Ballet Recital 2014

My Prima Ballerina

 She adores the following two women....

She was very fortunate to have such a great support system and cheering section...

 And her ballerina friends are just the sweetest little things...

 And then, there's her biggest fan...

Her recital this year was only 30 minutes long, as they included the little bitties only and saved the bigger girls for the 7:00pm recital.   We actually attended that one, but it was a little much for my tiny dancer....

See her little tiara? That was her little treasure from me instead of flowers.

So sweet.

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Oh! and I opted out of videoing the performance since my dad had his video camera.

Guess who forgot to press record.

I'm was so sickened,because she was absolutely precious and really gave quite a show at the end. I probably cried for two hours -- I always took the pictures and Iain was the videographer in the family.  It was just another painful reminder of his absence. It is still painfully difficult to navigate daily life and special events without him.  :(

I did manage to video her rehearsal with my phone.  Not the same thing, but at least it's something.

Beautiful Ballerina

We just completed Gianna's third year of dance.  Each year on the day of dress rehearsal, we usually take the opportunity to do a little photo shoot.  I'm not even going to tell you how many I took!  These are some of my favorites...

This year, we added Gianna's sweet friend, Sophia to the photo fun.  Her recital was last Sunday, but she was sick and could not dance in it.  We thought this little photo shoot might make her feel special. Here are a few of them... 

I'm embarrassed to say I have a ton more pictures.  I'll save them for another post.

Thanks for hanging in there!

A little concert for you...

Jessie and Gianna have been making music together for over five years.  They are so talented. I couldn't love either one of them any more.  

Here's one of their recent jam sessions....

Yippee Yo Ki Yay!

I removed several of Gianna's princess dresses from her closet in hopes of inspiring some better behavior. She pouted just a little and then quietly played in her room. After about 30 minutes of silence, I found her working on a prop for an alternative costume. After attending a rodeo yesterday to watch some dear friends compete, she was inspired to become a 'serious rodeo girl.' I love my creative girl. 

Kindergarten Video

My little graduate had a great year with her precious classmates and amazing teacher. I put together a little video of some of their favorite memories.