A Makeover!

Yea- I finally made the time to give my blog a new makeover. I was having problems with getting my old header the correct size, so for the last few weeks I haven't had one. Then last week we got our pictures back from my good friend Nicole, so I decided to just sit down and get it done. The header still turned out a little large, but I am just leaving it! No more time messing around. Anyway- I thought it would be a great time for me to put a plug in for Nicole. She is a photographer just starting out, but I think she is doing great! I love that she has her own style! Definately non traditional, which I envy. Nicole, I wish I was as creative as you girl. So if you are in need of a photographer check out her site and see what you think.http://nicoleklinglerphotography.blogspot.com/

A Pickley and some Princesses!

Meet my adorable niece Micklee (aka Pickley). Last weekend we also had a girls weekend! My mom, sister, grandma and I all got to kidnap my niece and take her with us. Micklee is only three and she was so good! I begged my mom to see if we could take her. We got tickets to Disney on Ice. The theme was Disney Princess and it was so cute! The skating was terrific, and I have to say I was very entertained. Leave it to Disney to put on such a wonderful show! We saw all the Disney Princess: Belle, Aurora, Cinderella, Snow White, Jasmine, and Ariel. Micklee was on my lap for part of the show and she was so funny. She kept telling me this was the bestest show ever! We also managed to get some card playing and some shopping time in. It wouldn't be a girls weekend without shopping. And I must say, Micklee fits right in with us. She can shop with the best of them. She is so cute how she looks thru the racks. She found a horsie sweater she just had to have! And can you guess who bought it for her? Yep! I'm a push over!

Here is a pic of me and Pickley at the show. Don't mind that the railing looks like a gun pointed at my head. I didn't have time to Photoshop it out.

I got lots of Old Maid playing time in too! Thanks Micklee, I love that game!

Micklee's favorite Princess---Jasmine! I didn't have many pics turn out of the show. When you put darkness and moving skaters together, it doesn't make for very good pictures.

It wouldn't be Disney without these two!

My favorite face! She calls it the Shaka Laka face! She kept us laughing all weekend.

Thanks to her parents for sharing her for the weekend! She was the life of the party!

An Evening with Gary Morris

Last weekend we took a little trip South. Brett got us tickets to Gary Morris. Most people don't know who Gary is, and I have to admit that I didn't until I met Brett. He is a singer with an AMAZING voice. Brett first saw Gary 18 years ago when his parents took him to California to see Les Miserables. Gary played John ValJean, the main character in the musical. He has loved Gary's music for as long as I have know him, so it was just a given that we would be going when he was coming this close. We invited Jean(my mother in law) to go with us and I am so glad she decided to come with us. We had a great time! I took some pics during the concert, but I had my cheap portable camera so they didn't turn out. Here are a few that did. Oh and by the way, I am now doing a watermark on my pics that I post on my blog. No--It's not because I think I take wonderful pictures and don't want people to steal them. Since my blog is not private, I decided I at least need to protect those I take photos of by watermarking. I've been hearing some scary stories so I thought I may need to take some preventive measures.

Gary was so gracious after the show to come and and sign autographs and let people take pics with him. Believe it or not, this is one picture I didn't have to bribe my hubby to let me take. He jumped right in there for this one. Wish I could get that response more often!

Loved this one! I'm not sure who was more excited-Jean or Brett to
have a picture with Gary!

Loved this one too! Thanks again to my wonderful hubby for
sharing his love of music with me!