happy birthday, meemaw!

happy birthday today to my incredible mama and noah's unstoppable meemaw!  she's always game for anything and never afraid to jump right in with whatever crazy thing we are doing!

love, laurie

nutcracker 2025

we survived our first nutcracker of the season and boy are we worn out.  this one was a big one this year since it was the 50th anniversary of the production.

here are some behind the scenes photos from working on the show the past two weeks . . . 

love, laurie

preschool snapshots

a few recent snapshots from preschool of noah working on art projects, being silly wrapped up in a blanket, and playing a game.

love, laurie

noah's thanksgiving artwork

noah came home from school the day before thanksgiving with a ton of turkey-day themed artwork.  here are just a few of the things he made!

love, laurie

thanksgiving 2025

we celebrated thanksgiving with our family on thursday at my parents' house and this was the first thanksgiving in their new house! it was nice to get together with everyone and celebrate.

love, laurie

. . .

past thanksgivings: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

pray for us, it's nutcracker season!

we've been working on this show for weeks, but today we get the public in the theatre as our audience.

dear goodness gracious, pray for us because nutcracker #1 starts today.  

i pray we stay sane!

love, laurie

happy thanksgiving!

have a lovely thanksgiving!

love, laurie

noah loves apples

this guy loves apples! he had to carry this one the entire car ride to mama's big show so that he could eat it there at the theatre.  what a nut!

love, laurie

lots of time at mama's big shows lately

this guy has spent lots of time at mama's big shows lately since we have had so many shows back-to-back!

love, laurie

preschool snapshots

some recent photos from preschool of practicing cutting with scissors, cleaning off a dirty toy truck, play dough, a new fun tent, and our family homework to disguise a turkey for thanksgiving (ours is a box of crayons).

love, laurie