My Sweet Baby Girl

My sweet baby girl turned 17 today. She is such a wonderful young woman. There isn't much trace of the little girl left anymore. I am so proud of her. She is my pride and joy.

The Semi-licensed Driver

We go to the DMV in a small town not far from us because I know it is never busy. True to form, there was only one other patron there ahead of us. I thought to myself, "Oh nice, we'll be in and out of here super fast." Boy howdy, was I wrong! We waited 30 minutes just for someone to call her name.

It just goes to prove the DMV is out to punish us all. They saw you going 5 miles over the speed limit on I-85 yesterday. Don't think that just because they didn't give you a ticket your crime would go unpunished.

Sweet 16

Kelsea ran some last minute errands with her daddy just before the party. Nana, Andrew, Karen, Matt, and Emily arrived while she was out.





Nana brought her cake. It was truly gorgeous! And delicious!








The girls all ate junk, watched movies, and clowned around.

Turkmen Dance

Kelsea's ballet class made a video for a church in Turkmenistan.

Pointe

The battle to fit Kelsea for Pointe shoes has been long. No local ballet stores carry a size that fits her, on place even told her she would not be able to find shoes in a size she would need. Her feet are long, wide, and flat. Not a very helpful combination.

Gaynor Minden was there to help. We downloaded their foot tracing pages and mailed them in for our order.



We've been really nervous about the fit.



They're on. Here we go.



So far so good. They appear to fit nicely so far.



We won't really know for sure until she attempts to get up on Pointe. We'll have to sew on the ribbon and adjust the elastic. I'll update next week and let you know how she does.

Backstage Pass

Random silliness


Messy Dressing Room


On in 3 ladies!

Her Fans

Great Grandma Shaw


Uncle Andrew and Aunt Karen


Daddy's girl


Aunt Dawn and Cousin Callie


Nana