Senior Swim Meet

Happy birthday to this dear girl!

Merry Christmas!

We got to see her sing tonight, and it was wonderful!

I got 'em!

Family Reunion Fun

Visiting my favorite city this afternoon!

Mom or Massage Therapist?

She's definitely her biggest supporter!

I finally made it one of my niece's swim meets tonight and it was awesome to watch her doing her thing.

They're here!

Mama made her a new strap!

One of my favorite parts of family gatherings is when my niece pulls out her guitar and sings for us!

Senior Photo

This is the one that he chose for the Yearbook...

We had a fun afternoon wandering around Roberts Farm Preserve taking photos of him and his friend. After all, they've spent a good portion of their high school years up there! We're pleased with how the shots came out, although portrait photography would not be considered my strong suit. Thankfully my niece is great at cleaning up with Photoshop and it looks awesome!

Go #11

Since he's graduating from high school, this is his last season playing lacrosse, so I wanted to be sure to catch a game. We drove down today to watch him play, and enjoyed a fierce game, albeit a loss for his team. Oh well. It was fun anyway!

Meanwhile his cousins & siblings were having a little fun at his expense...

Fortunately, he was a good sport about it!

I'm so proud of this group of cousins!

Tonight the oldest graduated from High School and we're all so excited for him! He has a very bright future ahead of him, and we can't wait to see what he will accomplish. He knows that he will always have this supportive group behind him!

Doin' what she loves!

This evening we enjoyed another wonderful concert performed by the Bonny Eagle Select Chorus! They are sooooo talented.

A Walk on the Beach

Meet Marshall Ruffin

Marshall Ruffin was the opening act for the Crystal Bowersox show. Dear God, can that man sing! I don't think that I have ever enjoyed gospel more. He also played back-up guitar for Crystal and their voices together were amazing. My niece was super impressed as well. We'll be following his career and looking for his music in the future!

And tonight we got to see her in concert!

It was an evening of family, amazing food, incredible music, and fun! Crystal is such a friendly, 'down-to-Earth' person that you feel like she's an old friend. We got to visit with her before the show and listen to a couple of acoustic songs - her soulful version of the classic 'Bobby McGee' & then she picked her way through a song that she is working on writing right now. I loved that my niece got to sit next to her and watch her thinking her way through a new song. It's such an interesting process and so cool that she shared it with us. I shared with her my memories & pictures of that night at the Grand Ole Opry. She talked about it for a few minutes and told me that she appreciated me reminiscing with her.

Her show was every bit as incredible as I knew it would be. Her voice has a range and strength that sounds so incredible through an array of songs that were bluesy, country, gospel and rockin'. The show went late, but even after 3 encores, I don't think anyone wanted it to end. We were all having so much fun!

The Adventurers & Me

Sweet Sixteen

Go BE swim team!

This evening we are cheering on my niece and nephew as they swim for the Scots!