Monday, June 25, 2018

What May Looked Like

I think it's so cute when Care Bear falls
asleep with a book in her hands. Awwww....


Prom number two of three.
Such cuties!


Andrew had too much vacation time, so I convinced
him to take a day off and play with me.
We went up to Guilford Courthouse Battleground
and went for a walk.



BYU Ballroom dance team came to Raleigh.
Whitney and I went to watch.

It was SPECTACULAR.
Loved every minute of it.


The most popular hymnbook at our local used bookstore:
LDS Hymnbook.... Not sure how I should feel about that.

My mother's day smoothie from my girls! So thoughtful!

Happy mother's day to me!

May = Strawberry season. Yummy!!

One of my mother's day gifts:
cute little dogwood flower earrings.

GNO and baby shower at Martha's.
LOVE these ladies so much!!

Brandon wanted to tour NC State.

They have an AMAZING library.
This is part of their robotic shelves.

Cool chairs to relax in while you read.

Very visually pleasing.

B's last band concert of the year.




 This was one of my favorite songs.
Brandon didn't like it.

Bring your Mom to dance night.

Hilarious.
Those girls work HARD!

We've had our lawnmower since we moved here in 2002.
Look how rusted out it is!
But it's still chugging along.
So I keep using it!

Ballet company service project at the nursing home.

One of our last days of seminary!
It has been a GREAT year teaching the 
Book of Mormon.

Pedicures with my girl!

We both went with coral/orange polish.
Ready for summer!


Geocaching date night

We found a turtle trying to hide.



And ONE of the three caches we looked for.



This puzzle took us MONTHS. I think we've been working
on it since Feb. But we finally finished! Yes!

In our family, when you turn ten, you can start sitting shotgun.
On the morning of her birthday, C couldn't wait to give it a try!

Went to Spare Time for a little while on C's birthday.



It was a good birthday!
We had dinner at Golden Corral.
And then we got a little piece of cake for her because
she wanted to do this:


Silly girl!

Fire pit night!


S'mores

 
Whitney's last middle school chorus concert.
Their middle school chorus is SMALL, but powerful.

Here's she's being recognized for making All-County,
All-State and getting into the high school for next year.
Woo hoo, Whit!

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Recital 2018

It was another FABULOUS recital. Whitney is such a beautiful dancer. I LOVE watching her. Shelley had someone taking video for the studio, so I focused on taking still pictures at dress rehearsal so I could enjoy the live performances. Whitney's solo was the only one I filmed. Here are a few (hundred) of my favorites shots.

Preschool Tap and Ballet: Whitney's teaching job

I was working backstage during the Junior Recital,
so didn't get to watch these cuties perform.
But Whit did a great job helping them and was happy
with how they did on their big day.


Contemporary:  Pirates of the Caribbean





Ballet Company:  Glorious





 Ballet Company:  Star Wars
Whit was Princess Leia and Skylar was C3PO





Whitney's solo:  Popular





Hip Hop:  Hogwart's Dance Battle

Ballet V:  Lion King









Ballet III, IV, and V:  Phantom of the Opera
Shelley needed male dancers again.
We thought Brandon had a conflict, but
at the last minute was able to step in and partner Whit again.
They did awesome together!















Meet and Greet with Whit's adoring fans. :)
Lauren, Heather, and Ethel all came out to 
watch Miss Whitney. 







I am so grateful that Whitney can share her talent with us and so many others. She is a beautiful dancer and it makes me happy every time I get to see her on stage.