Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Spring Recital ~ 2017

Lilah had her Spring Recital two weekends ago!  For me, there is NOTHING more that brings me joy than seeing my daughter on stage and my sons on the ball field doing what NOT only they LOVE, but what they are good at!
Her recital was at the Jefferson Center, in downtown Roanoke.  The Jefferson Center has a ton of ridiculous photography rules, so I just decided to enjoy the show instead of trying to sneak a photo or compete with all of the rules.  It kind of frustrates me that I cannot take photos of my daughter's handwork.  These are MEMORIES, but I am a rule follower, so I just obeyed.
Lilah was in three dances: tap, ballet, and jazz.  She was focused and flawless.  
I am thankful for the back stage babysitter who snapped a few photos of Lilah's dance team.
We are Liley's biggest fans!  Always have been, always will be!
After the show, we greeted her with a beautiful bouquet of fuchsia baby roses.
And loads of hugs!
Then, we treated her to dinner.  We let Liley pick the restaurant.  She chose Alejandro's.  
At the restaurant, we blessed her with a few gifts to show her how proud we are of her.
I found this darling and oh so appropriate canvas art to give to her.
"Dance like nobody's watching!"
Then, she unwrapped her BIG gift.
Can you tell how EXCITED she was?
Rather than getting her a bunch of crapo gifts, that just go into a junk drawer, we decided to buy her a bluetooth, color changing alarm clock and usb charging system.  She's wanted this for over year.  Lilah was truly SHOCKED.  She exclaimed, "You are the best gift giver EVER!"
I always love watching my girl dance on stage.  The Lord has given her many talents and I believe dancing is DEFINITELY ONE of them.  I am not sure what we are going to do next year.  We are 100% still dancing, but we may switch studios.  We are taking the Summer off and exploring all of our options!

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Happy 12th Birthday Tyson!

Ty's morning started off being woken up and serenaded by our family. It's hard to believe that in less than a year, I will be a momma to a teenager.  
Then, he came down for breakfast and was greeted with a little creativity.  Now that I look at this, his meal appears to read "812".  Haha.  But it is a bagel with bacon shaped out in the #12.  
His lunch box was a little festive and filled with some birthday love.
A birthday joke!
AND A HUGE filled cookie from our local Cookie Store.  It's TY's FAVORITE!
 
The birthday boy loves the Golden State Warriors, so I decided to decorate the table with that color scheme.  
We offered to take Ty to a dinner of his choice, but he wanted mommy's homemade lasagna and garlic knots (those are compliments of Momma Marias).
This year was SOOOOO hard coming up with GIFT ideas because our children are VERY blessed! Mom to the rescue..... I decided to purchase gifts that color coordinated with his three favorite teams. I LOVE the way this gift idea turned out.
  
Each basket came with a BIG gift.  The Steeler's basket game with an Apple Watch.
His Virginia Tech basket came with a NEW and very handsome pair of VT color shoes!
His Golden State Warriors basket came with a NEW Stephen Curry basketball.  
Ty's best friend Gabe joined in on all of the festivities for Ty! He's like one of our own.
Ty's birthday cake was simply from Sam's Club.  I know how to make cake, but sometimes TIME is a factor.  AND seriously, you can't beat this nice looking cake for $15. Even a simple cake like this would have taken me a good 5 hours.  Who has time for that these days! LOL! The candles... uh- Dollar Tree.  Seriously, if you were to buy those at a party store, you would have paid $6.99.  
We took one goofy self-timed photo.  
These two! GOOFIES!
Such a cool pic.
Blowing out candles and making wishes.
We love you Tyson Willis Bolling.  You are growing up so fast!  We are so extra proud of you this year.  Middle school looks so good on you.  Perfect grades, working out daily, involved in church, building friendships, and so very handsome!!! We hope the Lord continues to tug at your heartstrings and you turn to HIM soon!
Happy 12th Birthday!