Sorensons Gotta Dance

So You Think You Can Dance is perhaps the greatest show ever broadcasted on network television, if you ask me. I am seriously obsessed with it, as much as anyone with no dance talent or experience can be. It is the most inspiring thing I've seen since working at the 2002 Olympics... my last great obsession...ok.... not the last. Let's face it, I get caught up in and passionate about a lot of things, like food. Food is still #1. It's just very uplifting to see people excel in their craft, create moving, musical portraits of life, share their passions so expertly and develop skills in areas previously foreign to them. It's empowering to watch. What?! Melissa, the ballerina, danced hip-hop? Salsa dancer Janette aced the disco routine? Yes, I CAN cook a meal with eggplant. I can learn! I CAN juggle 2 kids, a home, a husband and studies. The choreography is so good that sometimes, instead of watching a dance number, I feel like I'm having an experience. Melissa and Ade danced a Breast Cancer-themed routine so well that I felt like I actually knew what it was like to face such a trial. Every season (I've seen EVERY one. I didn't even miss an episode the day Jack was born but checked ahead to make sure I could watch it in my hospital room... you think I'm joking...) there is at least one dance that makes me cry. This season I think there were three. With all that said, I've decided to change the program's name to "So You Think You Can Charge A Fortune To Watch You Dance." My dream, going on five years now, of seeing them live on tour was crushed when I checked the ticket prices. Every seat was over $85, with the best seats ranging from $250-$800! Are you kidding me?! I don't think even Cirque Du Soleil costs that much! Does it? There's another show I would love to see someday if I don't have to sell a kidney to get there. It's not like these kids are Michael Jackson!! Needless to say, I'm very disappointed. I REALLY wanted to go this year. Still, the show is awesome. Even though Justin is the one in the family with all the dancing talent, the show has inspired me to try yet again to fulfill a longtime goal of learning the entire "Thriller" dance. Cuz-in-law Jessica Sorenson has agreed to accompany me on this quest. Meanwhile, here is some dancing you can watch for free:

The boys dance to their new favorite song. Rich and I approve, as it accurately encapsulates the values we are trying to instill in our young children.