{The Long Sail Home - RNSIT 2010 Finale}

I try to find videos that are posted on YouTube because some are only posted on Facebook and I can't share them here on the blog. Hopefully I'll post a lot more soon. This is shot from the audience (obviously) and I'm on the side of the stage (right hand side of the video) that you cannot see. But I'm there, playing my ♥ out 'cause I LOVED this song in the finale! Ahhhh....can't wait 'til next year!

{Another Video of BAF @ RNSIT - 7 July 2010}

{Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo 2010 - Closing Ceremony}

A little more video for you to watch....our feet are KILLING us at the end of this. 22 minutes of standing at attention! Sheesh!

{Kimberley Pipe Band Sings to Band of America's Few on the 4th of July}

This was SOOOOOO amazingly awesome! What a wonderful thing for them to do! We were all in tears @ the end and felt all the love and heart that they put into it!

{BAF in Halifax!!}

PHEW! I know people have been waiting to see photos of us, etc. We've been SO busy, I haven't had a lot of free time to put stuff up here, or even download my own pictures etc. Last night was our first FULL dress rehearsal. So everyone was in their uniforms and we had full lighting cues and everything was AMAZING! Here are some pictures...we look HOT out on the floor! I'm in the very back on the far left-hand side. They didn't use the percussionists for the set bands, so Shannon said, "Uh...didn't you practice the clarinet? Why don't you come up on set with the clarinet?" So I grabbed a clarinet and a flip-folder (thank goodness THAT music isn't memorized!) and am now in the set band too...as well as the "Hits of the Blitz" sequence on the floor. MUCH happier about doing that and not just sitting around! Shanny is so smart...probably why we've been friends all these years! I'm on the right hand side of the set for the clarinet stuff. Hopefully I'll be able to get some closer up pics of that soon. Meghann has arrived, she got here at 2:30am Halifax time on June 29th. I'm a happy Momma to have my baby here! We move into the rental house today, so that should be nice! They have air conditioning and a pool! WooHoo!

{Halifax, BABY!}

I've arrived! Got in late last night (well...I gained 4 hours, so it was only 6:30 "my time") and checked into the dorms where we quickly had a ♥fest with all our old friends! We met in our common area and talked for a few hours before we decided we all needed sleep. So around 2:30am we went to bed. At 3:30am we had a fire drill! One of the college students on the 10th floor set off the alarm. But we're over it now!

{♥ Happy Father's Day! ♥}

♥ Happy Father's Day!! ♥

I want to wish my 2 favorite men a Happy Father's Day!

My Daddy has done EVERYTHING right in raising me and treating me as a cherished daughter. The care and keeping of a daughter's ♥ by her Daddy is something that is difficult and my wonderful Dad rose to that challenge with the highest of standards and success. There aren't enough words to express how grateful I am that you are my Dad. You continue to amaze me every day with your caring and commitment. I ♥ you Dad! You've stepped up as a Father to Mike as well and given him a wonderful example to follow so that Meghann is getting all of the wonderfulness that I experienced as a child. You have 2 very grateful girls for that!

Mike...Meghann couldn't have a more wonderful Daddy! You play video games with her, you think of HER needs constantly above your own, you encourage her in all that she does, you discipline her in a loving way, you show her that she can be whatever she wants to be, and you are always THERE for her first and foremost. Thank you very much for all that you do as a Daddy! We ♥ you!

{4 Days & a Wake-Up 'til Halifax!}

4 more days and I'll be on a plane to Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada! Amazing how fast the time has flown! Meghann flies out in 10 days to meet Vince and Aleks and then drive up to meet Shanny, Derek and I already in Halifax. I can't wait to start posting some pictures, eh?!

{Stupid Epidural!}

Well...I think we were kinda expecting it because a lot of people told us that this is usually the way it goes; Mike's 1st epidural didn't work. He's in as much pain as ever...so now we have to wait until he sees his spinal doc tomorrow so that Worker's Comp can approve the 2nd shot. And I'll be in Canada, which freaks me out! Thankfully we have a LOT of really good family & friends that have already stepped up to be his ride to/from the surgical center. But we sure were hoping that he'd finally be pain free again. :-(

{♥17 Years of Happiness!♥}

Happy 17th Anniversary!!

{Awwww...we were BABIES!}

17 years ago, I married my best friend! Many people were naysayers because of our age, because we were both in the military, because we knew each other for ONE month before we got engaged (married 10 months after meeting)...but here we are, 17 years later! Through thick and thin we have endured...because ♥ endures ALL things! We have grown together and become the people that we are today BECAUSE of everything we have gone through by each other's side. I love you more now than I did then...Mike, you are my life, my best friend, my everything! Happy Anniversary!