Catching up...

It has been very busy at the Ball household! School is winding down, YAY, Manze is finishing up dance, and the weather is beautiful! My niece, Alexa, graduates from High School on May 16th and Manze has her dance recital on May 17th where they will be dancing Sleeping Beauty! We have a lot to look forward to! I tried to catch up a little, but I still have more to add eventually! I hope everyone is doing well...only 23 1/2 days until school is out! YES, I'm counting down! I can't wait until summer when I can relax, sleep in, and play with Manze!

Roller Skating

Manze went roller skating for the first time and LOVED it! I had to carry her out of the skating rink kicking and screaming and crying! Her friend Neely turned 10 and had a skating party! Neely and her friends were so sweet and took Manze out skating holding on to her hands! Poor thing, she would skate a little, fall to her knees, skate a little, fall to her knees, and so on! It was so cute and hilarious! I was laughing so hard I was crying!! I thought she would be tired of it but she LOVED it! I loved how cute her little skates were! We'll definitely be going back!

Easter

Great friends! Here are Claire, Manze, and Emma in their matching bunny shirts I made at the babysitter! I have som great Easter pictures on my mom's camera! When I get a hold of those, I will post them! Manze started off the Easter holiday at an Easter egg hunt at Claire's house, then we headed to Oxford to spend the holiday with family!

Spring Break 2009

For Spring Break we went with our good friends Jason and Teresa and their son Caden to Mexico Beach, Florida! We took along our awesome babysitter Lexi and had a blast relaxing. The weather was gorgeous and the water was so clear and blue! One day while we were sitting on the beach, a bunch of dolphins started jumping out of the water! It was like they were giving us our own personal show! One got so close to us, we couldn't believe it! Of course, Teresa, Lexi, and I are huge Twilight fans so we bought the movie in Florida the day it came out and watched it that night! It was a perfect ending to a perfect vacation!

Manze is ready for the beach!

Sunbathing

She LOVED to play in the water!

Here we are at Margaritaville in Panama City

me and Teresa

Tommy, me, Teresa, and Jason

Manze "bungee jumping"

Manze is ready to go crabbing!