The Withers'

Friday, June 24, 2011

Lexi's dance recital!

June 7th- Lexi did a tap dance to "Polly put the kettle on." We video taped the entire thing. She did great. At first she was staring and smiling at dad. Another little girl had to come over and grab her hands to get her to go. After that she was step for step. She got all the poses down. The end pose she got right on cue, before all the other girls. It was so cute!

Lexi looking at Jer. The other little girl is coming to get her.

Bam! She worked that end pose. Look at that hip all sticking out so cute. That is definately my child!

Jer and I got Lexi flowers for after her performance. she didn't exactly know what to do with them.

Lexi and her teacher Janessa. she has been such a great teacher for Lexi.

Janessa telling Lexi what a good job she did.

Lily came and was great for Lexi's performance. She is such a cute girl. I can't wait until they are both in dance!

Lexi critique's her own performance on the way home.

Getting Ready for the Big Day

June 7th- We have waited forever for Lexi's dance recital. She has been doing so great in Ballet and Tap. She had worked so hard. Here I am getting her ready. We had written instructions on what to put on makeup wise and how exactly to do her hair. I am so not a make up person. I wish Jenn or Christy had been up here to help with this. Lexi turned out okay. She looked a little over done in daylight, but on stage she looked amazing.

Lily helped with handing me make up.

Lexi requested I put some of each color on her face. I didn't want her to look like a clown, so I just stuck with pink.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

My true calling in life

June 6th-I found my true calling in life. I am meant to wear big hats, flowing summer dresses, and go out to lemonade parties with my friends. I think Christy was meant for this life too. Just look how great we look in these hats? Can there be any doubt?

Garden District Walking Tour

Monday we went on a walking tour of the Garden District, lead by the best team of tour guides this side of the Mississippi, Christy and Google. We saw some amazing houses, I only posted a few. Nicholas Cage's House had an awesome statue outside. I loved it.

Here is his house.

A former governor of Louisiana lived here.

Someone else awesome lived here.

Yep, someone really was that awesome. Someone I totally want to be like.

An amazing house, huge and very well taken care of.

Sandra Bullock's house.

After all this we were starving. We wanted to go to the Commander's Palace, but Christy was inappropriately dressed, so we couldn't go there. Instead we went to Ms. Hyster's Barbeque place. It was REAL southern BBQ. So good. I stopped being vegetarian for this trip so I could get the full experience.

One state left

June 4th- We drove to Mississippi to get the Welcome to Mississippi sign and the Welcome to Louisiana signs. I have one state left until I have been to Alaska, and I am already saving up!

If anyone wonders where Aedan gets his awesome posing from, wonder no more.

Plantation Alley

June 5th-We went to Plantation Alley. Christy has some amazing pics of this that I am going to put on soon. We first went to the Oak Alley Plantation.

Inside the House about 30 seconds before the host announced no pictures were to be taken inside. Oops.

From the upstairs. How amazing to sit up on that balcony and view this each morning.

From the front of the house.

Posing on all the wierd tree branches.

We got a couple to take a picture here, telling them it was romantic. After we took their picture, they offered to take ours. They may not have realized we were sisters. Hehe.

Beautiful orange flowers outside the restaurant where I had Gumbo. I was brave. Christy had a turkey po-boy.

This is the slave quarters of the Laura something plantation. I need to get out my guides. I am already forgetting!

The main Laura something plantation home.

Graveyards

June 4th-So on two different days, we visited 3 different graveyards; Lafayette, Greenwood, and the Metairie cemetary. All were so great. Metairie was my favorite with such unique graves.