Sweet little Kate feet

What is it about baby feet that is so sweet?

All the way back to November

Working on older pictures

I have had a slow work week so I am going back to some of the pictures that I took this past winter.  These were the first ones I saw.  Jennifer reminded me though that I can go even further back so let me see what I can find.

Great Weekend!

Well, I haven't had any internet since Friday night, as you can imagine it drove me crazy!! ANYWAY, the final tally was Savanna danced 7 dances and received 7 Platinums! Unbelievable. Every one of those girls in the company just stepped up and danced their hearts out yesterday. Savanna got her first solo Platinum which was very exciting! The dance that the girls did in February with no music (not on purpose, the music guy goofed up) got the highest score of the entire competition (299.9 out of 300 points). The studio got a big trophy for that one. I was so glad that one did so well, I felt they should have gotten a platinum back in February so it was nice that it was recognized this weekend. Brad and I are on our way to have dinner with Dave and Lee, we haven't seen them this weekend and I know she has lots of grandbaby pictures for me. I'll write more later. BTW, Savanna doesn't usually dress the way she is dressed in the pictures, she was dressed for the next dance - which by the way also got a special judges award.

DEA in Richmond Day/Night 1

Wow! That is about all I can say! We got up to Richmond about 7:00 and got all settled. Savanna and Linda got ready for their dances. The first one is a lyrical and it was scheduled for 10:31 but they wound up going early. It looked beautiful to me but then I always think they look beautiful. About 15 minutes later they danced a tap number "Steppin to the bad side" (my personal favorite). I thought that one looked great too. Well when the awards came it turned out the judges thought they looked beautiful too cause they got platinums for both dances and the lyrical got a special judges award for best "heart and soul" dance. Too Cool! The junior team also got a platinum for one of their dances too so it was quite an exciting evening. It was the first competitive platinum for several of the girls and the two "post" seniors were hoping for a platinum at some point this year so they could "retire with a platinum". They are on top of the world tonight and it is a great place to be! Tomorrow are the solos and the rest of the dances - hopefully tomorrow will go as well as tonight. G'night.

Happy Birthday Brad

We celebrated Brad's birthday while we were in Texas with his family last Saturday and last night we celebrated with the kids. I can't remember the last time we were all together so it was nice. We met Ryan's girlfriend Jaime too, she is very nice and fit right in with the rest of us. She puts up with Ryan's antics so she is all right with us! :-) We went to the Melting Pot in Newport News. We had a great time and the food was awesome! My favorite of course was the dessert. They gave Brad some helium balloons for his birthday and Ryan took one and was taking in the air and talking funny, he is a kook! And, NO, I hadn't been drinking although I look like I am drunk in that picture.

My favorite

This is my favorite picture that I took of Shepherd this weekend.

Time in Texas

Ryan was over badgering me last night about wanting more pictures of Shepherd so since I really should be cleaning house I decided to take just a few minutes and get these put up. On Saturday we went "Bluebonnet hunting" and we found many fields covered in bluebonnets. They are really beautiful but it seemed everyone else had the same idea so we found a field with just a few people and took pictures. I have many more but these are just the ones that caught my eye this morning.

My favorite of Ben's pictures

This was actually taken by Jenna with Ben's camera outside of the church after the service - it made me cry when I first saw it.

Shepherd's Baptism

I have many, many pictures that I took this past weekend but it will probably be several days before I am able to edit them. I have two different work projects that have to be completed first before I do my "fun" stuff. But, Ben gave me the pictures that were taken with his camera and I am posting the baptism pictures. The baptism was a really sweet service. As Godparents, Brad and I had the honor of standing there along with Ben and Leah and receiving the instructions that we were to be sure that Shepherd is brought up in the church and encourage him in the Christian faith - what a great honor and responsibility! The pastor that baptized Shepherd had been with Ben and Leah throughout the long and emotional process of dealing with infertility and the horrible treatments and then the emotional roller coaster of adoption, so he is quite special to their family. After he baptized Shepherd he walked up and down the church aisle carrying Shepherd telling the rest of the church that they too were responsible for encouraging Shepherd in the Christian faith. We heard from several of the church people later that Shepherd was smiling at everyone as he was being carried up the aisle. What a sweetie! I will have more pictures to come and Mom I will get the house pictures up ASAP as well! :-)