Lights, Camera, Action!

2 things:

Friday night was New Moon- just can't say much about it- other than I am still drooling, and not over Jacob- but see, Edward is just, well, just perfect, if I may say so...it is the love story that I love, not that he isn't all that, because, well, he just is...and Jacob may have a fantastic body- yes, a fantastic build, but seriously, he's 17 and that is just wrong for me to love, but Edward, see, Edward is 23, so that is okay for me to gush over!! I just rambled on, didn't I? Edward sort of does that to me!! ha ha

7 of us lucky girls went- me, Wendy, Katie, MaryAnn, Ashley, Julie and Jill- it was so fun! Here we are afterward, still soaking it all in- before we dreamt about it all night and thought about it for days afterward....Notice how I am the one standing next to Edward!!

Last night we took the kiddos to see the Christmas lights at Easton for Family Night- it was the perfect night- not too cold, and certainly not that warm! They loved it and the lights did not disappoint! The tree is amazing!

A great start to kick off the Holiday Season!! I look forward to Thanksgiving on Thursday- another of my very favorite days of the year! Happy Thanksgiving to you!

66

I have been so busy this week, but I wanted to wish my Daddy a Happy 66th Birthday yesterday!! I did get a chance to call him, but I hope he knows I thought about him all day. I love him and become more grateful for him each day of my life. He never fails to make me smile when I talk to him or see him- and I love that his birthday falls right around the OSU vs Michigan game- it's always wonderful when OSU kicks the crap out of them- as will be the case tomorrow!! Happy Birthday, Dad- I love you!

Dancing Queen

Celeste started dance this year- as I mentioned before- a combo class, where she gets ballet, tap and tumbling- all in an hour! She loves this class- more than I can even tell you- she holds her breath until Tuesdays when she has dance- this girl is loving life right now- and I love that she loves it!
This week was "watch week" where we can go inside and see all that the class has worked on for the past couple of months....she was thrilled about this day, because Grandma was coming! It was so cute to watch these gems- Celeste is the youngest (and smallest) in her class, and it is her first year, but she holds her own with the older girls. They showed us some ballet:

Then we moved on to "tap"- where they did a routine to "Baby Face"- super adorable...wish I could've videoed it!






And finally, some "tumbling":

The end of the class is always fun, because they get stamps on their hands! It's the little things, honestly, the little things that Celeste loves:


I am glad she enjoys dance- she is one "girly girl" for sure- and as long as she is content with one class a week, I am good...girls are expensive!!

Pretty Pretty Princesses...

So on Tuesday, Celeste invited Emma and Abby (her 2 BFF's) over to party with her for her 4th Birthday! I have to admit that I hardly did anything except the food- Leah didn't have school, so she became the big sister/mother there for the girls- she is trying to convince me that I need to pay her for that! But anyway, she dressed them up and we had lunch and then cupcakes that they decorated; they watched The Little Mermaid, and then they played Hullaballoo. Fun times!! Another birthday celebration for the lucky 4 year old Princess!

Then later that day, Leah had watch week for her tumbling class, so I took some pics there, but she is fast, and my camera is not! Here is the best I could do: She and Julia are still great friends!
Her back walkover is coming along pretty well...



These last two pics were a few of the first ones I took with my new camera!! Yep, that's right, a new camera- an early Christmas gift to me!! I think it will suffice for a while- until I can get the one I truly want- it's got great megapixels, so hopefully they will be a little clearer and it has great zoom and fun features- I haven't really gotten time to play with it yet, but rest assured, I will!

Celeste is 4!!

I know what you are thinking, "she can't be 4?!" Well, I am thinking that too!! NO fair! She is growing too fast- I hate it. Honestly, my baby, my little girl now wants to be a big girl...as long as she stays this cute and sweet, I will let her keep growing, but it is not easy on me!! We love her to pieces- she completes our family, and for sure will always be my baby.
I just love all her looks and antics- she cracks me up- and don't get me wrong, she loves to be photographed- but only until I say, "look at me!!!" a few too many times- then she is done- these were harder to get than usual! But worth every one.

We went to my parent's house for her cake and ice cream...Sean and Steph and the girls were there too- Aunt Liza came. It was fun- her cupcakes spell out:

C 4

And then I wrote "Celeste is the bomb" on them- she loved that! And of course, she got tons of fun gifts- here she is enjoying them all.

Lucky girl- she is one lucky, special, one-of-a-kind, bundle of love, fun, wonderful, sweet, cuddly, gem of a little, big girl who we are lucky and blessed to call ours. Happy 4th Birthday, Celeste- we love you more than you will know...