The reason for going to Salem

I have been planning on going to Oregon to see Berkleigh

perform in her dance recital since about November of last year.

When the time finally came....I was very exciting to see

her getting all made up for her big debut...

When it was time to go...of course...it was raining...so she donned

her rain boots....so cute....

Berkleigh, on the far right, and her BFF, Tessa, in the center

were the only two who really knew what was going on...but

it is a beginning class. And it didn't really matter anyway

because everybody loved them....

Jennifer bought the girls sunflowers for after the

performance....they were adorable.

And it just wouldn't be right to wear lipstick without a touch

of frosting on top!!!

The reason Berkleigh had this cupcake was a really cute

story.  When she was finished with her

practice the day before the recital, we walked outside the theater

and started taking pictures of Berkleigh and her friend Tessa.

Just down the street from the 

theater there is a bakery.

The lady who owns the bakery

ran outside and asked the girls to wait because she had something

special for them. She came back out with these bright yellow

frosted cupcakes.

We are thinking she probably frosted them just for the girls...

so sweet.

I wanted to add Merrick's soccer pictures at this point in the blog but

unfortunately something happened to my camera and it started 

to delete pictures. Merrick's are gone but I have a feeling I will have lots more chances to take pictures of Merrick playing soccer...

Sorry buddy...I am really disappointed because they were awesome.

Love you guys...you are both amazing!!!