skirts and big, crazy sunglasses.
Awards are always fun, last year was a stuffed turtle and this year was a whole bunch of leis and a mini beach ball. Winning teams brought home surfboard trophies for their gyms and a very excited Dizzy was finally on a winning team (they've been the 4th place team for the last 2 years).
Aloha from Montana, where we are expecting up to 6" of snow in the next 2 days...for us this is nothing and we wish a quick end to the horrid weather that is accumulating east of us. Onward to our big home meet this weekend, where both Tink and Dizzy compete on the same day and may cause their mother to have a nervous breakdown!
On a humorous note, Bean wore his t-shirt he was given last year that shows a stick-figure skier tumbling down and the caption reads, "I do my own stunts". Rather fitting, don't you think?
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