This dance was choreographed by a student of mine that I taught the majority of her life. She has now opened her own studio and become a choreographer herself. I am so so proud. This piece is extremely personal and is in honor of my brother that I lost last year. I literally bawled my eyes out. Thank you Alex for this. I will never forget this ultimate gesture with the best art form there is.

Dance for Nathan

Hanson day 2013

Happy Hansonday to all my weirdos! (yes this is a real holiday in Tulsa OK) We have such a unique thing going that is like nothing else. Hanson you are my happy place, my therapy, my saving grace, my passion, my inspiration, the thing that gets me out of bed in the morning. It's been 16 years and 71 shows with the best friends, memories and thousands of miles traveled!!! I am so thankful to actually have these 3 guys in my life and I wouldn't trade any of this for anything. So blessed.

fav Taylor shot ever!

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 Tay and Zac after the show at Cain's Ballroom Tulsa Sunday night May 5th 

talking about Ezra's dance moves

 Zac, my best friend Jessica and I after Zac scrolled through her phone looking for nudie pictures

Family Hanson photo at the Orlando radio event April 26th right after Ezra danced onstage

 Tampa radio event the night before on April 25th

Ezra dances with Hanson onstage!

My son Ezra was asked to go up onstage with Hanson at an Orlando radio event and he broke out every dance move he had. I laughed til I cried. Couldn't be a prouder mom right now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhFPJVgGyTs

Dance magazine!

I will be featured as an instructor in the upcoming August issue of Dance Magazine!!! This is huge for me or any professional dancer. Here's a sneak peek from my photo shoot.

Springtime Adventures

 Went to Disney for St. Patty's weekend while Ezra is still young enough to care.

  Belle is my favorite Disney Princess so I loved this fountain! Although Gaston is a douche.

 Too cold and flat to surf so we went to Kennedy Space Center instead. Ooo rockets. Who says size doesn't matter?

 Stayed in Titusville. Not my Clearwater but it had it's charms...

Like this little used book store, I found these gems for about $2

Taylor Hanson turns 30!

I realize I'm a crazy out of control dork when it comes to my love of this man! He was my first crush when I was 14 and the person that woke me up to my extreme love of music. He's inspired me, represented me, and impressed me with his talent and compassion and I can now call him a friend and someone I can talk to and hang out with. I've traveled this country and have seen over 60 some major cities and venues because of him. I've met my best friend at a show and I swear he's saved my life countless times and I'm so happy he's apart of it. Happy 30th birthday to the one and only Taylor Hanson.

sugar skull necklace

I can hardly wear jewelry since I'm allergic to all metals, so I usually have to make my own or have my BFF Heidi make me something~
 etsy.com/shop/dancingbuffalo12
She's amazing, check out her stuff!
 So I ordered this sugar skull charm off Etsy from the UK and raided my ribbon box. ta-da!

Valentine Card

Because Hallmark doesn't have my sense of humor, I attacked my Nylon magazine stash and this is what I came up with.

Ezra's new hat

Sat down an hour ago and look what I made... the hat! The kid I made 7.5 years ago.

Contemporary

A little blurry but just some Improv and Contemporary I taught at the end of class today. Song is "Near to You" by A Fine Frenzy.

Elvie Doll

Started drawing again. I used to all the time and I used to love it. What once was lost is now found, meet my doll Elvie.

Nathan memorial tattoo

A year ago today January 18th, 2012 I lost my younger brother Nathan Castor. So in his memory I had two Angel Fish tattooed on my upper back. Nate loved Fish! He had wall to wall aquariums with all kinds of rare tropical fish. He was definitely a Pisces sign and was always happier under water than above. I think they even look like us :D Miss you Nate. Every damn day.

*special thanks to the talented Joshua Surprenant for drawing this up and Lance Bowen at Atomic Tattoo for making it pop*

Pointe shoe bags

Pointe shoes need to breath after use or the canvas and glue break down too fast and they die. About 15 years ago I created this pattern and idea to give all my new pointe students handmade bags as a token of all their hard work. At this point I've made hundreds! Here's the latest.

Halloween creations

Halloween is my favorite holiday. I created creepy snacks, turned my yard into a spider infested cemetery, watched horror films in my back yard sans projector and turned my son into the living dead. My pumpkin even vomited from too much partying. win win for me.