Sunday, June 17, 2012

CWS Fan Fair

Since the Olympic Swimming Trials are being held in Omaha next week, they put up this really cool swimming guy right off of Dodge Street.  He's huge!  And probably a really fast swimmer. 
Today was Father's Day (Happy Father's Day, Dad & Mike!!), so after we stopped at the swimming guy, we went down to the fan fair at the College World Series. Nothing like sweating buckets on your special day! It was fun, despite the heat.
 Briana won those awesome sunglasses she's wearing.  She's hot stuff.
 And, check out those tattoos! 

We got to play lots of games and we got lots of free stuff.  We even got free cokes and free powerades!  Perfect for a sweltering day.  But, Mike had a good time, so I think it was a successful father's day. 

Summer Library & A Birthday Party

Briana got her first job!  She's going to be volunteering at the library this summer in the childrens department.  She had her first day last week, and she had a blast.  Of course, I wasn't allowed to stay at the library while she was volunteering.  In fact, she wouldn't even let me walk her in!
She had a very fun time with it, and she's ready to go back next week!  Yay!!
And, we had her 10th birthday party!  A fun time was had by all, as usual.
She opened lots and lots of presents (and refused to give me a normal smile in any of these pictures!).
My favorite part of the party was definitely the cake.  Briana wanted a tye dye cake, and it turned out really cute.


And, to top off the night, the girls' cousins got to sleep over.  It was pretty much the best way to end the party.
They had a blast and stayed up very, very late. 
Smiles all around!  Happy 10th Birthday, Briana!!

Monday, June 11, 2012

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

A Birthday And A Recital

My baby is no longer in the single digits.  She's 10.  10!  I can hardly believe it.  She had a fantastic birthday, complete with presents, cake, whipped cream and a brand new ipod.  The day before her birthday, Mamaw and Papaw took her out to get her a new ipod.  It was the happiest day of her life. 
She played on that ipod ALL day!  I could hardly pry it out of her hands for dance class.

Her actual birthday was almost as exciting.  She opened presents. 
She slipped and she slided.
She blew out her candles.

And, she took a whipped cream pie to the face.  That's right.  And it was all her idea!

Immediately following the birthday we had her dance rehearsal and dance recital.  Both were excellent, as usual.  Briana danced her little heart out and she looked gorgeous on stage.  Since we are only able to record at the rehearsal, I was only able to get a portion of her dances recorded (because the teacher stops the dances in the middle to fix spacing and stuff.)  So here is a portion of her jazz dance.

She's the one with the black hat on. 
Now, see if you can pick her out in this picture.  It's the entire MLDC Dance Company. 

And here she is with her dance teacher, Miss Mary Lorraine.
It was a great weekend that ended in lots of flowers.  What more can a girl ask for?