A lovely visit

I just got home from my friend Hilary's home, and as always we had a lovely visit. Hilary and I both have three kids all in almost the same age groups - or + a few months. So we can relate with the woe's and joy's of raising three kids. I can always count on her for a good listening ear. No question is too silly or stupid. I am so glad we are friends. Her Daughter Charlotte, and Zoe are a year apart. Charlotte is three. So they are just starting to play a little more when we get together. It's a lot of fun.
Today is an overcast kind of day. The forecast says it is supposed to snow. I love the snow. If it starts to snow, I will take some pictures of it and post them a little later on. Well I am going to go be lazy and take a much needed nap with the girls. Aris is in so much pain now that she's cutting teeth. For the past two nights she has gotten up for 30-45 min. in the 3 am -4 am range. So I will be honest I am a wee bit tired. Well I hope everyone has a wonderful day. I will write more later.

Cookies in Good Company

Sunday evening (last night) was the night of the cookie exchange at Carla's lovely home. I felt so honored that they invited me even though I don't work at FBCC anymore. Everyone made such yummy goodies and we all pigged out on cookies and veggie dip trays. At the end everyone took home about a half a dozen of each of the different treats that people brought to the party. We talked and laughed and had a lovely time. Once the holidays are over we are going to try and do a crop night at one of the scrap booking stores. That will be a lot of fun. Look for some photos to be downloaded later on today from this special event with friends that are like family to me.

Recital

Holiday Recital

Katrina and Sloan

Fat momma and Sloan

Hey, it's the famous "Hi mom!", moment.

The final bow

Sloan and Hailey, they are in class together.

The girls were in an Orient themed dance. They were Oriental candy cane dancers. Sloan is the one one the far right in the picture and the video above. The video is pretty choppy, thats because I filmed it on my digital camera.

Part of the finale

The recital was so great, the girls did so well. Mrs. Kathrine is such an awesome teacher. She is very creative and good with the girls. I always look forward to these recitals. She does them twice a year. It's also fun to see all the little one's I used to teach at FBCC. The recitals are always at the Museum of fine art here in Reno. It is a lovely venue and the perfect size for the performance. Every year Sloan gets better at dancing. I look forward to the next few years of dancing with Mrs. Kathrine.

Dinner with friends

Megan, Brent, Brian, Sloan, Dean, and Zoe

We had lunch at BJ's, it's a brewery and a restaurant all in one. They have the yummiest most awesomist food. It was good to see Brent and Megan and Brian. They are such nice friends.