Louisa {Newborn Sneak Peek}

It's a girl! A beautifuly, fluffy, baby girl!  My friend Lyn called me to tell me Miss Louisa had arrived.  I couldn't wait to see her.  Louisa is a baby donkey, a beautiful gray donkey with the sweetest eyes and the best hair!  Hannah and I could have spent hours just watching her!

 She is learning to walk so well even though her long legs get a bit wobbly at times.  She has a new friend too that would really like for her to come over the fence and play:

While we were having fun watching her, she let me admire her beautiful hair up close and then she started showing us that she could pick up big sticks and carry them around....so cute!

Prom Centerpieces

This was my second year to get to plan the Junior/Senior Prom. It's always a fun challenge to carefully plan every detail while staying within budget. I met with the Junior prom committee and we decided on the theme, "Safari Romance." I like anything animal print, so the color scheme was fun, and the venue is decorated with a rain forest, safari theme already. Our invitations were so cute and the student body seemed especially excited about prom when they saw them.

Thursday evening before Prom, Hannah helped me with the centerpieces. I thought you might like to see what I came up with.

I purchased 12 jars from Dollar Tree..the were a dollar each. And I gathered rocks from my vegetable garden pathways and filled them halfway:

And then we looked at what was suppose to go in the jars and realized, we filled them with rocks too soon.

So, we dumped them back in a bowl and started over. OIY!

I purchased the rain forest like greenery from my favorite place, Hobby Lobby, when it was on sale for 1/2 off.  Yippee!  I found some curly willow branches to add to them too.  We carefully added the greenery and branches to the glass jars, added more pebbles and rocks to keep the jars sturdy and used some left over burlap to tie around the jars:

We added some green rain forest like leaves and bamboo sticks to the larger arrangements that would go on the food tables:

And then I cleaned up my kitchen that was covered with broken pieces of willow branches, pebbles, and dirt from the garden...and then we fell into bed exhausted. 

Mr. K's First Birthday {A Sneak Peek}

What fun to meet Mr. K and his mommy and daddy. Oh my goodness, his hair is amazing and how he wrinkles that little nose when he smiles...so sweet!

One Act Play Advances!!!

Hannah and the One Act Play Cast and Crew advance to District! Yipee!!!  They are working so hard to perfect a few minor things and then the competition is on. They perform again on April 5th.  Thank you for praying for them...it was their best performance ever!

These Eyes

...these beautiful blue eyes with those amazingly long eyelashes get me every time.  I set my camera to overexpose this image on purpose because I wanted to focus on her eyes....I want to remember every detail of them~the ocean blue, the sparkle, the mile long lashes, the joy....oh my baby girl seems to be growing much, much too quickly!

Our Drama Queen

Today is the big day!  Hannah and her fellow One Act Play cast and crew perform in Zone Competition.  They should perform for the judges around 12:30 today. 

I have to tell you that the cast and crew have been working hard for months and I finally got to see the play a week ago and LOVED it!  It is so stinkin' funny!!!  And my daughter is hilarious!  Hannah plays the part of a wealthy old woman and her voice sounds so much like Julia Child.  So funny!

A few months ago, when they were getting props and costumes designed, they found an old stuffed ferret in the prop closet.  Hannah fell in love with it and now it is part of her costume.   She even kisses it in one scene on stage.  

They spray paint her beautiful hair gray for the play.  The first time, we left the gray paint in her hair for about 8 hours.  OIY!  Talk about being tough to rinse out.  Today, she will perform, we will head home after their performance, and promptly wash her hair. 

Hannah is blessed to be the only freshman in this amazing cast!  We were so thrilled when she got the part and so proud of our daughter too! 

Love seeing my 15 year old in pantyhose, cream colored shoes, an "old lady" bag, hat, and gloves.  Makes me giggle. 

I can't wait to see their performance again.  Every part is fabulous and we are praying they go very far in the competition.  We will see this afternoon.  If you think about it, please pray for Hannah and the rest of the cast and crew at 12:30 Texas time when they perform; specifically, that God would help them to give their absolute best performance and to quiet their nerves.  Break a leg one act play!!!!

Granny Airbag

Have you seen this video??? My Uncle shared it with my parents who shared it with the girls and I. It's hilarious so I thought I would share it with all of you too. Enjoy!