The Grand Recital

Thursday, May 14th, 2015

Oma & Grandpa, along with Nana & Grandad came to support my dd's

Aunt Lynn & Mimi excited to hear the girls play

The Twinsies (made us all smile) :-))

The girls' spunky teacher, Miss Margie

The adoring Daddy with his baby girl

Ella was 1st up, and she did wonderful!

Abby was further down the list, and also did wonderfully!

(Greg and I just love that our kids play music...

praying they take long enough to have the skill for a lifetime!)

Her & Rachel Schlitter did a beautiful duet just following Abby's solo performance

Owen, the world's silliest photo bomber!

The cutest, and funniest, part of the duet was right before starting your song, you both flipped your long hair in the air...so we reenacted later that evening :-)

Abigail Kathryn

Ella Marie

My girls

Love a Grand Piano

One of Abby's besties, Avery (a.k.a. "Ave Dog") surprised her and came to watch her perform

~ so stinkin' sweet!!

My sweet family ~ love when they all come to support each other

Reception Time! No skimping for this gang!

It was such a lovely evening...truly "Music to my ears!"

His Eye is on the Dancer

The night Abby has been dreaming of for several years now finally arrived

The night of her Dance Recital

If you recall, Abby had been out of dance for a bit due to soccer...but Momma broke her 1 sport activity rule to allow her to get back in to one of her first loves

and I am SO glad I did!

The JOY that exudes from Abby when she dances is nothing short of divine

Let the Performance Begin!!

to my dismay, we were not allowed to take pictures OR video during the performances...

big fat UGH :-((

Abby's Lyrical 3 Class danced to Kate Conlon's *His Eye on On The Sparrow* ~ 

It is one of the MOST beautiful songs ever! I felt beyond blessed that she had a strong believing teacher who chose a song that would bring God such glory!

Thankful for our friend C who kindly allowed our lil' guy to be entertained by his app adventures during the 3 hours of audience time

otherwise we coulda had some of this going on in the middle of the show! :-<>

Proud G'mas & Bro's

His eye may be on the sparrow...but OUR eyes were on YOU Abby Lou!

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.
~ Joseph Addison

*Abby ~ we are so thrilled that you are fulfilling what we believe to be part of God's beautiful plan for your life; may you continue to share your gift of dance for many, many years to come!*