Look Here People

Sister Mary and niece Tiffany look stunning in red.

Get Your Game On

Edward gets a hit, 2008

Edward has been playing softball this summer for our church team and we've been able to watch him a few times and cheer him on with the wave and stuff. Our fave cheer is
Hey Eddie, It's your birthday, get your game on, hey Eddie...

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At the bottom of last week's stairs in Amsterdam, Marianna, Paula & I gathered around the mirror in the tiny bathroom for a photo, 2007.

More Scenes from Cinderella

I took some photos without a flash at Bridget's Cinderella performance. Since I was so worried about her hearing the shutter go off, I only took about 10-15.


Bridget is the Chinese Stepsister in green.


The stepsisters do look rather mean. I was surprised at how Bridget stayed in character.


Bridget is the Grey Horseman dressed in black.


Broken Wing's father tells her to be more careful around the fire so she doesn't burn herself.


Morning Star makes Broken Wing beautiful by taking down her hair before dressing her in wedding garments.


Bridget, I mean Broken Wing, marries the Invisible Hunter.


The final curtain call.

Bridget Sails with Broken Wing

Bridget holding hands with the Invisible Hunter

Yesterday, we went to Bridget's first performance in the Master Arts Theater production of Cinderella. In the version they performed, there were 3 different cultural interpretations of the Cinderella story - Chinese, Russian, and Native American. Bridget played the Native American Cinderella, Broken Wing. I could be biased, but I thought she was amazing!

She also played the roles of one of the Chinese stepsisters and a Russian Horseman. Tomorrow, I'll post more pictures.

Matching Shirts

Years ago, we went on vacation and I had gotten matching turquoise shirts for the whole family so we could easily identify one another. The family gave me a hard time, but we had many fond memories from that trip.

Imagine my excitement last Sunday when there we were wearing our matching MCC shirts and there was a photographer there ready to take our photo! It was exciting except for the fact that Maria wasn't with us. We were thinking of her while it was taken though! Hi Maria!

Photo by K. Reed

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Another Maria Flash Back, 7 weeks old, 1992

*Batismal gown created by the Queen Mother

Art in the Park

At the very same park where the great mother daughter picnic took place, our church sponsored "Art in the Park" last Sunday evening. A friend at church talked me into face painting and I discovered that I had a latent face painting ability. It was exciting. I got a kick out of a girl from Guatemala who very seriously asked me to paint her 2 little strawberries on her cheek and red star with a black dot in it on her forehead. They turned out really good except that the star looked more like a poppy. I didn't do all of these, but here is a sample of our work:

The Great Mother - Daughter Double Date

All photos today were lovingly captured by Bridget Anne.

Last evening, Bridget & I met our friends Cathy & Emily of Chili Cook-off fame downtown for a picnic on the Grand River. Afterwards, we set off for a walk in the city.


At one point, Cathy presented me with a Key to the City.


The mayor seemed surprised when we gave it back.


We stopped into a clothing boutique and the girls tried on these hats.


Cathy found a vintage 70's outfit that was calling out her name.


After watching the downtown swing dancing, we had to pose by the flowers and do some downtown mountain climbing.


We finished off the night with some pretty intense ice cream... oh, and some night swimming which unfortunately was hard to photograph.

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Steep, old steps in a restaurant in Amsterdam, 2007

Next week I'll show what we saw at the bottom.

This is so going on the blog...

My mom & dad (the Queen Mother & Prince Consort)

This past weekend, we didn't drive down to Ohio for the Conger family reunion because we've been so busy and all over the place. Mom was kind enough to send me this photo of what we missed!

A Grain of Rice

Today in church, we talked about the story of Samson. This is my blog post for the day!

The Word from Spain

Bridget, Maria & Alejandra last summer

We have called Maria a few times this week and talked to her briefly to know that she is doing well. We received an email from Alejandra's mom with an update and it sounds like all is well. They have been to Simancas, a middle age village near Valladolid where they live and Madrid, have played tennis and gone to a teen disco. This weekend, they are going to the rocky northern coast of Spain and will visit one of the most beautiful cathedrals in the world in Leon on their way back. I thought about getting in her suitcase, but Maria said it was full of things she needed. Oh well, I can't wait to see the pictures!

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Seniorita Maria Chiquita, Age 3