Festival of Trees

Amber and her Senior Performance Team members performed their Christmas number to "Cool Yule" for the visitors to this year's Festival of Trees. I forgot both the camera and video camera. I am relying on the generosity of others for videos and photos.

The girls will perform this number prior to both performances of Nutcracker on December 10 and 11 at the Admiral Theatre in Bremerton.

Amber is second from the right in this photograph.

Combined Federal Campaign - Ian's Swing Number

Ian and Alexis have been working on a swing number and last night they presented it for the first time in public at the Mountain View Middle School in Bremerton. Their teacher is Christine Luders and they both dance with her Dance Driven teen ballroom team.

They were at a Combined Federal Campaign fund raiser and they were one of the demo teams. There was also a country two-step competition.

I can't seem to put the video on the page here. You will have to copy this link and put it into your browser to watch it.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Hf3E-ycYqzk

My Baby is 16

I can't believe my baby is 16 years old. When did he grow up? It really seems like yesterday when he was lining his books up in his bedroom, or the Tupperware containers in the kitchen, and crawling around the living room and stopping to pick the fuzz from between his toes, coming by to help with his baby brother, and next baby brother, and wanting to hold his new baby sister, wanting to learn to read, learning sign language, wanting to go to school ...

Now he's taller than I am, can cook, do laundry, and teaches himself in school on a daily basis. He amazes me with his athleticism in dance and drive to do his best in school, band, and dance.

I miss him being little, sitting next to me, reading to him his favorite stories, over and over. All the Froggy flip open board books, which I ended up memorizing.

I miss his little giggly face, which has become such a handsome big, beautiful smile.

I love you, honey, very much, and I am so VERY proud of you.

Happy Birthday, sweetheart. I wish you many blessings and that God smiles down on you the rest of your life.