The Grand Finale! (of June anyway!)

Right after graduation, we had a week straight of dance rehearsals for Emma.  She had her big production at the Arkley Center for Performing Arts June 24th and 25th.  She worked very hard and did a wonderful job!  The show was called "Pure Imagination" and was a lot of fun!  Also a lot of hard work for me, working backstage for one show.  All the dancers are amazing, and dance beautifully!



Emma was so happy to have so much of her family there to cheer her on.  I think her favorite part is coming upstairs in her costume to receive congratulations, and of course, flowers!

Emma with her Papa and Grandma

We'll do it again next June!

Another graduation!

We had one more noteworthy graduation to attend, at the High School.  We were very happy, and proud to see Andrea's boyfriend Walter cross the stage as Co-Valedictorian of his class.  Way to go Walter!

Graduation!

Janelle graduated 8th grade with amazing grades, and we are SO proud of her!  She is very excited about high school, and has really jumped in with both feet, already participating with the high school cheerleaders.  She did a routine at Class Night, and has been fundraising her little heart out for her new uniform.  She plans on playing soccer in the fall, and cheering in the winter for basketball.

We had a lot of fun shopping for her graduation outfit.  I think she had the most fun shopping for accessories!  In the end, she looked gorgeous!

Her shoes were her favorite part.

She loved her hair

She did a fabulous speech at graduation, in fact, all the kids that spoke did a great job.

Janelle giving the welcome.

After graduation, we had a party for her, Abbi, and their cousin JD who had graduated in Texas.  Everyone had a great time!

Abbi and Janelle

Mmmm!  Cake!

The Real Janelle

Who gave them knives????

After cake and presents, it was time to dance!  The decorations were great, and everyone had a fabulous time.

Congratulations Janelle!

Where did June go?

Seems like June was a blur, we were SO busy!  Janelle was busy playing tennis for the Fortuna Rec League, and she had a great time!

We also finally, FINALLY got the beat up red car out of our backyard.  I feel a little less redneck now!  It was really rather entertaining to see your car being towed not only by a monster tractor, but a little four wheeler!

Bye Bye Red Rocket!!!!!!  Someday, I will have a decent yard!