Brenna dance competition 2017

Here are some pictures from Brenna at Spotlight dance competition this year.  Her groups all did great this year - so proud of Brenna for working so hard!
First up her trio:

 Jazz - what a kick!

 Lyrical - love this one!

Fall family pictures 2016

It has been awhile again since I posted some new pictures!!  Here are a couple from our family pictures (Christmas gift for my parents).  Pictures were done by Valerie Adams Photography - she did a great job!!

One of the pics of my parents

Brenna and me

Whole family

Dustin, Brenna, and me

Dustin and Brenna (one of my favorites)

Sunday, July 31

above, the gift table from the girls' birthday party last weekend (I painted the pony for Mikayla). Below, the name banners I made for the girls. I like the way that Mikayla's turned out the best - I think I will change Brenna's to be the same way...

Brenna and Mikayla got into costumes before opening their gifts...

Brenna modeling her new PJ's that Gammy made her :-)

above - the kids had fun with my point and shoot camera and my camera at Dustin's triathlon last weekend. Below - group picture taken by D.J.

kids having fun running up the hill at Dustin's triathlon...

Dustin competing in a Triathlon last weekend (my mom said I needed to correct my last blog - the sweet corn festival wasn't last weekend, but the weekend before that - last weekend we went to their house where Dustin did the tri and then we celebrated my daughter and niece's birthdays together.) Below - getting to the finish line...

Dustin was lucky to have quite the cheering section this time - Brenna and I went for the first time along with my mom and one our good friends for college and his great family. Brenna had a great time running up the hill with the boys.

pictures from the birthday party - I thought my sister did a great job with these little cake banners - aren't they cute!!

my contribution to the party - chocolate princess crown picks (happy to say that none of the chocolate picks were left at the end of the party ;-)

I loved Mikayla's face when we sang to them - Brenna looked so serious...

Hello All!!

Hope all is well out there! Things are good here - trying to keep busy while Dustin is away...

Above are our pictures from last weekend - Dustin had a triathlon, we celebrated the girls' birthdays, and we spent the morning on Sunday at the Ft. Wayne zoo with friends.

Friday, July 29

Brenna above with her new Smurfette and matching hat. I'm sure we will be checking out the movie when it comes out this weekend (especially with Dustin away in Germany...). Below, Brenna at the Sweet Corn Festival.

Brenna and Dustin riding the ferris wheel at the sweet corn festival. The operator of the ride let them stay on forever...

Pictures from the open house at the county jail. Brenna loved petting each horse and finding out their names.

Brenna loves characters in costume :-)

the new vehicle that looks more fitting to the batman movie to me.

Brenna loved the Safety Pup too (even though her classmate from school was a little afraid of him).

Hello All!!

Hope all is well out there! We have been keeping busy here this summer - and of course I am getting behind on my blogging. I know I already talked about the jail open house, so the pictures are above. We also recently enjoyed the Sweet Corn Festival locally. Brenna was the most excited to go and eat Sweet Corn and see the fireworks. She was even determined enough to see the fireworks to use the bathrooms there (porta potties). We all had a nice evening with Brenna and Dustin riding on the ferris wheel, Dustin winning Brenna a plastic air filled flamingo, and then watching the fireworks. (and even though Brenna dropped her sweet corn after eating only one row, she didn't even get upset :-)

Last weekend, we went to see the Winnie the Pooh movie and afterwards, Brenna made the Smurfette at Build-a-bear. Brenna and I are looking forward to seeing the movie in the next few days :-)

This week, Brenna had Princess dance camp 3 days - she had a great time with it :-) She was able to dress up as Rapunzel (from Tangled), Tiana (from the Princess and the Frog), and Ariel (from the Little Mermaid). We also picked up her pottery that she painted last week (on the 14th she made a footprint in clay and then they transformed it into a flip flop - very cute - we painted it last week). Saturday night we are going to the Princess and Pirate night at the zoo - hope she isn't too princessed out (but I think she will be o.k. since they will have face painting and I think a bouncy house too).

Well, that is all for now!

Take Care!

Sunday, July 17

so, Brenna and I picked out these Wilton Candy picks at JoAnn's. I didn't buy the chocolate in the same shopping trip, so she had to wait about a week before we tried them for the first time. Brenna loved helping make them (and this was my first time making them, so we did accidently overfill most of the molds). They turned out pretty cute and were delicious :-)

another of my paintings :-) He is another Diddlina character. (It may look like a bunny, but it is a dog)...

I bought a remote for my camera - Brenna was in love with it :-)

Brenna getting us all in the picture

I tried to get some new pics of Brenna at the park - she was o.k. with the idea of pictures before we got to the park, but not much interested once we got there.

most of the looks she gave me....I think they even included an eye roll....

finally some real smiles once we went to the playground...

Brenna showing her puppy dog face...

Brenna and I met a new friend named Koda - he is only 8 months old and he had some huge paws...

Hello All!!!

Hope all is well out there! Things are good here - just trying to beat the heat. I have been getting Justice out most mornings for a walk (he is so used to it that if I try to sit at the computer before his walk - he sits and whines at me - spoiled dog!).

Brenna and I did some fun activities during the past week - we went to the park, we went and had her foot impression done in clay (and then made it into a flip flop) at the local pottery place (you will have to wait a few weeks to see the finished product), and we went to a kids concert in the park. On Friday evening, we went to the local sweet corn festival and Brenna and Dustin rode on the Ferris Wheel together and then she rode a few other kiddie rides there. Brenna was the only one of us that wanted the sweet corn so late in the evening and unfortunetly it was slippery and fell on the ground after only eating about a row of it, but she handled it like a trooper. We also stayed late and watched the fireworks, so Brenna braved the port-a-potties at the event (they were pretty nasty too - we both had to hold our breath in there!). Daddy won her a great new plastic blow-up flamingo - she loved having it for the wait for the fireworks. On Saturday morning, we went to the open house at the county jail. Brenna really had a good time and we were lucky that one of her preschool classmates happened to be there for the jail tour (Brenna said that was the best part of the morning). It was a neat event for the kids as they had the mounted police there, the smoke house for the kids, and a bounce house (Brenna's second favorite thing about the open house). We also ran into one of Brenna's classmates from the daycare she went to up until age 2. The girls didn't remember each other, but they had fun playing in the bounce house together. The food at the open house was free, so we had a great lunch of hamburgers, homemade donuts, cookies, and slushies. The people who organized the event really did a great job. (and they had some interesting things for the adults too - they had out the Hazmat vehicle and equipment, their new armored vehicle - which looked like it belonged on the set of a Batman movie, and some of their old vehicles). Brenna also really enjoyed seeing Smokey the Bear and Patches the safety pup.

In the afternoon, we went to the new Winnie the Pooh movie and then walked around the mall since it was so hot outside. Daddy treated Brenna to a new friend from Build-a-Bear (she picked Smurfette).

Well, that was the highlights I think! (and I will have to share pictures from Saturday later - I haven't put them on the computer yet).

Take Care!