No longer our little girl

Well, on March 22, 2008 our daughter Kelsey made a transition out of childhood. She'd told me for the past year that she wanted to participate in this year's cotillion. And on March 22 she did. She needed a parent escort to dance with her. Since her dad has a bum knee her brother Sam was her escort. They looked so nice - her in her fabulous dress and he in his tuxedo! She had months of classes to take in several areas, dance lessons to learn, and an essay to write. She worked hard meeting the requirements.

I have to say that our Kelsey won the essay contest and was also the recipient of a scholarship - we are so proud of her!

So little time...

Wow - I can't believe I still haven't been able to finish all of my cell phone cozies...I've finished about 5 but can't get nice pictures yet. Bought new felting needles but haven't found the time to finish needle felting. Still have this great idea rolling around in my head that I haven't gotten too yet either!

One reason: health - not mine but my husband's. He found out he had bronchitis/pnemonia. Got on meds for that...but still is weak and doing lots of coughing.

Another reason: cotillion - not mine but my daughter's. She has been taking classes, writing her essay, and selling ads for this great event. I've been running around spending money for her...shoes, dress cleaning, hoop rental (yes, I said we had to rent hoops to go under the dress!), get her hair done, tux rental for the boyfriend...it went on and on it seems! But, it all came together last night. Out of the 31 participants, she won the essay contest! How neat is this? She also won 1 of 11 scholarships given out. I'm so proud of her! I'll post a picture when I get a good one loaded on my computer.

This week we are off to Washington DC for her college open house. I'm hoping after that, that things will slow down here...but I know that high school graduation is not far off for her.

Wish us luck with all of this!