Kayla Dancing at the Embassy

Here is a little bit of Kay dancing last night....enjoy! My favorite part is when she jumps and her dress comes clear up to her waist. She is in the red dress with the white trim. (During the video I scan to the left and you can see my niece Mya dancing too - 2nd in from the left)

Girl's Night Out!

Oh what a fun girl's night we had last night! Kayla and I met our friends Julie and Emily. We headed to the Festival of Trees at the Embassy. The girls had fun looking at all the trees. Emily's dance company performed and then Kayla herself got to go on stage and perform at the Embassy with her dance company. We then walked to Coney Island (boy do I miss Coney Island in Kendallville!) and it was packed! We then headed to the ice rink. Notice, there are no pictures from the ice rink! Poor Kayla struggled on skates, but she didn't give up. I used every muscle in my upper body to keep her upright. I only fell once, and I'm sure that the entire city felt it because I went down HARD! We ended our fun night at DeBrand's. We are so blessed to have such good friends and good times!

I love this picture of the girls stuffing their faces with popcorn!

Kayla and Emily

Julie and Julie

Happy Thanksgiving

More Than A Day
As Thanksgiving Day rolls around,

It brings up some facts, quite profound.

We may think that we're poor,

Feel like bums, insecure,

But in truth, our riches astound.

We have friends and family we love;

We have guidance from heaven above.

We have so much more

Than they sell in a store,

We're wealthy, when push comes to shove.

So add up your blessings, I say;

Make Thanksgiving last more than a day.

Enjoy what you've got;

Realize it's a lot,

And you'll make all your cares go away.

By Karl Fuchs

Happy Birthday Kayla

Tomorrow my baby girl turns 6!!! We celebrated her birthday this afternoon. We are so lucky to have family and friends that can come over to help us celebrate. We had a FULL house! When we tell Kayla to say "thank you" to "Grandma" we have to clarify because usually there are 4-5 "Grandma's/Great-Grandma's" present! Here are some pictures from the day!

Christmas Beauties

Mya and Kayla had their first Christmas dance performance Saturday at the Kendallville Festival of Trees. They did such a great job! I don't think I could have got out in front of a crowd at that age and danced (or at my current age!). You can catch these two gals next Saturday Nov. 29th at the Embassy Festival of Trees in Fort Wayne at 5 p.m.

Fall Carnival

I'm so thankful that the Wayne Center Elementary Fall Carnival is OVER. I was very lucky to work with two other moms that put a lot of time into making this carnival a great event for the kids. Dawn and Tiffanie were wonderful to work with. None of us had ever worked on this event and somehow we made it all come together! The kids seemed to have a great time and our chili even turned out good! We learned a lot and things will be much easier next year. Thank you to all the parents that donated food and their time working at games during the carnival!

Meeting Tom Izzo!!!

Last night we were very lucky to be able to attend the IPFW vs. MSU basketball game last night with our friends Ron and Kim. They are both MSU grads and had the opportunity to get tickets to this game. We were set up in the Budweiser Suite at the Coliseum.

I think the only rule was that I could not wear any red or anything that indicated that I am an IU fan. So, I tried to wear green, wrong green, but it was still green nonetheless.

I must say, of course I am an IU fan. But I am also am a Big Ten fan. I would put State on the top of the list behind Indiana and in front of all the other schools any other day.

I'm glad State won, but I always have to root for the underdog. I just made one mistake during the game yelling out loud for IPFW in the midst of all the MSU alumni. I only embarrassed Chris briefly and feared for my life for a few seconds. I think that IPFW played the best they could and MSU probably the worst.

The best part of the night (besides hanging out with great friends) was after the game when Tom Izzo came up to the suite and talked to the group of people. He was witty and willing to answer any questions. Being the speech therapist I am, it hurt me to hear him talk - his poor voice is a mess! He was a very gracious man and signed items and posed for pictures. I have to say I think it was a very cool thing and I am definitely even more a MSU fan now than I was before!

NOW IF I CAN ONLY MEET COACH CREAN!!!!!!