Shelby's Piano Recital

Shelby's piano recital was this afternoon. The song she performed was "Minuet" by Paderewski. She did a wonderful job! Cary stayed home with Laney and Aubrey so that Marlee and I could attend the recital without having to worry about Aubrey distracting everyone. Aubrey also has a runny nose and has been somewhat irritable today. She took a 3+ hour nap this afternoon, so hopefully she'll be feeling better soon. Anyway, I took a video of Shelby's performance that you can watch below. Marlee takes piano lessons from a different teacher and her recital will be May 18th.



Shelby before the recital



Shelby with her teacher, Ms. Linda Stark

Not sure why this video clip starts out with a black screen, but just click on it and you can see Shelby playing. Be sure to pause the music on the i-pod first.



Shelby and Marlee

Happy Easter!

Just wanted to share a couple of pictures from this morning before church. I will try to update soon with a slide show of our weekend including our Easter egg hunt yesterday. It has been quite a while since I posted on our blog, so I hope to back track and catch up on the last couple of months soon.

Upwards

All three of the big girls are participating in Upwards this year. Laney is cheerleading and Marlee and Shelby are playing basketball. The season started two Saturdays ago and continues for the next six Saturdays. Laney's games are in the morning, Marlee's in the afternoon, and Shelby's in the evenings, so it definitely makes for a full day. Cary and I try to switch out and take turns going to their games so we don't have to drag Aubrey out all day, especially when it's so cold. I went to Laney's first game and was able to get some good pictures, but I snapped these shots of Marlee and Shelby as they were walking out the door. Hopefully, I'll get some better ones of them this week.

Christmas Day

Okay, so I'm finally posting our Christmas pictures. Sorry it took so long. Anyway, we had a wonderful time celebrating together. The girls were happy with all of their gifts and we are all especially thankful for Jesus, the best gift of all!

Christmas Eve

Cary's parents joined us in Auburn for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We always enjoy spending time with Na-Na and Jimdaddy.

Jimdaddy, Na-Na, and the girls

Reading the Bible with Daddy

Aubrey checking out her new bean bag ........

I think she likes it!

The ball popper was a big hit with all the girls!

Aubrey likes to let the air blow in her ear. Crazy girl!

Christmas in Rome, Georgia

Now that we are almost 10 days into the new year, I am finally blogging about our Christmas. We celebrated with May-May and Paw-Paw on December 20th, the Sunday before Christmas. Joe and Julie and their families were there, and a great time was had by all. Check back in the next day or so, and hopefully I will have Christmas Eve and Christmas Day posted too.

A new can opener for Paw-Paw

Paw-Paw and Aubrey

Cary and Aubrey

Shelby and her sock monkey

Cousin Jake

Marlee got some new slippers

Cousin Avery

Shelby

Marlee and Laney

Laney loves her sock monkey

Yummy desserts!

May-May

Luke and Aubs

Laney's Kindergarten Christmas Party

Laney had a lot of fun celebrating Christmas at school with her friends. As you can see, Aubrey tried to get in on the fun too!

The finished product!