This was the day we had all been waiting for . . . Olivia's Dance Recital!

Olivia getting her make up on. This has been her dream come true!

Here she is all done up!

Getting ready for the show!!!!!

Single Ladies . . .

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After the first performance. I think they enjoyed it!

Great Balls of Fire. . .

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This was one of a helper back stage and I do believe Olivia thought she was a real live Barbie.

This was the Thriller dance. Click here to see that dance!

Curtain Call - Click Here!

Check out Livi signing autographs!

Sisters

Juliana Turns 4 - Take one!

This was Juliana's early birthday with the family. Since we have had a Mickey Mouse theme for the past 3 years, I tried to talk her into something different. The only thing she would go for was a Minnie Mouse party. You can imagine how thrilled I was when I found this adorable Minnie Mouse dress at the Disney Store.
Unfortunately, Juliana is not a fan of dresses. She much prefers shorts and a t-shirt or a jogging suit. This picture was taken seconds before she puked all over her Minnie Mouse dress. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, she officially hated her dress so much it made her puke!

Here are Linda & Don Adams (our ex-neighbors who we miss so much!)

Omi & Uncle Danny! Click here to see Omi on the swing!

Olivia with her Nina Julie

Linda, Efrain & Dora

Here is a much more comfortable Juliana hanging with the girls and watching her Mickey Mouse. This is her idea of a great birthday!

This is her amazing cake that Uncle Ray & Aunt Julie got for her. And yes, once again, it tasted as good as it looked! The top layer was strawberry cake (with real strawberries) and the bottom was white cake with white chocolate mousse. Yummy!

Of course Juliana had to taste test first!

Time to open gifts. Wait, why are Olivia and I way more excited than Juliana is?

This was her favorite card because it played her favorite song! Thanks Julie.

And unfortunately this is Olivia seconds later digging for gold.

Holla - Juliana is taking us shopping!

All done!

This is a Cinderella dress from Aunt Linda. Of course, not to be out done, Olivia ran to get her dress too.

Livi's got some sass!

After a long but fun day, Omi and Juju catch a nap.

1st Day of School!

It's hard to believe that Juliana has started her second year in school. She is so adorable and was super excited to start back again. We talked to her the night before about how she would see her teachers again and ride the bus and she just lit up! Then she woke up at 5 am with a huge smile like "mom, I'm ready for school!"

Click here to see Roger's Commentary on the first day of school!

This is her bus driver Ms. Lee!

Click here for bus ride!

This is the amazing team at Clifton Early Childhood Center that works with Juliana. (Ms. Morton, Ms. Maribel, Ms. McNeese and Ms. Gabbi) Love those ladies!

First day back and already hard at work!

Click here for Mr. Brooks' last thoughts of the day. Thanks so much to my wonderful husband for being there and narrating the big event!

San Antonio!!

So for our last little get away before school started we made a little trip to San Antonio. We met up with my family who rode the train from El Paso to San Antonio.

Our first stop. . . Red Robin of course.

Red Robin is Omi's FAVORITE restaurant, so it was only natural that she had to take a picture with Red Robin.

Here we are at Freddy's!

Yes, she loves Freddy's

This was the day that we went to Morgan's Wonderland. It is an amazing amusement park dedicated to special needs families. It just opened this past spring and it's absolutely beautiful.

This is the carousel that we must have ridden half a million times. The secret to that was that we were like one of only two families at the park that day. Literally. Let's just say it was a little bit hot that day.

These were the cars that Juliana drove us around in.

Here we were, you guessed it, eating again.