Saturday, June 11th

Here is my adorable little dancer. Brenna had her dance recital on Thursday and Friday night (and dress rehersal on Wednesday) - she had a great time and really enjoyed being on stage. The pictures above and below were from before Friday nights performance. I love in the one below she was fanning herself.

showing off some faces...

gotta love Justice in the background...

Brenna spent the afternoon on Thursday and Friday with curlers in her hair - doesn't she look cute even with the curlers??!!

below - a picture from before opening night on Thursday...

Brenna's fans after the show...(aka - Daddy)

Brenna in her finale costume (she was very tired by this point on Thursday and Friday - way past her bedtime...)

Brenna and Divine Miss Gammy on opening night

Brenna and Papa on opening night

Brenna and mommy on opening night

Brenna's dance class with her teacher - Ms. Lindsay

Brenna's student assistant - Ms. Marli - she was also in the recital the last two nights - she helped out back stage and did a ton of dances too...

the owner of the Dance House - Ms. Amy

Brenna and Gammy Janice on Friday night

Hello All!!!

Hope all is well out there! I have been getting further and further behind with my blogging lately - I have several days worth of pictures to share, but I thought I would share the most recent - Brenna's dance recital. Brenna had lots of fun in her dancing class all year and did had a great time at the dance recital on Thursday and Friday night - (and she did a great job on stage too). Brenna participated in her class tap routine and also in the group finale. The girls all did a great job and the performances were a joy to watch.

Brenna has said this morning that being on stage was "Happy" - she really looked like she enjoyed herself up there.

Also, a special happy birthday wish to Papa Carpenter! Hope you have a great day!! We love you!

Well, that is all for now!

Take Care

Saturday, October 16

above the bib I made for the birthday party last weekend - hope they get some wear out of it. I loved the binding I made and the little monkey turned out so cute. Below, Brenna and I on one of the hayrides from the fall tour last Sunday.

Dustin's parents - aren't they a cute couple!!!

Brenna enjoying one of her new gifts from Gammy - this dog is very silly and rolls on the floor laughing - Brenna loves it!

And now - these pictures were all taken by Brenna - she is becoming such the little photographer (hmm, wonder where she gets that from, lol). (If you look closely in the picture below, you can see her reflection in the door)

Pictures from the birthday party last weekend - Brenna took all of these as well - she did a really great job!

Below - I don't know if the adults below realized how well Brenna will take your picture. I really had to resist putting up the silly faces that they made for Brenna (they were some of her best pictures too!!!).

Hello All!!

Happy Birthday to my mom today - hope you have a great day!!!!

Last weekend we went to a great birthday party for our friends from Germany (who are living here in the US - I sure missed them when they moved here, but I am glad we can visit with them here). I think I need to have my friend plan future kids parties for me - it was a great party - she had great activities for the kids and even sent home a really nice goody bag :-) The food was really, really good too (way better than my easy pizza party I had for Brenna - I would like to say in my defense that we didn't have any of our stuff back from Germany at that point, but reality is that Brenna has had a lot of pizza parties for her birthday - maybe next year we will do something different). One really neat thing from the party is that in Germany the kids don't have to wait to open their gifts at the party - the kids get to open the gifts up as the guests arrive - I think we will do that at Brenna's party next year, so be prepared for that, lol :-) It was great to get to visit with the friends that we have in common and also meet the great new friends that our friends have met since moving to the US.

We also went on the fall tour here in Medina last weekend with Dustin's parents. We had such a great day for our outing. We went to one of the farms on the list first (which I really would not do again - the horses looked starved and that stop wanted to charge for all their activities - boo to you). Then we went to a Christmas tree farm and an apple orchard and enjoyed our hayrides there. The Christmas tree farm had homemade doughnuts and fresh apple cider - yum! They also had a chestnut tree - I have missed seeing them this fall in our area (they were everywhere in our town in Germany). The apple orchard was very crowded, so we did the hayride there and then headed back home. We went out for ice cream to complete our day - we had a really great time (and Brenna even told me that in the car on the way home :-)

As I said yesterday, this week has been focused on Brenna's dress - I didn't even get laundry done this week I was so busy with it in the mornings when she was at school :-)

Well, take care!

Oh, I almost forgot, we made an online paper from our first hayride a couple weeks ago - you can check out the pictures and the story here : http://blog.cleveland.com/medinasun/2010/10/hay_ride_season_in_full_swing.html

Wednesday, April 21

so, I'm starting off today showing off my quilting that I have been working on lately :-) (although I do have to say I am wishing I could get another of these quilts finished soon - it makes me feel so much better to have some of these items finished :-)

The square below is for Brenna's I love you quilt - can't wait to see it finished - I think it will be adorable :-)

So, not many votes cast, but the winner was the apple in the middle :-) (that was my vote too as I knew I was going to be doing some other red ones in the quilt soon)

another of my blocks for the pinwheel quilt along (this is one of my extras)

I love these little owls - wish I had more of this fabric (then again, I always want more fabric...)

I love the blue and red together below - I wasn't sure when I cut them out, but all put together, I love it :-)

So, now for our walk this afternoon :-) I just had to get a picture finally of the "chicken truck" - I think Brenna can spot it from a mile away (and yes, that was our dinner today, lol) (most of the pictures were taken by Brenna while she was sitting in the stroller - but she was asleep when we passed the "chicken truck" (so that was by me) and the one picture of her today)

(above, we were on a hunt for flowers today, but I was impressed by her fun sidewalk pictures and feet pictures)