First Holy Communion

Cassidy received her First Holy Communion today. She was so beautiful in her white dress and veil. Cassidy had the hardest time missing her Aunt Lauren - she was heartbreakingly sad that Aunt Lauren is in Africa and not in here with her on her special day. But, during communion, one of the songs was "Here I Am" which to me sings Lauren's name to my heart, so I felt she was there with us. MaMa Sandra and MaMa Elaine are here, and we had delicious cake. Check with me personally for a few stories that made it especially entertaining! All in all, it was a glorious day. God bless you Cassidy!

ballerina beauty

the recital is coming up, and recital picture weeks are here. This week is Cassidy's week, and her ballet class is dancing to the Carousel Waltz. I have to say, her costume is one of the prettiest. Here she is, all fabulousness...

art festival

We went to the art festival this past weekend. Always fun - lots of interesting things to see. I wish I had an endless source of funds, because I could really get into acquiring art. My friend Abs had a booth with The Woodlands Art League, and was taking photos (and Cherie too!), so here are the pics she took of me and my little angels. They are small little pictures but Abs will be sending me the files soon, so I'll switch them out when I get them. I just couldn't wait to put them on here so you could see them.

Across the way, there was a guy set up with his cool metal art - called gnome-be-gones. Crazy little critters with sharp teeth. The girls LOVED them. They drew pictures of them and gave to him, so he was kind enough to give the girls each a little friend. They were beyond excited. Here's his website so you can check them out.... http://www.sugarpost.com/ I ended up buying a venus fly trap from him for my backyard. It totally freaked out Dan and Maks.

Daniel's senior pictures

So, my oldest nephew Daniel (my sister Stacey's oldest son) is a senior and going to graduate high school next month. When the heck did this happen? It certainly seems like just a few years ago I was taking my little buddy to see Barney and he was busy being the apple of his Cissy's eye (he loved to make me pretend cry, silly boy...sometimes he would make me for real cry)...now he's practically a grown man...with a job...and a car...and a serious girlfriend (Delana - she's a very sweet girl)...sigh... He's a really great kid with a good head on his shoulders, and I can't wait to see what the future holds for him - it's going to be incredible - this I am sure. Daniel - Cissy loves you a bunch!