Timehop Tuesday

Happy Tuesday! Here are my Timehops!

Weekend Wrap-Up: The Dance Recital/Father’s Day Edition

It’s been a big weekend. Yesterday was Callie’s dance recital! We went out to dinner first and then a number of our family members came to the show. It was awesome and Cal did great!

I took video at the rehearsal on Thursday so you can see both her dance (Bushel and a Peck) and her part of the finale (Time of My Life).

And I realized that I don’t think I ever shared the official dance pictures of both girls, so here they are!

Today we had Nana, Papa, Pa, G-Ma and Auntie Cat over for lunch and root beer floats!

Then we went downtown to see Boom and Auntie Mari (and the girls refused to smile nice for pictures with me).

And poor Auntie Mari!



Father’s Day always makes me grateful for the men in my life, and it has obviously been a bittersweet and emotionally confusing day the past few years. Today I put on my “Love ya” necklace (in my dad’s handwriting) and my “Lee” ring, as usual. Every morning when I put those pieces on, I feel like I’m arming myself with my dad’s love.

I still sometimes can’t believe that it is my story that my dad died so unexpectedly and early. But it has also taught me more about gratitude than I ever thought I needed to learn. And there is so much to be grateful for.

I’ll leave you with Maya’s preschool note about her daddy. 

Have a great week!

A Picture Update: Summer Week 1

You guys, we had such a fun first week of summer!

We did so many things, but didn’t really have anything planned ahead of time. I love those kinds of weeks. So here we go!

Monday: Haircuts (mine was technically on Sunday) and playtime with Boom, Lucy, and Iris, biking in the rain and dinner with G-ma and Pa!

Tuesday: Playing at Boom’s house again (with a fun new pillow that Callie saved her money up for), and dinner with Uncle Jim and Aunt Coco!

Wednesday: a neighborhood run/bike ride looking for little libraries,  fun times at Centennial Lakes with G-ma and Auntie Cat, and hammock time with Luna.

Thursday: a training walk with Luna and G-ma, a walk to the park (with donuts and a “Lee” Coke- I don’t drink Coke but I had to buy it, obviously) playing in the sprinkler, and dance recital dress rehearsal!

Friday: morning weeding and splash pad with the Held’s.

Lastly, this afternoon I got some “mail” delivered to me during quiet time:

Have a great weekend!

Chris’ Wedding Speech

There have been requests for me to post Chris’ wedding speech.

I missed getting the introduction on camera, when he said that he had written a poem, but that it was a work in progress. At that point I quickly turned my camera to video because he has never written me a poem, so I knew this would be something.

I would also like to preface it by saying I had no idea what he had written, and was mostly impressed but also a little horrified.

Enjoy!

Timehop Tuesday

Hello!

Here are my Timehops! The first one is all about Hanna! We went together to watch her pick out her wedding dress a year ago, and on Saturday she got to wear it for real!

The we have our dancer Cal.

And goofy Maya!

My parents were married 42 years ago today. This is one of my favorite wedding pictures of them

Weekend Wrap-Up: Dan and Hanna’s Wedding!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi everybody! We had just the most fantastic lovely and magical weekend celebration of Dan and Hanna’s wedding. It was a rainy day but it didn’t dampen our spirits or the fun. We. Had. A. BLAST.

I’m sure there will be many more posts of pictures because I haven’t gotten anyone else’s yet, but here are the ones that I got that I hope convey how lovely a time we had!

I picked up the bride at 8am and we headed to the salon for hair and makeup!

Cathleen brought Callie to the salon a little later for her fancy updo!

We had fun getting fancy, and Hanna had fun doing some makeup too.

We got to the venue (Historic Concord Exchange) and there was lots of people working to get everything ready!  We got ourselves ready and then got to see Hanna get into her beautiful dress!

After the first look and some other pictures around the building, we headed out for more pictures...the rain didn't stop us!

Hanna's sisters surprised her with a trolley as our transportation to the picture site.  It was near railroad tracks, so the kids were happy and entertained watching the trains!

The ceremony started at 5pm!  I can't wait to see the professional pictures because the venue was absolutely beautiful and the ceremony was lovely, personal, and special.

After the ceremony was a cocktail hour!

Hanna's nephew, Bronco, LOVED hanging out with the girls- especially Maya.  And it is always good when the tall Henderson girls get to see Hanna!

Then there was dinner and speeches.  They were pretty epic (and maybe video proof coming at a later time...my husband pulled some shenanigans).

Did I mention Bronco loves the girls?  They love him too.  And Callie is a good little "babysitter" for him.

After dinner the girls got to get a caricature of themselves!  They sat still and smiled and it turned out so cute.

The dancing started and the dance floor was pretty busy all night.  Callie had a blast and got to stay up until 10pm!

There was a dollar dance and Jenna and Andy showed up to crash the wedding too!

The evening went late!  There may have been some shots.  And the oldest of the Gosselin cousin marrieds (Chris and I and Simone and Tyler) lasted longer than any of the other cousins. Hee hee!

We got a nice Henderson family picture.  I can't wait to see the professional pictures of the Gosselin family!

And of course we had to get our little Gosselin clan all dressed up and fancy.

This is one of my favorite pictures from the night because it shows how much fun Dan and Hanna were having!  Soon after they were lifted up on the chairs, there were a couple rows of wedding guests holding hands and dancing around them.

So that about does it for now.  I'm sure that I'll do more posts once more pictures roll in.  I'm so very grateful for our wonderful family, and that we can now officially call her Auntie Hanna!