Love For Ashley

Ashley's dance recital is scheduled for June 13 and 14, below are some pictures of her in a couple of her costumes. This is Ashley's 7th dance recital. Below is her Jazz costume, dancing to "Kansas City." These next group of pictures are of her Lyrical costume. She will be dancing to "Christmas Shoes." This number will certainly require a box tissues to watch, Ashley dances beautifully in this number. I can't wait to see it.

This last week has to be the busiest week I have ever had as a mom; with three days of dance classes, two days of recital rehearsals, and two days of recital for Ashley plus a couple days of baseball practice, Karate classes and a weekend baseball tournament for Brad. Honestly, how in the world did I get myself into this? Is this what I signed up for when I decided to be a mom? Not only did we have all of the above this last week but my mom and my 15 year old niece, Marisa, was in town as well. I feel sorry for Marisa, we were not able to do anything exciting with her while she was here; no Disney, Sea World, Universal Studios, etc. We have done nothing but local shopping, a half day at our local city water park and a very wet and nasty day at the Kennedy Space Center. It was hard to schedule activities first because I still work from 8 am to 1 pm Monday through Friday and second because things cost so darn much these days not to mention the gas prices. Even though we live in central F...